-1Dying

This is a really sad story about Hay & Eric. I wrote this for a memory of my two friends who both died on an accident. So I wish you to understand the feelings of this story. At the beginning it's very fluffy but at the end it's really sad. There will be many chapters.

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1. Farewells

Author: Lazarina(Mirandel)

Pairing: Hay/Eric

Rating: PG

Genre: romance, tragedy, angst and little fluffy

PROLOGI

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It was a beautiful evening. Sun was setting and the wind was blowing over two youngsters. Two youngsters, girl and boy, both with dark hair and dark eyes. The girl was really beautiful with his black long hair and with her own funny and pretty style. The boy was handsome with his friendly face and eyes. They were holding their hands like they could never let off.

Hay Lin looked at Eric. First smiling but the look changed quickly after she saw the sorrow on Eric's face. His face was always smiling but now it was sadder than ever. Hay Lin had to ask about it.

"Eric? Are you alright? Are you sad about something?" Hay Lin asked. Eric sighed and suddenly he smiled friendly to her.

"It's okay. There's nothing to be sad about", Eric said but after his words the look changed again. He was lying. Hay Lin felt it and she had to know what he was thinking. "Let's go on the cliffs. What do you say about it?" Eric proposed and Hay was agree. She forgot her things and they went to the cliffs holding their hands but they hadn't told about their feelings yet. Not in words, but without words they already knew about each others feelings.

"So beautiful…", Hay Lin sighed and looked at the sun set with Eric. Eric smiled and sat down with her.

"You're right", he said quietly. Hay sighed again and now she was sure that he really was sad about something. She just didn't want to spoil anything. The evening was perfect. It looked so beautiful that she didn't want to think any bad things.

"Oh, look! That star you gave me, you remember? Our… I mean my star! It's so gorgeous", she said looking and pointing the star above them. It was the brightest star she never had seen. But Eric didn't answer. Hay looked at him. There was a sorrow on his face. Hay just didn't know what it was. "Eric… are -", Hay Lin started but suddenly Eric interrupted her and asked:

"Oh, sorry, did you say something?" Hay looked at her really worrying.

"Yes, I did. Hey, don't lie. What's wrong? You look so sad", she said and tried to make him tell something. He looked back and was thinking what to do next.

"Do I?"

"Yes, you do. Don't even try to say you do not",

"Okay, Hay Lin. I… It's just… that I…", and then Eric did something he never had done. He kissed her! On her lips. It happened so sudden that Hay took fright at it a little but she wasn't against it. She enjoyed it. It was really sweet and peaceful kiss. She wouldn't have want to stop the kiss but Eric stopped and said:

"I love you, Hay Lin." That was a good reason for Hay Lin to start crying. She cried silent happy tears.

"You do? Really, Eric?"

"I do", he smiled a little and kissed her again but quickly and quietly. "Since the day I met you I've been in love with you. I just was too shy to tell about my feelings and now… I told it for sure", he said smiling but his heart was crying. Hay Lin couldn't guess what was coming towards her.

"Eric… Eric!" in the end she nearly screamed and hugged him tightly. "I love you, Eric. I love you so much!" she said loudly during Eric was getting away from her. Hay looked at him strangely. Something was still wrong.

"But… there's something I have to tell you. Something that I or you can't help at all", he really was sad and it was really hard to tell it.

"What is it, Eric?"

"I must leave on Saturday", Eric said. His voice was just like it was pushed by a heavy and big rock. Hay wished she heard wrong but she didn't. Eric would leave…

"What? You leave? Where? Why?" Hay was shocked. She couldn't believe it was true. Just a moment she was so happy but few seconds later her dreams were killed by the sorrow. She couldn't help crying. She just couldn't.

"I'm sorry I made you sad but my parents are leaving and they want me to come with them. And I don't know shall I never return", Eric said sadly. Hay shook her head.

"No! Don't say you never come back. Don't say that because I know you will… I know!" She screamed and cried. Eric sighed and smiled little.

"Hey, I said I don't know. Maybe I will but I don't promise anything", he said sadly.

"But I'm just afraid. Afraid of you will forget about me. There are many other girls who are prettier and cooler than me. Because I'm not your only one… I know it", she reminded with crying eyes. Eric touched her shoulders and smiled.

"Hey, try to be a little more optimistic. Don't think it on that way. You're the only one I've never loved so much. And I promise I'm not going to look after the other girls. But… try to understand. It has been long time when we last were together. I'd like to be with them but it doesn't mean I wouldn't like you. I love you but I love my parents, too. It took many days to decide this", he was really sorry and tried to make her understand. Hay nodded but she was still crying. She was so happy when Eric told her about his feelings but now the happiness was destroyed by the truth that she already knew. Yes, she knew he will move on some day but she never was thinking about it so seriously. The worst was really happening and right now.

"Oh, Eric… I understand. But I can't help the tears. I'm sorry…", Hay Lin cried and tried to wipe her tears off but it was impossible. Always just came more and more.

"It's okay if you promise to smile nearly every day after my leaving", Eric said and winked. Finally she smiled and Eric embraced her.

"I promise", she said and huddled up his chest. The weather was cold but Eric's chest felt so warm and safe. Hay wanted to be there forever. Sleep there forever without waking.

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The last days weren't gorgeous. If we think about Hay Lin and Eric. They were so sad and couldn't do anything at the school. Eric was leaving and they didn't want it to happen.

"Eh… Hay Lin? Are you alright?" Taranee asked on mathematics lesson. Hay sighed and shook her head. Irma looked at her like she was only joking.

"Didn't you say it's lovely to live normal life, did you?" Irma reminded.

"Yes, I did but…", Hay Lin didn't have a chance to go on because of Irma.

"Yes! And now when our lovely Oracle- boss just gave a little vocation you seem like commended. Let's go for an ice cream after school so you will feel better", Irma proposed but Hay was still sad.

"No thanks. I don't feel like that right now."

"Just like I supposed. Let's go for a walk on the beach. Maybe the breath of wind will make you feel better", Irma continued.

"No thanks. I don't feel like that right now."

"Or shall I show you what will happen if you don't smile!" Irma got angry because of her friend and more angry she got after Horseberg coming next to them.

"Well, Irma. Tell us…", he never said it to the end because of Irma interrupted.

"I don't know! And I don't care! Hay looks pale and she feels bad! We have to go to nurse!" Irma shouted angry at him. Horseberg laughed.

"Don't try to -",

"Are you blind! She's ill! Please, let us go!" Irma asked.

"Lin goes, not you",

"Do you really think she will get there without falling down! We have to go with her!" Irma couldn't stop yelling.

"Okay, okay! You three, Lin, Lair and Cook can go. But if I will find out you lied… you might know what means detention", Horseberg said loudly after three girls who were walking fast from the class to the corridor. And then when no one couldn't hear them, Irma went on:

"What's wrong with you?"

"I just feel weak. Let's go to the changing room so I'll tell you", Hay Lin said and so they went to the empty changing room. In fact it took many minutes to begin the story.

"Are you going to tell us or not?" Irma asked.

"Let her relax first. I'm sure something horrible have happened. Am I right, Hay Lin?" Taranee said feeling Hay's feelings. "Hay Lin… what happened?" Taranee knew it was about relationships.

"Well, I and Eric… we told about our feelings and… we kissed", Hay Lin said and smiled little. Irma got really happy.

"Excellent! That's lovely!"

"Wow! That's amazing, Hay Lin! You should be the head in clouds but you seem like that you just got know you are the daughter of Devil", Irma's energy didn't make Hay any better.

"But… it's impossible! We can be together only this and few next days because he leaves back to his home with his parents, and to the other side of the Earth! And we never will be able to see each other again!" Hay Lin was really hysteric. Maybe too hysteric but maybe every girl would have cried if her heart had been broken in five minutes.

"Did he say he'll never come back?" Taranee asked.

"He said he doesn't know. But if he's going to live in the other side of the world it would be impossible to travel here and back. I just… I just love him so much!" Hay Lin tried to wipe her tears in vain.

"Hey! Everything will be alright. Don't you remember weeks you were without him in Redstone?" Irma reminded.

"No, it's not the same thing. It was two weeks. This is forever. Then we were only friends but know… feelings have changed. We are not friends anymore, we're more than friends. Something so much deeper. But why? Why I never fall in love with a boy who's able to be with me!"

Taranee and Irma looked at each other. It was sad and they couldn't do anything to make Hay feel any better.

"It's only a bad luck, Hay Hey. The world is full of the other nice boys. Eric isn't the only one", Irma tried to comfort her, but it didn't help anything.

"No, Irma. You don't understand. This is not like I'm fond of… this is real love! There are two different ways to be in love. The first is just like everything you see on him is good-looking. And the second is that… you really love everything you see and feel on him. That you really know him and the feelings are deeper. I mean I know his feelings and he knows my feelings… and we love to live with that truth. Do you understand?" Hay Lin tried to explain. Taranee nodded but Irma was still thinking what her friend was saying. "I don't want him to leave! I want he stays! I don't want he forgets me!" now she couldn't help the tears at all.

"I don't think so. He's not going to forget you if he really loves you. But if he will, remember that you always have us", Irma said smiling. Hay Lin smiled back and hugged her and Taranee.

"Thank you! You're the best friends in the world!"

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It was a last day when they were together before Eric's leaving. Friday. Hay had always loved Fridays but now it was so sorrowful that she wanted to cry. But she didn't because Eric made her happy every minute. They were on a date at Chinese restaurant that wasn't Silver Dragon. They were sharing happy memories from the beginning.

"Do you remember how we first met?" Hay asked and laughed.

"Do I? Of course I do! How I could forget about that! But really… it could have been very unlucky. Really!" Eric answered.

"Yeah, you're right. But now we're here alive and it's the point", Hay said smiling.

"You're right! The best thing in my life was you. I'm really glad we met", he said and touched her check. She blushed.

"Really!"

"Yes, my life has been very boring until the day we met", Eric said and winked. Hay sighed and by the one question she changed the atmosphere:

"Why… why don't you stay then?"

Eric sighed and it was really hard to find real words.

"E… Hay Lin, please, try to understand. I've missed my parents really hard and…",

"Yeah… okay… I understand. Sorry. But I will miss you too. I miss already", she said and wiped her tears away. They both sighed and tried to change the atmosphere but it nothing happened.

"I miss you, too, Hay Lin. Already. I promise to write you every day if you just promise to smile, okay?" Eric asked and stroked her hands. She smiled and said:

"Okay."

It was really late when they went outside of the restaurant. The darkness surrounded them when they walked along the street. Holding their hands tightly. They walked really slowly because of saving the time. But it didn't help anything. Eric should leave very early morning and he hadn't packed well. And when they arrived next to Hay's home they stopped and looked at the door just like it could kill them.

"It was a gorgeous evening and amazing lifetime with you. Thank you, Hay Lin!" Eric said and smiled.

"You're welcome. It really was mystical evening and lifetime with you. Thank you, Eric!" Hay Lin didn't cry. It was odd because she wanted to cry but she couldn't. Tears didn't come.

"Close your eyes, Hay Lin", Eric asked and she did like that. She closed her eyes and she felt how he slipped a ring on her finger. She opened her eyes and she saw it. The beautiful silver ring on her right ring finger. It was written by Chinese kanji: "Wo Ai Ni" that means "I love you". Hay Lin was moved to tears. She shook.

"Thank you… Thank you a lot, Eric! It's beautiful!" she screamed and jumped to Eric's embrace and kissed him on the lips. "I love you. Never forget me, do you?"

"Forget you? Never!" and he embraced her so tightly that he could never let her go. She was the most valuable treasure. "And here is the photo from the day on the beach, you remember? Peter took it and gave it to me. I have a copy-version. This is real", Eric said and gave her a photo that was taken of them. Memories returned to Hay's mind.

"Thank you, Eric. I love this photo! I have to thank Peter about this", she said smiling but suddenly Eric already went on.

"Just now… you turn around, walk there and close the door. Do not turn around. And remember the things we had and have still", he said when Hay Lin was walking towards the door. She was sharing her memories with her mind. So long time they had live in the same city and just few days ago they confused. It was too strange to be true.

The tears stopped for a while. She was so close now. And not caring about Eric's words she turned around. She smiled and waved her hand for goodbye. It took few seconds before going inside and closing the door. It was really dark in the restaurant and ten seconds later after closing the door… she broke down. Now she couldn't help the tears. She cried and cried and couldn't put the stop to tears.

Hay Lin couldn't sleep in the night. It was too difficult to forget about Eric's leaving. She just looked at the photo of them and suddenly she decided something very fateful. "I have to see him one last time." And so she did.

She called a taxi in the middle of the night and her parents didn't know anything. She knew it was wrong but same time it felt right.

When she arrived the airport, she ran inside of the building. She noticed that Eric's flight would leave in 30 minutes.

"Please… be there. Don't be in the airplane yet. Eric…", she gasped and looked for Eric. And in 5 minutes she found the young handsome boy with dark hair and sitting on the bench. "Eric… ERIC!" she screamed and the boy turned around. His look was surprised.

"Hay Lin!" he said loudly when Hay jumped to him. "Why, Hay Lin! Why did you come!" he asked holding her.

"Please, don't go! I can't sleep! I'm sorry I'm like this but… I don't want you to go!" she couldn't help her feelings and words. They just came.

"Hay Lin… I can't -",

"I know! I know you can't but I just wanted to come and say farewell", she cried. Eric sighed again and smiled wiping her tears.

"You shouldn't have turn around yesterday", he said quietly.

"Eric, we have to - Oh, Hay Lin! You came to say goodbye to us. It was really nice to meet you, Hay Lin. We are really glad about you were the girl who he liked the most. I'm sure you will meet on some day again. See you, Hay Lin! You are really nice girl!" it was Eric's mother, Louise Lyndon, who came and hugged Hay Lin. Hay Lin smiled. "Well, Eric, we have to go on to the other gate. Let's go!" Louise said and she went with her husband. "C'mon, Eric!"

"Just a moment! Hay Lin", and he kissed her. Goodbye.

It was really hard to be peaceful in the taxi. The car was skidding on the street. The driver was a drunk.

"Stop the car right now! You are a drunk!" Hay Lin screamed. She was afraid. How loudly she screamed as faster the drunk drove. It was horrible!

"Does the girl want more? Whatever she wants!"

"NO! Stop! Stop the car immediately! STOP!" she screamed. Then things happened so quickly that Hay Lin could only scream. She looked into the street and she saw the bus coming towards her. She just froze to the spot. What she could have done in 3 seconds? Nothing else than scream and try to survive. "NOOOOOOOO!" The bus and the taxi collided in each other. Hay Lin opened the door and she fell to the ditch. She heard screaming and suddenly she felt the car on her. The pain was everywhere and she was bleeding. Silence. Only a deathly silence. And only one could speak.

"Girls… Will, Irma, Taranee and Cornelia. Eric! Oh my god… we need help." And then she didn't feel anything. She didn't see, smell or feel anything. Everything blurred away.

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Okay, it was a little tragically chapter. I'm going to make 3-4 chapters. I already have written the story in Finnish. This an English version.