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Chapter 16:

~Sage's POV~

I buried Luka with my parents, only keeping his collar as a keepsake. I haven't left the apartment since I got back from the fight three days ago. Crying has been a never ending roller coaster, never managing to stop no matter how hard I try.

Everyone I ever had is gone. I'm left with no one, I have lost them all. I think about them but not as much as I think about Peter. Sitting by the window, just praying Peter will come by.

He is never coming back, he hates me. I lied to him about who I was, what I am, now he is gone. Fresh tears flood to my eyes just thinking about him. What does love hurt so fucking much? To be honest he probably never loved me, and now he never will.

~Next morning~

I wake next to my window again. This is nothing you anymore. Sleeping here at least makes me feel like he will see me. I must be losing my mind, he's not looking at me or for me. I'm just a distant memory to him now. He is never coming back. The loneliness must be getting to me, with out Luka here I am completely and totally alone.

Sadness just consumes me sitting here, that's why I came to the decision to go out and get a cup of coffee. The air is cold on my exposed skin, but I don't really care. I don't really feel it anyway, I'm just numb. The sidewalk is crowded with city goers alike, pushing past and rushing to their next destination.

      Everyone seems to be doing this, except for one. There he was, standing right in front of me. Peter. I stopped dead in my tracks, not wanting him to notice me. For the past few nights I have been crying out for him, now that he is here I want to slink away and disappear.

       The moment I turn to head back he notices me. He watches every move I make, until he blinks and I vanish. I hide in the ally, attempting to choke back sobs. Every time I look at him or even think of him makes a small chunk of me die. Every memory, every look, every word he ever said kills me.

~Peter's POV~

       There she was, standing right there. She was right in front of me. She looked tired, like she hasn't slept in days judging by the dark circles. Her body also looks slightly slimmer then it previously did. I did this too her.

      She was right there, then in a blink of an eye she vanished. Sage was gone. There was never a single trace of her ever being there. That wasn't good enough for me, so I take a few steps forward and look around. She wasn't anywhere, not even the ally next door. She was a ghost, gone with out a trace.

      Was I seeing things? Is my mind messing with me? I don't know, either way she isn't here, so I head inside. I order the same thing as I did before. I sit at a table near the window just like before. This was the table she and I first actually started talking at. This was the place we first started hanging out. This was the place where I fell head over heals for her.

     Our memories come back, rushing through my mind like a movie. I remember the day we first met, when I bumped her making her drop her things. I remember our walk in the park and the day she stitched me up. Memories of her sleeping in the sunlight and how peaceful she looked come back as well.

      Most of all memories of her smile, her laugh, and her eyes cause me the most pain. Even when she took the contact out I still thought they were so incredibly beautiful. They were mesmerizing. I remember every single little thing, and it hurts like hell. All I do though is take a sip of my coffee and look out the window.