Noughts and Crosses
WARNING: None of the characters belong to me.
This is a short story.
Sephy:
When Callum was about to be hanged for execution, a Governor came running from the direction of the prison. Was it the same liberator that came for his father? Would he be in life imprisonment? If so I would be quite glad, I wished for his life, I should have let Callie Rose go, I needed Callum, noughts needed equality.
Every Cross head turned around as this frantic man ran madly down the isles of Cross seats. I thought I saw Jude in the distance. Wasn't he meant to be with the LM? I looked at my dad, the almighty Kamal Hadley, he wasn't nice to me ever since he found out what I had growing inside me. I didn't know what the future would bring.
I was CONFUSED. I saw the same look on Minnie and mum.
The Governor reached the front, parallel to Callum. He was reading out a message, no words sank in my brain, I was feeling dizzy. I didn't understand. The man was a Cross; he seemed to be quite relaxed though. He read that Callum will be free for a few months as people wanted the execution to be on the same day as his father.
My funny tingling inside me went, I felt like crying, this was awful. What I wished for had come true, why wasn't I happy? He did have a few more months to spare. I felt guilty, it was all down to me, and it was my entire fault.
Flashbacks came back to me about the days when we were little, why couldn't we go back in time, why couldn't we change what the present was like?
I needed to speak to the Cross police, I needed to tell them that it was my entire fault. I needed to tell them……..
Callum:
I didn't quite get what the Governor was trying to tell me. I didn't want to die on the same day as my father. That was absurd. I wanted revenge on every Cross out there suggesting this crazy idea. What problems would it create, for me, for mum, for Jude…..?
NEARLY HALF A YEAR LATER, THE ANNIVERSARY OF CALLUM'S DAD'S DEATH:
Sephy:
Today was it. I had only met Callum a few times. I felt like the wrongdoer even more. Callum was already standing in the same posture as he had been previously. A noose hanging tightly around his neck. I watched the trap door open, I covered my eyes, I didn't want to see, and the last thing I heard was:
"I love you Callie Rose. Sephy keep her wel………"
And he was gone. Dad smirked which started off other people too; I felt like smacking him, did he not have any shame?
Meggie was crying, I wanted to go and hug her and tell her that I would always be there for her. I didn't though; I would die of embarrassment if I did.
Callum:
I was glad the wait was finally over. I had prayed tributes to my dad through my heart and I vowed that someday and sometime I would get revenge whether it be through Callie Rose or Sephy.
All I had to do know was die……