Chapter Two
"You killed her? Nick, what did you do?" Aaron started to back away from him. "Why did you kill her?"
"No, Aaron, don't leave. I don't mean I killed her. Her love for me is what killed her."
"How could love kill someone Nick? What did you do?" Nick looked back down to the sand, just wanting him to bury himself beneath it. When he looked up to explain to Aaron, Nick noticed he was running away. Nick screamed, "Aaron, NO!! COME BACK HERE." Nick stood, trying to run, but he tripped over his feet. When he found his balance, he ran after Aaron, chasing him down the beach.
"Aaron, STOP!! Get back here."
"No, Nick. Leave me alone or your gonna hurt me too." Aaron ran till he couldn't run anymore. Nick caught up to him, breathing heavy and collapsing in the sand. "You... really think... I'd... hurt you??"
"I don't know. You hurt Bren and you were gonna hurt yourself. How can I know you weren't gonna hurt me?"
"Aaron, I would never, no matter how much I hate my life, myself, and everything else, I could never hurt you. Believe me."
"I don't know. Nick you said you killed her."
"I didn't kill her. Let me tell you what happened Aaron." Nick managed to get Aaron to sit next to him on the soft sand and told him what happened.
~~Flashback to Yesterday~~
"Nick. Come on. I have my license and you know I can drive. Please," she batted her eyes at him.
"Bren, don't do that. This is my car, my other baby. I guess you can drive, only this time and because I'll be with you." Bren jumped up and down, finally getting victory over Nick. He sought out Brian and told him that him and Bren were gonna leave.
"Don't do anything stupid Nick."
"Am I known for my stupidity?" Thinking for a minute, stopping Brian before he spoke. "Brian, just shut up. I know what your gonna say, so save it. I know what I'm doing."
Brian shrugged as Nick walked away. Bren climbed behind the wheel and started the engine. Nick was looking out the window, not realizing she never put her seat belt on. She drove cautiously, carefully, and slowly, stopping at stop signs and counting to three before she continued on.
The next stop sign they came upon, Bren stopped, looked both ways, turned to Nick and smiled before moving forward.
When Nick woke up, he could remember a few things. The sound of metal ripping apart, the sound of Bren's cries, the sound of his cries and then darkness. The darkness was vivid, he remembered that clearly. He closed his eyes, trying to stop the pain, trying to stop the sound of the bent metal settling, trying to block Bren's cries.
Opening his eyes, he realized he was in a hospital. 'Man I can't stay here,' he thought. When the nurses walked away and weren't paying attention, Nick snuck out of the hospital, knowing Bren was gone, knowing he'd never hold her again, knowing everything he once dreamed about was gone.
He took a taxi to the beach and sat out on the rocks.
~~Flashback Ended~~
"You didn't kill her?"
Crying, Nick said, "No. I didn't kill her with my hands, I killed her with my love. Aaron if she didn't love me she wouldn't have went with my last night, she never would have drove and we never would have been hit. She's still be breathing."
"Nick..."
"Aaron, don't. Nothing will make me feel better. I want to be alone now, can you leave?"
"No." Nick looked angrily down at his brother. "I said leave, I don't want you here."
Aaron's lower lip began to tremble and his voice began to crack. "If I leave, you'll do something to yourself. I don't want you to go back in the water."
"If I go back in the water that it my choice. When I go back in, I don't want you here. I don't want you to watch." Aaron began shaking his head. "Nick, no, please no. I don't want you to do that." Nick stood and walked away from his crying brother. "Stay there Aaron. DO NOT come near me. I don't want you near me, I don't want anyone near me."
The younger boy watched as Nick walked to the edge of the water. He jumped up and ran to him, yelling, "No Nick, please." When he reached him Aaron grabbed his hand and tried to pull him away. Nick pushed him off of him. "GO Aaron. I don't want you here."
"NO!!" He grabbed Nick's belt hoops this time, having little success. "Get off of me," he pushed Aaron down to the ground. "Stay there. Don't come any closer."
Weeping uncontrollably, Aaron said, "Nick, please don't."
"Why not Aaron? There is nothing left for me here. Nothing at all. What am I supposed to do? I don't want to sing, I don't want to dance, I don't want to live..."
"Don't say that!!"
"Why not? It's the truth. Bren is dead because of me. Give me one good reason I should live. You give me that reason and I may change my mind."
Looking up at Nick, tear after tear falling down his face, he said, just above a whisper, "Aren't I good enough of a reason?"
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