Chapter 1
Wills Point of view (P.O.V)
"Can I have a minute alone with Will and Jace?" Jem asked. Jems parents nodded with tears in their eyes and walked out of the room leaving me and Jace alone with Jem. Jem looked up from his hospital bed where he was laying and stared at us with a small smile on his face as he said "Don't waste your lives being unhappy. I want you to be happy even if I'm not there by your side. You deserve to be happy." And with that he took his final breath and then he was gone. My best friend and cousin had just died at the age of 17 when he should have still been alive since he had his whole life ahead of him. He didn't deserve to die. I looked over at Jace but his face was blank, all emotion was gone. He avoided looking at me and with one final look at Jem he walked out of the room. I looked down at Jems lifeless body and closed his eyes. "Goodbye Jem." Sadness washed over me as I walked out of the hospital room knowing I would never talk to Jem again.
2 months later…..
"What do you mean were leaving?!" I asked my mother in a hard voice.
"We need a fresh start Will; we can't stay here any longer." She replied in a soft voice.
"Have you told Jace yet?" I asked her with my eyes closed.
"Not yet but I will once he comes home from his run." My mother said.
I opened my eyes and looked at her "He's not going to be happy when you tell him"
My mother gave me a small smile before saying "I know"
My mother walked out of my room closing my bedroom door behind her. I sat down on my bed and just then I heard Jace walk through the front door.
Jace's P.O.V
I walked through the front door and headed for the kitchen to get a glass of water. My mother was standing in the kitchen watching me as I grabbed a glass, filled it with water and drank it. "How was your run?" she asked me.
"It was good." I said as I wiped my sweat off my forehead with the back of my hand.
" Jace there's something I need to tell you." I raised my eye brow at her and gave her a confused look. "Were leaving California and moving to New York. We need a fresh start I think it's for the best that we don't stay here anymore." My anger filled me as I threw the empty glass that was still in my hand at the wall. The glass broke into pieces just as my life had been broken when Jem died. My mother looked at the broken glass but didn't say anything.
"When do we leave?" I asked through clenched teeth not taking my eyes off the broken glass that lay on the ground.
"First thing tomorrow morning." She said softly. I stormed away I through open the door to Wills bedroom.
"Has she told you already?" I asked him in a harsh voice. He looked at me and nodded. "And you're ok with leaving and going to New York?"
Will narrowed his eyes "No of course not but there's nothing I can do to stop it."
"So that's it were just going to leave?" I asked him
Will nodded "We need to leave Jace there's too many memories here. Everywhere I look it reminds me of Jem and I don't think I can handle it anymore."
I nodded because I understood what he meant it was the same reason I ran. So that I could get rid of the memories of Jem that haunted me where ever I looked.