Double Lives

Gone

I'm sitting in the waiting room waiting for my aunt to get here. I had called her as I was on my way to the hospital. I was still in shock from everything that had happened. "So miss Swan, who was the one that did this?" I remember Mick putting the gun on my head then gulped.

"Ummm." That's when I remembered Neal. No I could not stay quiet Merlyn had to pay. "Malcolm Merlyn." The officer writes it down. "Anyone else involved?" I shake my head. "No one else." He nods. He continues to ask questions and that's when my aunt gets there. I quickly run to her and she hugs me.

"Sweetie, what happened, you just said that you were in the hospital." I nod. "Neal's dead." She gasps. "What?" I nod with tears rolling down my face. "Yes, he got stabbed." She gasps. "I already called his parents." She nods. "Oh my God, sweetie are you ok?" I shake my head.

"No he told me he loved me." "Oh Emma..." I nod. "He kissed me, well I kissed him and that's when he gave his last breath." She goes and caresses my cheek. "I knew that he loved you sweetie." I gasp. "How?" She smiles. "I could see it." I nod.  "I was so blind." She sighs. "It's ok sweetie."

That's when Neal's dad arrive. "Where's my son?" His dad asks scared as can be. "Mr Cassidy, he died." He gasps. "What?" I nod. He starts to scream which only enraged me because he barely pays attention to him. The officers and hospital staff are trying to calm him down.

"Where is he?" He asks and the nurses take him to Neal's body. I just stood there with my heart completely broken. That's when I see his mom walk in but instead of being worried she is on her stupid phone. "So what did he break this time?" She asks while still looking at her phone. I part from my aunt and scoffed.

"Your son is dead." "How much will that be, I seriously need to go back to work." I scoff. "Your son is dead, my best friend is dead." She stops typing on her phone and looks up. "What?" She shakes her head. "No..." I nod. That's when Neal's dad comes out. "Is he?" She asks him and he nods.

They both run down the hallway sobbing like crazy. I can't believe it took for Neal to die for her to pay attention to him. His parents never cared for him and now I bet they regret not spending more time with him.

I walk back to my aunt and she hugs me. I was so devastated, the one person I seriously loved is gone. Gone. I don't know how I'm going to get through life without him. I look down at my clothes and they're still bloody. This was so unfair, why?

Time passes by and they come back. They both look at me with anger in their eyes. "It's because of you Emma, you killed our son," Neal's mom screams at me. I gasp as my aunt pulls me behind her. "Don't you dare scream at my niece like that." They all start to argue and I just couldn't deal with all of this.

I went and ran back to the room where they had Neal in. I wait till the nurses got out and walked inside. I walked up to the gurney and I see him laying down with a blanket over him. I pull it down and I see his bloody and bruised face. My heart broke.

He looked so pale. I caressed his face and I started to cry. He didn't deserve this. We had so much planned. We were going to graduate together. I look at his hand and he still had the bracelet I gave him years ago. I grab it and put it on my necklace. I stood there just staring at him and trying to remember the good times we had.

I lean down and kissed him. His lips were cold. How I wish he was kissing me back. I stood there staring at his body. Neal died and so did I. The happy girl, that nerd, she died along with Neal and someone dark and full of revenge is born.

Those guys were going to pay! I'm going to seek vengeance for Neal's death. I caress his face and smile. "Don't worry I will make sure they pay." I kiss his forehead and I cover him. I make my way outside as I caressed my necklace.

"I don't want you anywhere near us you hear me!" Neal's mom screams at me as I walk into the waiting room. I ignored her. She continued to scream at me and I snapped. "Look here Mrs. Cassidy, I was the only person that truly cared for Neal, you didn't not even your husband and trust me I don't want to be near you guys. Neal is dead so just leave me the hell alone." My aunt nods and we make our way to her car.

We get to the house and I look at the project that was in the living room. I go and destroy it. I start to scream and I'm just making a mess. My aunt then grabs me. "Sweetie, honey." I start to sob. "He didn't deserve that, I told him to wait!" She nods. "He was so stubborn, I told him to wait." She nods.

"Yes but now he's gone." I nod. "I couldn't save him." She caressed my face. "You couldn't have saved him my love." I nod. "Go take a shower, get his blood off of you then go to sleep." I nod. I slowly made my way up there. I look at myself in the mirror and I see the side of my lip cut open.

I start to remember what happened and I get enraged. I go and hit the mirror with my fist. I groan as I took a step back. I see it all bloody and it hurts like hell. I have cuts everywhere. I wipe the glass off my hand and made my way towards the shower.

I turn the water on and I get in. The hot water is burning my hand. I looked down and I see the tub red as can be. I kneel down and I'm just sobbing. I just can't seem to stop crying. I manage to sit down and I see all the cuts from my hand.

I put my hand into a fist and hit the tub. I groaned but with that I stopped crying. No more crying, no more being weak, just like I told Neal that defenseless Emma is gone and I will seek vengeance, and I will protect those who need to be protected. I will not stand and see other people be pushed around, not while I'm alive.