Ashes to Ashes

The sad ending of Craham..

So after 2 years of unhappiness, Rachel broke it off with Shadrack. Not only was he gay and secretly loved Graham(who was in a coma but is okay now btw), but the fact that he had a pathetic annoying voice and name that every time Rachel heard she wanted to cut her ears off. I'm tears, Shadrack cried and cried from this out of the blue surprise and begged Rachel to stay. But she knew her heart was elsewhere.. Was it too late?

Rachel's POV

"Hi. Listen, I wanted you to know that I'm truly sorry for this. I've loved you since the beginning and I shouldn't have married Kathryn's one true love, Shadrack. It was wrong to try and make her jealous of my happiness but the truth was that she said things.. she said I was pregnant with Shadrack, and that hurt me a lot!(bc she was calling me fat urgh). But I want you to know that I've left him now. He's a pathetic heap of tears on the bathroom floor and I feel happy about it. His pain brings a sweet smile to my lips. So please, meet with me soon, okay? Love you," Rachel smiled and placed the phone back in the cradle. It had been some time since she had expressed her real feelings to somebody after her parents forced her into a life of misery and regret. She knew now though. She knew what she had to do..

"Eugene, my love.." I breathed. Joke, I think Kathryn is in love with Eugene.

?'s POV

"It's okay, mate. I'm sure she never left her husband just for you. Don't feel at fault for something you never caused. You know she loves you?" Graham spoke softly to his friend.

"I don't know what to feel. You know that I love you, Graham? All those times together. Those archery classes. The time we went on that ship and I felt like it was where I belonged. I will never forget them. But now, I.. I don't know. Help me," I cried into the shoulder of my loved one as he gently pulled me into an embrace.

"Maybe we need to let this go. After all, you guys are like two pieces of the same puzzle."

I scoffed at Graham's statement and shook my head in much apprehension.

"Perhaps. I'm so so sorry. We can work around this. I want both of you. But Graham, I promised her. I promised that if she ever broke away from this destructive relationship that I would find her and we would travel the world together. And now us. We are bound with rings and now I am unsure of which path to take."

"Call her. After all we've been through, we knew that this was just a phase. However I do very much care for you."

"Are you okay with it?" I smiled with anticipation at the one whom I adored.

"Look, I love you. And I love her. But maybe, just maybe my dear, our time is up."

"Time is a strange quantity. I feel as af we have been robbed of it. So sudden. So obscure. Tick tock, tick tock."

"Colin, the most valuable time that passes is every single second I spend with you. Every minute. Every hour. Our time is shared and despite this sudden change of events, our time will always be infinite.."

Graham's POV:

1 week later

"Hey, Rachel. I want to meet with you and Eve today. Is it possible for you to meet me at Cafe Nero in 20 minutes?"

"Sure thing, Graham," she cheered at the other side of the phone.

"Thanks. See you soon."

I smiled and stumbled over to Eugene's horrifically attractive brother, Aidan, praying to God for him to turn gay any day now.

"Now, you better like her friend or else I swear to god I will just steal you for myself. How come your brother is like a freaking demon to look at and you are such an angel?" I sighed and straightened his tie.

"You're fixing up my tie, it's a little close for comfort."

"Well you gonna have to deal with it. Seriously, no homo though?"

"I'm sorry, Graham, no homo bro," he laughed.

"Rachel! Eve! Kathryn! Wait Kathryn.." Oh crap I never brought her a guy.

"Graham! It's been so long! I love you why haven't you called!" Rachel cried and crushed me into a hug.

"I've been.. occupied.." I trailed, thinking about Colin.

"Don't hide it. I know you and Colin were engaged."

Oh crap.

"Sorry.."

"That's okay. You guys have a history together and I shouldn't have called him. I was upset and couldn't stop thinking about how much I missed him. Don't hate me for this."

"I could never hate you. There's a limit and we've reached it, it was time to move on anyway. But look, I brought a friend for Eve. And Kathryn, well I thought you'd be with your boyfriend Eugene. Or are you keeping that on the down low just now?"

"Eugene and I are just friends.." she answered but flushed immediately after she spoke.

"More like friends with benefits," Eve laughed, receiving a slap in the arm by Kathryn.

"That's my brother you're talking about ew.." cried Aidan and winced.

"Oh yeah, Eve this is Aidan. Aidan this is Eve."

The two shook hands and an immediate sense of connection flowed between them.

"Also, Rachel. I have a letter from Colin," I smiled and handed her the paper.

"Dear Rachel,
It has been quite some time since I last heard from you. Hearing you speak on that telephone made me remember how much I've missed you. But there is a sad truth. Graham and I have been engaged for a year, and now we have decided to break it off. Not just because of you, but we are very different people. You can love somebody a shit load but deep inside you know that it's wrong. Both our parents are against it, of me and him being together. And I know they shouldn't stand in the way of our happiness but for once they are right. We often talk about time. Time is an infinite quantity that is different at various points in our universe. Mine and Graham's time was short and fate intervened before we made a huge mistake. The thing is, I want to share every second of my remaining time with you. I want our time to intertwine and become one, because only then can we live a fulfilling life. I love you, you know that right? But we have to wait. There are certain matters that have revealed themselves and I must sort them out before we can live our dreams and travel the world together. I hope you understand. However, I need to see you as soon as possible to tell you this in person.
Yours truly,
Colin X."

"Oh.."