Here We Go | Book One || COMPLETED

In Deep

Talons POV

I'm in a field, I look frantically at my chest for a gun shot, but nothing's there. I look around for some familiarity, in this place. I see it, a huge tree, standing in the middle of the field. I slowly walk to the tree. I dive under the low hanging branches, and climb the trunk. I get to the top, and brush branches out of my face, and look past the long fields, an endless row of tall yellow grass. A Dream World. A woman in a long dress, is running towards me, I climb down quickly to meet her, I don't think I know her but my body tells me to run. I run to her, and stop.

"Mom?" I my lower lip quivers. She caresses my cheek and kisses me.

"Oh, fils [son], how much I have missed you"

"I have missed you too mére [mother], I miss you so much everything, the way you made pancakes, warm hugs, and read me to sleep." I feel a tear shriek down my face.

"Talon there isn't much time, I have to tell you something, the way your future is will not be the way it is planned out." She rushed her words. I beg her to go on but she silences me, " je t'amie [I love you]" she is sweeped away with a subtle wind. I look down at my hand, it to is fading. Is this death? " Ne pas combattre le futur, couler avec lui. [Do not fight the future, flow with it]" the words of my mother ring in my ears. I lay down, and soon everything is white. I slowly blink my eyes and Ocean is sitting in the chair next to me.

I stroke her hair. "Talon!" She jumps and kisses me. Soon I'm discharged at the end of May and set on bed rest for a week.

Oceans POV

I run down the stairs quickly as I heard a crash in the kitchen. Ruby was over and I wanted to show her a outfit I bought for the twins. Who haven't been born yet. When I reach the kitchen she is leaning on the counter as a weight. "I-I just peed myself" she said.

Shit why am I the only one here!

I rush her to the car, we drive to the hospital soon everyone is here. Jamie is pacing badly, he is too anxious to go in. After 5 hours of labor. The doctor comes out drenched in sweat. We all stand. " A healthy delivery..." he smiles weakly.

"A?" Jamie asks

"The first child died, a stillbirth, and it cause internal bleeding... we had to do a C-section for the second... but Mrs. Hoffman- Jennings didn't make it, I'm sorry for your loss." The doctor turns and walks through the door. Jamie's legs give out from under him, it wasn't like what we wanted. Ruby wasn't coming back, she was dead gone. I kneel with Jamie on the cold floor.

A button up my black dress, and slip on black flats. In my mirror I can see reflected back saddness and lack of sleep. One part because I cried for Ruby, another part because Jamie gave her up for adoption. We didn't even name her. She is gone into the system. I can't even look at Jamie anymore, why? Why give up the only thing you have left of Ruby? It makes no fucking sense! I slowly walk down the stairs, and get into the limo. We pull up to the church. The bells rang, signaling the hour. Talon takes my hand in his and squeezes it tight has we enter the pew in the middle. Jamie stands up at the front.

"I wasn't married to Ruby very long, and we had been friends for about a year, when we first you know, but in the 3 years I had been with her, I saw a certain light from her. She always wanted to help people, love people, be friends with everybody. Sometimes she made me give what was left in my wallet to homeless people. Ruby didn't stop functioning when she got pregnant like I did. It gave her more fuel. I loved Ruby, she was my first love. From her favorite play, one that she could recite completely Romeo and Juliet, 'For that is the east and Juliet is the sun'. Life teaches us lesson, these lessons aren't to be taken lightly, and I know this isn't a confessional but I do have a confession to make, Ruby and I, knew that she wa- Ruby will be missed." He quickly ended the speech and sat back down alone.

After the funeral, I helped Talon up, but I caught Jamie talking to someone a older couple. They linked their arms together, Jamie gave them a hug. The man had blonde hair, and the woman had black hair. I couldn't hear their conversation, I helped Talon out to the car.

I dropped Talon off, and went to that diner again. Not to see Noah, but to clear my head, the air in there seemed cleaner. I sat down in my usual spot, but not a minute later, Noah did too. "Hi" I whispered

"I'm sorry Ocean..." he grabbed my hand. I only nodded at his condolences. What was he going to do other than say sorry, he can't bring her and the other child back. It's too late for them. "I have some good news that might lift those sunken spirts!" He cheerfully said. I adjusted my complete attention on him. "I got excepted into the Marines! I ship out the week after highschool ends!" He was so excited. I smiled weakly I wanted to be happy, but there would have to be a lot of happy to out weigh the sad. He moved over to my seat and put one arm around me. "Look I'm sorry but your going to have to be happy of else!" He smiles

"Or else what?" I ask

"Or I'll tickle you" he brings one hand out and attacks my torso.

"No-Noah ahhh I'M HAPPY I'M HAPPY!" I shout. He stops and my gaze sets on him and his crystal eyes. I linger there for a moment and gulp down the air stuck in my throat. He leans in and kisses me. "Stop- I can't do this again, you said it was a mistake" I climb over him and rush out of the restaurant.

"Ocean Wait a second hear me out!" He turns me around.

"What Noah!" I scream

"Look I can't stop thinking about you, dreaming about you. What happened at the Christmas party, that was real there was no mistake" he begged "I love you.... be with me" he came closer, this was the time to make a decision.

"I'm getting married" I drop his hands. His eyes hold disappointment. "The week you ship out... is the week I'll get married. I'm sorry, but I don't feel the same"

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So sorry guys, Ruby was my favorite but what I do is for a reason... this is dark but she had to die... I'm sorry!
I'll give an extra heart for Ruby, and the baby...
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