December 6, 2006; 6:02 am
"…break out your hats as we have clear skies today…" blared the radio alarm clock as I slammed my hand on the snooze button. 'A couple more minutes of sleep,' I thought as I rolled over to my other side. I've been consistently sleeping later than I am used to and the more sleep that I get, the better. Going home at 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning was not something I expected to do until I ran into her. At that moment in time, images of Akane flashed in my mind.
Akane sitting beside me while I am driving to the mall. She laughs as we share an inside joke.
Akane looking up as we lie together on the dock at the lake, looking up at the stars. She suddenly points out a plane saying it's a moving star.
Akane's face as she curls up sleeping on the reclined passenger seat of my car as we share a night together before I go to San Francisco.
Akane looking around thoughtfully as we eat lunch together in comfortable silence. I smile as I look at her eating the lunch that I bought for her shyly.
Akane's face as she sleeps with the TV playing in the background.
All these images forced me to open my eyes. I reached up and used the heel of my palm to rub the sleep from my eyes. With a deep sigh, I slowly pulled the comforter off my body and sat up on my bed.
'Why did it end up this way?' I thought as I stared at the wall across my bed. 'Why...?'
My thoughts were interrupted as the radio alarm clock's snooze wore off.
"…girl he never understood what you were worth. No. And he never took the time to make it work. You deserve more love than that, girl…" played the radio alarm clock as the snooze wore off. 'How ironic,' I thought as I glanced at the clock.
"I'm going to be late." I sighed as I swung my feet off the bed and walked to my dresser. I opened the second drawer to retrieve an undershirt and a pair of boxers as I thought of the tasks I need to complete for the day.
"No class today. Meetings? Don't know. What else?" I spoke to myself as I opened the door and walked down the hallway towards the bathroom. Turning on the bathroom light, I looked in the mirror and a couple of blood-shot eyes stared back at me. I shook my head and sighed as I went to turn on the shower. 'It's going to be a rough morning once everybody sees my eyes. I'm sure they are going to have tons of questions about what happened' I predicted as I stripped to get into the shower.
Another thought entered my mind as I prepared myself to get into the shower.
'I guess this is how it's going to end...' I trailed off as the blast of hot water relaxed my body as I go into auto-pilot in preparation of starting my day. I decided to forgo the usual ritual of undoing my hair as it took some time to put it back the way I wanted it. 'I never thought it would end this way,' I thought as I closed my eyes, more images invaded my mind.
Driving to the restaurant where Akane works while she is on the phone beside me in a low voice.
I'm sitting on the bed in front of Akane. Akane had a solemn look on her face as she says "I'm sorry."
Standing in the middle of my room with the phone pressed up to my ear as Akane tells me, "I want the same future that you want, but not with you…"
I opened my eyes to blurred vision. I felt my eyes well up and I don't know if I cried due to the water running down my face…..
Author's notes: This as you can tell is a story which is in Ranma's perspective. The events that unfold are based on a true story. I am making this as a blog/Ranma fic. I'm going through as situation right now which I felt that I needed to put down on paper so to speak to alleviate the stress of the situation. Let me know what you think of this story. Any guesses on what the song is?
