Flower Boy

Chapter Nineteen

I was relaxing, slumped on the couch in front of the T.V. I thumbed the remote, channels flashing in front of my eyes. I stopped on the news, my mind up in the clouds. I replayed the scene over and over, watching Donavan get down on his knee, watching him pull out the beautiful little ring, the feeling of his sweet lips on mine. My heart was soaring and no one could bring it down.

I looked to the ring, smiling and rubbing it affectionately. This would not be the last flower we shared, I knew it now. There would be many more to come, for the rest of our lives. I would smile eternally with Donavan. I began humming the chorus to Count on Me by Bruno Mars. In the corner of my eye I saw something on the T.V. turn red and I looked up, focusing my attention. There was breaking news apparently.

"Breaking news. A young man was found next to the side of the road, hit by a drunk driver. The driver has been taken to custody. He's been identified as Dave Polasio. The young man is critically injured and the medics are attempting to save him at the site of the crash, which is at the end of Prospect Avenue, near a little garden called Love's Garden. The medics believe it would be too risky to take him into the ambulance. We do not yet know the identity..." he paused for a moment as if he was getting new information.

"As of now, the identity of the young man is Donavan Gentes, a senior at Hoosier High." My heart stopped. No. It couldn't possibly be my Donavan. Donavan was careful. It was just some other Donavan Gentes. It was not... It could not... Oh God please no... The blood rushed out of my head as I bolted up and raced to find the keys of the car.

"James! JAMES!" I cried desperately.

"JAMES!" I called out, and he came down the stairs.

"Rosa, what is it?" He asked worried.

"I... I'm going out for a little." I said my breaths shallow. He frowned.

"Are you okay, Rosa? You look like you've seen a ghost." He said, concern laced in his voice.

"Yes, I'm fine, I just need to get out for a little, James, I have to go." I said quickly, desperately.

"Well, yes alright... Be careful." He said and I nodded, racing out the door to the car. I jammed the key into the ignition and turned forcefully, the car roaring to life. I back out of the driveway as fast as I could, racing down the street as my vision blurred. I swiped furiously at my eyes, gripping the steering wheel so tightly that my knuckles turned white. I slammed my foot on the accelerator as the light in front of me turned yellow. I passed just as it turned red. I veered left at the next turn and continued, blood pounding in my ears. I have to get there. I have to see him at least one more time. I turned right, finally on Prospect Avenue. I pressed the accelerator down and raced past the last intersection, seeing flashing lights ahead. Slamming the brakes just as I got to the site, I saw people gathered around, a circle formed. I flung the car door open and raced out, pushing past the ever changing sea of people.

"Let me through, please, let me through, let me see him, please get out of my way, get out of the way, GET OUT OF MY WAY!" I screamed as I pushed through the crowd. I finally arrived to the small circle where a body lay and my heart stopped. Despite my desperate need to get here quickly, I couldn't move my feet as I stood there, staring at the bloodied body of my one and only love.

"D-Donavan...?" I stuttered out as I inched closer and closer to the body. The medics stared at me.

"Miss, please get back, this is a very precarious-"

I stared at him, bloody and cut, but still breathing. His hair was matted with dry blood and more was flowing from a wound I couldn't see. His eyes were closed. I knelt down next to him.

"D-Donavan, can you hear me?" I whispered and I saw his eyes flicker towards me, a small smile flashed on his sweet lips. It was gone in the blink of an eye.

"Sir, sir we're losing him. Donavan, Donavan, stay with me!" One of the other medics interrupted and the first cursed and looked back. They pressed the oxygen mask to his face and saying his name over and over. I inched closer and got a view of his whole body. His arm was at a strange angle and his legs... Oh God his legs... They looked shattered. Shattered like glass. Shattered like my heart. I inched closer, hoping to reach his hand in time as the medics shouted around me.

"Donavan, Donavan, stay with us!" One yelled and the other was doing CPR. A fourth medic arrived with a defibrillator. I reached out a hand to him.

"Clear!" He shouted and all the medics back away, holding their arms out, pushing me away. He pressed the plates to Donavan's chest, and the body shook. My hands flew up to my face to stifle my scream.

"Clear!" He shouted again and pressed the plates to his chest. Again the body shook and after a few seconds, a medic checked his heart. One checked for a pulse and they looked at each other. A shadow passed over their faces and they both shook their heads.

My heart screamed out in pain as a demon tore it gleefully to shreds. I rushed to the body, holding his bloody hand in mine.

"Donavan, Donavan, Donavan, it's me, it's Rosalena. I saw that smile, I know you can hear me, I'm here, talk to me, please, say something!" I said, warm tears spilling out of my eyes and dropping onto his hand.

"Please, tell me you love me, tell me you hate me, anything, please just say something, say something, Donavan, please anything!" I said and my voice shook. I took his other hand, the one with the matching little flower ring and I gripped them both fiercely.

"Donavan, Donavan, respond... Please..." I cried, the tears flowing fast.

"Don't leave me like this!" I screamed and shook his hands.

"You can't! I love you! You said you loved me! Donavan, you have to come back! DONAVAN!" I screamed, and my head fell on his chest. No movement. I screamed, my throat crying out in pain. I screamed on, cursing God, cursing fate for doing this. This couldn't happen. No. Donavan, we were doing to grow old together. We loved each other.

"DONAVAN!" I screamed again and the tears blurred my vision. I screamed to the sky, the cold moon starring back at me. How dare the stars sparkle so beautifully on an ugly night like this? I sobbed, holding his hand to my chest.

"No.... no no no no no no..." I sobbed, and black spots invaded my vision as I screamed and sobbed. I felt my body sway backward, and the last thing I remember seeing was the moon, shining down at me. Let me go. Let me be with him. Those were my last thoughts as the dark swooped in and pushed me over on my back, and I was gone.

A/N: So yeah, surprise! I hope you'll keep reading past this to stay with Rosalena, but if you feel too distraught, I understand!