Because She's Gone||By:IvyG123

24~Life vs Death

{Unknown 2's POV}

Hello, I'm life. My job is to give people life, obviously. I'm hopelessly in love with Death, he doesn't know this. I send him gifts constantly. We talk about things, he doesn't love me like I love him.

Anyways, I plan people's lives, but death decides when their lives ends, which means all of my plans for someone can fall apart in half of a second, so I always have a back up. Sometimes when things get really bad between me and Death, and death will kill all of the happiness in someone. Then everyone around them suffers unknowingly. This is what happened with Brooke's, Jake's, and y/n's mom. I didn't mean to make her that way, she just made the wrong decisions at the right times. And we couldn't take her life, well until now, but we could take her children's. Because we needed Brooke alive for her to start a revolution. But I'm terrified Ashton will walk towards the wrong light, he won't come back, and Brooke will follow. Leaving the world to be lost in a deep sadness.

I watched as Ashton stepped out of his house, oh god Ashton please have your phone, or just don't go back for it. If you don't go back for it, you will be a few seconds if front of Brooke's mom, then you will make it through today. Please Ashton. And he got in the car, and reached into his empty right pocket.

"Shit" he said, getting back out of the car.

"ASHTON NO!" I screamed, even though he couldn't hear me.

Death: Let it happen. There nothing we can do to stop this. Ashton will run towards the gate where is home is. If Jessica is his home, he runs back to life. If y/n is his home, I take him. Fair game. We both stand 10 memories away.

Me: Or you could have just picked someone else!

I yelled angry with him. So many needed them. Ashton got back in his car.

6:20.37 pm to the dot. Why Ashton? I watched as he started his car. He was listening to his favorite band. Coldplay. It was the song that made him think of y/n, Paradise. I turned my head to see Brooke's mom drunk as ever stumbling out of the pub. She was holding her car keys. I watched knowing there was nothing I could ever possibly do to stop what would happen in 5 minutes and 49 seconds. I dreadfully watched as both of the cars drive down two different road. One swerving terribly. The other, driving a straight line. A smile pressing on Ashton's face, as he thought of Jessica. I watched as Ashton's and Brooke's mum's cars turned onto the same road.

"what the hell?" Ashton mumbled as he saw the bright swerving lights shine into his eyes. I stepped away from the panel. Death stepped up, the view point turning black and white. He slowly lifted his hand up to the control stick, letting it hover over it.

Me: If he runs towards you, please just make it painless.

I said, I couldn't bare to watch any more of how this story ended or how it continued. I walked away.

Me: Please Ashton

I whispered so Death wouldn't hear. I heard the sound of Ashton scream. The ear piercing sounds of metal and glass crunching and shattering.

{Death's POV}

I placed my hand on the control stick.

Life: If he runs towards you, please just make it painless.

She said her voice soft. I sighed and pressed the stick down. The whole perspective slowed down, everything going in slow motion. Brooke's mum swerving to the wrong side of the road, Ashton not being able to see anything but the bright lights. The sharp squeal of rubber on concrete. But not fast enough. The front of the cars made contact. Making the metal of the cars' scream. Ashton's head hit the steering wheel with the sudden jerk of movement. I turned around, to see the silhouette of Ashton stand 10 memories between me and life. I played my first memory.

{Memory Starts}

[His and Y/n's first kiss]

[First 'I love you' between him and y/n]

{Memories Stop}

Ashton starts sprinting towards my gate. But life starts playing two of her memories. Ashton keeps running, but I'm not going to say which direction.

But in the end, it was

Jess vs Y/n

A/n-Well my love, you have met the end of this series. I would just like to thank every reader. It never expected to even think about making a second book to I'm (not) Sorry, or it getting any where near 600 reads. I hope you enjoyed the series. But yeah this is the end. I cried writing it. You can make up what happens to Ashton. I love you guys so much, thank you for reading. And keep an eye out for my other books. I won't be starting another one till I finish and/or give up on Always Coming Back. I will post tomorrow the rest of my thank you's

I love you to the moon...

~Ivy