Convergent

Chapter 2

I lie where I am, not wanting to move. How can I be dead? I had so much more I wanted to do. I let the tears viciously run down my face, not caring enough to wipe them away. "Beatrice." I hear someone say my name. A familiar voice, sweet and loving. The only voice I wanted to hear the most in the past few weeks. I look up and see my mother.

Without hesitation I get up and run to her, her arms wide open. When we touch everything inside me collapses. More tears come now and my mother is here to wipe them away. "Beatrice," she whispers, " It's okay, there's nothing to be upset about anymore." At this I make a noise that sounds like I'm running out of air. "But," I pull back so I stand alone and face my mother, "Tobias." When I say his name this feeling of longing comes over me. Pain stabs at my heart, and all I want is to be with him. "Tobias is fine," she tells me, "Just let me explain all of this," she gestures to everything around her, "And I'm sure you will feel much better." She gives me a smile and gently brushes off the tears that keep escaping down my cheek. "I'm so proud of you, Beatrice," she leans over and kisses me on the cheek, "You did so well down their, my brave soldier." Taking my hand, she leads me to a door that glows gold. The closer I get to it the more it blinds me so I close my eyes and step through to the other side. When I open them again I can't believe what I see. And this time I cry tears of joy.