Aha! Said I'd give you a long chapter. Lol i think this ones a bit crappy, but who knows.
Disclaimer: Dont own anything or know anyone affiliated with So Weird. I do own Josh and Kat though.
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" You killed me." Gabe whispered, glaring at Jack.
" No. Gabe I- I tried to-" Jack defended himself weakly, backing away from the girl. " Please, I tried to stop it!"
" Jack you swore to me. You swore we'd be together for ever, you'd never let me go. But look what you did. Because you were too afraid to ask my dad to let me stay with you, I died!" Gabe's voice filled his ears as Jack stared unwillingly at the cloud, watching as the cloud formed into his girlfriend's body. There she was at last, still in her white prom gown, her eyes dark.
" Gabe you died in a fire! I didn't start it! Please… I tried to stop it, I tried…"
" It wasn't good enough Jack. And now here you are, running to Annie. Your new play toy huh? Guess you've forgotten all about me. Did I mean anything to you? Anything at all?"
" Gabe… I- you mean everything to me. But I- I can't just stand here waiting for you to come back to me… your dead Gabe, and I have to get over it."
" Why?"
" Because Gabe… I can't bring you back. You can't come back to me, and I've begun to accept it. Please, just let me be. Can't you see what your doing to me Gabe? Your hurting me so much… every time you come to me like this, every time you remind me of that day…"
" Jack- you don't know how much hurt I feel… how much pain I feel everyday seeing you move closer and closer to forgetting about me."
" I know Gabe. I know how it feels because I'm living it. Gabe… please, understand. I have to move on. I have my whole life ahead of me- college, career opportunities… everything. And you, haunting me, it's hurting me Gabe. I don't think we were meant to be… I know who I'm meant to be with, and… I don't think it was you." Jack said softly.
Gabe whimpered, biting her lip. " Please, I need you Jack. Don't leave me…"
" Gabe you don't need me. Your strong… you can do without me…"
" Don't you need me anymore?"
" I…" Jack began, but stopped, gazing at Annie. " I used to think I did. But now, I don't think I do Gabe. Before, I relied so much on the memories of you and I, that I forgot about life. I forgot that I have a family that cares about me so much- that is there for me throughout everything… and now… now I don't need you as much as I thought I did."
" I- Jack… I'm sorry." Gabe's face softened and she reached out to touch her boyfriend. Memories of her funeral, and of Jack's mourning flashed to her and Gabe gasped, closing her eyes. She lifted her hand towards his cheek and cried out when it went through his face and tears brimmed in her eyes. " I'm so sorry… it's just so hard. Seeing you here, getting over me, getting closer to Annie… after we promised so much to each other…"
" I know Gabe. I know how you feel… but, I have to let go, and so do you."
" I only want you to be happy." Gabe said quietly, looking away from him. " And… if that means you being with Annie… then Jack, I want you to do it. I want you to be happy again, not miserable any more."
" I want you to be happy too Gabe. I hate seeing you this way…"
" I will be happy Jack. I will be, because you're happy, and because I'll finally be with my parents, all of us together again." Gabe said smiling slightly. Jack smiled and reached out to her. Gabe began to glow again, and she reached out as well. As the two hands connected, Gabe began to get more and more translucent, until finally only her hand was visible.
" What's happening?" Jack whispered, looking at the girl, his eyes wide.
" I'm free." Gabe said softly. " I have no unfinished business anymore.. I' m no longer searching for anything. I finally saw that your happy… that you can be happy without me. And now, I have to go." Gabe finished, looking over Jack's shoulder. Her eyes lit up, and Jack followed her gaze. He gasped, seeing Gabe's father and a woman standing together, near the wall.
" Is that-"
" It's my mom." Gabe said happily.
" She's beautiful… just like you." Jack whispered.
" I know…" Gabe smiled. " I have to go Jack." She said quietly, and Jack's smile faded. " I'll always be with you Jack… I'll always be there. I love you."
" I love you too Gabe." Jack said softly, watching the girl walk to her parents. She turned and waved goodbye to him, smiling as her mother embraced her. Jack sighed, feeling tears come to his eyes as he sank to the ground, finally giving into the emotions he had held onto for so long.
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Annie opened her eyes to blinding white lights, and she quickly squeezed her eyes shut again, sighing.
" Annie…" A voice softly whispered to her and Annie felt someone shaking her. " Annie, c'mon, open your eyes sweetie."
" Josh?" Annie whispered, quickly trying to sit up. Josh smiled weakly and helped her up. " What am I doing here? Where am I? Oh God- what happened to Jack and the others?"
" One question at a time Annie. Remember when you fell?" Josh said softly. Annie nodded and her eyes widened.
" Your dead. You shouldn't be able to touch me- to talk to me; Oh god, Oh god… Oh this isn't happening. I'm not dead!!"
" Do all girls have the same reaction to that? Geez." Josh said smiling a little.
" Josh…" Annie's wavering voice took the smile away from his face though and he felt his heart break. " Please… tell me I'm not gone…"
" Not yet Annie. You fell hard Annie, and let's just say it's not a pretty sight. Right now, your in the transitional place until your soul decides where it wants to stay."
" When does that happen?"
" It happens when you let it Annie." Josh said softly. " You choose."
" I- I can't!"
" You have to Annie… It's a sucky thing, but only you can make the choice."
" If I… if I stayed here, would I be with you?" Annie asked quietly. Josh nodded and Annie sighed. " But… all of my family… my friends down there."
" It'll be the toughest decision you'll ever have to make Annie."
" I…" Annie's voice trailed off as her mind went back to the events a half an hour ago, the flashbacks haunting her. " I'll do it." She whispered finally.
" Are you sure?" Josh asked, looking at the girl closely. Annie sighed and nodded, her eyes brimming with tears. " Then take my hand." He finished, extending his right hand. Annie nodded and reached her hand out.
" ANNIE!" Jack's shouts shook the white room and Annie turned her quickly, pulling her hand back from Josh.
" Jack?" Annie whispered. " Where are you? Why are you here?"
" Right now, he's by your side, trying to get you to go back." Josh said quietly.
" It's true then? When your comatose or close to death, you can really hear people?"
" Yeah…" Josh answered. " And he wants you to come back Annie."
" He wouldn't do that." Annie said softly extending her hand to Josh. " He doesn't love me."
" Annie don't leave me… please… I don't want to lose someone else." Jack's voice flooded her ears and Annie shuddered. " Annie… please don't leave me," Jack pleaded, again and Annie burst into tears, dropping her hand and sinking to the ground. " I love you Annie… please, don't go." Jack's voice got softer as Annie saw the teen in front of her.
" You don't mean it Jack." Annie whispered. " Why are you doing this? You don't love me, I know you don't."
" I do love you Annie. I do love you. It just took me a while to realize where I needed to be. I know Gabe's dead, I know she'll never be back, and I've accepted it. Please, don't go with Josh. It's not your time. I know it's not. It can't be, because I need you. I need you more then ever, and so does your family and mine. Annie don't go." Jack said softly. Annie looked tearfully at Josh, then at Jack.
" We can't make the decision for you Annie, only you can." Josh whispered.
" I… But I miss you Josh. I miss you so much that it hurts every day, every night. I can't go on anymore without you." Annie said tearfully, reaching closer to his hand.
" Don't do it!" Jack exclaimed. " Please, just, listen to me… this once. Come back with me… please Annie… " Jack pleaded, extending his hand. Annie glanced at the two males in front of her and closed her eyes.
" I- I can't Josh." Annie said, taking Jack's outreached hand. Jack smiled and helped her up, kissing her on the forehead.
Josh smiled, nodding. " You made the right choice Annie. It wasn't your time to go." He added and the light dissappeered, leaving the three where Annie was lying.
" What'll happen to her Josh?" Jack asked as Annie gasped in pain.
" This was Gabe's mess… only she can fix it." Josh answered.
" It hurts." Annie whimpered.
" Shh… it'll be ok Annie… you'll be fine in a few minutes." Jack said taking her hand. Annie nodded, slowly closing her eyes. " Josh?? Josh what's going on- you said it wasn't-"
" She isn't dead." Josh whispered as he leaned over Annie, kissing her forehead. " She'll be fine…" He assured Jack, who nodded.
" I heard I did something." Gabe's voice startled the two young men and Josh smiled at the girl. " Oh man… I didn't think-"
" Please help her Gabe… please?" Jack pleaded. Gabe nodded, and walked over to Annie.
" I'm resetting time Jack. You two will remember everything- but Annie's fall won't have happened." Gabe explain softly. Jack nodded and Gabe snapped her fingers, the same white light blinded the teens.
Disclaimer: Dont own anything or know anyone affiliated with So Weird. I do own Josh and Kat though.
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" You killed me." Gabe whispered, glaring at Jack.
" No. Gabe I- I tried to-" Jack defended himself weakly, backing away from the girl. " Please, I tried to stop it!"
" Jack you swore to me. You swore we'd be together for ever, you'd never let me go. But look what you did. Because you were too afraid to ask my dad to let me stay with you, I died!" Gabe's voice filled his ears as Jack stared unwillingly at the cloud, watching as the cloud formed into his girlfriend's body. There she was at last, still in her white prom gown, her eyes dark.
" Gabe you died in a fire! I didn't start it! Please… I tried to stop it, I tried…"
" It wasn't good enough Jack. And now here you are, running to Annie. Your new play toy huh? Guess you've forgotten all about me. Did I mean anything to you? Anything at all?"
" Gabe… I- you mean everything to me. But I- I can't just stand here waiting for you to come back to me… your dead Gabe, and I have to get over it."
" Why?"
" Because Gabe… I can't bring you back. You can't come back to me, and I've begun to accept it. Please, just let me be. Can't you see what your doing to me Gabe? Your hurting me so much… every time you come to me like this, every time you remind me of that day…"
" Jack- you don't know how much hurt I feel… how much pain I feel everyday seeing you move closer and closer to forgetting about me."
" I know Gabe. I know how it feels because I'm living it. Gabe… please, understand. I have to move on. I have my whole life ahead of me- college, career opportunities… everything. And you, haunting me, it's hurting me Gabe. I don't think we were meant to be… I know who I'm meant to be with, and… I don't think it was you." Jack said softly.
Gabe whimpered, biting her lip. " Please, I need you Jack. Don't leave me…"
" Gabe you don't need me. Your strong… you can do without me…"
" Don't you need me anymore?"
" I…" Jack began, but stopped, gazing at Annie. " I used to think I did. But now, I don't think I do Gabe. Before, I relied so much on the memories of you and I, that I forgot about life. I forgot that I have a family that cares about me so much- that is there for me throughout everything… and now… now I don't need you as much as I thought I did."
" I- Jack… I'm sorry." Gabe's face softened and she reached out to touch her boyfriend. Memories of her funeral, and of Jack's mourning flashed to her and Gabe gasped, closing her eyes. She lifted her hand towards his cheek and cried out when it went through his face and tears brimmed in her eyes. " I'm so sorry… it's just so hard. Seeing you here, getting over me, getting closer to Annie… after we promised so much to each other…"
" I know Gabe. I know how you feel… but, I have to let go, and so do you."
" I only want you to be happy." Gabe said quietly, looking away from him. " And… if that means you being with Annie… then Jack, I want you to do it. I want you to be happy again, not miserable any more."
" I want you to be happy too Gabe. I hate seeing you this way…"
" I will be happy Jack. I will be, because you're happy, and because I'll finally be with my parents, all of us together again." Gabe said smiling slightly. Jack smiled and reached out to her. Gabe began to glow again, and she reached out as well. As the two hands connected, Gabe began to get more and more translucent, until finally only her hand was visible.
" What's happening?" Jack whispered, looking at the girl, his eyes wide.
" I'm free." Gabe said softly. " I have no unfinished business anymore.. I' m no longer searching for anything. I finally saw that your happy… that you can be happy without me. And now, I have to go." Gabe finished, looking over Jack's shoulder. Her eyes lit up, and Jack followed her gaze. He gasped, seeing Gabe's father and a woman standing together, near the wall.
" Is that-"
" It's my mom." Gabe said happily.
" She's beautiful… just like you." Jack whispered.
" I know…" Gabe smiled. " I have to go Jack." She said quietly, and Jack's smile faded. " I'll always be with you Jack… I'll always be there. I love you."
" I love you too Gabe." Jack said softly, watching the girl walk to her parents. She turned and waved goodbye to him, smiling as her mother embraced her. Jack sighed, feeling tears come to his eyes as he sank to the ground, finally giving into the emotions he had held onto for so long.
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Annie opened her eyes to blinding white lights, and she quickly squeezed her eyes shut again, sighing.
" Annie…" A voice softly whispered to her and Annie felt someone shaking her. " Annie, c'mon, open your eyes sweetie."
" Josh?" Annie whispered, quickly trying to sit up. Josh smiled weakly and helped her up. " What am I doing here? Where am I? Oh God- what happened to Jack and the others?"
" One question at a time Annie. Remember when you fell?" Josh said softly. Annie nodded and her eyes widened.
" Your dead. You shouldn't be able to touch me- to talk to me; Oh god, Oh god… Oh this isn't happening. I'm not dead!!"
" Do all girls have the same reaction to that? Geez." Josh said smiling a little.
" Josh…" Annie's wavering voice took the smile away from his face though and he felt his heart break. " Please… tell me I'm not gone…"
" Not yet Annie. You fell hard Annie, and let's just say it's not a pretty sight. Right now, your in the transitional place until your soul decides where it wants to stay."
" When does that happen?"
" It happens when you let it Annie." Josh said softly. " You choose."
" I- I can't!"
" You have to Annie… It's a sucky thing, but only you can make the choice."
" If I… if I stayed here, would I be with you?" Annie asked quietly. Josh nodded and Annie sighed. " But… all of my family… my friends down there."
" It'll be the toughest decision you'll ever have to make Annie."
" I…" Annie's voice trailed off as her mind went back to the events a half an hour ago, the flashbacks haunting her. " I'll do it." She whispered finally.
" Are you sure?" Josh asked, looking at the girl closely. Annie sighed and nodded, her eyes brimming with tears. " Then take my hand." He finished, extending his right hand. Annie nodded and reached her hand out.
" ANNIE!" Jack's shouts shook the white room and Annie turned her quickly, pulling her hand back from Josh.
" Jack?" Annie whispered. " Where are you? Why are you here?"
" Right now, he's by your side, trying to get you to go back." Josh said quietly.
" It's true then? When your comatose or close to death, you can really hear people?"
" Yeah…" Josh answered. " And he wants you to come back Annie."
" He wouldn't do that." Annie said softly extending her hand to Josh. " He doesn't love me."
" Annie don't leave me… please… I don't want to lose someone else." Jack's voice flooded her ears and Annie shuddered. " Annie… please don't leave me," Jack pleaded, again and Annie burst into tears, dropping her hand and sinking to the ground. " I love you Annie… please, don't go." Jack's voice got softer as Annie saw the teen in front of her.
" You don't mean it Jack." Annie whispered. " Why are you doing this? You don't love me, I know you don't."
" I do love you Annie. I do love you. It just took me a while to realize where I needed to be. I know Gabe's dead, I know she'll never be back, and I've accepted it. Please, don't go with Josh. It's not your time. I know it's not. It can't be, because I need you. I need you more then ever, and so does your family and mine. Annie don't go." Jack said softly. Annie looked tearfully at Josh, then at Jack.
" We can't make the decision for you Annie, only you can." Josh whispered.
" I… But I miss you Josh. I miss you so much that it hurts every day, every night. I can't go on anymore without you." Annie said tearfully, reaching closer to his hand.
" Don't do it!" Jack exclaimed. " Please, just, listen to me… this once. Come back with me… please Annie… " Jack pleaded, extending his hand. Annie glanced at the two males in front of her and closed her eyes.
" I- I can't Josh." Annie said, taking Jack's outreached hand. Jack smiled and helped her up, kissing her on the forehead.
Josh smiled, nodding. " You made the right choice Annie. It wasn't your time to go." He added and the light dissappeered, leaving the three where Annie was lying.
" What'll happen to her Josh?" Jack asked as Annie gasped in pain.
" This was Gabe's mess… only she can fix it." Josh answered.
" It hurts." Annie whimpered.
" Shh… it'll be ok Annie… you'll be fine in a few minutes." Jack said taking her hand. Annie nodded, slowly closing her eyes. " Josh?? Josh what's going on- you said it wasn't-"
" She isn't dead." Josh whispered as he leaned over Annie, kissing her forehead. " She'll be fine…" He assured Jack, who nodded.
" I heard I did something." Gabe's voice startled the two young men and Josh smiled at the girl. " Oh man… I didn't think-"
" Please help her Gabe… please?" Jack pleaded. Gabe nodded, and walked over to Annie.
" I'm resetting time Jack. You two will remember everything- but Annie's fall won't have happened." Gabe explain softly. Jack nodded and Gabe snapped her fingers, the same white light blinded the teens.