7 Years Later:
Mia closed the journal and laid it down on the soft grass beside her. She placed her hand down in front of the stone that had his name carved in it. It had been just one year since he had killed the sweetest person she had ever known. Jesse hadn't deserved to die. He had been scared and he had run. Dom and Brian had chased Johnny and Lance. Lance had barely survived. He spent a week in intensive care but Johnny didn't make it. He died even before the ambulance could get there.
Mia wiped the tears from her eyes and began to speak.
"You killed the best person I ever knew and I hate you for that. I'll never understand how you could take away someone who meant that much to me but I want you to know I'll never forget the nights we made love. I won't forget the times you told me you loved me and I'll never forget you. I'll never forget that year. I want you to know that even after all that you have done I love the person you were back then. Goodbye, Johnny," Mia placed the journal on top of the tombstone and walked away.
He watched her walk and knew she hadn't seen him. He had been standing right beside her the whole time. He'd heard the story of their love being read to him. Just like it happened, every touch and every kiss. His thoughts were interrupted when the wind blew the journal over. He walked over and read the words she had scrawled on the last page:
"I still feel him everywhere I go,
He haunts my dreams,
But I'm not afraid because he keeps me from feeling alone,
I wouldn't even tell Letty, but I think he's my angel."
Johnny put the journal inside his jacket and began walking the way Mia had gone only moments earlier. He would never let anything hurt anymore. This would be one promise he would keep.