My eyes filled up with tears and a hard lump entered my throat. I held myself back from the tears about to pour out.

"J-James…"

His emerald eyes glinted in the moonlight. "I have to Jessie. It's to protect you."

"She's a clingy maniac!" I exclaimed, my voice cracking from exasperation. "What reason does she have to kill me?"

His eyes seemed lost in thought. "She's crazy Jessie. She'll do anything to have me back. If she sees me with you, she'll kill you for sure."

I gasped trying to hold back my tears. "P-please don't do this." I begged him. "I can fend for myself."

Meowth had already left to look for a better career. Our best friend. Even after he forgave me for leaving the two he left. With no explanation. And now James was leaving because of that maniac woman. The death threats she sent to me didn't frighten me. It just angered me. And now James wanted to leave after we both admitted we loved each other.

He said it was because he didn't want her to kill me. I tried to convince him, but all he said is that he had to protect me.

I finally couldn't hold back the tears. They spewed out from my eyes, making my eyes hurt from the grief. I looked up, but as soon as I did, I knew I made a mistake. Pure evergreen trees surrounded by the beautiful autumn leaves falling. It was no longer a beautiful sight.

He was gone.