This one is dedicated to Livia, seeing as how she gave me the idea for it and is an absolute star in helping me get rid of my writers block. Hope I do you proud!
It's a Wonderful Life : based loosely on the story but seeing as how I haven't actually seen it (I need to catch up on all of my films)
Gio hadn't expected it to be like this. His Christmas this year was meant to be amazing. He should have been with the Suarez family, helping Ignacio make an amazing dinner with all the trimmings and opening presents with Betty and her family and just getting to be with her, instead of being at home by himself, letting his brain run away with his thoughts and feeling a little depressed.
He had started drinking early on and hadn't really stopped for the fear that reality would settle back in. For the last six hours he had either had a beer in his hand or something stronger to try and numb his pain. It was the only thing that could really make up for the lack of sleep and the huge gaping hole in his heart. Why had he gone and revealed the inner thoughts of his heart to her? Why hadn't she been able to just accept it instead of running off like she normally did? Why hadn't she spoken to him for the past week? The last thought was what killed him the most. He missed the love of his life and his best friend like crazy and wasn't sure how to win her back.
Gio walked to the fridge and cursed under his breath as he realized there was no more booze in his fridge. He would need to get some soon or he would start sobering up. He was nowhere near intoxicated enough for his liking. Today, he was going to forget about Betty Suarez and remove her from his life, even if it was only while he was drunk. Gio grabbed his leather jacket and swung it over his shoulders, knocking over a lamp in the process. "Oops!" he exclaimed whilst giggling away to himself. He left his apartment forgetting to shut the front door or lock it.
There was a corner shop (he could just about remember where it was) and it was surely going to be open. So he headed off down the street towards it. Seeing as how it was Christmas Eve, he knew it would be busy, but he was getting more beer if it killed him or not. He started singing away to himself not caring if anyone heard him or not. "Unbreak my hearrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrt! Say you love me ageeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen," he howled out as people stopped to stare at him in his drunken stupor.
Forgetting to look both ways, he stepped out into the middle of a busy road. A car tried to swerve to avoid him, but didn't manage and hit him square on. Gio was caught on the bonnet and flew over the car. The last thing he saw was a bright light shining as people screamed in the background.
The bright light changed into a beautiful woman standing in front of him. "Gio, my name is Isabella and I am an angel sent from heaven. I know all about Betty and you. You need to go and straighten things out before it is too late," she said smiling sweetly at him as he tried to get up. She reached out a hand and helped him to his feet. "I know she doesn't want me. She never will. Her life would be better if I wasn't part of it," he said sadly, looking down to his feet and fidgeting. A tear trickled down his face as he thought about never having met Betty. Isabella looked at him and softly said, "Gio, Betty would not be anything like the woman she is now without you. If you don't believe me I will have to show you," she said grabbing Gio's hand, "Trust me." With that they flew off into the altered past.