Chapter 16

You

A/N: The story behind this is so sad...if you want the details then read the A/N at the end

The words have been drained from this pencil
Sweet words that I want to give you
And I cant sleep, I need to tell you... goodnight

When we're together I fell perfect
When I'm pulled away from you I fall apart
All that you say is sacred to me
Your eyes are so blue, I can't look away as we lay in the stillness
You whisper to me, Lady, marry me, promise you'll stay with me
Oh you don't have to ask me, you know you're all that I live for
You know I'd die just to hold you, stay with you
Somehow I'll show you that you are my night sky
I've always been right behind you
Now I'll always be right beside you

So many nights I've cried myself to sleep
Now that you love me I love myself
I never thought I would say that
I never thought there'd be you

~October 11~

Phoenix stretched, gazing out her window. Her dad had gotten them out of the hospital a few days after he arrived in Pennsylvania, and they'd been at the mansion ever since. The sky outside was black, the rain falling as if it were being poured from buckets onto the mansion. The air didn't smell sweet, as it usually did. It smelled as if it were poisoned. She saw several dark shadows coming towards the mansion. She frowned, wondering if they were friends or not. Wait.....the alarm had been set. Why didn't it go off? Standing, she crossed her room to her light switch and flipped it on. The lights didn't come on. Crossing to the other side of the room, she smacked her twin sister, Calysta. Warning her to be quiet, the two snuck into the rooms surrounding theirs, waking up their entire group which included Erin and Emma.

"Guys, we should really tell the professor...."Emma whispered, rubbing her eyes. She had long since decided that his daughters were a magnet for trouble, and didn't want anyone to get hurt again.

"She's right Phoenix, your dad really should know about this" Colin said, staring down at his girlfriend. She groaned slightly, shaking her head. Why in the world did no one EVER trust her on these types of things?

"Guys, somehow, Ah think we can tackle this ourselves.....you know, without worrying everyone. Calysta gave her twin a long, hard stare. Something about Phoenix had changed so much, she wasn't the happy girl she had once been. She looked so much older and so tired......

"Phoenix, would you listen to reason, for once? We can't do this alone. Sis, you know for a fact Ah love and trust you...but this is dangerous. Someone could be hurt or killed. Please, let's tell dad." Calysta begged, grabbing her sister's elbow. Phoenix just shook her head sadly and pulled away.

"Ah don't want your hand this time. Ah'll find a way to save myself from any danger Ah may encounter. Ah wouldn't worry too hard if Ah were you." Phoenix nodded, finalizing the conversation. Without another word, she took off down the hall. A single tear slipped down her cheek, she knew she probably would not live through the night.

A/N: Short, we know. The story is sad. Evan Lily's boyfriend had surgery not too long ago, as you know. He and his friend were going to Lily's apartment after leaving their sisters' concert their parents were there to take the girls home. On the way they were hit by a drunk driver. His friend's alive, he's lucky he made it. Evan though.....he's in a coma. They stuck a tube in his head to drain fluid they'd found on his brain. He's not responding too much, and we frankly don't know if he's going to make it. Lily's spent almost every day at the hospital with him, and has missed so much school because of it. In the pocket of his jeans, they found a really bent up diamond ring. Evan's friend revealed that he was going to propose to her that night.

The story is sad and upsetting, but there is a lesson to be learned. Lily's written the next part of this herself, so we'll include what she wrote.

Please guys, don't drink and drive. I don't want anyone to suffer as I am, and it's killing me. Drinking and driving is irresponsible as hell, and only ends up in tragedy. Now, I hope Ev makes it through. My cousin did, so that makes me feel a little better. But the chances are very slim. I may loose the one I truly love because someone was stupid enough to get behind the wheel of a car. I don't think many of you really comprehend the seriousness of drinking and driving. But a lot of you do.....and for that I am glad. Most of my friends left me when I needed them most, I only have like three or four left.

Ange, whenever you can take the time out of your busy schedule to talk to me, that may do a little to ease my mind. If you don't want to talk to me again, and are avoiding me for some unknown reason.....I just don't know what to do. You know I love you like a sister, but don't ignore me. I know you have problems of your own, and don't need mine. But if you could just talk to me.....I don't care what it's about, it may just keep me sane a bit longer.

I don't think I'm going to be able to continue writing for a long time....so Kirsty and Audery are taking the story. I wish all of you the best of luck in everything you do, and I love you all for being so supportive. Thank you, and goodbye.

-Lils