Part Three - Don't Forget About Me

Alex couldn't help but think about that night, her hands covered in Max's blood. That was a year ago, today. That was something she could never forget, how could she forget. She still carried that image around inside her head, yet her heart was slowly ripping from the inside, tearing away at her like pieces of torn paper. She was just so glad to see that he was alright now, his arm had healed nicely. But Justin held a grudge against his sister, giving her the blame for it. She broke down in front of him, something he thought he would never see. It was now alex's 19th birthday, but it wasn't much of a party for her, because Justin would not speak to her, and she wished he did. She hoped he would say something to her, something that would get them talking again. "Justin, go over and apologize to your sister, it's her birthday please don't ruin it," Theresa said to him.
"No mom, I won't..I can't. She is dead to me, that's not my sister. Alex will always be Alex she won't change and I know it, so why bother." Jerry soon looked to his son with a serious, disgusted tone to his face, making Justin get up and say something to her. "Okay dad, I get it..I'll go talk to her, but I won't listen." Alex turned as she saw Justin come up to her and sat down on the couch next to her. "Harper, do you mind while I talk to my sister alone."
"Sure Justin, I'll be just right over there if you need me." She pointed out to the fridge and went to it, opening it for a glass of drinkable spring water.
"Why do you hate me so much, ?" she said, with tears in her eyes that he could feel touch his heart.
"Alex, I don't hate you.. I do love you, but you are making this so hard, put it back to rest please. These are only the memories that you remember not us. Me, mom, dad and Max are still alive out there in the real world. It's you, don't you remember, you have to. It wasn't Max that was bleeding that night, it was you. You have to remember it. He tried to save you. You fell asleep and a couple of burglars broke in through your open window. it was 3 in the morning when you woke up, hearing the noise. If it wasn't for you, Max would have been dead, you sacrificed your self for him. I know cause I watched it all from my room, I was too scared to do something about it, but you weren't. I admire you for it, your bravery and your courage. I still think about it everyday, so does mom, dad and Max. Max is the one always constantly questioning himself, why you when it should have been him. "
"I'm sorry Justin, I am. I am remembering it now, just vividly though. I just want you to do something for me alright?"
"what do you want me to do, Alex." She put her hand over his chest, placing it on his heart and said the words she'd being wanting to say to him. "Don't forget about me."
"I won't forget you, you will always stay my heart, and everybody else's I'll make sure of that."
"So you know Justin, I WILL NOT SAY GOODBYE." She soon smiled up at him, and hugged him lovingly and soon the rest of them faded away as reality soon caught up.

EPILOGUE

Justin, Jerry, Theresa and Max stood over Alex's stone of marble, while the preachers words gave hardly no comfort under the pouring rain. Their tears hid neath the drops of rain water, trying to show their bravery like she did. The stone soon read" R.I.P. Here Lies: ALEX RUSSO LOVING DAUGHTER, CARING SISTER...A GIRL, A WOMAN AFTER HER MOTHERS HEART. Born July 22,1992 - Died July 2011. Justin soon turned his head to see a figure out in the distance, and saw it smile at him. And he touched his heart, knowing that the figure watching them was none other than Alex herself. Her beautiful wings soon spread wide open and brightly glown light shone around her. She soon finally gained her wings, flying toward to the heavens above her . "I WILL NOT SAY GOODBYE," Justin whispered as he looked up to the heavens above him and smiled himself. "I will just say Hello, again." The Russo family was never going to be the same again, and Justin kept his promise to her.