the only one // h.s

chapter 5

(This is still part of the flashback)

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Harry's POV

I open my eyes.

Why didn't it work?

I stand from the bed and walk back into the kitchen, taking the bottle of pills in my hand. I shake it and just like I thought, it's empty. I did take the pills. I wasn't dreaming. So why haven't they worked?

As I walk out of the kitchen I hit my hip on the edge of the sharp countertop. I wince, expecting the pain to come but it never does.

Hmm that's weird...

Maybe the pills are starting to work.

I walk back to the bedroom to lay down one last time. What I see when I walk into the small room is enough to make me throw up, but nothing comes out.

I see myself curled into a ball, laying in an unmoving heap on top of the blankets. I take a step closer. The body on the bed looks exactly like me, but that is not me. He has the same messy chestnut colored hair and the same all black clothing, but the body in front of me has no life to him.

While I'm trying to sort through my thoughts I faintly hear the front door open. I peek around the corner and see Violet's small frame walking towards me. She doesn't notice me. All she notices is the body that is lying on the bed.

She runs over and desperately shakes the body. Screaming words that I try to block from my mind. She drops to her knees and begins crying. She cries and shakes so much that I'm afraid she will break into a million pieces and I will have to tape her back together.

She came back for me.

She does love me. I knew it.

What have I done. Why didn't I wait.

If I had just waited five more minutes I would know that she loves me and we could have been happy.

I can't bear to watch what is unveiling before my eyes any longer.

I leave the house and run. I just run.

I plan to run until I'm out of breath. Before I know it I have run several miles and haven't felt any signs of exhaustion.

I soon realize I will never feel the exhaustion and be overcome with the sleep I so desperately need.

I no longer have a heart beat.

End of flashback