and shut the door behind him. Ashley saw

been c

s close to her on the bed. He looked like h

wiped it with a roll of

seen you this sad. What's wrong with you?" She s

sh

ic

e. Ashley touched his shoulders and leaned in to kiss h

e embraced her and broke down a

rything that was going on wit

m, right?" His voice was breaking but his gaze was fixated on

She quizzed, uncertain

nt at ..at

A van hit me and broke my leg

ick but I survived, without trea

ating a story to him. A st

ck to the circumstan

van that looked like Nicolas'. It look

looked like her boyfriend's, on him

" his eyes spelled fe

't understand how I was able t

red it looked. He took out his firs

It still hurts" she asked him,

t go anywhere, okay?" He said, searchin

ay here. I have now

ting and joining, and then he left the house, after mak

elp her to an hospital. Not even Mrs Nelson came to chec

nd and neighbor. Ash was too confused

minutes but he wa

ngry, she ate some chicken feet and

left it there for

e fact that her parents alr

so that they would not look for he

them to elope. It wa

for an hour when Ash

o clean his room. While cleaning, she found so

t were written all the promise

They both knew they would neve

it. The blend of their handwritings was 'sick'- a slang

but they didn't think to add pun

them out wit

E EACH OTHER WHETHER THRO

SO MUCH. WE GOT EACH OTHER'S BACKS EVERYDAY, FOREVE

LIFE BY COMMITING SUICIDE OR ACCEP

OUGH IT TOGETHER AND TELL THE STORY O

VERY SECRET WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD IN

R PEOPLE WHO ARE IN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS BY TEAC

EFT THE OTHER. IF DEATH HAS TO HAPPEN, THEN IT SHOULD TAKE US BO

nd the smiles didn't leave her face. She was going to abide by her

she had been re-reading it

went next door to Mrs Nelson to check on him but even the old lady was

tarted t

called him. She staggered towards the doo