December

Dani:

December second, our anniversary. We used to go to a restaurant and get our favorite food and a shared chocolate cake. December 2nd, I'm crying at a bar drinking to forget the absence of not having him with me. December second, ten twenty-five, I'm standing on the bridge, I'll be with him one way or another.

December 2nd, eleven twenty-six, I sent all my goodbye messages. An incoming call from Lara... ignore. Eleven Thirty messages from Megan... read. I muted my phone; it was all too much. I emailed my boss that I quit. Eleven Fifty-nine. I say goodbye and fall.

December 2nd, twelve o'clock, I feel a hand on my wrist and I'm still breathing. tears flooded my eyes I can't see, but I can tell I'm still alive. I'm pulled down onto the street and into a car.

December third, I'm still here and in bed. One with yellow covers and a goose stuffed animal. On the nightstand water Advil and a note. I'm too dizzy to read it, I take the Advil and go back to bed.

after I woke up I read the note: Hey, please take this Advil it should help your head, hope you're okay. and at the end of the note is a yellow heart, it makes me cry again I cry, no I sob. no pause. The figure walks over sits on the side of the bed and hugs me than holds my hand, and we stay like that for a while. Once tears finally clear the figure wipes my face. she begins to speak

"Sorry your like in a strangers house, but I saw you on the bridge and you didn't look well and I just thought that-" Something inside of me just makes me leap and hug her. she saved my life after all, tears running down my face I start to speak

"I wasn't thinking, thank you so much. It's just it's my anniversary and nothing is good" I say speaking quickly to get everything out, starting to hyperventilate she tells me to do breathing exercises, which I do. they help me feel much better.

We continue the conversation my breathing calmer and eyes less watery, She stops the hug but is still holding on to my hand. she starts to speak.

"Did he not show up?" she asks confused "If so that's not a good reason to end your-"

I cut her off "He died... and it's my fault" She sits there expectantly, so I begin the story

"Zach are you serious I can't believe you" I yell at him, he came to my house reeking of alcohol and weed. He told me he would quit. He was an addict of many things and every time we fought over it he promised to quit. He never did. and I was fed up, but this was the guy I was planning on marrying he was my life. Even though I didn't always agree with him I loved him... I was dependent on him. he had control over me

" Babe please, it was an honest mistake, please I promise I'll quit. plus you can't live without me" he adds. this time I won't give in

"No I'm tired of this, every time you say you'll stop and you never do, it's always a fight. I love you but I'm tired so please just stop" I say pleading and hoping he'll finally understand where I'm coming from

"WHY CAN'T YOU UNDERSTAND I'M TRYING, YOUR A TERRIBLE GIRLFRIEND" he shouts, and grabbed a beer bottle from the ground, he throws it at me, he's in a terrible state and doesn't know what he's doing Dani, remember that, remember all the good moments I remind myself. "I'VE TRIED QUITTING, AND BEING MY GIRLFRIEND YOU SHOULD TAKE ME AS I AM, I MADE A MISTAKE" he continues screaming at me

"It's always the same mistake, Zach" I say in a quiet voice, that's when he hits me. I'm shocked my face stung, he pushes me to the ground. remember Dani he can't control himself right now

"I FUCKING HATE YOU SO MUCH, WHEN I'M GONE WHO ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE, THE ONE PERSON YOU HAVE HATES YOU, YOU'LL NEVER FIND SOMEONE GOOD AS ME"

I back away slowly still on the ground trying to get back up "Zach, I need you to get out" I say in a calm voice, it's for my safety and Zach's

"I need you to get out or I'm calling the police" I say he finally drops the bottle and slams the door

to make sure he's safe I chase after him. It all happens so fast he's running yelling cuss words. not watching where he's going, suddenly he goes into the street. on coming traffic a car is zooming and doesn't see him, he gets hit. but that isn't what kills him, what kills him is the launch into the tree from getting hit. his skull splits on impact. there was so much blood. I hurry to call nine one one, but I can't save him.

The girl looks at me with wide eyes not expecting that story "Sorry, but he sounds like a terrible person" she says still holding my hand "I guess so, but I loved him and he loved me" I say trying to convince myself more than her "did her love you.. or the idea of you?" she questions, and it leaves me stumped I never though about it that way. She leaves the room for a bit and comes back with my phone "I believe this is yours" she hands me my phone.

She sits back on the side of the bed "Some girl named Lara called you, I used your face ID to open your phone" she tells me in a nonchalant tone. she scrolls on her phone "I added your friends number to my phone, I also added your number in my phone" she says I nod seeming a bit more calm than before.

She goes to her closet and shuffled around in there for about a minute with sweats and a hoodie
"here wear these, least I can do" she sets them on the bed and leaves the room.

This gives me time to think in the shower. this happened only a month ago, yet things still trigger me. glass breaking, and raised voice send me into a spiral. I am so lucky that girl saved me and I am forever grateful for her, I don't know why I was planning on killing myself over this. It seems so ridiculous but the trauma of it all, I still feel like I can't handle it.

I hop out of the shower and take the gifted set of clothes. pulling the hoodie over my head as the girl comes in "I've just called your friend, she should becoming to pick you up in an hour" she continues "until than what would you like to do?" We decide on a movie and stat watching it

Lara:

December second, eleven twenty-seven, I've never driven as fast as I am now, when I got that text and read it halfway I was already in the car, hitting the gas. Her phone location was, I checked to get her last ping location, it was near mehwy bridge. NOT a good sign, I hit the gas as hard as I can "hey Siri call Megan" I say as my apple car play turns on.

Megan answers in a tired voice seemingly pissed that I woke her up, she is about to yell at me but I cut her off "Check your messages from Dani, after a long silence I hear a silent holy shit from her as, I instruct her to start texting her since I was driving "she just left me on red" two minutes had pass, I assumed time was up but I got outside of my car and sprinted to the area where her location tracked. I see her backpack and think of the worst, she's really gone.

I decide to drive to Megan's house and when I got there we cried. and held each other, had we just lost someone important to us? we still cuddling when I hear a ring, a phone call coming from an unknown number "I'll answer, cause getting scammed won't even come close to what's happening right now" I say. I answer the phone

"HELLO? UHM MY NAME IS MANON AND I HAVE YOUR FRIEND" the girl is very rushed with her words. me and Megan sigh in relief as we talk to her about Dani. She than told me to pick her up at one tomorrow, which I agree and hang up the phone "What the hell was she thinking Megan, that could've gone really wrong" I say still in shock from what had happen, I know she's traumatized and I knew it was bad but I didn't think it was that bad.

The next morning I get Megan food and we plan to figure out what conversation to have with Dani, to be supportive but also serious. Cause even though we don't see her anymore we now need to be there for her, all we know is that she ran off with him, her parents said he was bad news but she didn't care and ran away, her parents lost contact with her.

She stayed with us for awhile until her and her boyfriend got her own place, we didn't know much that was going behind the scenes, she lost contact with us to. we think it was because of her boyfriend. She used to text us constantly than just stopped, also stopped posting on socials.

Manon:

(in heaven two weeks before)
I got called to the palace, which was weird cause only the important angels go there. I died in a motorcycle accident, car hit me. although I did like my life being an angels much more fun. I get to fly around everywhere. I played a prank on the guardian of heaven and they chopped my wings off, sure they grow back but it takes years.

Once I got there I heard a loud booming voice "Manon do you want your wings back faster and to get out of your punishment?" he asked, me and him were close he took a liking to me ever since I got here, like in a dad and daughter way, which was nice, but that means he grounded me more "There's a girl who needs protection. a girl who needs her angel" I sit there confused, in heaven people are assigned what type of angel they are when they arrive. "We have guardian angels to do that" I say kind of talking back

"I have had multiple complaints about you Manon, do you want to be a fallen angel? if not you should start listening"

"yes sir all mighty" I grumble with annoyance "What was that?" I respond quickly "nuthin"
"Your goal is to make her happy, you have a list
"Manon, don't fall in love, You tend to do that with humans. they'll die and not all humans go up, and not all of them turn into angels, she could end up being a soul like most. you never age. the only way to stay with her if you perchance fall in love is to give up your angel life. And than once you die, you die."

I roll my eyes, I'm not going to fall in love with a human, why would I?"

He makes a portal to the overworld "You will start with an apartment and money and clothes in the style you like, and a book with rules. break them and it's over, and Manon" He says I look up curiously

"This all has to be done by the end of December" I nod