Okay, I decided, for my first Sophia one-shot, to explore a scenario that first originated in the second '5 Years Later' topic. I hope it's okay! Zeb and Blaze are not my characters, sorry if I mess them up Megan and Anni! This is NOT what actually happened in the RP, thanks to Blaze's intervention, but I was wondering what would have happened if he hadn't got there in time... and so wrote this. Hope you like it!

Sophia

Trigger

It'll all be over soon.

I'm not scared. I mean, I know it'll hurt. But nothing, and I mean nothing can hurt as much as I do already.

I love him. I love him so much that I can feel a burning in my chest, every hour of everyday. It's like a hot coal is lodged beneath my rib cage, like flames are licking my throat every time I see him with her.

It's so unfair! I've known him all my life, and loved him for most of it. And the minute she waltzed in, tossing her red hair, chatting away with him in her mind...that's when I knew I'd lost him. Huh. Well. She's got what's coming to her now.

I can remember the look on her face when I stepped into the room, gun clutched tightly in my hand.

"Sophia? Sophia, what are you-"

Those big dark eyes widened. "Sophia, put it down! What are you doing?"

I laughed, and it must have sounded pretty crazy, because, if it was possible, those green eyes grew even wider.

"Sophia, please! Why are you doing this?"

"Why do you think? You took everything, everything I EVER wanted, away from me!" my finger tightened on the trigger. "And you have no idea how much I hate you for that."

"Sophia, pl-"

"SHUT UP! JUST SHUT UP!"

The bullet knocked her flying. She smacked into the wall and slid down it, gasping, blood beginning to pour from her chest. From the way she was gasping, I guess I'd shot her in the lung. I walked over to her, smiling madly as she covered away from me.

"Sophia..."

I narrowed my eyes and aimed the gun at her again.

She closed her eyes, slumping. I think it was her last words that made me pull the trigger again.

"Zeb, I love you..."

The second bullet hit her in the head.

I turned around, sitting down on the bed. Waiting for him to come back. He'd return soon. He never strayed from her for long.

Sure enough, I heard his key in the door and he pushed it open.

"Hey beautiful-" he broke off, seeing me.

"Sophia, what..."

I saw his eyes widen when he saw her lying crumpled on the floor; he stood there frozen.

I stood up slowly, the gun clenched tightly in my hand, tears beginning to drip down my face. I slowly raised the gun.

"I love you..." I said, my chest jerking with sobs.

His eyes drifted up to me for a second, but they were empty, and almost immediately flicked back down to her.

"Look at me."

He didn't even seem to hear.

"I said, look at me!"

He ignored me, just like he always does.

"WHY WON'T YOU LOOK AT ME?"

He never noticed me, never paid me any attention. I pulled the trigger before I can even think about it.

I watched emptily as he slumped to the floor. My Zeb. He will always be my Zeb.

I laughed softly to myself, tuning and running away, locking myself away in my room. You must have found them at some point; I'm so sorry if it hurts you that she's gone. But she deserved it.

You're yelling at me to come out now, begging me not to do this. But don't you see? I won't feel it. I'm already hurting too much. I told you that, didn't I Blaze? I tried to warn you. But it's not your fault. It's his fault. And her fault. They drove me to this. Both of them, together. They drove me over the edge; they drove me into this mad, desperate longing, this burning insanity. The metal is so cool against my skin, the barrel of the gun fits so well under my chin.

Don't you remember our conversation?

"I don't care! I'll kill her, I will! And then I'll kill him too! He hurt me as well! And then I'll kill myself, so I don't have to hurt anymore!"

"No you won't. Because there are other people here that care about you, Sophia, and we're not going to stand by and watch you murder three good people."

"No one cares about me! No one's ever cared about me!"

"I do. Don't you fucking dare do anything stupid."

Oh Blaze. Is this stupid enough for you?

I smile and pull the trigger.

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