a beautiful light blue, was covered in blood. Dark red blood. The longer I stared at Autumn, the harder my heart beat. The louder the blood rushing in my ears got. The harder my tears fell. So many overlapping emotions hit me at once as I sat there staring blankly at Autumn. At the love of my life. Sadness, anger, guilt, fear. Everything fighting for dominance in my heart. There, sitting in front of me, was the one and only love of my life. She was slumped back in her seat, pinned there by a tree branch piercing her chest. Her heart. Distantly, I felt the warm tears making their way down my cheeks. I heard the rapidly approaching sirens. I recognized the pain my body was in. But nothing processed. Not even the loud, heart-wrenching sobs tearing their way from my throat registered to my disbelieving mind. The only thing that processed was the heartbreak from seeing Autumn dead in her seat. A loud crash of thunder pulls me from the memories. Rain hits the ground all around me. I’m soaked already. How long has it been raining? The auburn is still in my vision. Still next to me. Completely still despite the rain and wind. “Back with me?” Autumn says. Her voice makes the sadness in my chest burst. Makes sobs explode from my chest. But I still don’t look at her. “Y-yeah,” I say through violent cries. Warmth in the shape of a hand rubs circles on my back. Circles that in any other situation would be comforting. Now, though, they just make the pain in my chest worse. The touch just makes me long more for what I can’t have. “Good. I was worried when you spaced out.” The hand moves from my back. A mix of relief and sorrow ripple out from my heart. Her touch is as wonderful as it is painful. The wind picks up around me and a cold chill rolls through my body. The thunder gets closer as the storm worsens. I won’t be able to stay much longer. But I don’t want to go.
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