♡ 𝙊𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝘼𝙩𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝘼𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝘼𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙭𝙊𝘾

Chapter Sixty-One

Adrien

After that day, none of us were the same. We all lost someone we love so much.

Charlie was especially in so much distraught, she lost her best friend.

Anastasia's funeral was a week later, we didn't make it a public funeral, just her friends and family, I know that's what she would have wanted.

Since that day, Shadowmoth never struck again, probably because he realised because he actually caused someone's death.

After her funeral, I distanced myself from everyone, they all reminded me of her. I just couldn't do it.

It was 11:34am and I came to visit Annie like I do everyday, except today was the three year anniversary of her death.

I sat down on the grass in front of her gravestone and placed a bouquet of white roses down by it.

"Hey Annie"

"It's been three years, but the days all feel the same, I still see you in everything around me"

I took a breath in to try and stop myself from crying.

"What I really want is a break. But time doesn't stop moving, not even for the bereaved. I'am the oldest I have ever been, twenty three and yet I'll never be alive the way I once was at sixteen, with you"

Sometimes I wish I could go back in time, back to when she was still here. And my biggest stressor was my father not wanting to eat dinner with me, I wish I could go back to who I was before it got this bad, before I stopped being able to recognise myself, I wish I could back to before my showers started stinging and before that pain felt deserved. She was protecting me and Ladybug when she died.  I have heard it all before, that everything happens for a reason, but no real reason could ever justify why we had to lose her.

"I'm trying to remember you and let you go at the same time, because if I don't, I don't know for how much longer I'll be able to live with myself, every day I miss you so much more, things happen to me that I wish you could be around to see, but you're not"

This is the first time I've ever said so much while I was here, I try to keep most of my feelings away and just tell Annie about my day but I'm not sure what it was about today, I just couldn't hold it in any longer.

I spoke about my day a little longer and just stayed for a while.

To be honest, I don't know how to say goodbye to her, but every time I think about saying goodbye to her, a lump in my throat starts to form and my heart breaks a little bit, so I never do.

"Till the next time, Anastasia" A few tears rolled down my cheek before I wiped them away.

I turned and saw that Charlie was stood there with a stroller, I'm assuming to visit Annie.

"Charlie, hi" I tried to smile.

"Hey Agreste, how long has it been, two years?" She replied.

"Something like that, congratulations" I said looking down at the child in the stroller.

"Thank you, me and Evan had her a year ago, you can hold her if you want" Charlie said as I nodded.

She picked up the little girl and placed her in my arms, she had little bits of light brown hair on the top of her head and brown eyes.

"What's her name?" I asked while stroking her cheek.

"It's Anastasia" Charlie smiled at me, "She kind of looks like her, don't you think?"

"Yeah she does" I smiled at the little Anastasia.

"I have to go be somewhere right now, it was good to see you Charlie" I told her as I handed back Anastasia.

"You too Agreste" She laughed slightly.

I realised that day that endings are often written before beginnings, me and Annie barely got to live our life together, we never got married or had children, but that didn't matter because we still had each other and what we did live through together, all the moments together, were amazing.

She was the best thing that happened to me, she brought out a side in me that I didn't even think existed. She taught me how to love and most importantly, how to be loved.

And life went on, it was never the same, but it went on.

AN: Hey everyone, I know this story probably isn't the best out there since it is my first ever time but I tried my best, I always had the idea to write it but I never got to it, and now here I am.

If there's any mistakes in it let me know, I have read through it but knowing me there is probably still quite a few.

Anyway, I really hoped you all enjoyed this story and maybe I'll make more in the future :)