When I Say, I Love You...

Chapter 4

Susanne sat her table for hours praying that Aaliyah had never gotten that plane. Never once in her life had she ever been so worried, well except for when her mother had left that night to do some in finished business with Keith's father. The only difference was she was positive that she was going to come back but she never did. She hoped that Aaliyah would come in home with her green eyes lighting up. She didn't know what she would do with out her.

Just then the doorbell ranged. She jumped up out of her chair and practically ran to the d

door. She swung it open."Aaliyah?"

"No it's Michael." Michael said with a huge smile on his face.

"Oh it's just you."she said in disappointment.

"that wasn't the kind of greeting I was hoping for."he said as he walked in.

"I'm sorry,  it's just that I'm very impatient right now."She said

Michael raised his eyebrow in suspicion."What do you mean, what's going on?"

"Look Michael before I tell you this your gonna have wait until i'm finished before you start overreacting."

"O....kay, I guess."He said as he sat down in the leather chair in the living room

"Okay so this morning I get a call from the Los Angeles Flight department, and they said that the plane that Aaliyah was suppose to be on crashed."Michael's eyes widened and just as his mouth was about to part so he could say something she held out her hand."Now before you start over reacting, they said that there's a chance that she never got on the plane, her body was never found."

"Well have you tried calling her?"

"That's the first thing I did Michael, Her phone keeps going straight to voice mail."

"Well have you heard from them yet?"

"No they haven't called me since this morning."She said as she walked over to the phone. "I have been sitting here for hours waiting to here something from them."

"I was talking to her last night. She was about to go perform when she hung up."

"Do you know how long the performance last?"She asked/

"No."he said shaking his head.

Susanne let out a long sigh."I just hope she's alright I can't bare to lose her."

"Neither can I."Michael was crazy in love with Aaliyah.HE always has been, ever sense they were fifteen years old. and now that they were finally together he didn't lose her so soon. He wanted her to be in his life until the end of time.

Just then the phone ranged. Susanne frantically picked it up."Hello?"

"MA'am?"

"yes?"She asked.

"Is there by any chance you know a Rashad Turner?"He asked."You may refer to him as Keith."

"Yes sir, I do."

"What's he saying?"Michael asked frantically.

Susanne held up her finger.

"HE and other back ground dancers and I think your daughters hair dresser, were  found dead."HE said."I'm sorry ma'am."

Susanne couldn't speak. She couldn't believe that Rashad was gone. He and Aaliyah only knew each other for a short period of time. She swallowed the lump that was growing in her throat."What about Aaliyah?"

"Still no sign of her ma'am. We're gonna go check with the hotel she was staying in."

"Okay she said/

The line went dead and Susanne immediately went into shock.."Susanne?"Michael asked."What did they say?"

"He said that Rashad and all her team members are dead."

"What?"He asked."But Aaliyah didn't even know him for too long."

"I know."She said as she buried her hands in her face and began to cry.

Aaliyah's POV

I was sitting on a commercial plane very uncomfortably. I had on some super dark shades and my hair pulled back into a pony tail, trying to make sure no one notices me. I hated the fact that I missed my flight but i just didn't understand why no one came up to my room and woke me up. Or the pilot would leave with out me. I wanted to call Susanne to tell her that I was okay but my battery on my phone was dead and i couldn't charge it. I sat back and stared out the window. I just couldn't see how that day could get any worse.

Michael's POV.

"Michael, i have some bad news."Joseph said when he walked in the kitchen that night. His eyes was filled with pain.

"what?" he asked, concerned.

He stepped up to him "It's about Aaliyah, He said he put his hand on my shoulder."she's dead."

My eyes widened.He felt his chest tightening and my hands started shaking."W-what?"

"She's gone, her plane crashed this morning."

Tears started rolling down my eyes he tried to Hug me and to comfort me, but the last person he wanted to be comforted by was him. He ran out the door, and all the way out to my car. He sat there and cried for a whole ten minutes.

I was going to marry her. Why did this happen, what did she ever do that was so wrong, I loved her, I loved her and never had the chance to tell her.I started crying harder. I loved her! WHY? GOD! WHY? God please bring her back, I want her to be with me for ever don't take her away please, god, please.............please................please.

He put his keys in the ignition and drove off he couldn't bare to be in that house any more he couldn't bare to be anywhere without his Liyah. He couldn't.........