Drama Queen

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Zayn’s P.O.V.

She laughed as we stuffed ourselves inside the car.

I turned to face her and give her a kiss on the cheek as I placed the key inside.

The engine rumbled as I turned the key. 

Our car ride was filled with loads of story telling, jokes, chatting, and laughs. I loved hearing her soft little laugh. The way she smelled, looked. The way her hand locked perfectly onto mine as I drove.

We arrived at her house and she leaned into kiss me. “Well, this is where I get off!” she giggled. 

“Bye! I love you!” I waved as she opened her door. She looked back at me one last time, shot her heart-melting smile, and disappeared into her house.

I rolled up the window and sighed to myself, smiling. 

“ZAYN!” I heard her scream as I was about to step on the gas.

“CORY?” I shouted back.

That’s when I heard a gun fire.

“CORY!” I shouted as I made my way out of the car as fast as I could.

I pulled her doorknob, begging it to open. “CORY! CORY!” I called, hoping for a response.

None.

I broke open the door with all my might. I covered my mouth as I found her spread on the ground in a pool of blood. Her hand over a wound around her abdomen area. Her head turned to face me as her face was stained with tears. 

“Zayn…” she muttered.

I ran over to her side and held her in my arms.

“Cory. Cory! what happened?! Cory. oh dear god. Please.” I cried over her.

“Someone… someone…. b-broke… house.. shot… me….” she tried forming words but all her sentences wound up incomplete. I sobbed even harder as I stroked her cheek.

“Dear god, no. no, no, no.” I shook my head.

She lifted her hand weakly and caressed my cheek.

“I’m going to be alright, Zayn.” she tried hard to say. I caught her hand and kissed it.

“I need you. I love you. please, don’t go.” I stroked her hand with my thumb.

“I have to. m-my time is through. I’ll see you again.. I know it.” she smiled weakly. “I love you too.” her skin got paler as she struggled to take in another breath.

“Zayn….” she looked straight at me. “Please.. sing.. for me.” 

I wiped my eyes and nodded. I held her close in my arms and softly sang into her ear.

“Heart beats harder, time escapes me,

trembling hands touch skin, it makes this

harder, and the tears stream down my face..

If we could only have this life, for one more day.

If we could only turn back time.”

I breathe in shakily as she smiles slightly and closes her eyes.

“You know I’ll be

your life, your voice, your reason to be

my love, my heart, is breathing for this”

Her hand drops, her pulse stops and her face drained from the only color it had left. My crying increases. I breathe in slowly to sing the last lyrics of the song, but the words are barely audible through my sobs.

“Moment, in time, I’ll find the words to say,

before you leave me today.”

I wipe my eyes and stare at her lifeless body. I kiss her forehead as I lay her slowly back onto the floor.

I hear a soft, husky chuckle from behind me but I don’t turn.

“How sweet. tell me, lover boy. Would you like to join your little sweetheart?” I hear a click from behind me. he clearly was enjoying this.

I turn to him and nod. 

He laughs. “Any last words?” 

I turn back to Cory. “See you there. Wherever that is.” I smile slightly.

I move my head back to the man. “Go.” I mutter.

“If you say so, Romeo.” He chuckles.

I shut my eyes, prepared as I hear the gunshot.