𝐎𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐒 - 𝐄𝐃𝐃𝐈𝐄 𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐍

𝐈𝐓𝐒 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄

𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚: 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗨𝗔𝗚𝗘, 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗥𝗨𝗚 𝗔𝗕𝗨𝗦𝗘.
𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂.

𝙺𝙸𝙼𝙱𝙴𝚁𝙻𝚈 𝙲𝙰𝚂𝚂𝙸𝙳𝚈

Death had been an option for me on multiple occasions, yet I never took the opportunity when it arose because I knew I had people surrounding me who loved me more than I could ever imagine; when the chance finally arrived, I tried to back out, tried to scream for somebody to help me, but I thought it was too late.

When I saw that bright white light burning into my orbs as my eyes finally opened, I had thought it was all over and my heart must've stopped beating. They told me that death was peaceful and accepting, but why did it feel as if I wasn't ready?. Why did it shatter my heart when I realised that I was gone for good and I'd never live the life I had always wanted to?.

My skull was still throbbing and my throat burnt as bad as coal. Was death really this painful?.

"Kim." I heard a soft voice from behind me. I twisted my body towards the voice but saw nothing. "Kimberly..over here." They sounded again, more clearer this time.

I knew that voice. I knew it down to my core.

"Robbie?." I asked and carried on looking around the pure whiteness for the boy.

"Kim..open your eyes." He told me, still out of sight. "You need to open your eyes to see me." Robbie said as his voice inched closer to me.

"They're open.." I said with confusion. "I don't understand.."

"This place..it isn't ready for you yet..open your eyes, my sweet sister..open them and live..open them for me."

"Robbie..am I..dead?." I hesitated to ask the question but it was the only logical thing I could think to say.

"Not forever. Open your eyes and be done with this place..your time will come..but not yet." His voice turned into a whisper and I worried he was fading away from me or I from him.

"I can't!." I cried out in a panic. "Please! I can't go back!..I don't want to live anymore." I shook my head and squinted my eyes to try and stop the tears from falling.

"Yes you can." He was back immediately. "You want to live..you just don't want to struggle anymore..let him love you, sister. Let him take care of you and love you until your last day..he's the one who will kinder your spirit back..he's the one to replace me." I listened to what he was saying to me as his voice faded in and out every so often.

Was he talking about Eddie? Steve maybe? Or even Billy..

"Why can't I stay here..with you?." I asked sadly.

"Because this isn't where I am, and you're not ready yet..you don't want to be with me, Kim..you deserve to be with him..remember.." Robbie began to inch away again. "..I'll always be watching."

The bright light in the room caused me to groan and blink away the pain it was causing my eyes.

Did I die again?.

What the hell was going on?.

"Kim." My name was called again and I was sure I was just repeating the same situation in my head. "Kimberly..can you hear me?." The male voice spoke directly to me and I knew it wasn't Robbie, I knew it was somebody I had no clue of.