This is my first posting so please be gentle.
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This came after losing my dog. Within a week he went from perfectly healthy to the point where we had to put him down. He was my best friend and I will forever miss him. I was watching serenity at the time and imagined Zoe was feeling much like I did.
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She cried until she could cry no more, and even then non-existent tears threatened to spill. She was exhausted and her heart ached with a pain unlike anything she had ever known. She'd lost loved ones before but this struck something so deep in her soul she thought she'd shatter. And there were moments she wished she would. She grabbed her pillow and hugged it tightly to her chest. She couldn't stand the emptiness inside. And just when she allowed herself a flicker of happiness she felt a pang of guilt that sent her spiraling deep into the pits of despair.
It was hard to accept. It had happened so fast and with no warning. One minute he was there and the next… He was gone. She knew that but every time she turned around she half expected him to be there. Laying in bed she found herself reaching for him like she'd done a million times before but all she found was devastation. She buried her face into her pillow. He couldn't really be gone.
She reached over and turned out the light. Sleep would come eventually and tomorrow would be just a bit better. She'd loved him with all her heart and there was comfort knowing that a part of him would live there forever.