I miss your soft lips, I miss your white sheets, I miss the scratch of your unshaved face on my cheek, and this is so hard, cause I didn't see that you were the love of my life and it kills me...

Ever since Josh had died, my life had been empty.

The few times I had left my apartment after his death, all I could see on the streets was Josh. Everywhere I went, I could only see Josh. In every man and boy, there was only Josh.

It was torture to think about him, but it was impossible not to.

I see your face in strangers on the street, I still say your name when I'm talkin' in my sleep and in the lime light play it off fine but I can't handle it when I turn off my nightlight...

October 19th, 2256

"Josh!" My scream couldn't be heard over the sound of gunfire. I knew I had less than 5 minutes to get to him, or we would all be killed.

Pushing myself faster, I dodged past Alice and Christopher, knowing Ben was right behind me. He would get them out.

But I can't handle it when I turn off my nightlight.

"Watson! Leave him, we've got a bomb incoming in 4!" Serge yelled.

Ignoring him, I pushed myself faster, ignoring my own bullet wounds. "Josh! Where are you?" I screamed, as another barrage of gunshots went off.

They say that true love hurts, well this could almost kill me, young love murdered, that is what this must be, I would give it all to not be sleeping alone. The life is fading from me, while you watch my heart bleed, young love murdered, that is what this must be, I would give it all to not be sleeping alone...

"WATSON! That's an order!"

"I'm not leaving him, Serge!"

Remember the time we jumped the fence when the stones were playing and we were too broke to get in, you held my hand and they made me cry while, I swore to God it was the best night of my life...

"Josh!" I cried out in relief. Finally, I found him, but he didn't look good. His blood was everywhere and his eyes were closed. He was barely breathing. Oh God.

I gripped the ledge of the cliff and was able to climb down to the bluff he was lying on. I needed to focus on getting him stable and getting him off of the bluffs.

Ok, get him talking. "C'mon Joshie. After everything we've been through, you're gonna die by a little bullet? Only one bullet?"

His lips quirked. "Hardly one," he croaked out.

"How many Josh? How many times were you hit?" My voice was bordering on hysterical.

"'m fine, Kiara. Barely a scratch..." His voice trailed off.

"Josh, stay with me." My hands shook as I pressed down on his wounds, trying to stop the bleeding.

Gotta keep him conscious. "Do you remember that fun fair we went to before we shipped off?" My voice was strained. I needed to get him out of here.

He smiled sadly, still not opening his eyes. "Yeah, dad and Uncle Jason came with. We went on the ferris wheel."

Tears dripped off of my lashes. "When we got to the top, I promised you that we would be leaving this war together."

"And I told you not to make promises you couldn't keep."

I shook my head. "'m gonna keep it, Josh. You are not going to die. Do you hear me? You are not going to die."

Or when you took me across the world, we promised this would last forever, but now I see, it was my past life, a beautiful time. Drunk off of nothin' but each other 'til the sunrise...

There was too much blood. Tears streamed down my cheeks as I put more pressure on his wounds.

"Joshie, what am I suppose to say to Uncle Micheal if I return home without you? Huh?"

He smiled, icy blue eyes finally opening. "You'll think of something, Love."

Drunk off of nothin' but each other 'til the sunrise...

"Josh, stay with me. Josh? JOSH?"

"DOCTOR WATSON!"

They say that true love hurts, well this could almost kill me, young love murdered, that is what this must be, I would give it all to not be sleeping alone. The life is fading from me, while you watch my heart bleed. Young love murdered, that is what this must be. I would give it all to not be sleeping alone...

The next time I came to, I was back in London, my father sitting by my hospital bed. I stared at him for a moment. He looked tired and upset, like how I imagined he had looked like when mom had died. Suddenly, he noticed I had awoken.

"Kiara!" He jumped up out of his chair and took my hand. I glanced at it. It was heavily bandaged.

"Dad?" My voice came out choked and broken. I looked around. "Where's Josh?"

Jason Watson had never looked so devastated. "He-" Jason cleared his throat. "He didn't make it, Kiara."

It was a past life, a beautiful time, drunk off of nothin' but each other 'til the sunrise...

On the cliffs of The Reichenbach Falls, during the final battle of the New Alantica Wars, I lost my best friend. He was shot by Victor Moriarty. The only justice was that Josh had managed to kill him as well.

They say that true love hurts, well this could almost kill me, young love murdered, that is what this must be...

I never got a chance to tell Josh that I loved him.

I would give it all to not be sleeping alone.

Laying the flowers down, I stepped away from Josh's grave and turned to leave. It had been 3 years since he had died. The world was still rebuilding and so was I.

I couldn't help but sweep my eyes across the tombstone again. ~Joshua Holmes: beloved son, brother, soldier, and friend. May we meet again~

The life is fading from me, while you watch my heart bleed, young love murdered, that is what this must be...

As I began to walk away, a movement by the edge of the graveyard caught my eye. I turned fully to the treeline and I saw him. My feet moved on their own and before I knew it, I was running across the graveyard and right into the arms of Joshua Holmes.

"You bloody bastard," I whispered before pressing my lips to his.

I would give it all not to be sleeping alone.