Fate's Decision

Chapter Two

March 27, 2013

I had went in to work directly after school and got off at nine at night. I made a safe trip home, called Lilian to tell her that I was sorry for being unable to go see the movie that night, and was fast asleep.

March 28, 2013

I woke up bright and early this morning and actually made an effort. Directly after school Lilian and I were going to watch the same movie that we had seen Tuesday, again.

That morning I kissed my mom on the cheek and hugged my dad with my toast in hand, and rushed out the door with a quick "I love you!"

The school day had gone by pretty quickly, and I wasn't complaining. I was pretty excited to go Theo James shirtless again, and I'm sure Lilian was, too.

*

"Ugh, it was even better the second time around!" Lilian let her head fall back in delight. "It's even better than the book."

"I wouldn't go as far as that," I laugh. "I don't think anything could beat the book."

She rolls her eyes. "Of course you would think that," she laughs to show that she's only joking.

I pull out my keys and start the engine. "So do you want me to take you home or what?"

She thinks for a moment. "I think I should probably go home tonight. My dad was complaining to me about how I'm never home, and how he's always so alone because I'm never there."

"Oops! Sorry Mister Montgomery," I smile. "No, but seriously, tell him that I apologize for always keeping you."

"You know he's cool with you," she laughs. "No need for you to apologize."

I shrug. "Alright."

I press on the brake, as I see the light change from green to yellow to red, and come to a halt. The light turns green and I ease off, driving forward. The next thing I know, a tractor and trailer is flying toward us from behind with the obvious intention of not slowing down. I jerk the wheel to try and get out of the way, but I'm too late.

"Persephone!" Lilian screams.

"Oh, my God," I manage to get out right before the truck slams into the back of my car, throwing the two of us into unconsciousness.

*

Heaven and Hell is not something I necessarily pondered on within my time on Earth.

What if neither were to exist though?

For me, I mean.

I believe each and every one of us have our own idea of what is to come after we die... Some may experience their beliefs and others, like myself, what do we experience?

I'm not too certain, considering while on Earth, I had no such belief in the existence of Heaven or Hell.

I believed that they were simply figments that humans mustered up because they feared the unknown.

Even though their theories of a Heaven and Hell could not be proven, it still gave them a sense of peace.

It reassured them that there was something after death.

That there wasn't just a darkness consuming their lifeless body.

For me, that inevitable darkness consumed me until I found the strength to break out.

I broke out and now I'm here, amongst the people that still have the privilege of life.

I am here, amongst the people that still have the privilege of life, wondering if any of them know what just occurred.

If any of them know that two young lives may have just been claimed.

Have my parents been contacted?

Has Lilian's dad been contacted?

What will come of him if Lilian doesn't make it? She's the only thing he has left.

I'm the oldest in my family. How will my parents take it if I die?

My siblings, Beth and Tristan, how will they feel if they lose their older sister? The one they're supposed to look up to?

All of the answers are indefinite.

While pondering over all of this, I realize that I am standing over my own limp, lifeless, broken body staring down.

They continue trying to bring me back to life.

I realize how hopeless it is.

How hopeless I am.

If I do, by chance, pull through this, I'm never going to be the same.

I cry.