a realistic fairytale // d.e. // rewriting

t w e n t y o n e

I stared blankly at him. He didn't talk to me since we've been in that buffet, and right now we're just watching TV in our room at 5pm. I decided to break the silence.

"Its been like, 7 hours! You haven't said ONE WORD to me since that buffet. Whats going on!?"

"......"

"Seriously?"

"I just don't want to tell you..."

"Tell me what?"

"Jason. He um... got hit by a car and...."

"HUH?!"

"I'm sorry. He's gone."

I started to realize that I was crying, then suddenly cried so hard. Jason's...dead? My Gus, dead?

"How?!"

"He was going to your house, holding flowers and um, stuff but when he was crossing the road...he just...was so excited that he didn't notice that-"

"Enough." I said, wiping my tears with my sleeve. "When did you find out?" I asked.

"Ummm, when we were at the restaurant. I was just so shocked that I didn't speak."

I started crying again. "I....I'm okay...."

He stared at me and I put my forehead on his chest and softly cried. He patted my back and hugged me. I felt safe in his arms.

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I woke up to the sound of muttering people. I started to realize I fell asleep in Darren's arms and fluttered my eyes open. He was still asleep and Katy and Luke were the ones talking.

"They're so cute together!" Katy said.

I punched her arm softly before she could notice I was awake. "It's not what it looks like! Okay?! Jason's dead and I passed out crying on his shoulders!"

They stood there, quietly. "He's dead?"

"Yeah...car accident."

They frowned and then Darren woke up and noticed that we were still close, and blushed. I blushed too and slowly moved away.

"I think I'm gonna go um, to the balcony." I walked out and stared at the tall buildings and the parks. I'm confused. What should I feel? Sad or Happy? Happy that Jason's out of my life, and I can now fall into Darren's arms and we can run into the sunset? No! But sad that he's dead and I really really liked him.

"Um, hey Ky." I heard a voice say. Wait, no one calls me Ky. I turned around and saw Darren. "Hey." I answered with a blank expression on my face.

"You okay?"

"Yeah. I'm good."

"..."

"..."

"Guys! Tito says that we're gonna go see the London Eye! Let's goooo!" Luke screams.

"Um, we better get going then."

I walked inside the house and put on my Minnie Mouse hoodie and my jeans. I love hoodies a lot. Darren wore a red t-shirt and some jeans. I stared at him, but with no expression. He stared back at me confused.

"I can't tell if you think I look bad or think I look good." He laughed.

I managed to give a small smile.

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