Love Is A Leap

Chapter Five

Those few words sent my life upside down, I was devastated.

"NO ..... NO .... NO .... NO ..."

Everything after this was dazed all I remember was that Edward caught me before I fell down on the ground and my arms went around him and as usual I started crying.

"Oh, Edward why does this happen to me?"

"Sshh don't cry Sammy, I'm with you." He was consoling me. He took me to the lobby and made me sit on the chair,

"Edward, I can't believe Melina is dead, I'm so bad, and it's because of me. Kill me instead. God please kill me."

The sobs overtook me then, I was shattered. Edward came to sit beside me and held my hand in a tight grip.

"Don't ever say that, do you hear me? Never." He ordered.

"But I meant them ... I wanna ... die ... so badly."

"You are crazy and stop being absurd. Nothing is gonna happen to you."

I ignored his remark and continued,

"If only I could go back and fall down those stairs instead of Mel I wouldn't have minded, I don't have anything here, Edward, nothing to stop me."

"What about me?" he asked me in a low painful voice.

"What about you? Would you seriously mind if I ... died?" I asked him.

He did not reply any time soon and as soon as I looked up I saw ... naked pain in his eyes, as if the thought of me dead ... would hurt him.

"Of course Samantha, what kind of guy do you think I'm? I don't know what I would do but I don't even wanna think about you dead and that's the last thing that does gonna happen so you have to stop saying that."

"Why would you be sad Edward, after all I did to you? I really am a bitch you know. You have to go away from me. Yeah, go." I was getting mad and I tried to push him. And he shouted at me for the first time.

"STOP! Are you crazy? Why should I go? What is wrong with you?" his shouting only got more tears in my eyes.

"Don't you see, Edward? I loved dad, he went away. I loved mum, she died. I loved Mel she left me, I liked Nick he went away too, and I don't want anything bad to happen to you. I want you to be happy always so you have to go, I'm cursed or something. So just go away." I tried to control my tears and I turned my back at him, I was running away but he caught my wrist and turned me round.

"I don't care, Sammy. You are my ... best friend. I will die when I have to but I will never leave you. Never."

I was scared; I really was I was all ready developing feelings for him and if anything happened to him ...

"Edward, if anything happened to you because of me? I'll never be able to forgive myself, so it's better to save us both the heart ache."

"NO! I'm not gonna go."

His grip tightened on my hand and he led me outside to the parking lot.

"We have to inform Nick." I told him. Edwards's mouth tightened,

"Give me his number."

I gave him Nick's number and prayed that he would pick up the phone.

"I think this number is fake." He stated.

"What? He gave it to me."

"Come on inside the hospital for a second." We both went inside and he asked the nurse if he could use the reception phone and smiled so magnificently that the nurse agreed. Then he handed the phone to me and dialled the emergency number and explained me the whole plan.