Deceptions of the Heart II: Love is going to be the death of me

Reunion

White. All Roxanne could see was white. A bright whiteness before her vision became clearer and clearer. And she found herself in a meadow of roses.

Everything around her was pure white except the meadow that lied beneath her feet. The thorns of the roses pierced Roxanne's bare feet but she did not feel any pain. Her feet bled, still no pain.

Roxanne found herself wearing a long white dress. He hair were let down and without a single clip on them. Everything seemed pure in this new dimension.

The young woman took a few steps forward exploring the unknown place. She walked on the roses. The thorns still pierced her but she received no pain, even though her feet were filled with scratches and blood.

She walked for a couple of minutes until she found someone familiar. A familiar tall man in a white suit who had dark brown hair and brown eyes. Those familiar brown eyes and that familiar smile.

"Richard!" Roxanne's heart started beating with a fast pace from the excitement she had.

"Roxanne! I thought I wouldn't see you so soon!" replied Richard sharing his surprise with his lover.

Roxanne was about to rush in his arms but she suddenly stopped.

"Wait, you're supposed to be dead. How can I-" Roxanne pause not knowing what to say.

Richard smiled softly at her confusion.

"Welcome to the afterlife sweetheart". He simply said.

"Does that mean... oh no no no no no..." the girl was terrified.

Richard tilted his head in confusion at her sudden change of mood.

"I have to go back there! I can't die just yet!"

"Why's that?" asked Richard out of curiosity.

"I can't let them... I can't let... there's Max and Candace and everyone-" Roxanne was cut by the male.

"I want us to remain on that Candace. May I ask who that is?"

Roxanne looked at her former lover for a brief moment before she began to speak slightly hesitantly.

"She... she's someone who helped me get through a lot. You know, crazy things happened lately. Its not easy to be on the worst side of life and then finally find a job after a huge wave of difficulties and right when you're about to find yourself someone appears and turns your life upside down! Then that someone dies, you dive into depression for two more years and from a bar woman poof! You enter the underworld! Candace trained and turned me into who I became. I earned a high position in no time. And then I had a fight with Candace, my life was about to become shitty again but then we apologize and finally the Riders made my life a living hell!"

Richard listened intently at Roxanne's ranting. He then chuckled softly. The chuckle that Roxanne could never resist.

"Things were crazy for you indeed. It was like a roller coaster for you wasn't it?"

"Oh but there's worse. That Leonard Rider you thought you killed returned". Said Roxanne.

"He did what now!?" Richard was clearly not happy with those news.

The female stayed silent.

"Damn I thought I killed that bastard for good... too bad for him to live and for me to be dead! How did he survive anyways?" growled the male.

"He told me once he revealed his trap that he knew you were planing his death so he had one of his servants die instead". Explained Roxanne.

"Damn... he was a smartass in the end". Hissed Richard. "I hope he has a worse fate".

A few minutes of silence passed between the former lovers. Then Richard spoke.

"You said you want to go back?" he asked.

Roxanne gave a simple nod.

"As much as I want to stay here with you I feel like I have to go back. I'm sure everyone is waiting for me and-" she was cut off once again by the male.

"Is it because of that Candace?" he asked.

Roxanne was cought off guard with that question of his. It was obviously something she did not expect. Richard laughed.

"You must love her don't you?"

Roxanne blushed.

"Its not like-" she was cut of once again.

"Its alright. Better than my rival right?"

Roxanne smiled softly and gave a nod.

The girl was having a nice time with Richard. However, she suddenly felt a strange force pulling her away. She didn't notice at first but it was becoming stronger and stronger. Once she noticed she expressed her complaints.

"What is this? What is happening!?" but before she could react she was pulled away in an instant.

Everything went black once again.

A/N: Some fantasy-like details wouldn't hurt. I don't know if I should make them spend more time though