Death Cannot Part Us (5SOS Fanfic) Completed

Chapter 12 ~ 8 Days Remaining

Chapter 12

~ 8 Days Remaining

••Ashton's POV••

Hazel's only got eight days left and we're getting frantic....well I am anyway.

They've all seemed to have given up, Hazel just doesn't seem to care that she Fades in just over a week and she's just acting like nothing's wrong. The boys have all left for the summer break.

But I stayed here and I can't let her go, not when I finally realised how I feel.

We searched and searched, we completed the whole list and nothing worked. We were sure that one would, but no, she's still on this side. Though when she goes over, I won't be able to see her again whilst I'm alive, when I'm a ghost and cross over as well, I'll see her again. But if she Fades, that's it, it's all over and I'll never see her again.

We're lying in the clearing where we met, we've kind of adopted it as 'ours'. It's always referred to as 'Our Clearing' and it's the one place where we can escape for a bit and just be together. Well, together as friends,seeing as she has no idea how I feel.

We just lie there on a blanket, the dying summer sun on our faces, giving me a content, warm, sleepy feeling. She looks almost alive, the glow making her even more beautiful than usual. It's all I can do to prevent myself from staring at her, I just take stealing glances, not looking for to long or she'll catch me. We could be almost normal here, we're closed off from everything, we could just be normal teenagers, where one of us wasn't dead and Fading, where the was a possible chance of us being together.

I sit up and turn to look at Hazel,

'Haze,' I say,

'I need to tell you something.' She looks up at me and sits up as well.

'Ash? What is it?' I take a deep breath and take hold of her hand.

'Hazel...well the thing is....I....I-' She giggles,

'Yes?'

'I'm....I'm in love with you.' Her eyes widen and then she smiles.

'Please say something.' I say, my stomach sinking. She leans in, and just as our lips are about to touch, she whispers,

'I love you too.'

Her lips touch mine...and then they're gone. I open my eyes, Hazel's gone. She's Faded.

Gasping, I sit bolt upright, knocking Hazel's head off my chest. It was a dream, it was just a dream. She's not gone I tell myself, not yet at least.

Hazel is staring at me, leaning up on her elbows.

'Are you okay?' She asks she's asks, seeing the wide-eyed expression on my face.

'I-err...yeah, yeah I'm fine.' She raises her eyebrows, giving me a disbelieving look.

'It was a dream,' I say,

'That's all, just a bad dream.'

'What was it about?' She asks curiously. 'Err well...you Faded.'

She stares at me,

'You had a nightmare about me Fading?' She asks.

'Well yeah,' I say,

'If you Fade I'll never see you again, but if you go over, then I'll hopefully see you when I die.'

'You've really thought about that?'