Chapter 11 (Final Chapter)

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Ethan died yesterday. Two weeks past before the social workers showed up. Before they could show the evidence to the police, Ethan was dead. I thought everything would be okay....I was wrong, I was so wrong.
It was about nine o'clock at night when I heard a knock on the door. There was police at the door, I figured it was just me having to tell them what Ethan told me.
"Oh, hello." I said as I smiled politely.
"Hello, could we speak to you for a moment?" One of them asked as the other one gave me a smile of sympathy.
"Of course, is something wrong?" I asked a bit concerned.
"We should inform you that, your friend Ethan, was killed earlier today." He said, his voice filled with pity.
All I can remember after that is a feeling of pain in my chest as tears started pouring from my eyes. After the police left, I dropped to my knees right there, right by the front door, and cried for what felt like forever.
The worst part is, I feel like it's all my fault. If I hadn't told the police about Ethan's father, the social workers wouldn't have shown up at his house and Ethan's dad wouldn't have gotten so mad. His father beat him to death.....and it's all my fault. He was the most important person in my life and I ruined it...I just can't believe myself..

"He was my best friend, and my boyfriend. I loved him more than anything, he was always there for me. He was the one person I've ever met that wasn't oblivious of the truth that goes on around us, I am happy that he is finally away from this hell on earth that we're all stuck in. I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him, I know it's a bit surprising to here a teenager say that but it is true. I will remember him from they day I met him when I saw his awesome band T-shirt, till the day he died when I nearly ran out of tears. I am going to miss him more than anything and I hope that one day, I will get to see him again." I said as I cried at his funeral.
It's been about a month and I can't stand not being able to go to his house, to greet him as he sits quietly in his room. I stand in front of the bathroom mirror for a few moments, staring at my reflection. I open a bottle of prescription pain killers and take one...two...three....six.....seven....ten...eleven. I fell to the floor as my eyes sight grew blurry and I lost all feeling in m arms and legs. I felt like someone was piercing a knife through my brain as everything started going dark.
"Sarah, come toward the light..." I heard a light and gorgeous voice say as a bright tunnel shined before me. I slowly walked toward the end, not sure in I was standing up straight, sideways, upside down, or backwards. I heard a high pitch ringing sound as I look across a huge meadow of clouds.
It was heaven. It's not at all what people think it is. There aren't buildings made of solid gold, and magical creatures all over the place. It's just a blank place where you walk across clouds and associate with your family and people from different time periods. Everyone's flaws were gone....it was perfect...everyone was perfect. Off in the distance I saw a boy who look rather familiar, it was Ethan. He was wearing that same My Chemical Romance shirt I saw him in the first day I met him. I walked over to him and hugged him tighter than I ever did before.
"I told you I was never going to leave you, I'm going to stay here and irritate you forever." I say as a genuinely happy smile formed on my face, and I knew Ethan's smile was just the same as mine. "You know what you remind me of? A bunch of black roses, and I've dreamed of this day wear we can finally be happy together. Now instead of a meadow of clouds, I'm in a meadow of black roses, just like I've dreamed of since the day I met you." He says as he cries tears of joy.

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