Meridian

Part 3

"You make me

Feel like

I'm living a

Teenage Dream

The way you turn me on

I can't sleep

Let's runaway

And don't ever look back

Don't ever look back"

-Teenage Dream, Katy Perry

Prologue

He stood there, whimpering. He had a heavy limp. He was doing his best to protect us both from the inevitable. We started inching closer to the edge of the cliff. I prayed for courage. I loved him. To love someone and die for them is easy. To live for them, now that is a gamble. A gamble, I was willing to take.