Once Upon A Time

~Chapter 1~

Oh god.

The wretched sound of my stupid phone going off. Who the hell was calling me at 3 in the morning on a school night. Oh my god.

I look at my phone to see at first the blinding light. As my eyes get used to the screen I see my girlfriend Emerald calling me, hmm that's ... strange.

"mmm hello?" I mumble. I hear a small sniffle. Then the line goes dead.

That the hell is going on? I pull up my iMessage and text her

" Hey what's wrong?? "

She reads it. It takes her a few seconds to start writing. It takes her about 5 minutes before she stops typing and sends. I'm still on the message.

" My Dearest Clarabella,

I am so damn sorry for what's about to happen. By the time you're done reading this. I might already be gone.

These past few weeks have been rough on me and I can't take it anymore. All the stress and getting the shit beat out of me by my step-brother and the rest of the stupid damn football team everyday, I'm sick of all the preppy bitches calling me a faggot and making fun of me for being in love with you, and I'm sick of the stupid pathetic fights we've been having I'm sorry for everything, just know, I love you with all my heart. Please don't miss me when I'm gone, I'm not worth it, again, I love you, Goodbye."

Fuck. NO. This can't be happening. I spring out of my bed, I shove my glasses on my face. I grab my purse and keys and burst out the door. I have absolutely no time to explain to my mom and dad what's going on. I get into my car and slam the door and start my engine I speed out of my drive way and down the street. Emerald only lived a couple streets away from me. I whip off of my street down Maple Drive. I speed up and take a nasty turn down SnowHill, Which is Emeralds street. Her house is the fourth one down I screech a stop in the drive way and I get out of my car. I sprint to the front porch. As I get to the top step on her porch I hear a gun shot and my heart drops into my stomach. I fall to my knees unable to make any noise. I hear running foot steps in the house and Emeralds mother screams. I put my hands up to my face as I begin to cry. My beautiful girlfriend is dead. This is all my fault. I should've seen it coming.

She's gone, and it's all my fault, I then let myself fall onto my side and I lay there sobbing uncontrollably. I hear sirens in the distance most likely coming to pick up the splattered remains of my beloved Emerald. The sirens are getting closer and I've stopped wailing, although the tears keep rolling down my face, everything around me starts to get quiet and I can only hear myself think. Somebody picks up my body and sets me down on the grass, in a kneeling position, this guy tried talking to me.. But the thing is,

I couldn't hear him, I couldn't even move by myself. I guess since I was blocking the door way they had to move me, suddenly I hear the front door burst open and I snap back into reality. I whip my neck towards the door and I see them rushing Emerald towards the ambulance, but she was already pronounced dead when they got there.

The rest of that night was a blur.