Death Cannot Part Us (5SOS Fanfic) Completed

Chapter 14 ~ Last Day

Chapter 14

~ Last Day

••Ashton's POV••

It me took all night to find Hazel, I searched the whole school and the grounds, my room, our Clearing, the tower and even Sampson's hut, I could've sworn I'd seen a light in the window. But it was only when the sun had risen on her last day, did I find her by a pond deep in the woods.

I walk up to her and sit down beside her.

'Hi.'

'Hey.' She replies,

'I'm sorr-' We both start to say, she smiles,

'You first.' She says.

'I'm really sorry,' I tell her,

'I didn't mean what I said.'

'Neither did I.' She replies,

'I was just tired, I had a headache. I shouldn't have made assumptions.'

I lean in to hug her, before remembering and drawing back awkwardly.

'Are we good?' I ask,

'Yeah, we're good.' She says,

'I love you.'

'I love you too.' I reply.

We sit there in silence for a bit, before I say,

'Look, after you left, I found something.' She looks up at me swiftly,

'What? Seriously?'

'It's not exactly what we hoped for, but it means you get to live and we'll be able to be togeth-'

'Great! What is it?' She interrupts.

'-er across the veil....' I finish.

She stares at me for a second,

'Wait! What?' She says urgently.

'What are you talking about Ashton!' She asks me, looking terrified.

'A sacrifice.' I say.

'....my sacrifice.'

'NO!' She shouts,

'No way in hell!'

'Why not?' I ask,

'I read that a ghost can be brought back to life if the person who loves them truly sacrifices them-self. If I die, you'll live and we'll see each other in the afterlife.'

'NO Ashton! No way are you going to die for me! I don't care if it prevents me from Fading, if you died and I lived, I would follow you straight away! I would rather kill myself than let you kill yourself for me! I couldn't bare it!' She breaks down in tears.

'But why Hazel?' I ask her,

'If it means you can live and we get to be together later then why not?'

'Ash,' She says, looking at me with her tear stained face,

'How does it feel to know that I'm going to Fade?'

'What kind of question is th-'

'Just answer it!' She snaps.

'It feels horrible,' I tell her,

'To know I'm helpless and can't do anything is terrible.'

'That's how I would feel.' She says,

'That's how I would feel if you dies for me and I knew that I could've prevented it.' We look at each other, not speaking,

'Don't do it.' She says,