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Prologue

Holding hands, we walked down onto the shore, the beam of the moonlight shining down on our backs, as we got closer to the water. Usually I’d be looking around, overwhelmed at the beauty surrounding me, thinking about how beautiful the world can be. But today I wasn’t. Today I wasn’t looking up at the moon. I wasn’t thinking about night and day and how quickly they changed. I wasn’t thinking about the sand beneath my feet and that wonderful tickly feeling it gave me between my toes. I wasn’t looking ahead at the water and how one tiny little wave could be made into bigger waves. I wasn’t looking at any of that. I was looking at HER. Her face shining bright in the moonlight. Her aquatic azure eyes sparkled vibrantly, they way her eyes would light up the entire room whenever I was near her presence. My ivory white skin dazzled against the darker olive of her skin.

Her chocolate brown hair fluttered in the wind as I threaded my fingers softly through it. The smell of fresh strawberries came strongly to me now, it astounded me. She was stunningly beautiful. The way she was so plain, so different, so unique, it just made her all the more beautiful. I couldn’t take my eyes away from her. Wouldn’t risk to steal even one look away from her, fear I’d miss something.

More than a year ago, I hadn’t even met her. Elisabeth Louise Tyson. I hadn’t even known that name existed. That she existed. That such beauty could was possible. I didn’t know any of this existed. The sky, the sea, even the feeling of the wind hitting my face. I hadn’t known that life existed, or that it had any meaning at all. Didn’t know the meaning of freedom or what it felt like to be free. I’d never even stepped outside the place I’d called home in all the years I’d lived. Until I saw her. Had never taken one-step out into the world, was too afraid to even dare trying. I had no idea what life outside was like. Didn’t even know it existed. How could I have known? How could I have known that there was life outside, life that was so different to mine that I wouldn’t have believed it existed even if someone told me so?

Why? Why hadn’t I known? Why hadn’t I been outside in all the years I lived? Well, ill get to that later. At the moment, I was holding her hand and she was holding mine. She was looking at me and me at her. We couldn’t look anywhere else. Where too afraid to steal the first glance away.

“You do love me, don’t you?” She asked her face expectant. I stared at her, disbelieved at the question. Why else was I here? After all, I was doing this for her. It was all for her. Nothing else mattered to me anymore. Nothing but her. How could I not love her? How could she even think that I didn’t?

“Of coarse I do. You know how much I love you. How much I care. Why can’t you ever believe that? If I said it a million times you’d still doubt me.” I said. My feelings hurt. How could she think that? How could she think I didn’t love her? After all this? She still doubted me, even now. “You know that I’d do anything for you. Why else would I be here?” if that weren’t true then I’d already be gone. There was nothing else left.

“Even after all this? After all I’ve done to you? You still love me?”

“Truly. Madly. Deeply.” I said, saying the words of our song. Remembering the time we first met. It seemed so long ago. I smiled at her, holding back the tears that would soon come.

“And me you.” she replied her voice now shaking. She smiled back weakly, her lip trembling. For us even smiling was hard.

“Ready?” I asked, thinking about how stupid that question was. How could she be? How could anyone be ready for this?

“Yes” she said her voice now trembling, “You?”

“Yes” but we both knew I wasn’t. Neither of us were ready for this. My knees felt as if they were going to buckle, turn to jelly. My blood pulsed fast through my veins. I stole a glance away from her, looking around me one last time. I couldn’t help myself. Id only known about the outside world for a year. Hadn’t known anything as beautiful, except for the person standing beside me. It wouldn’t be so easy letting it go. Some people don’t know what they have; don’t appreciate anything until it’s gone. I looked up at the twilight sky. It was dusk. The stars glowed brightly, illuminating the pitch black of the night. I looked towards the full moon, appearing slightly behind the cloud that hovered, its beam reflecting in the rippling water ahead. I wondered what it would be like. No more thinking, no more feeling, no more seeing. Just nothing. I looked ahead of me at the murky water. Wondered if it would be cold, so cold it’d freeze me before it had a chance of pulling me under, of loosing me into the darkness. It wouldn’t be long. Tomorrow it’d be as if I’d never existed. That we never existed. I wondered how long it would take. Would it be quick, slow, painful? I didn’t mind it being painful, as long as it was over quickly. Id been through enough pain in my life, more wouldn’t make much of a difference. As long as she didn’t hurt, that was all I cared about. I didn’t care for myself anymore, only her. Let them take me. Let it be as slow and as painful as needed. As long as it wasn’t her, I didn’t care. I wanted it to be quick, didn’t want any chances of changing my decision. Our decision. There’d be no more decisions after this. Just blankness. I couldn’t see that far ahead. I drew close to her, holding her tight. Feeling the warmth of her on me. Listening to the beat of her heart, trying not to shiver. My lips touched against her. The taste of her cherry lip balm on my lips. The last kiss we would ever have.

My blood stopped pumping. Hot tears spilled down my face. I wiped them away with the end of my sleeve, ashamed that I was the first. The first to break. But there was no going back now. Only forward. This had to be done. The decision was made. No other choice was left for us now. This was it.

“I’m scared.” she whispered softly into my ear, as if this was her secret and she was sharing it with me. Her face was so close to mine that I cold feel her breath on my lips, could count the amount of freckles that spread across her face.

“Me too.” I admitted. “I won’t leave you. Well do it together.” I promised, holding her as tight as ever. I was never letting go.

“Together”

“Always.” I whispered softly, my voice shaking.

We clutched our hands tighter, stepping into the shallow water. Tears rolled down my face as I looked at her for the last time. Her face the last thing I’d ever see. She flooded my mind, my last thoughts of her. I let out a laugh. All of it was about her. The way I always wanted it to be. There was nothing left but her.

“Love you.” I said, “Always and forever. Until the day I die, even after. Ever and ever.”

I couldn’t imagine loving anything as much as I loved her. Loosing all this, it would be worth it. As long as I still had her.

Her eyes sparkled brightly, lighting up the stars in the sky. For a moment, I thought I saw a faint glimmer of water roll down her cheek as we smiled at each other for the last tine, lips trembling and knees shaking. Holding hands, we walked on further, into the light.