All I hear is the monitors around me; dried tears streak down my face. I have to be strong for my soldier. The only man that I could love, the one that protected me, was fighting for his life right now... right here, in front of me.
a few hours earlier
" Jazion , please! You never wanna have fun, its just fireworks.", I whined. My brother was starting to get sick of me. "Fine, Mara! We'll go.", I squealed and hugged him then went to get ready.
later that night
We're in Coney Island on the boardwalk, anxiously waited then, with the sound of a fired missile the first fireworks cut through the sky with beautiful colors of red, white, and blue. I was over joyous. I squeezed my big brothers hand. He looked at me and smiled, his perfect smile; he then leaned down and said "I love you baby sis', ... with every heartbeat.", he then stood up straight and put his hand over his heart. I'll never forget what happened next, I watched as 3 bullets enter my brothers body, and he collapsed.
You've heard stories of the mafia world but non like this one. The kins of a notorious mafia queen go on the run when their estranged grandfather returns, hell-bent on avenging his son's death.
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"You're going to jump."
I look down. We're about five stories up. Impossible far from the ground. My stomack flips and I stumble back. "Are you out of you fucking mind? You might as well open the door and let them kill us."
I could hear the distant wailing of sirens and the bookshelf crashing down with a loud thud.
I stood there. Caught between two impossible choices- escaping and leaving behind the man that had protected me thus far or staying behind and fighting beside him.
My brain is telling me I've only known this guy less than a month, but my body- my body betrays me with every ache for his touch, screaming that we really like this guy.
- I also really love being alive!