-Escape-

Chapter 25

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**HARRY’S POV**

I finally manage to push whatever is left of Jade back into the shade.

“Oh my god.” Mutters Niall from behind me.

“No, nope she’s okay she’s fine just a little sun burnt. She is going to be back to her normal self tonight and she is going to get mad but then something will happen and then we will be okay, she will be okay.” I ramble as if I know what I am saying.

The sad part is that I cant even bring myself to look at her or at least cry for the loss of my mate because in my mind, Jade wasn’t dead.

“H-Harry.” Says Zayn walking up from behind me and putting a hand on my shoulder.

I look into his eyes, they are filled with tears.

“You don’t need to cry, she is going to be fine! It isn’t even that bad! Look at her, SHE IS FINE! JADE IS GOING TO BE FINE ZAYN STOP CRYING!” I scream shaking him. Zayn lets me jerk him back and forth but his expression doesn’t change and his eyes don’t move. He just looks down at her with a few tears falling down his cheeks with his mouth wide open.

“GOD DAMNIT ZAYN STOP IT SHE IS FINE!” I scream before I bring back my hand and slap him across the face.

This brings Zayn back to reality. He whips away the tears and coughs.

“Harry, I don think that she is going to be ‘fine’ this time.” He says not making eye contact.

I finally look at Jade then back at Zayn. Then her then Zayn then her then Zayn. I continue to do this until Liam comes up from behind me and gives me a hug.

“Haz, I think it is time to go.”

I laugh a little. “Yeah sure th-that’s just fine lets go.” I say with a smile on my face as I go for Jade. Liam grabs my arm gently and shakes his head no.

“No? No, what no? I have to get Jade so she can… so she can…” I start before I break into tears.

I drop my head into the black body and rest my head there crying into the hot fiery corps that was once my mate. My face starts to feel hot as the heat from Jade’s bubbling skin slowly settles leaving red irritated patched and some black ones covered in flakes of her perfect skin.

“Your okay.” I whisper into her chest.

I feel two arms on my back and I am pulled away.

“STOP IT SHE IS OKAY SHE IS FINE JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!” I scream at them.

I take a look at Hope who has that same expression of disbelief as Zayn. Niall and Liam start to walk me back to the house.

“NO YOU FORGOT JADE! YOU HAVE TO GO BACK FOR JADE WHEN SHE WAKES UP SHE-“

“SHE ISN’T WAKING UP HARRY!” screams Hope from behind me. I stop in my tracks and slowly turn around as Niall and Liam both slowly back up. “Y-you went too far this time.” She gets out as if she is out of breath.

I walk up to her “Jade is my vampire mate. That means that she is my soul mate and we are in love, doomed to live the rest of our lives together whether we like it or not. We are going to have ups and downs, we are going to go on dates, we are going to get married, we are going to have kids, we are going to watch all of our friends die together. Sometimes we will hate it and we will wish that we just had normal lives but deep down we know that none of that matters because we have each other and that is ALL we need. Jade and me are IN LOVE! AND LOVE ALWAYS FINDS A WAY!” I say starting to get mad. The boys take my arms and start to pull me back to the house. “LOVE ALWAYS FINDS A WAY, SHE ISN’T GONE!” I scream at her and the boys and Jade and at myself.

They bring me into the couch and push me into the chair. Niall sits next to me and Liam across.

Liam folds his hands in his lap, the fear on his face evident, the remorse and the small peice of blame directed at me sits in his eyes, unskillfully masked by the frightened little boy. His face doesnt soften “Harry, I know that this is hard but these kind of things happen and-“

“NOTHING HAS HAPPENED! NOTHING…nothing. Everything is completely normal! Jade just needs to heal so if you would please just let me go get her.” I say getting up but Niall sticks out an arm and sits me down.

Liam doesnt look at me as he speaks “Harry, as hard as it may be to realize, Jade… she-she isn’t… ‘Fine’. She…she’s….”

“She’s dead.” Says Niall straight to the point.

I feel like somebody has just ripped my heart out threw it on the ground and stomped on it.

“Niall!” scolds Liam as if Niall were a little kid.

“She’s… dead,” I say looking at the floor interlocking my hands and nodding as a long well deserved awkward pause fills the room  “well, I’m not going to accept that until I am sure.” I say before getting up.

Niall and Liam stand up to but I put up a hand, “I’m not going to do anything stupid I just want to see her.” I say quietly.

Niall looks at Liam and he nods. They both sit back down and I walk out the door and back to the scene of the crime. Crouched over Jades body stands Hope who is stroking her burnt hair. “Jade I’m so sorry its all my fault, I should have just let you go I-“ 

I cough a little and Hope turns around quickly.

“If you don’t mind, I-“

“Sure.” She says backing up.

I watch her run in the direction of the house and then it is just Jade and I.

Instead of leaning over her like every one else had I prop myself against the tree across from her as if we were just having a conversation.

“I-I have never really been the religious type” I start “But I guess that if something like us can exist then maybe… maybe god really is up there watching us. And god, y-you just got yourself a new angel.” I say laughing a little bit. “And if she doesn’t mind” I say looking at Jade on the ground. “I would like to talk to her.” I smile.

I look up at the sky waiting for some sort of sign

Maybe that’s not how these things work. Maybe it’s about trust. I have to believe that she is listening to me, and then she is.

I cough again then start. “I am ninety six years old, so by now I think I know a lot about life. But when I was about fifteen, I didn’t. I was… I was a pretty horrible child. I would scream at my siblings, complain to my father, but worst of all was how I treated my mother. “ I say. “ My mom, she wasn’t happy being with my father and us. She wanted to start her life over. Get her own job, find someone new. And for that I hated her. I would always tell her, you can’t do it you will just fail end up on the streets. I thought that I was convincing her to stay; when in reality I was pushing her. I was pushing my mother off a hypothetical cliff, and then one day she fell. Well actually, she jumped. They found her a week later dead on the rocks. Everyone blamed themselves. My father for not being a good enough husband, my siblings for not doing enough, but I knew that it was me. I was the one who pushed her and I should have seen the signs.” I say folding my hands in my lap “Back then, I thought that I was doing the right thing, but now I know that I couldn’t have been more wrong. That was one of the biggest mistakes of my life. I learned that people say things that they don’t mean, especially me. Some days we feel like if we hurt somebody it will change their mind, fix things. Today was one of those days Jade.” I finish

I come a little closer and lye down next to her.

“Maybe I don’t know to much about life yet.” I say turning my head so that I am looking at her.

I put my lips on her black flakey cheek and left her one last little kiss.

“I love you Jade, maybe one day I’ll see you again.” I say before getting up, looking at her one last time, then start back towards the house.

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