Calum's P.O.V.
"Gone."
That's all Luke said before breaking down into another fit of tears. Michael was sitting awkwardly in a seat across from us in the waiting room. He seemed to feel bad for Luke.
We all felt bad. Luke was a good kid. Good grades, smiley, fun, kind. He didn't deserve to have this happen. I never in a million years thought I would see my best friend completely miserable. This was something all new. He had always been happy. Even when he was bullied. He was strong. But right now he let everything out. He just kept talking and crying and telling stories. I hadn't known Annie all that well but from his words I could tell she was an amazing girl. I could tell how much he loved her.
He didn't deserve to lose her.
She didn't deserve to lose her life.Michael's P.O.V.
After years of bullying him I finally regretted it. I should have never layed a hand on him. He's so fragile in a way, but strong as well. He was like me. A lot like me. Maybe that's why I did it. Because deep inside I always knew I was weak. Everyone told me I was back at my old school.
I still remember the kid that started it all.
Ashton Irwin.
He wasn't tall but he wasn't short. He was really fit and there was power behind his hits.
I stood there, just hitting puberty, and looked up at him. I saw his fist coming to connect with my face. Then it was dark.
But I got my revenge.
I was turning sixteen, two years after he humiliated me, and I agreed to fight him.
He almost decked me but I blocked it. I knocked his ass to the ground and started beating him until blood was pouring.
People were dragging me away and screaming but that didn't matter to me.
I had finally won.
I wanted others to feel my pain.
After the move I spotted him.
Shy and quiet. Perfect target.
Luke Hemmings.Alicia's P.O.V.
I paced around my living room. I left as soon as the doctor said 'I'm sorry'. I couldn't handle it. I really messed up. If maybe I had shown some sort of compassion she would be okay with coming to me instead of running away. Maybe she would be alive. Maybe if I hadn't snooped and called him out he would still be alive.
I messed up way too many times to count.
I couldn't fix this mess now.
I pulled open the drawer and made sure I could never fuck up again.Luke's P.O.V.
Michael was the one who convinced Calum to get me to leave. I couldn't stand though. I felt sick. I felt angry. I felt hurt and sad.
But it's been two days now.
Two days. Two days. Two days.
This isn't happening. I'm in some kind of sick dream.
My body felt numb and my head hurt. My eyes were red and my arms stung.
Is this what it feels like to hate yourself? To regret everything you've ever said and done?
I wish I could ask Alicia. I wish I could talk to her. We felt the same way.
But she's getting ready for her funeral.
One bullet through the head is all it took.
Would that work for me?
No! I couldn't be thinking like this! Annie wouldn't want me to.
Annie.
Oh God, Annie.
I miss her so much.
I wonder if her casket will be open.
I wanted to gag and the images of her on the cold slate.
They asked me to identify the body.
It didn't look like her.
Annie was full of life. So beautiful, so carefree, so...alive.
This person, this thing, wasn't. It was cold and pale with traces of blood remaining on the skin. Blotchy areas of irritated skin and the veins stuck out more than ever.
I ran. I ran faster than I had ever ran in my life. I was kneeled over the dingy hospital toilets. I felt so sick. I tried to flush away the images but it didn't work.
Nothing worked.
I could still see it every time I closed my eyes. The sickly blue color of her skin and her knotted and matted brown haunted me in my nightmares.
It was all so wrong.
That person couldn't have been my Annie.
I refused to believe it.
But as days passed I slowly started to realize.
This was happening. This was my life now.
A life without Annie is a life I didn't want to live.
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Teenage Dream (L.H.)
FanfictionAntoinette: sassy, daring, witty, and sly. She fights for what she wants and if she doesn't win then she goes down swinging. But behind her sarcastic comments and sweet smile lies a sinister past. And one boy wants to uncover it. Luke: quiet, shy, c...