Shane couldn't sleep that night; he never would have thought that Mitchie would leave him. 'I love you' kept echoing through his head, the way Mitchie always used to say it.
"Why'd you do this to me? Will you ever think of me?" Shane was talking to no one but himself. He wanted Mitchie to know that he never stopped thinking about her.
Shane couldn't love anyone as much as he loved Mitchie.
Shane knew that Mitchie was long gone, but still; he kept thinking she'd walk through the door anytime now.
Flashback:
"Shane, I'll think of you. But I'm sorry… I'm gone."
Mitchie stopped as if she was rethinking what she was about to do. But she approved her decision.
"I hope you'll be happy when you get to wherever you're going." Shane admitted that she was leaving.
"Me too." Mitchie took a deep breath and got into her car. She was free again.
"Bye Mitchie." Shane said, watching his life disappear in front of him.
End Flashback
Shane wondered what she meant by 'gone', but the word sure broke his heart.
"Are you coming back or are you gone forever?"
Shane realized that all his hopes and dreams had died. But this was the best he'd felt since Mitchie left yesterday. Yet still, he had been dreaming that Mitchie would call him and tell him that she was coming back. But she was still gone. It might be for the night or for life. Stay my baby. Shane thought back on their first date. It was the best day of both their lives, or so he thought. Shane would constantly be calling her; she had him falling slowly, wondering if for once, they were more than friends, more than a crush even. The crush that Shane had developed that night never ended.
Shane tried to comfort himself by singing, but with all the love songs in the world, it would just mean more pain. Shane never would have guessed Mitchie would leave him. It was so unlike her, to leave him the way she did.
Mitchie had taught him to chase his dreams. He kept trying to catch them. But he kept praying that one of his dreams would come true. But now his only dream is for his only love to come back, to want to see him, because he wanted to see her.
Shane looked at the wall; it was filled with pictures of the girl he missed more than anything. "Don't you know that I haven't stopped thinking about it? You should be here tonight."
Shane couldn't be happy with anyone else. He could still remember the first time he met her, he didn't mean to be such a jerk. But maybe it was for the best, even though hurting her was not his intention. But now she's gone, and he has no choice but to let her go.
Shane thought back on all the memories he had with her.
Echoes of her singing late at night kept haunting him.
And thoughts of how they used to be so in love, how they used to kiss like nothing else mattered still ran through his head. It gave him no reason to stay alive. But he'd miss the rest of his life if he ever did kill himself; at least he changed his mind before it was too late. It just takes time to get over a breakup.
Shane cried like a baby when he watched her go. No more watching her sleep at night, no more kisses, no more love, no more seeing that angelic smile. All of that was gone.