A Love That Never Truly Died

Tears and harsh words

Storm is poking my face with her tiny paws. I scoop her up and climb out of bed, I carry her to her play pin and set her down. I walk to the kitchen to start a batch of coffee, and watch it brew. I take my mug of wakeup juice, and sit at the dinning table sitting in silence. I keep thinking about last night, the engagement, and everything that's happened. I'm only eighteen and I'm about to get married in a few months, everything is happening so fast. It was only a few months ago when He came to the Theatre show, and became apart of my life again. I'm not sure I'm ready to get married and settle, I'm scared he'll hurt me again. I hear a shower running, Dylan is finally awake. After a few minutes, the shower turns off. I hear a door close, and I hear footsteps shortly after. Dylan walks into the kitchen, and he looks awake. He comes over by me, and holds my hand gently. "Hey, how did you sleep"?
I smile, "Great", I lie because I tossed and turned all night. He smiles "That's good", he kisses my forehead. I blush and flutter my eyes close. When his lips leave my head then I open them. I look into his eyes and I see confusion, love, and regret in them. "Are you okay"?, I hear Myself speak. He looks down "No, I just don't know if I wanna get married to you. I can't explain it, but I think I'm still in love with Vanessa". As soon as I hear her name roll off his tongue, I freeze. He doesn't love me, it's always been her. I stand up, "Then you should marry her", and with that I slip the ring off my finger and set it on the table. I run out the front door, and I don't look back. I run to the dock and I sit and let my tears fall, he doesn't love me and he never will. I hear shuffling behind me, and as I turn around Vanessa is standing on the dock. She sees me and smirks "Bye Taylor", and then I feel the cold harsh air as I fall into the freezing water. When I come up for air, I grab the dock board and try and pull myself up. Vanessa kicks my head and I plunge back into the water. I swim towards shore rather than the dock and when I reach the sand, I feel something wet and sticky dripping from my head. I touch my hand and when I pull back and look all I see is blood. My blood. I look around and feel myself losing my own vision, I collapse on the beach. I hear people scream as they see the blood dripping on the sand. I wake up, and I'm in a bed with an IV attached to my arm. My head is in pain, and when I look around I'm in the hospital. My parents are in the room, and Dylan is nowhere to be seen. An officer approaches me "Taylor? Can you tell me exactly what happened? Please take your time we don't want you to lose consciousness". I slowly sit up, and remember the dock, Vanessa, and most of all Dylan saying he didn't want to marry me. I speak "My fiancé and I had an argument, I ran out of the house and ended up at the dock. I heard someone's presence behind me, and I saw Vanessa and I remember her smirk and pushing me in the ice cold water. I swam up and pulled myself onto the dock, I felt her sharp heeled boots kick me off the dock and I swam to shore". At this point I was in tears, "She attempted to kill me, and I kinda wished she would've. I reached the shore and remember collapsing and screams. I can't remember anything else after, I'm sorry". The lady chief officer nods, "Wow, Are you sure you're okay? Your head doesn't hurt or anything"? I shook my head, "It stings a little, my head and the fact that my Fiancé isn't here which just shows how much he loves me". The officer frowns "I know how hard it must be for you right now, and I know you'll recover the doctor said so himself. I do have one more question, Who is Vanessa"? I sighed "A drama obsessed girl that went to my school. I dated her crush and she wanted revenge ever since, she killed my cat Snowball and got away with it. She tried to kill me, and she's not gonna stop until I'm dead". She took some notes, and said "Taylor, if she is still out there. I need to have police monitoring your house until she's caught. Are you okay with this"? I shake my head "I don't know if that's a possibility. I don't wanna go home to my Fiancé ever". I reach for my Moms arm, she holds it gently. She looks at the officer and says boldly "That's enough questions, I'll take her home with me. We can finish the questioning in your officer during your office hours. She's already in enough pain". Suddenly my vision goes blurry and I collapse, I hear a beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep and my mother screaming. I hear it go again, I start to cry. My heart stopped and I almost died. What's happening to me? I hear my mom crying and I fall asleep feeling her caress my cheek.