Oliver stood staring at the stone as tears swelled in his eyes. 'It's my fault,' he told himself. A hand fell on his shoulder. He turned to see Hermione standing behind him. Behind her stood Professor Snape gently holding Kyle's hand. "What can I do?" he sighed.
"Nothing," Professor Snape replied.
Oliver's heart sank. "Nothing," he repeated nodding his head. He fell into Hermione's arms and tears streamed down his face. "It hurts, oh gods it hurts, I lived before without him, but then I believed I could get him back. He'll never return, he'll never come back," he inhaled deeply. "They say everything happens for a reason. That you are to take what you get and make something out of it. Merlin, this happened for nothing! Nothing but a stupid game they play to make us mortals feel the cold certainty of death only when it seems so far away. Some things happen for no reason at all, and this is one. For if there is a reason, I shall not have the patience to learn it. What could I have I done?" he questioned.
"Nothing," Kyle replied.
"Nothing," he repeated nodding his head. "Fate brought us together, love kept us together, and hate tore us apart. I couldn't have stopped what happened. Does life get worse? Does life get better?" he questioned again.
"Life goes on," Hermione said. "It's not easy, but nothing's ever easy. We're blessed enough at least because life does go on," she smiled at him.
He sighed a deep breath and nodded as he turned away from the stone and walked away.
Life goes on, but the pain remains. As one walks along the paths of life the gods set many obstacles in the way. It is not how you handle these obstacles that reflects you most, but how you recover from the hardships sent your way. It may not be clear why the obstacles are there in the first place, but no matter the difficulty, every one must be overcome before you may know the reason for them.
Behind the four friends of a fallen other, sat a grave stone. The brown dirt was fresh and the coffin short and upon the stone these words could be read:
Draco V. Malfoy 1988-2003 Beloved Lover, Beloved Friend
a/n: Well lady's and gentlemen, I thank you all for being avid readers and reviewers of my story, "Forever." It means a great deal to me to have people out there that inspire and encourage me to make the best out of my stories. I understand that the ending may not be very well written, or very pleasing, but it was something that had to happen. I'll apologize for the sudden poor sentence structure, but it just so happens that I, myself, was crying as I wrote this ending, it wasn't something easy to do. However, I really do believe that it ended the way it should. Society does not commonly accept change and things that "are not normal" and it's a serious problem. I do not believe that I would be writing a story with any form of reality in it if I were to end the story with the lines: "And they lived happily ever after." I hope that this story can make a difference to readers out there who may have not liked the story much but stuck with it until the end - an impact that they may notice that sometimes it is better to just open your eyes and accept the fact that not everyone was made to be the same as everyone else. As for the fans that I have obtained from my story, I thank you a thousand times over, it really is important to me that people read my story. I would not have continued my story had it not been for you who made a difference.
I'd like to name a few and give them various shouts of praise: (a/n: this is from the first round about with my story - it had been removed because it was too graphic - it should be okay now without the sex scenes...)
Sazzy7: The first review from someone I don't know, without you I probably wouldn't have continued writing.
ReverandBluejeans: Thanks so much for the positive reviews and the help with spelling... (though I did know, it's just my fingers get lazy when it comes to typing 'e's.)
G-POP Guru: I know you loved it, thanks so much for sticking with it, I know by the end you really wanted to know what was going to happen (whether you like the sex scenes or not).
toxicmind1387: Thanks for always telling me what I did wrong... (only a little sarcasm there) Oh well, hope you'll survive with the constant flow of inaccurate details.
Lacy (MysticQueen 27): Maybe the most involved fan I picked up with this story, I hope you're satisfied with the ending, I wouldn't want to dissapoint someone so involved.
the ): I was about to give up on reviews from people that don't live within half an hour of where I live, thanks so much - you kept it going.
saveyourlove: Again, another review from someone I don't exactly know, thanks so much!
GaBo0: Wow, thanks so much for the awesome reviews, it means a lot to have someone out there who seems almost as obsessed as Lacy. Thank you so much, your reviews really meant a lot.
potterfan8807: More from people I don't know - thank you.
Lady Aragorn: Another person I don't know - it really is amazing to have people out there that love my work even when I don't know them.
To those who have reviewed recently to the second try with the edited version of the story: I wish I had time to go through and thank all of you, but I love all of you and thank you so much for your reviews.
I'd like to dedicate this story to Stephen and Ryan, my snugglebears for life. I love you guys so much, you've taught me that life really does go on, that the obstacles are hard but as long as you have someone to hold your hand along the way, it gets easier. I know you guys were huge homophobes and that you're probably insulted that I would dedicate a gay story to you guys, but the lesson at the end is exactly what you've taught me.
RIP- Ryan Geirlach - 6/17/1988 - December 10, 2004
Stephen Lysicak -2/22/1988 - December 11, 2004