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Epilogue:
Time seemed to slow and the world was all a blur. It all happened so fast…this was it, the one moment that changed everything. It seemed to be the determining factor of what would happen next for me. Would I beat the odds once again or would I die like I was meant to the first time a Bang! resoundedfrom that gun. I saw everything happening in front of me my brother Mason running towards me in warning, Dimitri darting forward to my rescue like a knight in shining armor, the gun in my father's hands, the bullet heading straight for my head. I stood frozen in terror waiting for the bite of the bullet, waiting for the darkness that would surely follow. I felt as though I was staring death in the eye as the bullet came closer and closer to me, the world moved slowly it felt like years past but it was only 2 seconds from the time the gun went off. A force hits me and I fall backwards to the floor, pain forming in my head, as I collide. Stars fill my vision and I can't focus. It all seems fuzzy and muffled, voices sound distant. I sit up, with great effort, and look around. My eyes fall before me and I see a sight no one wishes to see, no one wants to see someone they love like this…I crawl forward and my hand reaches out to touch his chest, I pull back and my hand is stained in blood, the bullet hit him right where it was meant to hit me the first time I was shot. Tears form in my eyes at seeing how pale he looks and how much blood he has already lost, it's a puddle now, it seeps into my clothing but I don't care. I refuse to look away from his eyes, I swear I can see death's hands reaching for him, he tried to speak but I quieted him
"Why… Why would you do something so stupid." tears finally spill over and down my cheeks. "You can't leave me… please stay… please…" my voice breaks at the last syllable. Tears flow freely I can't stop them, I don't want to though he means so much to me and now he won't be there for me, he's leaving me. He reaches his hand up, it's slightly bloody but I could care less right now, and touches my face. His breathing is shallow, the light in his eyes is fading quickly, I bring my forehead down so it rests against his.
"I…" he gasps "l-love y-y-you. Do-don't for-forget t-tha-t Ro-ose." with his last ounce of strength and breath he places a kiss on my forehead, his hand slips from my face. I sob, it sounds as if my heart has shattered into a million pieces, and that's because it has. I wrap my arms around my legs and place my head on top of my knees, my eyes close and I say
"I love you too…"
I suck in breath and look up at the ceiling but the tears don't stop flowing. I look back down at his face and into his lifeless sapphire eyes one last time before closing them.
"NO! NO! NO!" I look to my left and see Abe and Jesse struggling against the police "MASON! MY SON! LOOK WHAT YOU DID ROSE IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT!" I shook my head at my father.
"No you did this you were the one who did this to him! It was all you!" I say looking him right in the eyes.
"Don't speak to me that way!" He roars at me pulling against the police trying to reach me. Dimitri steps in front of me as if shielding me from my father and brother, "I will get out of this!"
"I will personally see that you will get no where near her ever again!" Hans, the nice cop from the hospital,says as the police escort my father out of the school.
"Thank you." I mumble "I owe you big time Officer Hans…"
"Not a problem kid it's what I do, I'm happy to help… I'm sorry we didn't make it in time to save everyone."
"I'm sorry too… it was because of me that this happened."
"Rose you can't blame yourself for your father's illness, he thought he was god... that's a serious mental illness and there are somethings that you can't fix. This would have happened, illnesses are tricky like that." he gave me a side hug before saying "Well I better head back to the station-" my mother, however, cut him off.
"Rose! Mason! Oh! Rose there you are I've been so worried- Mason…" her eyes drop down to where Mason lays; tears fill her eyes just as mine had only moments ago "Oh Mason… What… What happened?" she asks holding back a sob.
"Dad pulled the trigger and Mason pushed me out of the way… he took my place Mom I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." my mom came over and hugged me, we were the only thing eachother had left.
"It's going to be alright. We are going to be alright." she said determination in her voice. I finally let everything go and sobbed like I had never sobbed before. It wasn't pretty as I clung to her with tears constantly flowing down my face. She stroked my hair and whispered soothing words in my ear; eventually, after what seemed like a lifetime, we separated. "Honey, I know it hurts, I know it does but Mason would have wanted you to keep living and be happy. He would want you to be happy for the first time in a long time."
"It doesn't feel right though!" I say looking up at her
"Believe me I know honey, I know. But we have to keep living… time will help us heal."
"How are you so calm?" I say sniffling
"Because right now I need to be strong for you…"
*********************************** a year and a half later****************************************
It's been a year and a half since I found out I had another brother. It's been a year and a half since my dad and "new" brother were sentenced to life in prison. It's been a year and a half since my brother Mason died at the hand of my father. It's been a year since my mom gained her happiness back. A lot has happened since that disastrous day but I believe we're better now, sure some days hurt more than others but right now we're all finally healing. Life has changed in the sense that now I am happy with every aspect of it. My mom and Officer Hans are now together, turns out they knew each other back in high school and are rekindling old flames. Christian and I are friends still and he's found his newest love interest, her name is Lissa and she's to total opposite of Christian. He's all dark and scary and she's all about fashion and everything girly. They're cute together… and then there's Dimitri and I. We're still together and we are as happy as we can be. I love him and he loves me; that's all I've ever wanted. To be loved completely and to feel what all those fairy tale stories talk about, the love that moves the sun and other stars.
And here we are today a year and a half since that day that changed everything, getting ready to celebrate the new love in our lives. Today is the day I gain a new figure in my life, today my mom and Hans are going to be married. Today is the day I gain a father, the kind of father that I should have had in the first place. As I stand watching how my mom looks at Hans and how her eyes are filled with tears of happiness as she pledges to love him fully and faithfully until her last breath. The promise they are making shows that life does move on, even after the worst situations light can come from darkness. My mom and Hans say I do and they kiss, I smile and look out to where Dimitri is sitting and I see he is smiling back at me. It is right now, in this moment in time where everything surrounding me brings a smile to my face, that I realize this journey I've been braving has made me what I've always been meant to be. As much as I hated needing people to lean on to help me stand again and rebuild who I am after all I endured. I realize now that I needed saving… we all need saving sometimes. I'm grateful I wasn't alone…
I'm thankful that I had people to hear my shredded soul's cry.
THE END
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