Chapter Sixteen

*knock knock*
'Oh hello, Zac! '
'Can I please see Leah?' He asked. No, more like pleaded.
'Zac, honey, she's grounded I'm sorry.'
Oh God! She's okay! She's okay! Thank god! Thank god! Was all that was running through Zac's mind.
'Could I PLEASE see her?'
'Oh, Zac, I can't stand seeing your eyes like that. I don't know HOW on earth Leah could ever look into those eyes and say no.' She smiled. 'Alright, Zac, you can see her! Tell her I'm going to the store okay? Maybe YOU can straighten her out!' She said as she walked out the door.
She's okay! My Leah is okay! I can hold her, tell her I love her! She's okay! He thought as he ran up the stairs.
He knocked on her door. No answer. Must be sleeping. He opened the door carefully and saw her laying on her bed. Her back was turned away from him. Ah, my little angel. He smiled and walked over to her. He turned her over.
'LEAH!??!!! LEAH!??!!! LEEEEEAAAHH!?' He screamed. He was in shock, he didn't know what to do. 'LEAH WAKE UP! LEAH!' He screamed again. He saw the puddle of blood on the other side of the bed and where she had cut her left wrist. Blood was still pouring out.
Leah had cut too deep this time. All her anger, all the pain, everything. She just went too deep. Before she died, she whispered to herself, 'I'm sorry Zac, I love you.' Then she had collapsed on her bed, breathing heavily, waiting for the pain to stop, waiting to die. 'I went too deep. Too deep!' She whispered.
'LEAH!?' He screamed. The tears came pouring out of his eyes, and dropped onto her pale face. No more life in her face. Nothing. Then he saw a piece of paper laying on her pillow. Zac, I love you too much. I never wanted to do this, I never wanted to let go. I'm sorry Zac, I went too deep. Promises Don't Last Forever, Leah

He picked up the paper, and read it over and over. Promises don't last forever, the words ran through his mind. 'LEAH!? I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOU LEAH! COME BACK! WE CAN MAKE IT WORK! NO ONE WILL EVER-'
He stopped suddenly, as he got an idea.

'Zac?'
'huh?'.
'You know, when you asked me what my one wish in the whole world was last time when we were here?'
'Yep.'
'Well, I...my wish..is to die in your arms. Just like this.'

Zac remembered that night on the beach. He wanted to give her her wish. He was willing to give everything up for her. 'I...I love you Leah.' He whispered, he kissed her cheek. It was cold, freezing. No life, no warmth, no Leah. Zac reached over her on the floor and picked up the X-Acto knife that she'd used to cut herself. He was scared. He hesistated. It's going to hurt, he knew, but he had to give her her wish. He closed his eyes. Put the knife to his wrist, and slammed it down into his flesh as he cried out. He collapsed on the bed beside Leah. Her grabbed her, with all of his courage, everything that was left, every last bit of energy. He held her in his arms, just like at the beach. He kissed her lips, her freezing cold lips. 'Leah, I love you.' He whispered.
Now he was just waiting, waiting for it all to end. Waiting as he got sleepier and sleepier. The loss of blood was draining his energy. He felt tired, sick. But he still held Leah, never moved, held her in his arms just like at the beach. As his final moments approached, a song ran through his head, the song that had popped into his mind he first saw Leah. The song that he remembered each time he looked at her beautiful face, each time he heard her voice. It ran through his head, as the room began to spin, and he began to dose off, for the last time, he sang the words inside his head as he held Leah.

I don't wanna close my eyes, don't wanna fall asleep, cause I miss you baby, and I don't wanna miss a thing.

The words, all that he could remember, the words that popped into his head each time he saw Leah, or heard her speak, or thought about her. He sang them in his head, over and over. The last words he spoke however, before he closed his eyes forever, 'Leah, you promised.'

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