So there Alex laid, Broken by a single hit, His body twisted in ways no body should, Too late did Lily realise why Alex had pushed her away from him, Too late did she realise the car was speeding and would of hit her had it not been for Alex, Had she known what fate was about to deliver she would of never been so insistant on Alex walking her back home, He had just saved her life at the cost of another, His very own..

So back to where it all began or shall we say where it all ended, Alex had just been hit by a speeding car, He laid broken in the middle of the road, Lily was kneeling by him while people flocked around to see the devastating accident. Lily knew that Alex was fading , His eye’s were one of the big hint’s, She could see them clearly closing ever so slowly, His breathing had become shallow, He was fading into nothingness yet he was still smiling, Lily on the other hand could do nothing but cry, She was watching the one person in her life who mattered slowly fade away and it was all her fault

*Don’t cry, Tears don’t do anything for your beauty* Alex whispered, He was using his last few breaths to try to make her feel better

*But..* Lily sobbed, The tears were flowing freely, She couldn’t help crying

*No but’s, I want you to always remember that you are beautiful to me, Always have been and always will be, You are the best friend I could of ever asked for* Alex again whispered as he slowly raised one hand to her cheek to wipe away a tear

*But..* Lily once again sobbed, She seemed unable to say anything else, The shock of what had happened seemed to be taking over

*Lily if this be my last breath then may I ask for one last thing, Come closer* Alex asked in a breathless tone

Lily did as she was asked, She could tell Alex’s time was nearly up and for what he had done for her she would of given the world if he had asked her to at that very moment

*I love you* Alex softly whispered in her ear, Just three little words that he wanted to say for so long

Lily was a little taken back by what Alex had just said but deep in her heart she felt the same way, Since the day they had met Alex had always treat her like a princess, He always did anything she asked him to no matter how stupid it seemed, He always did anything he could to make her smile, Even now in his last moment’s he had used them to try make her smile one last time

*I..*Lily cut her sentence short, She noticed Alex had closed his eyes, She could tell within a mere second that it was too late, He was gone, He had given his last breath to tell her the words she had always wanted to hear

Guess it was all too much for Lily once she heard the sirens from the ambulance nearing, She desperately wanted to run away from the scene, Run away from all the pain she was feeling, All the guilt, All the sadness, All the hurt, But she couldn’t, She couldn’t just leave Alex there all alone, Couldn’t leave the only person who she had ever loved, She had to stay even if it was just till the paramedics took him away, She had to atleast say goodbye to him

*Okay I have to do this quick, Alex..* Lily broke down once again unable to finish her goodbye, It shouldn’t of been like that for her, She shouldn’t of had to be saying goodbye

Too late did Lily realise the ambulance had arrived at the scene, The paramedics were on hand within seconds trying to administer CPR to Alex to no avail, He was gone and the paramedics knew that, One paramedic stood up and walked over to Lily

*I’m sorry miss but he is gone* The paramedic said to Lily though what she heard of it is beyond any of us, She already knew he was but somehow hearing it from a paramedic seemed to make it all seem much more real to her, Kind of like until that very moment it all just seemed to be a dream

*He..He’s..No!* Lily screamed *He can’t be*

Although she knew it to be true she still had a hard time accepting the fact, She had known for a while before the paramedics spoke that Alex was gone but been told it just seemed to make her feel angry, She felt as if the paramedics could of saved him, Should of saved him even though deep down she knew they couldn’t

*I’m sorry miss but there is nothing more we can do* The paramedic said a little nervously, He seemed a little afraid of Lily, He sort of felt that she might turn all her anger on him and attack

*There must be, Please do something, Anything* Lily begged, She was on the verge of another breakdown, She was also on the verge of letting her anger take over

*There is nothing we can do, He has passed on* The paramedic said trying to keep Lily calm

*But..* Lily managed to stammer out through sobs, It was all too much at that point for Lily, She knew she would never forgive herself but at that moment there was nothing more she wanted to do than what she did, She turned away from the paramedic, Away from where Alex laid and she ran, Ran from the scene, Ran from her best friend

Three hours Lily was on the run for, Trying to run away from her problems, Didn’t work, No matter how hard she tried she couldn’t do anything but hurt, She was hurting for more than one reason at that point, With everything that had happened she had used all her pent up anger and ended up punching a lampost or two, Probably not the smartest thing but I guess it is much easier to feel physical pain rather than emotional pain, Anyways three hours was getting too much for Lily, She was exhausted, Both mentally and physically, At that point all’s she wanted was a warm bed and a good nights sleep, Least then she could deal with all her problems the following morning, Shame things never work out that way though

*Ugh, Why can’t I sleep* Lily moaned to herself, She had made it home over an hour ago and yet there she lay, Wide awake, Unable to fall asleep

It was around four in the morning before Lily finally got to sleep, Bet she wished she hadn’t though at that point, From the moment her eye’s closed the nightmare began, She was standing alone in a dark room, Voices were chattering in the distance, She couldn’t see anything but the body laying on the floor beside her, She didn’t want to look down as she could already guess who the body belonged to but against her will she looked, Of course her suspicions were correct, The body laying beside her was none of than Alex’s, The way he had looked the moment he had been hit by the car, All broken, She looked up to realise she was no longer alone, All around her were ghostly figures, They were all chattering to each other it seemed, All saying the same thing though, All saying *Your fault he died*

*No!* Lily managed to scream to the ghostly figures, Of course that probably wasn’t her smartest move, Nor could she control it, She was losing control of herself

Of course the ghostly figures stopped their chattering, All eye’s in one swift motion focused on Lily, Lily was pretty much frozen in place, The ghostly figures for the first time seemed to acknowledge Lily’s presence, They all stared at her for what seemed an eternity before one ghostly figure stepped forward from the rest of them, For the first time Lily realised they weren’t ghosts as such, They had the see through figure of a ghost but they had bones, Actual bones in their bodys

*Wh..What are you* Lily asked a little afraid of the creature standing infront of her

*What am I, I am a spirit of the damned, A lost soul who spend’s eternity trapped here* The figure said matter of factly, I guess he was tired of answering that question

*But why am I here, Why is alex* Lily asked a little nervously, She was definetly afraid that the answer would be something she would hate

*But your not here, Neither is your little friend, Not yet atleast* The figure answered, He seemed to know something that Lily probably didn’t want to know

Lily was about to ask the one question she was completely dreading asking, The one about what he meant by not yet atleast, The word’s were almost out of her mouth when she heard a noise in the background, A faint knocking noise which sounded like it was coming from every direction

*Ahh seem’s like it’s time for you to part, Time for you to wake up, Don’t worry though we shall meet again very soon* The figure said a little coldly, What followed next probably frightened Lily more than anything, The figure began laughing, Not a funny laugh but a cold, Evil laugh, If that wasn’t bad enough the rest of the figures (The lost souls if you would like) Joined in, All with the same cold, Evil laugh

*I don’t..* Lily didn’t get to finish her sentence, She was waking up and her dream self was slowly fading away
A few seconds was all it took for Lily to fully wake from her nightmare, She was drenched in a cold sweat, She was shaking, Was she actually scared of a nightmare, She couldn’t be could she..

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