A/N: This is my first Bridge To Terabithia fic. It's based on the movieverse so that's why I put it in Misc Movies. I guess it's a little drabbly. A little AU maybe. I don't know. It's short, but it's supposed to be a little introspective. Anyway. Enjoy. R&R! Thanks. -Mac
Disclaimer: Don't own.
Last Glance
Have you ever gotten that feeling that something huge was going to happen? Whether it be good or bad, it was going to be life changing. And not just for you, but for all the people around you as well. I've felt that feeling before.
I felt it most intensely the last time I saw her alive. The last time I saw Leslie Burke it was as if time itself had slowed. When she turned around to look back at me, I got to see the sparkle in her as the world came to a halt. And I felt it.
I could feel that something was about to happen. This was a big something. I couldn't tell if it was a good something or a bad something. It was just this intense feeling that gripped me tightly. I couldn't shake it. I could tell it was something bigger than me. Bigger than us. Bigger than Terabithia. Something I couldn't control. Fate, or something like it.
I never thought it was going to be what it was. I never thought that the last time I saw her was going to be the last time I saw her. I never thought that the next time I heard her name would be to tell me she was gone. I never thought she could...die. I didn't make sense that someone so alive could die so early in life. It begs the question, why her?
I didn't believe it at first. I didn't want to believe it. I was stuck in a haze, knowing that she was gone and not wanting to know. I didn't understand. She was so full of life, there shouldn't have been any way to extinguish it. She should be alive letting everyone see what she could see. It was amazing how she saw the world differently. But that kind of imagination left with her.
I could only hold on to that last image of her. I could recall every feature of her face as she turned toward me. The way her eyes were bright. The way she smiled so widely at me. The way she took the time to look back one last time. That moment was all I had left of her.
I can't even begin to imagine what everything is going to be like without her. Right now it just hurts. I haven't started to move on without her, not really. Bringing May Belle to Terabithia was more for her than me. I was being the older brother I should have been before. I was finally being the person I should have been before.
It was hard to accept that things could have been different. That once choice could have kept her alive. But the rope that wasn't supposed to break, broke. That something big was a something bad. It changed my life, and the lives of so many others. Because she changed so many lives. Leslie changed my life. All I have left is that one last glance.