I don't own them
for those of you who are confused just sean died
Paige's POV
I have never seen anyone truly break before. I have seen them bend, and dent, and crack. I've never seen anyone break but as Sean hit the floor I saw Manny fall apart, completely shatter and in that moment I knew that life would never be the same. She would never be the same. I saw her kneel next to Sean. Her body shaking so severally that she couldn't stay on her feet any longer. I watched in awe and horror as the couple shared his last moments. She lovingly brushed his hair back from his face and repeated a mantra that switched from "I love you" to "don't leave me" and although I know Sean was feeling the ultimately pain and reality all his eyes held was completely adoration for the lovely little girl holding him.
"I love you" he whispered "and I will never leave you. I am always watching and loving you. Remember that you are my dark princess my only happiness in a world full of hatred" with all that said he placed a single kiss on her lips. A kiss so heart felt and sweet I could feel the honey slide through even my veins. He died right there in the loving arms of his only caretaker and best friend. If I had to die I would like to do in the arms of someone who cared as deeply for me a Manny does for Sean. "Your my hero. I'll never forget you and no one else will ever forget you either. I'llmake this my last promise to you" She declared placing a final kiss on his cooling hand.
Manny's temperament quickly changed from utter heartbreak to all consuming, crazy. life altering anger. The kind of anger that ended lives and crushed its yielder. Her beautiful face quickly shifted form heart retching to scary and her gaze flicked to her destroyer, her torturer, and her first love. Almost before I could catch her she darted towards him. As she passed me I wrapped my arms around her waist hoping with my entire being that I could stop her from ruining her slim chance of ever being ok by adding guilt to her emotional work load. Because losing the love of your life by the hands of someone you use to care about was close to impossible to survive for even the strongest person and I knew that any more would kill her. First she struggled kicked and screamed in my arms. She begged and pleaded for me to let her go to let her destroy him the way he had destroyed her. In that instant I felt her die as surely as hearing her heart stop. And I knew that even though she'd still be there in the months to come she wouldn't really live because she had died right there an the dingy apartment floor with the only person who ever truly loved her. I wanted to cry to fall apart, to curl in to the fetal position and mourn for all the lose. Sean's lose as well as the lose of the sweet happy bubbly girl I knew because that girl would not survive this I knew she was gone forever. Only thing this new girlshared with the one who had been there only moments before wasthe same face. I couldn't do those things yet I couldn't even miss him yet not when I had to try to salvage as much of Manny's sanity as one person could.
"I hate you " she seethed "that is why you will always be alone because no one will ever care about a cold selfish crazy cock sucker like you." She informed him. I could see by the look in his eyes that the comments couldn't phase him yet because he was still strung out on the rushtaking a life had given him. But Manny continued her verbal assault. " I kept you around cause I thought you need me but you didn't need me. You need a straitjacket and a rubber room. If it it's the last thing I'll ever do I'll make sure you get it because it's the least I can do for you" she spat this last part out like it left a horrible taste in her mouth and a malicious smile found her lips. I didn't like that smile it just didn't fit on her angelic face.
Craig began to laugh hysterically like all of Manny's berating was the funniest thing ever to grace his ears. " Manuelle dear, do you honestly think that those walls could hold me. Do you think that anyone would listen to any of the words that came from the lips of a whore? When I get done with you they'll believe you killed him and you're the crazy one." Even as he spoke the words I knew he didn't actually believe them. He was just trying to shake her confidence but it wasn't working because she still stood there shaking with anger revenge running laps in her brain.
" Whatever Craig that's why Ashley couldn't stand to even look at you. You were always blaming your problems and short comings on others or your illness it was never you. Well guess what baby you are your illness it has always been you and that's why people tip toe around you because you a homicidal failure who can't do anything right. I mean hell you could even keep a relationship with someone who cared about you. You pushed me to this then laid all the blame on Sean and I because god forbid you actually own up to anything." By the look on his face she had struck a nerve and he barreled towards us with anger on his face but his anger couldn't even begin to match with Manny's hers made her very close to invincible. I knewshe would n'tlet him get away with this and somewhere deep inside he knew it too.I Accepted the inevitable. I let go and backed up but stayed close enough in case things got out of hand. When Craig got into her reach she threw a punch so powerful it hurt me and when it connected with his jaw I heard two snaps and knew she had broken something. Craig began to mumble incoherently but still stepped to her .he wrapped his arms around her throat and I reached for him but Manny put her hand up and stooped me. He began to choke her. Her face turned this unflattering shade of purple and just when I thought I'd have to kill him to get him off of her the police bust through the doorwith the soundsyelling voice and splintering wood annoucing that our saviors had arrived.
"Let go of her" a powerful looking officer yelled at Craig while another officer ran to separate the two irate people. A third officer ran to me and I shakily explained what had happened between gasping breaths. I was still fighting the tears that I knew were coming. They placed Craig under arrest, called an ambulance, covered up Sean and escorted us down stairs.
As Manny and I sat at the bottom of the stairs we cried holding each other close. We cried until we thought we could drown and still salt the earth with our tears. We cried for Sean. We cried for Craig. We cried for death and for life. We cried for heartbreak and we cried for an existance that would never be the same. But mostly importantly we cried for each other because life was about to get real bumpy for both of us.