Oh, gosh. This is supposed to be sad, but I'm probably the only one on the verge of tears. Whyyyyyyy
But anyways, good luck to Timberwolf, and thank you to Yomama and wansari-dragon! :)
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The ironic thing was, my life had been getting better. I had made my first and probably my only true friends in all of my sixteen years, and I was happier, really.
But I guess that couldn't stop what happened.
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It was a beautiful, autumn night. One of those ones where it was not too hot, yet not too cold.
I had gone to this little picturesque town on the edge of the ocean with Justin and Erin (I had learned that was what her name was). It wasn't a very big place, there were only about four roads, and it was surrounded on three sides by forest.
We were in the forest now, just off the road that connected them to the rest of civilization, laughing and talking. We didn't know how long we had been here, and honestly, we didn't care. We had rented a cottage here with Erin's aunt, anyways, so the time honestly didn't matter.
We could just lay there. And we did, looking at the stars and laughing. I couldn't imagine where I could had been then if I hadn't met them, and I didn't want to. All I knew was that I would have been lonely, like I was before.
"No, seriously," Erin said, between giggles at Justin's latest joke. "What time is it?"
"How are we supposed to know? I'm watchless!" Justin said with a grin.
Erin rolled her eyes, despite the wide smile on her face. "Ally?"
I shrugged. "No idea. Why does it matter?"
"I don't know, what if a panther comes out and eats us and we can't see him because it's the middle of the night?"
"Oh, yeah," I say, grinning. "Because there are totally panthers in Canada!" Justin starts laughing along with me.
"It could happen!" Erin says, trying to pout but joining our laughter after a minute.
"Maybe we should head back, though..." I said, sitting up.
"Noooooo, stay!" Justin whined, grabbing my arm.
"You can't make us!" Erin said, sticking out her tongue.
"C'mon, Justin." I said, uncomfortable with his hand on my arm.
Justin sighed dramatically. "Fineeee! But one of you has to give me a piggy back ride, then."
Erin and I both shook our heads. "No! You're way too heavy!" Erin exclaimed teasingly.
He attempted to flip his hair back. "Fine! Be that way!"
Erin smiled. "But you can give me one!" She said, jumping on his back as I laughed.
Justin caught her, staggering slightly at the sudden weight. "Woah, you're like, a feather!" He said after he stood up properly again.
She rolled her eyes. "As if. Now, let's go!"
I laughed as we walked along the path that led to the road. "What would you be doing now, if you weren't here?" I asked suddenly, without even meaning to.
"Playing video games," Justin said. "Or sleeping. Depends on the time. Erin?"
She shrugged, looking at the trees. "I don't know..."
"Okay... what about you, Ally?" Justin asked, looking at me.
"I don't know, studying?"
He laughed as we reached the side of the road, and started to cross it. "You're such a nerd."
I grinned, stopping in the middle of the road as he stepped of it. "And you aren't one?"
He smirked. "Point--" He stopped suddenly, and Erin did too, looking up and freezing, her eyes even wider than the first day we talked, when Jane slapped me.
Erin opened her mouth, screaming something that I couldn't hear over a loud noise behind me. I spun around just in time to see a large truck heading straight for me.
I had time to look at the driver, an expression of shock and horror, but I didn't have time to move, even if I had tried. And then all I felt was a blow to my chest, a strange feeling of flying then coming crashing back to the ground, then pain. Just... pain. An intense, horrible pain, that made me want to scream and cry, yet somehow I could do neither.
I could hear Erin screaming my name, Justin saying something, -talking to Ems, I think - and a strange voice swearing over and over again. But I couldn't see anything besides the stars. The ones just ten minutes ago I had been looking at with my friends, perfectly fine.
I felt someone shake me, and Erin's voice screaming, yelling at me to wake up, telling me not to leave her, crying, then Justin sobbing, telling her to give up, more muffled sobs...
And to think, a few months ago, I was wishing for death, now I was dreading it, maybe already had it.
I heard Justin say something about Ems being here, but that they said there was no point, then Erin screaming that they had to 'save me, I couldn't be dead'....
She was hyperventilating now, her breaths coming In shallow intakes as she kept shaking me, screaming at me to wake up. As she shook me, my head turned towards her, and I got a horrifying glance of her and Justin. He was shaking, breathing heavily.
More tears...
Then agonizing darkness.
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~Justin~
Aliyah's funeral was a week later.
Erin wept. She had been since it happened, curled up in a ball, crying her eyes out.
I didn't cry.
I just sat there.
Dry.
Emotionless.
What was the use of crying?
She was gone, and no one could fix that.
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Dedicated to Timberwolf because hers was perfect and it made me cry (No, really, I was bawling.)
And yeah, good luck Timber!
(Nevermind about the dedication, sorry I'm on my phone)
