Once, my mom uttered that not all story have it's happy ending. Sometimes, we need to face the fact that life has its bitter and sweet part. Somehow, I don't get what she is pointing at. Until something happened in my life.
I am now walking towards the very silent place I've ever known. Wearing my grey suit and bringing with me a bouquet of red roses. I am Ashton Grey. I am now in front of the grave of Ashley Williams, the girl who changed my life. Upon reaching the exact place of her grave, I slowly kneel down and talk to the grave in front of me as if someone is listening to me as I talk.
"It's been a year ..." I started
" I could still remember who am I way back before. I was the kind of guy who always wear black t-shirt, pants, and shoes. I even put eyeliner on my eyes. I have lots of pierce on my ears and I also have a long hair that almost cover my face. To sum up everything, I am an EMO! I wear that kind of outfit and attitude every single day. Up until one day, I saw this beautiful girl who happens to be the reason why everything in me suddenly reciprocated - Ashley Williams.
Everything on her was very admirable especially her long black hair, her red kissable lips and her fair white skin. She is very intelligent and kind too. And for the very first time I feel something strange on my heart. It pounds faster and faster. Days passed and little by little I fell in love with her. I know that she wouldn't give me even a pinch of her attention but I was so surprised, it was then an afternoon... i was sitting all alone eating my lunch when she approached me.
"Hi! Uhm I couldn't find any vacant table, may I seat with you here?" she politely asked.
"Sure" I answered.
"By the way, I'm Ashley Williams and you are?" she asked.
"I'm Ashton, Ashton Grey" I answered without even looking at her.
"Wow! You're name sound so cool" she said with so much amazement in her eyes.
It was then the very first time that someone said that my name is cool. My heart is very overwhelmed. From that day on we became friends. She introduced me to her 3 best friends named Stella, Jaia, and Franscine. We often hang out with each other. They also introduced me with Ashley's parents. Jane is the name of her mom and Steve is her dad. They asked me about my parents so I told them that they were both dead. Silence filled the room and to cut that crap, they pull me into a barbershop and asked the barber to cut my hair so that I would look more presentable. They are very funny, ain't them?
Our next destination is in the mall. They shop some t-shirts with bright colors and ask me to wear them. They told me to change my style and start to change such attitude of being an emo. I felt very delighted to have them as my friend, especially Ashley. Every single day that I am with her, my feeling is getting bigger and bigger. Three months passed quickly. Today is January 24 and tomorrow would be my birthday. I am planning to ask Ashley if she would want me to be her boyfriend. But why is my fate so bitter? Why can't I just have a happy life with those people I love?
It was 6:30 in the morning, I was walking on the sidewalk towards my way to school. I am expecting to meet Ashley at the road intersection since it's where we meet every morning and will be apart after schollbut as I reach the place I saw a big crowd and my heart, once again, beat faster but this time it's not joy but nervousness. I went near to the crowd and look for what they are all looking at. And I was so surprised to see Ashley's body bathing with her own blood on the ground.
Out of shock, the bouquet of red roses I am holding fell on the ground. I immediately run to her and lift her head on my lap. She then opened her eyes and saw my face afterwards tears began streaming on our cheeks. We both cried.
"shh.. Don't cry.. I love you.. and I never wanted to see you cry" she said smiling.
I'm speechless. Those were the exact words I want to tell her but it's too late. She close her eyes slowly and her breathe then stopped.
"NOOOOOOOOOOO!" I shouted but it's too late. The girl behind my happiness and change is now .. DEAD.
" I still love you Ashley and I would always do." I said then afterwards stand up and left the bouquet of red roses in front of the grave.
