Until Dawn: Affairs of the Heart
Final chapter of my Until Dawn story, enjoy.
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Epilogue
Leah sighed as she sat on the chair in the hospital corridor. She still could barely believe everything that had happened.
'How could I? This... What do I even...?' she began to wonder, before shaking her head. 'I can't believe they're gone. Chris, Ash...even Jess...'
Despite their mutual dislike of each other, Leah could not help but feel sorry for what had happened to Jess. Mike had told her about seeing her lifeless body. Nobody deserved to die in such a horrific fashion. Plus, she couldn't help but feel guilty over their lingering animosity for each other. With Jess dead, it would never be rectified and now, it instead lingered as a burning guilt in Leah's heart.
Even as she thought of this, her thoughts also went to Mike. She fidgeted in her seat. 'What could he even be thinking right now, after all he went through? After losing Jess like that? Could I...'
She shuddered, trying to push the thoughts away. But then, at that moment, she heard approaching footsteps and saw, to her great surprise, Mike. He had been at the other end of the corridor, talking to Matt and Sam, the only other survivors to make it off the mountain.
Following their talks with police, the truth finally came to light when the bodies of the others were found, as was Josh, who had become a Wendigo. It had been a brutal, direct, and yet remarkable bit of proof, yet it left them devastated to know what had become of Josh, despite all that he had done to them.
While Matt still stood, talking to Sam, Mike finally approached Leah and managed a tremulous smile.
"Leah, I..."
She shook her head. "Mike, I'm...I'm so sorry about Jess. I know..."
"Leah, this might seem out of place, but I... We need to talk. What happened to Jess, yes, it was tragic and I'll never get over that for as long as I live. But there's something else that I realized that night."
Leah paused at that, surprised. "What? What do you mean?"
Mike sighed. "Yes, it...it's about us, what happened between us."
"Mike, I hardly think that..."
"No, I have to say this! I was wrong." He revealed. "I was wrong when I chose to split up with you. You were... We were so well matched. I just let myself get distracted by Jess's beauty, so I never truly thought of the truth of what she was really like, compared to you. I never realized that there wasn't really anything between her and I."
Leah bit her lip. "Mike, I... To tell you the truth, I never stopped loving you after you dumped me. It hurt so much, seeing you with Jess, but...but I didn't want to..."
Mike smiled softly. "I made a terrible mistake by leaving you and I want to make things right. I just... If you don't think that we should..."
She smiled at that and, standing up, she pulled him close and they kissed deeply. Mike got the message clearly and kissed back.
As they separated, Mike said, "I love you, Leah. And I want to be with you again. I promise to never let you go."
"I love you, too." Leah replied. "And nothing would make me happier than to be with you; the boy that I love."
Later, Matt approached Mike, leaving Leah and Sam to talk as they prepared to leave the hospital.
"Mike, we need to talk." he said quickly.
Mike nodded. "Yeah, I know. It's about Leah, right?"
Matt nodded. "Yes, you broke my sister's heart once before. Yet now, she just told me-"
"I know what you're gonna say, Matt." Mike remarked. "I did wrong by Leah and I admit it. I made a terrible mistake, one which I've finally realized. I love Leah and I realize now just how much she means to me."
Matt sighed, but he could tell that Mike was being genuine. Finally, he smiled. "Well, just...take care of her, okay? She's a much better girl for you than Jess could ever be."
"I know. I told that to Leah myself."
Mike smiled and nodded and finally, together, with hope for the future despite their dark memories, they left the hospital, ready for whatever came next.
End of chapter and of story, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.
