Before you read the thing in which some people call a 'story' I'd just like to say I'm SOSOSOSSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSOSO sorry for not posting this sooner! I've had trouble writing recently. so I'd apprciate it if you all didn't put dead babies through my letter box!
I've alos been busy getting into pottermore! Hazzah! If anyone else on here has, inbox me ASAP & I'll try and find you when JK sends out the owls delivering our all important emails!
I'll shut up now ...
once again credit to Becky for BETA-ing this chapter!

As the day went on and the sun was slowly drifting closer to the horizon and being replaced by the glowing white moon. As the day had progressed, I forgot about the man and all the troubles I had left behind. I was truly happy.

Most of my family members who were here today argued, this was normal in our family. There were a lot of us, and we all lived so close together! But even through the arguments, shouting and sleepless nights, something felt different. It felt like happiness. Now I know that happiness isn't a feeling, but it felt as if everyone's heart-ache and sadness had been lifted from their shoulders, letting the happiness drift down over them all, getting their heads out of the clouds of disappointment for just a few hours.

Everyone smiled.

Nothing was wrong.

'Kendall ...' Jo asked, looking up at me from my left, 'could we go on a walk, just for a minute?' 'Sure!' I replied, as we walked towards the brownish door, then into the dull lobby the plain lights, blinking every few seconds, leaving us in darkness for a moment. We stood there. Leaning against the wall opposite the wall which separated us from the apartment, we stood awkwardly. I broke the silence 'So,' I cleared my throat, 'what up?' She looked down at her feet then back up at me 'This isn't a walk!' she replied, whilst laughing and grabbing my hand before we walked down the seemingly never-ending corridor.

As we walked the lights kept flickering in canon, like a chain. Like when there is a huge wave in the ocean, and your eyes pan across, and you can see that same wave just starting to form somewhere else. This was when it hit me. I couldn't tell Jo. Even though hours earlier I was going to confess my troubles, deepest thoughts, and actions which I had regretted, I couldn't. This chain reaction had already occurred in me and it was slowly creeping over everyone else whom was close to me.

I kept walking through the recurring chain reactions, the lights turning off as I stood under them, yet flickering back on as soon as I was a foot away. It was like they could see the pain I was feeling inside and showing it visually. Not like when people nod and say 'I know what you mean' because they don't... they never do. 'Shut up.' I thought, snapping back into reality, the reality which Jo and I were a part of.

'So... what's wrong?' I broke the silence once more, even though it wasn't really silent as we were walking and you could hear the noise of our shoes making contact with the worn out carpet below our feet. She looked up at me as we continued walking and uttered the words 'Did you mean what you said?' I looked back at her, confused. 'About ... us?' she continued, returning her gaze to the corridor ahead of her. I stopped, thus breaking the pattern of flickering lights. I let go of her hand as she continued, unaware of my plans. She turned around as she felt my grip loosen from hers, stopping an arm's length away from me. 'No' I replied, looking at the disappointment appear on her face as a smirk did on mine. 'Jo, I really, really, really like you...' her eyes lit up as they locked on to mine and the words 'me too' escaped from her smile and drifted up to me, making a smile spread across my face to match hers.

It might not be forever, but I've learnt that living in the moment is the best thing to do, because something will always happen which changes things even if people don't want to admit it, life isn't like a film. We both smiled. We smiled as our feet slowly made their way closer to each other and as we held our arms out to one another, ending in a long hug in the middle of the hallway. She buried her face into my neck and I could smell her hair. 'I thought this would never happen!' she uttered into my ear as I felt her smile growing wider.

As her smile grew, so did my regret. The regret that I knew I was going to hurt her by not telling her. But I couldn't tell her. I couldn't hurt her. Even though her hug was one of the warmest feelings I've ever felt (apart from the warmth from the multiple pads located on my shin's, knee's, elbow's, and shoulder's after the most intense hockey game of my life), a strange feeling came over me. This was something that I had experienced before, but I had only ever experienced it with 6 people.

These people were my Mom, Katie, James, Logan, Carlos, and my little cousin, Shane, earlier this evening. I felt like I had to protect her. I felt like I was her only shoulder to lean on, even though she had loads of other people to talk to or confide in. But even after all of the pain I had suffered in all of my life, this was a different kind of protection.

We stood in the hallway, hugging for what felt like forever. I didn't want to let go, and if she did then that was tough! She would have to drag me around with her wherever she went! All I knew was that everything was good at that moment. The man didn't matter. My Mom didn't matter. My siblings didn't matter. All that mattered was that we were together and everything could be like the movies, just for a little while!

That's when I heard it. The noise. The fire alarm. The noise cut straight through the peaceful atmosphere, making it tense and scary. 'Follow me!' I whispered to Jo, who had been released from my mega-hug, and our hands were intertwined once more. We smiled as we walked to the green sign with a door and a man on it in white, indicating it was a fire exit.

We made our way to the stairs. I put my foot down. Something didn't feel right. The room suddenly span around in different directions and my body flopped like a rag doll and fell down the numerous steps until I hit what I thought was the bottom.

No noise could be heard.

It was as if the sound had been put on mute.

My vision slowly started to blur into darkness and a warmth grew at the back of my head as Jo ran to me. Her mouth moving, but no words hit me.

Everything went black.

I felt my eyes closing.

*suspicious music*
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