by zane
"What are you thinking about?"
"Everything. Nothing."
I nod understandingly and we are silent. She is staring off into space, and I am staring at her. She's so beautiful, but she doesn't know it. Maybe, she never will.
After a few minutes, she awkwardly stands up. "I... I think I have to go."
I stand as well and lean over. "I'll be here, Nita. Don't you forget it," I admonish her. I warmly squeeze her shoulder.
She gives a weak smile. "You know, I should really have gotten over it by now."
I shake my head. "It's not so bad if you never get over it."
Giving a large sigh, she plops back onto the rock she was on. I wince - not because the rock felt anything, but just the principal of the thing. "That's the point. I'm supposed to get over it. I knew months before it happened, and here it is, months after it happened. Probably, I should be happy, that she no longer has to deal with it all. Pain. Hate. Fe-"
I shoot her a protective glare and sit down next to her, awkwardly placing an arm around her shoulder. "Neets, killing yourself over it isn't right. We all love you, Juanita Callahan. We miss you. We-"
She interrupts me, shrugging off my arm. That stung. "What's there to miss?"
Tears spring up, unbidden, to my eyes. I wipe them away with my sleeve and, in a rough voice, I say, "You. Your vibrant personality, your love of life and nature, your happiness. We miss the old you. We want you back - not this- this imposter."
She begins crying. Sobbing. Deep, heartfelt sobs, that made my heart break for her. I lean over and pull her towards my chest, hugging her. Rocking her.
"Neets, we love you. Please, please- could you come back to us?" then, almost regretting what I was going to say- "To me?"
Juanita Callahan looks up at me. Eyes red, streaks of wet down her cheeks. Thinner that I'd ever seen her before; a white blouse, a black skirt that reached past her knees. Her windswept brown hair made her look ten years younger. "Thank you, Kit."
And she hugged me. She kissed my cheek.
And I was farther in than ever before.
... Love, that is.
And so it all ended. Happily ever after.
... I hope.
Disclaimer:
I am the owner of nothing.
Author's Note:
Wow, this was unexpected. I wanted to write a second chapter to Sunshine (which you all need to review), and... well.
Lot's of accidental angst. And romance. I meant to write it in Nita's point of view, but then I realized that I wanted to try a different point of view. Preferably male. And so this occurred.
I'm trying to think of this as the missing chapter from A Wizard's Dilemma. Where I, personally, would want the series to end.
More might come. Probably not, but... be hopeful.
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