Chapter 14

Life Downfall..

We were enjoying the moment until we heard a crash. We went to check it out, even though it wasn't a great idea. Everyone was running around and I got pushed to the floor, James bent down to help me up and then someone wearing all black came towards us with a gun in their hand. I wasn't ready to die, I had so much to live for, buying a house and living with James. Maybe even marry him. The guy pointed the gun at me and I saw the face under the cap…

Terry? Why was he doing this? "Celina I'm tired of seeing you living a happy life while my brother's life ended short because of you." "What are you talking about Terry?" "Don't act stupid, how could you forget." "I really don't remember." James then stepped in and said "Terry you need to calm down a bit, this isn't the right way." "Shut up James, you don't do anything, this isn't your business so don't get in the way." How could Terry do this, only if he told me what I did wrong, what brother.. "Celina it's all your fault only if you didn't make my brother Dash meet you." It then hit me, in year 9, I was friend with a guy name dash, he was two years older than me, I looked up to him as an older brother, I never had siblings, I was an only child.

I had a gift for Dash, I begged him to meet up with me even though he was busy. There I flashed back to that moment, I was standing on the other side of the road across from Dash, just as the crossing light turned green, I was walking over to him as a incoming car came, before I could get out of the way, Dash pushed me out of the way and got hit instead, the same thing that happened with my dad. He died… Dash did have a younger brother in a different school, but I never took much notice.

Terry was his younger brother. I snapped back to the present, and Terry was in tears and just about to pull the trigger, I closed my eyes accepting my fate, just as I heard the gunshot, I felt someone hugging me from the front. I can then hear the police tackling Terry down, as he was shouting. I opened my eyes and I saw James, "Are you okay princess?" James he got shot instead of me, tears came rolling down my face as I realised what just happened, sirens going on in the background. I cried and yelled for someone to help him. He started slowly closing his eyes. "JAMES STAY WITH ME!" Paramedics started rushing over and took him into the ambulance, I followed into the vehicle as they rushed to the hospital.

When we got to the hospital they quickly rushed him to the ER. I waited outside still crying and panicking, what if he died because of me. As minutes passed the more I got anxious, I then heard footsteps running towards me. It was my mum, Mark, James' dad, followed by Stella and Leon. Seeing them I couldn't help but cry more, "M-mum." "It's okay sweetie, you don't have to explain." My mum just hugged me as I cried. I looked up and even though James' dad didn't cry, I knew he was more hurt than I was. We all waited together for 4 hours and then my mum suggested I go eat something but I said I wasn't feeling hungry so they all left to eat, leaving me and Leon alone.

"I know how you're feeling, it doesn't feel great, does it?" "Probably the worst feeling I could ever feel, but this is not the first." "You know the rumour, that my dad is an assassin." "Yeah. It's everywhere basically." "It's not even a rumour, it's the truth. It hurts that it's the truth." "Oh, sorry." "Don't be, but trust me on this I'm not an assassin." He chuckled. "I know you're not, you're too soft to be one, why didn't you come to school before then?" "I didn't have a reason to." "Of course you do." "No I don't, I don't need education, there's no point of it, everywhere I go I'm just known as the assassin son." "That's why you need to show them." He looks at me confused. "Show them that you're not as bad as your dad, show them you're a great person." "How can I do that?" "What do you want to become?" "Hm, I've never thought about it.. maybe an artist?" "Study hard and become one then."

Talking to Leon I didn't even realise how much time passed, until the doctor came out of the operation room. I stood up and quickly ran toward the doctor. "How did it go?!" "Fortunately, he survived that shot, which is the most unbelievable thing I've ever seen. It hit a very critical part, the chances of surviving were 20%. Right now he needs some rest, he'll wake up after a day or 2." "Thank you so much for saving him." "Don't mention it,I did everything I had to." The doctor walked away and I turned around and happily hugged Leon. "He survived Leon!" "If he survived, why are you crying again?" "Because I'm so happy." Soon everybody came back and I told the news. James' dad falled to the ground in relief and we all smiled.

I stayed beside James until he woke up. I even spoke to him… "Do you think it's fate that we're meant to be, I mean you had a 20% chance of surviving. Did God answer my prayers then?" The doctor's words were right after 2 days, I was wiping James hand and he opened his eyes. "James, you're awake!" "I'm…alive." "Yes you are." James looked at me and smiled. "I'm glad I'm not gone, I couldn't imagine leaving you." "I couldn't imagine my life without you." Even though he woke up, he had to stay in the hospital for 2 weeks. I couldn't visit him as often as before though, I still had to go to work and Leon or Stella would watch over him for me. After James got discharged from the hospital, I recommended that he rest, but he insisted on going shopping with me.

"You know you're not fully recovered." "What do you mean, I'm even stronger than before." He then started jumping and punching the air, I started laughing. "Okay fine, you can come shopping with me." "Really? Let's go then." We went to nearly every store, but only bought veggies, fruits and ingredients. James offered to cook dinner but of course I refused to let him cook, instead he could help me. "You can wash the vegetables." He started washing them as I started cooking some meat. "When is your next doctor appointment?" "I think next Saturday." "Okay." James and I make a pretty good team, our dinner turned out really nice. After dinner James and I sat at the couch and watched some Netflix, until I falled asleep.

Next Week..

Today was James' first visit to the doctor after getting discharged. "I'll come with you, today" "No it's okay, I'll go by myself you got work." "You're more important than work, you can't go alone." "I'll call my dad to come with me." "If you say so." I'm not sure but sometimes James seems like he's in pain but he always rubs it off when I ask him about it. When I got back from work I could see James sitting on the couch, sleeping, with his head tilted up. "Hey James wake up, at least go to the bed to sleep." "Do you want to go watch the stars?" "Watch the stars? All of a sudden?" Why would he want to go see it so randomly? "Today the sky is clear so the stars will be visible." "Oh okay, let me go get ready." I went to change and we drove to the destination, it was a really nice wide park, it had a big field for people to sit and watch. "Wow, there's quite a lot of people here tonight, the stars do look really nice." I said as I stared up into the sky, there were lots of stars..we stayed in silence for at least 2 minutes just staring into the sky, until he spoke up. "This feels nice, stargazing with my girlfriend." "Want to go to the beach tomorrow?" I looked over at him as he was still staring at the sky, "Maybe next time? We're already stargazing." "Tomorrow is the perfect weather though."

I wasn't sure why he wanted to go to the beach so bad, but I just agreed, if it made him happy to go.. "Sure, I guess." The next morning we got ready with multiple bags, carrying food, blankets and other useful stuff. The beach was far from where we lived and James offered to drive. James rolled down the windows when we got close to the seaside, the wind just blowing my hair back. It felt like being far away from home. I closed my eyes, clearing everything in my head. Once we arrived James and I set a blanket down on the sand and had a little picnic. After we finished snacking, James ran to the water just where it washes up, he then signalled me to come. He then slashed water on me, of course I did it back and we had a water fight as we splashed each other.

After we held hands, while taking a walk along the beach, the sun was starting to set. "Do you want to bake together tomorrow?" "Isn't this already nice enough, aren't you gonna be tired by tomorrow?" I smiled. "We haven't baked together in a while, let's bake together, please?" He stopped and looked at me, with a big smile. I could never resist his smile, so I gave in. By the time we got home it was already dark out. I was so tired that I plopped onto the bed and falled asleep straight away.