Hello world. New chapter of One in a Million Stories.

I've got my ticket for the long way round;

The one with the prettiest of views.

It's got mountains, It's got rivers-

It's got sights that make me shiver;

But it sure would look prettier with you." ~When I'm Gone; Pitch Perfect.

One in a Million Stories; When I'm Gone.

In the style of Hazel Levesque and Sammy Valdez.

He missed her. Sammy didn't like to admit it, but it was true.

He missed Hazel Levesque.

Her smile was especially missed. It always seemed to light up his world when he was in a bad mood. And... and the world had taken that away from him. It wasn't fair.

Sammy remembered the day he found she was missing. It was a week after she'd left. The boy was used to having Hazel ditch school once in a while. Well... she didn't really ditch. It was more like her mother forced her to stay home and clean. But it wasn't a whole week. So on Friday afternoon, Sammy headed off towards the small apartment where Hazel resided.

His heart stopped when he saw a white woman holding a baby in her arms in Hazel's apartment. Sure, the woman could have been a visitor of Ms Levesque, but Sammy doubted that.

The woman placed the baby in a crib.

Nononononononono. Sammy's heart raced. Aye senor porfavor no. He bolted up the stairs. His eyes got cloudy. His breath rattled in his chest.

"Young man." The voice that spoke sounded deep and rich. When Sammy turned, he fell down. The man wore a pinstriped suit, and golden eyes gleamed at him.

Hazel's eyes.

"Sammy Valdez. Hazel... no longer resides here." The Mystery Man looked so sad, Sammy knew he was telling the truth.

"Que?" Sammy's mind seemed to be working overtime. She wasn't gone. She wasn't...

"Go home, Valdez. Live your life. Marry. Have a great-grandchild. Make sure you have a great grandchild."

The man disappeared in a whirlwind of jewels.

Sammy got up, and his eyes widened with realization. A tear raced down his cheek, and he ran home, a tornado of memories spinning in his mind.

"Oh my God you're an idiot!" Hazel laughed, her hair blowing into her face. Sammy brushed it away, and climbed onto a horse.

"Vamonos," He said. "One more spin?"

"I can't! I've got to go home soon." Hazel sighed. Sammy frowned, but nodded. Climbing off the horse, he sat next to Hazel.

"Sammy?"

"Yes, beautiful?"

"Will you miss me when I'm gone?"

Sammy furrowed his brow, "Who says you're leaving?"

Hazel laughed, but there was no light in it. It made Sammy sad. Usually Hazel's smiled and laughs made Sammy feel bubbly. "I.. I don't know. Just, I feel I should ask you."

She was lying. Sammy figured that much. Yet he played along, "If you left, mi amor, the sun would never shine for me. The birds would not sing happily anymore. In my mind, it would rain everyday till we were reunited. My one, my only, if we were ever part, I'd follow you even if you didn't want me too. Hazel, let me tell you something."

Hazel met his eyes, and Sammy's breath caught. "I love you Sammy."

There. She'd stolen his line. Sammy smiled, his elfish features shining through. "Te amo, Hazel Levesque. You're one special girl."

That had been the last time Sammy had seen her. He was old now, and her smile still shined as bright as the sun in his mind.

But the sun didn't shine to him, anymore. The bird's song never compared to Hazel's. It rained in his mind.

Or at least it did, till Leo came along. Of course, Esperanza had spilled the beans to Sammy about the gods.

It accured to him that Hades must have been Hazel's father-hence the power over wealth.

"My nieto, aye, dile porfavor. Dile que no la quieria dejar. Dile, Leo. Porfavor." Sammy whispered those words to his grandson everyday.

He missed Hazel. He missed everyday. She was gone.