Okay, so coming up is the alternate ending which was supposed to be the actual ending. I had intended for Seth to kill himself from the start simply because I didn't want anyone, especially Ryan to, "Talk him down"
However two nights before I posted this- I got the AIDS idea and I thought it was a unique reason other then, "No one likes me. Boo-fucking-hoo"
And, I knew that some of you wanted to see Seth go through with "it" much like myself so that is the explanation for this alternate ending.
Enjoy...
Alternate Ending:
With the barrel of the cheap .45 pistol, hidden underneath his black curly locks, Seth smiles as the sky starts to calm.
Ryan can make out a figure, bobbing in the small boat yet he's still far away.
"Seth!" He shouts out as loud as he can and he runs faster.
Seth unmistakably hears Ryan's voice call out his name in panic but it doesn't stop him, without hesitation he pulls the trigger.
The bullet entered at one side of his head and out the other.
Ryan remembers the sound the gun made as he looks back on that night but at the time he was in complete shock and years later... he still is.
"Where's my brother?" He kept asking the police, though he was the one who found him; body slumped over with a blood-spattered note in his hand which read:
"This was no ones fault. You couldn't have known. You couldn't have stopped me."
[ f i n ]
And that was it. Horrible, wasn't it? I hated this ending to tell you the truth which is why I didn't use it.
In closing, I'd like to say thank all of you that cared enough to read my stories and review them constructively but unfortunately, I don't think there will be a prequel or sequel to this particular story.
In fact, I'm taking a break from posting stories here all together so if anyone wishes to contact me with some q&a or just simply to talk go for it.
- Lise Dee.