Yearning for her love

"Yo-you're not Travis?" Katie sighed. He shook his head, blood seeping through his shirt.

"I'm Connor" He managed. She couldn't control it, she punched him in the stomach. He winced, and Katie realized she shouldn't have done that.

"I-I'm so sorry" She said. He shook his head.

"It-it's okay, you have every right to be mad at me" He muttered. She shook her head.

"No, I shouldn't have, you got hurt" She whispered.

"I'm sorry, about Travis I mean" He muttered. She widened her eyes, cursing that she had forgotten about Travis-the real Travis.

"No.." She muttered and dared to look over the railing. "No..."

"Katie, don't, they could hurt you still. They have guns" He said plainly.

"I don't care, they could kill, me, I wouldn't care. I killed Travis" She insisted.

"No, no you didn't, it was my fault, okay?" He said begging her to not blame herself.

"Connor, enough okay? I let go, you had no part of this. You got hurt and it's all my fault that both of you did too."

"Katie, stop blaming yourself, I convinced you to let go. And I shouldn't have, okay? It was cruel of me and I'd rather die right now, and be in Travis's position than being with you right now" He spat, not wanting her to hate herself.

"So you're saying you'd rather be dropped? I didn't want neither of you to get hurt"

"It sure seems like it, after all you thought I died in the first place" Connor screamed.

"That is not what I said! I didn't want to drop you"

"Then why did you?" Connor asked, lowering his voice. "Face it Katie, If you knew that was Travis, you wouldn't have dropped him. But with me, you would"

"I didn't want to hurt both of you, you jerk! You said so yourself, you couldn't support all of us, so I dropped him, thinking it was for the b-

"Because you thought you were holding onto 'Travis'?" He asked. For a second Katie was stunned. He knew the stolls were sneaky and devious, but this was over the top. They caught her red-handed, even if one was dead.

Connor was about to continue when the two men fired another set of bullets trained on them. Connor acted instinctively, and towered over her, blocking the bullets from her.

Katie was still stunned, still traumatized at everything going on. Katie was jarred to reality when a sharp cry exited Connor's mouth and she realized he was shot again. In a more vital place. His left rib cage.

She gasped and made sure he was breathing. Heavy, but still breathing. He crashed again to the floor, forehead landing on the tiled floor with a crack, as the shooting died down. He rolled onto his side, clutching his rib and shoulder, trying to stop the bleeding. It was seeping through faster, while Katie thought one thing. He was going to bleed to death.

He shook him violently, making him wake up, hoping he wouldn't die in unconciousness.

"Connor, get up" She yelled. He slowly opened his eyes and tried focusing them on her.

"Katie..." He muttered. She wiped the blood from his forehead off, and bit her lip.

"Don't die" She begged. He smiled half-heartedly and looked to the side.

"I won't" He muttered before closing his eyes again, only to be awkened by Katie shaking him again.

"Connor"

"I'm fine" He whispered, but both of them knew that he wasn't.

"Connor?"

"Yea?" He muttered, staring at her brown eyes.

She sniffled before asking, "I don't want you to die"

"I know, can I ask you something?"

"Yes, what is it?"

Connor sighed, "You said you had feelings for me. Did you really mean it?"

"Connor, of course I did" She said.

"I'm serious Katie, did you?" Katie never heard him be so serious.

"Yes" She muttered.

He sighed, "Why?"

"Because, because you're different. You at least apologized about the pranks, and you actually cared for others feelings"

"Why me?" Connor muttered.

"Because, you aren't Travis" She smiled slightly. "You're different from him"

"Did you have feelings for me?" She continued.

There was a long pause, and Katie got worried that he closed his eyes.

"Yes" He finally muttered. "A long time ago"

"You did?" She asked. He nodded his head.

"When we first met, I thought-I thought, you were the one." He smiled. "That I'd love you forever" He muttered, his breathing shallow. After a minute of silence, he got into a coughing fit, and Katie took action by patting his shoulders, like she did with her Papa.

"It's okay Connor" She whispered.

"No it's not" He said back.

"You're going to be okay" She demanded, and this time he was silent.

"Kates..." He muttered, his voice barely audible, looking into her eyes up close now. At that word, her heart broke, knowing her had never said that in over eight years. The last time he had said that, was when they were ten, when Connor actually loved her.

"Yea" She whispered.

"Travis would've loved to give you this" He said filling the gap between their lips. He kissed her gently, what Travis would've done, and parted. He rested his head in her lap as his breath began to die down.

"Connor" She whispered, noticing the extremely slow up and down motion of his chest. He looked up painfully a tear stained on his cheek.

"Right here" He said knowing his time was almost up.

"Tell me something beautful" She whispered.

He smiled and said with his last breath, "Love you Kates"

Review if you want an epilogue or alternate ending. And if you want, PM me for the poem I made about this. Yes I am highly aware, that I have way too much time on my hands.

Enjoy and Review,

~Percabeth17~