Three Thousand Miles To You(95)

“What’s wrong?” she grabs me and holds onto me very tightly, I loosen her and push her back.

“Tell me what’s wrong, now!”

“It’s Alanna, she has been shot.” I shove her away and with the echo of her words in my mind, I feel my heart shatter.

“Where is she?” I get no answer from Sophie, so I grab her. “Tell me where she is!”

“Amsterdam Avenue, 106th street.” She chokes out, I let her go and run out of the college. I rush to the car and shout the driver the address and I tell him to hurry. He stops by the side of the road,

“Sorry Sir but the road is blocked, and I can’t take you any further.” I push open the door and sprint down the street, my heart is pounding and I cannot think of her. It is my fault I have put her in danger and I am a monster for thinking that I could have someone like her. I see several police cars and ambulances there, is a barrier and the police will not let anyone through I rush over.

“Let me past!”

“Sorry Sir, I can’t,” I take him by the neck. That’s my girlfriend, now let me through!” The man backs down and lets me go as I do my worst fear is now a reality, my beautiful Alanna is lying there cold and bleeding. I bend down to her and the paramedics push me away. I walk over to the other side and I see Michael lying there splattered with blood. He is holding Alanna’s hand he was there when I was not, he took a bullet for her and I was the one who caused this. I look down at her again and I am challenged by a sea of pain that is now flooding over me, her beauty is mesmerizing and I cannot stop staring at her. Her eyes are closed but I know that they are captivating and massively brown. Her face is ghostly white and still I have flashes of when she was laughing and smiling. She was so happy and I knew from the moment I saw her that I did not deserve her, this is my fault and I have always feared this would happen and I might as well have pulled, the trigger.