Love Letters

The story of us

The story of us

I take him to the hills above the whole fair. We could see the crowd of people chanting the numbers backward.

"Wow," Andrew begins. "This view is beautiful..." He smiles with a sparkle in his eyes.

"It's all meant for us," I say. "This is what I want you to see before we enter the new year."

"I want you to be the first thing I see," He says as he puts his hand on my cheek.

I smile at him as the crowd of people chant, "3...2...1..." Our eyes meet each other and his lips meet mine. We kiss as the sound of the fireworks go off. We look at the fireworks releasing above us into the night sky as he puts his arm around me making me feel safe and warm.

After the crowds die down, we start to walk down the hill but Sammy shows up right in front of us. He's moving towards us so we stop.

"What are you doing here?" I ask him as Andrew tries to push him away but I hold him back.

"I'm here to say goodbye to you," Sammy says.

"Goodbye?" I repeat. He reaches for his back jean pocket and he pulls out a gun.

"Yeah, goodbye," Sammy says as he walks closer to us and we start to back up to where Andrew and I were kissing.

"Put the gun down, Sammy," Andrew demands.

"You stay out of this!" Sammy points the gun at Andrew and then back at me. "Move to the side!" Sammy tells Andrew and Andrew does what he's told.

"You're crazy!" I say.

"Shut up!" He yells at me as he tears up. "I know, I know! I'm crazy! I'm crazy about you! But you never really knew the way I loved you until now!"

"Sammy please—"

He interrupts me, "I said shut up!" Sammy says. I look at Andrew who is standing there watching what's about to go down. "Now, it's time to say goodbye to this world because this is the only way we could be together. Death is the only way we could end up with each other without any outsiders!"

"So this is what Amanda warned me about!" I yell.

"Oh, Amanda?!" He says as his eyes are turning red from tears. "I killed her!"

"What...?" I say trying to take in those words.

"Yeah! Surprised?" He says as his hand that's holding the gun is shaking lightly. "I killed her! She did pick me up off the side of the road but I choked her until she was lifeless and then I took the wheel and I crashed us into a truck! Because I knew she was the reason standing in our way!" He yells as tears come down my face.

"She isn't the reason! You are! How could you do this! You are a murder!" I cry.

"I know! So let us die together now because you'll have nowhere to run anymore! You're here with me!" He yells and coughs lightly.

"I hate you! I've told you this before, and I'll say it again. I could never love you!"

"Shut up!" He pulls the trigger and in the corner of my eye I see Andrew run in front of me and Sammy shoots. The sound of the bullet leaving the gun makes my ears ring. I yell. Andrew drops to the grassy ground. I look at Sammy; his eyes go wide from shock. He starts to cough and holds his hand up to his heart. He falls on his knees across from us.