Forever and Always

Maya

Waking over to the stage, I look at the sing book. Little do you know grabs my attention, abs I feel like I HAVE to do this song. Lucky for me, Chelsea had been wanting me to sing with mystery boy, abs went to go find him. When mystery boy comes onstage with me, I don't find it a big deal...until he sings. The crazy thing is, I feel like I KNOW  that voice from somewhere. I've heard it before, I'm sure of it. As we finish the song, a thousand thoughts rush through my head. It all mages sense now. Lucas Friar. When we first met oh the subway. Our first kiss. The many dates. Us falling in love. Him leaving. Me broken for countless numbers of weeks.

Hurrying off stage I rush outside, headed back to my dorm. I thought I'd moved on from his pain but I guess not. How could I ever not love him? The pain is fresh in my mind as I get halfway back, until I trip and fall to my knees. The tears that have started to form skill over my cheeks, and I use the palm of my hand to wipe them away. I hear the running sound of footsteps, and mystery boy - Lucas, calling my name. "Maya! Maya wait, I can explain." He catches up to me. I stand up slowly, and look him in the eye. 

"Explain what? That you left me when you said you'll never leave me? That you broke my heart to a billion shattered bits? That I was so broken I had to leave my home, my life, my best friend? It's pretty she'd explanatory, Lucas. You don't tell a girl you love her, then leave her a thousand miles away."

"I know, just hear me out. I had to leave you. It was hard on me too you know. Can you imagine telling the person that you love more than life itself, who you would happily take a bullet thorough the head for, that you can't be with her, knowing where her heart stands? Because if you didn't let her go, you would force her to be miserable. You would hold her back from the one thing that she wanted most in the entire world. To be with her family. To let her live a life long dream of hers that you couldn't possibly hold her back from? Even though you'll lay in bed at night, knowing she won't be there when you wake up. Knowing she's gone for good. Feeling lifeless in her shadow because she took all the happiness with her when you let her go? I left you so you could be with your family, Maya. Even though it ment you losing me."

"The ultimate sacrifice." I say in almost a whisper. 

"What?" He asks, looking at me. 

"The ultimate sacrifice. I heard it once in a dream I had... this guy said the one who truly loves me will make 'the ultimate sacrifice' for me. That's how I'll know it's a true love."

"So...?"

"Don't you get it Lucas? We're soul mates."