Okay, so, I thought of the last one just the other day, but this and the other alternate endings I thought of back when I read the book for the first one is from the point of view "Death" (Same as book) Hope you enjoy. Read and Review!
When she saw the rest of them, Liesel coughed. She listened momentarily as a man told the others that they found one of the bodies in pieces, in one of the maple trees.
There were shocked pajamas and torn faces. It was the boy's hair she saw first.
Rudy?
She did more than mouth the word now "Rudy?" He lay with yellow hair and closed eyes, and the book thief ran toward him and fell down. She dropped the black book. "Rudy," she sobbed "wake up..."She grabbed him by his shirt and gave him the slightest disbelieving shake. "Wake up Rudy," and now, as the sky went on heating and showering ash, Liesel was holding Rudy Steiner's shirt by the front "Rudy, please." The tears grappled her face. "Rudy, please, wake up, Goddamn it, wake up, I love you. Come on, Rudy, come on Jesse Owens, don't you know I love you, wake up, wake up, wake up..." But nothing rubble just climbed higher. Concrete hills with caps of red. A beautiful, tear-stomped girl, shaking the dead. "Come on Jesse Owens"
But the boy did not wake.
In disbelieve, Liesel buried her head into Rudy's chest. She held his limp body, trying to keep him from lolling back, until she needed to return him to the butchered ground. She did it gently."God,Rudy..."
She leaned down and looked at his lifeless face and Liesel kisses her best friend,Rudy Steiner, soft and true on the lips. He tasted dusty and sweet. He tasted like regret in the shadows of trees and in the glow of the anarchist's suit collection. She kissed him long and soft, and when she pulled herself away, she touched his mouth with her fingers. Her hands were trembling, her lips were fleshy, (Author's Note : End of excerpt from book, rest will be my own now.) and she leaned into kiss him once more. As I watched, my cold heart broke. I had seen people cry over lost loved ones, but I had never watched them fall in love. I sighed as I walked back over to the girl and the dead boy with lemon hair. I stood over Liesel's shoulder as she kissed him, and put Rudy's glowing soul back into his body. It writhed and pulled from my hand, as if yearning to return to his body, to wake and hold Liesel. I watched the color return to his face. Lisel was still softy kissing him, and he opened his eyes, saw her, and passionately sat up, wrapped his arms around her and kissed her back. Her tears fell onto his face. She pulled away "Rudy?" her voice was hoarse. "Shh. I'm here. I'm okay." he said. Rudy looked right at me. He could see me. "Thank you" he mouthed.
"I love you Rudy." Liesel said. They were still holding each other in the rubble. "I love you too, Liesel"
They were found by the worker men and taken to the police station. They never left each other's side or let go of their hands. I watched them get picked up by Frau Herrman, the Mayor's Wife. I watched Rudy's father come home and find them. I watched Max find Liesel. I watched them grow up the rest of thier lives together, and I never once regretted my decision.
