Too Young (Travlyn Fic)

Travis

Five months. It's been five months. Everyone else has given up. Everyone else has lost all hope. Everyone else except for Kasey and Aphmau. Even I think it's time to give up. But I can't.
I live in my own apartment now. It was too much of a strain on Aaron's family for me to stay and I can live in my own. Aphmau calls everyday. She's worried, I know she is. She's worried I'll go back into the world of darkness. But I don't think I will. The bad days come sometimes, but I owe it to Katie to live my life. I owe it to her to survive through the pain. I owe it.
I sit on my bed, on my laptop. I'm suppose to pick something to major in for college. I'm suppose to, but I can't. Aaron says that I should major in business management, like he is. Most people are in college already, but I decided to wait a year. I just can't really focus right now.
I'm always thinking about Katie.
I dream about her. About her smile, about her actions. I wish she was here. I wish she was here so badly. It hurts so much sometimes because she isn't here.
That's it. I can't think right now. I sigh and sip my chai tea. I almost drop it on my computer, it's so hot. My burnt tongue tingles. I read somewhere you should put sugar on burned tongues. I want to, but I'm too lazy to get out of my bed.
Bored of looking up colleges, I open Ru'an News. I never use to look at it, but now I do everyday, hoping to see something about Katelyn. I scroll through the articles. Nothing interesting and nothing about Katie.
I go to YouTube. There has to be something to take my mind away. There has to be. I scroll through the recommended.
Something catches my eye. It's from last week. I open it with one swift click.
I realize why it stood out to me. It's about a girl called Katie. The title reads Best Live Coco Cafe Performance, Katie sings I Won't Forget. It's a long title. Katie's hair is bright green and purple. That's why she stood out to me. She reminds me of Katelyn.
My heart hurts. It hurts because I wish my Katie was here. 
Something compels me to watch the video. Something, perhaps a dying, pathetic hope that it's Katelyn.
Text flashes up on the screen.
Twenty one year old Katie is impressively talented and I wanted to share with the world her amazing, powerful vocals.
Twenty one. Well that doesn't check out. But the voice thing does. Katelyn was always a powerful. Powerful in every way, including her voice.
Katie has been working at a Coco, a local cafe for six months now and I am amazed with her talent. Today I heard her original song, I won't forget.
A video begins to play. Katie sits at the piano. I want her so bad to be Katelyn. I want her to be so bad. But what are the chances.
"As I grew older the world it grew colder and so did my soul. I was terrified, just trying to survive, but that ended up creating a hole. A hole in my heart.
Because I was cruel, darling I left too soon and ended up hurting people. And I tried to believe but it still hurts me, because I'm frozen from the cold. The cold in the dark."
Her voice sounds so familiar. But perhaps it's just my longing. It's just my wishing it that she is my Katie.
"And the part that hurts the most is the part that belonged to you. You made me smile, but now your gone too. And sometimes I wonder if this nightmare will ever end. Cause even though I'm getting better, my mind won't forget. My mind won't forget. I won't forget."
Her voice captivates me. How I wish she was Katelyn. I long for her to be Katelyn.
She finishes singing and all the peace I felt goes away. Now it feels like someone is stabbing me in the chest with a knife.
"Katie Lynne, everyone," a man says. My head yanks up. Katie Lynne. Katelyn. And as the girl says thank you, I realize something. Something that makes the pain disappear and makes hope return. I feel tears begin to fall down my face. Tears of joy. I can not believe this.
That voice is strong and commanding. That voice is sweet and pure. That voice is the voice I fell in love with.
That voice belongs to Katelyn.
Katelyn is somewhere where there is a Coco Cafe. I don't know where. But she's alive.
I am going to find her. I am going to find her.
I've gone almost half a year without Katelyn and I've been in pain every single day since. But now I am going to find her and heal.
We can heal together.

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