Meant To Be

21

Cold....so cold yet so numb.

So light yet so dark...

There are no familiar faces here...Not my mother, not Veronica, No Jughead or Betty, the kid is not even here.

Falling.

I feel like I'm falling,the ground under me trembling,becoming nothing. The smell of wet dirt is in the air. The shadow grows larger as it makes it's way towards me. I can see the smoke of a warm breath escape.

I can't see him, but I know who he is., And I've waited a long time for this, to be in his presence, hell I've even missed it. I cannot look Into his eyes, I can only see his shadow.

"Dad?"

"Son"

It was him. His voice was something I could recognize no matter how much time I would be without hearing it. I felt calm, for a minute at least. In this mysterious dimension where I am, I cannot feel anything...yet having him in front of me,I can feel everything.

"Dad...what,where are we?"

"Nowhere son"

" But...I thought"

" That I would go to Haven?,...nah,it was never meant to be for me"

" I don't understand"

" You know Archie, I was never someone good...not as good as you always thought I was. I've done things I'm not proud of,things you can't even begin to imagine son., And for people like me...this, what you see it's all we've got once our time is over"

"So this is hell"

" I wouldn't call it that, its more suitable to call it nowhere, because there is nothing,and there's no one"

"So what am I doing here dad?"

" You tell me"

" All I remember is Thanksgiving and..."

" And?"

" And then everything got dark"

" Well...if you are woundering if your dead, your not"

"Then why can't I wake up?"

" Because you don't want to, you are so tired of your everyday life,you rather keep sleeping"

"I can't do what you used to do...it's hard, to look out for everyone, to keep everybody safe"

" I know it is, that's why I'm here, I did horrible things to keep your mother and you safe"

"But I'm not you, I'm not strong enough, or smart enough to carry this title for the rest of my life"

"Archie, if there is something I know I did right, was to raise you to be the man you are today. A man that no matter what,takes care of his family."

"When I die, this is where I'm coming right?, There is no Haven for me is there?"

" That depends on you son, not on anyone else"

Pain.

I feel pain as I see his shadow disappear, I wanted a at least a hug...hell, maybe a smile. But he just banished in thin air as my head starts spinning.

And I keep falling...

But this time darkness gets lighter, I can feel the weight of my body, the pounding of my pulse in the veins of my neck.

Warmth...

I feel warmth around me and then there's sound...

Beep...