Standing By (Avi Kaplan fan fic)

Twenty four

^John

He stumbled out. Lips parted in a nasty snarl. I turned to Avi who's expression shows recognition. With a swerve of his foot Avi stepped in front of me. "What do you want John." He says in more of a statement than a question. John opens his mouth in a laugh.

"Why do you want that?" He begins to say. Pointing at me and spitting. "A murderer." The air suddenly turns cold. Worse than the already chilled air. Avi stiffens, the others glancing at me with confusion. "Don't you dare." I say. My voice shaky, knowing what he was going to say. The one thing I thought I could trust him with. The one thing. The one thin. I chose not to say to Avi or the rest. My only secret.

John smiled. "Oh you didn't tell them? You didn't tell than that-" "John please stop." I beg. My voice barely above a whisper. "You killed your own father?" He finished. His chapped lips twisting into a smile, my whole body burst with pain. Memories of that day flashed behind my eyes, bringing tears to my glazed eyes. Silence filled the air. Avi turned to me. His eyes expressionless, and full of confusion.

I swallowed my pride and stepped away from Avi to face John. "Is that all you came to do? You came here-" "to make them hate you? No my dear. To tell them the truth." I looked to my feet as the words slid from his mouth. Pain erupted from the side of my skull, my head bashing into the concrete. Complete pain shelled over my body a I tried to grip the ground and push myself up. But lack dots began to swim in my vision and pain ran up my body as I attempted something that at the moment felt so impossible.

Avi POV

The world seamed to go in slow motion as Avi saw Charlie hit the ground, every muscle in his body tensing. Despite from what he just heard, he ran forward, tackling John to the ground. John was about Avi's hight. His muscle tone exceptional. But Avi still had the upper advantage of weight and muscle tone. As John collided with the ground yells erupted in the air. Incoherent human words filled Avi's mind as was batted in the side of the ear, drawing a trickle of blood. Quickly he recovered. Punching John straight in the nose. A spurt of blood escaping his own nose, giving Avi satisfaction. But it was short lived. For a sharp pain erupted in Avi's ribs. His breath filtered out of his lungs. He gasped. Not finding any as he hit the ground.

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Charlie's POV

The noise that had found it's way into the cold night was muffled and confusing. Flashed of black and gold light was all I could see. My vision delusional and crazed as I lazily opened my dazed eyes to catch a glimpse of what was going on. Cold, unwelcoming arms closed around my body. More screams erupted into the air, alarms went off in my ears, but a large force slammed into my body. My body seamed to be numb now. All pain at the tips of my nerves. Them alone feeling like liquid fire bubbling under my thin skin. Confusion washed over me as the ground roles out from under me and now was above me. The. Black.

Avi's POV

Horror filled Avi's eyes as he saw a large car collide with John's and Charlie's face. A blood curdling scream escaped his burning lungs. He tried to lift himself, but his lungs scream to his dismay. So he crawled over to her. Holding her body close to him. Her eyes closed and face pale. He screamed again cursing John for what he did to her. Cursing himself for not being able to save her. Cursing the world for taking his Charlie. No matter why she had done. He will always love her. But now he will never love again. He will e broken. His stars falling.

Alone.