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"Andrew's dead?" a newsie named Mush asked. I nod. I cannot cry anymore. All my tears are gone.
"Oh God," Kid Blink says. I tell them what happened. "Dat's terrible."
"Is that where ya've been fah da last few days?" Specs asks. I spent the last four days crying into Oscar's shoulder.
"Crying," I nod. Jack walks in the lodging house.
"Becky!" he calls me over. "Ya bastard boyfriend killed Andrew."
"That's a lie! He tried to save him. If he wasn't there, I'd be dead too!" I yell.
"Well I'se had it wit Oscar…"
"Don't touch him!" I yell.
"I will kill the evil bastard," he tells me through gritted teeth.
"No. He'll kick your ass."
"Oh really?" I stare at him. He has a very cocky look on his face. "Well I have a date with Sarah. So I'll take care of this little problem later." He leaves. I don't move. I wish I had never been born.
"I need to think," I tell no one inparticular. I walk through the streets. I decide I need to talk to Oscar. I begin walking to this family's apartment. When I'm almost there, I hear two voices. Both of which I know. I run towards them. I stand in the front of the alley they are in just in time to see Jack stab Oscar.
"No!" I scream. Jack lets Oscar fall to the ground. He watches as I run to Oscar and try to revive him. "Oscar, please!" I knee next to him and cradle his head. I somehow find more tears to cry.
"Becky," Oscar just audible mumbles. "I…love…you." His body goes limp.
"Oscar!" I scream. He is dead. I look at Jack, who is smiling to himself. "You bastard," I tell him. I reach my hand in Oscar's pocket. I feel cold metal come on contact with my hand. I pull out his gun. He didn't have time to grab it. I hold it in my hands. "Why?"
"It's fah ya own good, Becky," Jack says.
"I loved him." I check to see how many bullets are in the gun. One. I turn to Jack.
"Becky…"
"This bullet," I point the gun at him, "belongs to you. But I made a promise to Oscar." I turn back to Oscar's body. I remember the morning I woke up in his bed. It was only a couple weeks ago. I remembered my fantasy. Since we couldn't be a family now, I'd join them. I put the gun to my head. Tears poured down my cheeks.
"Becky!" Jack yelled behind me. My fingers tightened around the gun. I inhaled for the last time. I would finally have the family I always dreamed of. The house, the life. I pulled the trigger.
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The End.
So maybe it wasn't the best story. But did we see that ending coming? Well, you might've, but it was still sad. Tell me what you think. I wanna know!
