Inverted Paradox

Stay

"Raven. Please don't leave me. You're going to be okay. You have to be."

She just gave me a weak smile.

"Please! This wasn't supposed to happen. Why did you save me?"

"That's what friends are for."

She's not mad at me. The moment of happiness didn't last long. It's kinda hard to forget when the person you've been mooning over for forever is dying.

"Just please stay awake. If you close your eyes you'll die." My heart felt like it was getting stabbed, over and over.

I wish it would've been me. It was supposed to be me.

"I'm calling backup."

"There's no need."

"What are you talking about?"

Her eyes started to shut.

"Raven! Stay with me. You have to keep your eyes open.

She looked me deep in the eyes.

"You have to let me go." My blood ran cold.

"No! Raven you're gonna be okay. Just stay with me. Focus on me."

A few seconds later, her eyes fluttered closed.

My eyes blurred with tears as I looked down at my Rae.

"You have to wake up."

No response.

Her chest had ceased it's shallow breaths and was now left hollow.

My head swam. This can't be real. It just can't be. She's not dead. She can't be. Raven's strong. She wouldn't just die like that.

I couldn't save her.

Slade started walking forward.

"Leave us alone you phyco!" I screamed.

"What do you mean 'us'? It's only you. It was always you."

His footsteps came closer and closer. My blood pounded through my ears.

I have to do something. I have to get out of here.

I looked down at Raven once more.

I tried lifting her, but her dead weight was too much to bear.

Through my panic and tears my eyes started to blur. My head started to throb. So much that I was forced to put my hands there.

Everything went dark.

I heard voices, lots of them. What's happening to me?

I couldn't see. But I knew something was wrong. I didn't even care if I was dead. I just needed Raven. She's all I have ever needed.

All I ever wanted. But now she's gone.