Tragic Romance
very sad and heart felt. based on my own true life story.
The sun was just going down, sinking under the water of the Atlantic Ocean. Not to many people were on the beach, and most that were there were packing up and heading home. Under the pier there was two lupines talking. One of those lupines was me, the other was the love of my life. If I knew then what I know now I never would have left her, I would have stayed with her and never left her side. I would have made sure that we never spent a second apart, but I didn't and for that I paid greatly. This is our story starting at the moment that I wish I could go back and change. I know I can't change my past, but I hope that there is some one out there that will read this and not make the same mistake that I did. This is my mistake and I hope you who reads this will learn from my mistake so you don't do the same.
"Please! I'm begging you don't go. You can't leave me here." said Elizabeth.
"It's too late. What is done is done. I gave you your chance on multiple occasions but you denied me each time. You forced me away from you and into this decision." I said.
"If you love me you'll stay here with me!" cried Elizabeth.
"I do love you and that will never change, but you missed your chances to tell me your feelings and there is nothing that can be done now, I leave in a week, and as much as I would like to, I can't spend it with you. It would shatter both of our hearts when I have to go." I said.
"I'm strong! Please, spend your last week with me. I'll be fine." said Elizabeth.
"I know you're strong, but I can't take the chance of hurting you." I said.
"But..." said Elizabeth. "Good Bye Elizabeth." I said as I walked away.
"I love you!" cried out Elizabeth.
I didn't turn around and I didn't say another word. My heart was aching and I knew that I was probably hurting hers as well, but I figured it would be better this way. I thought that doing this would help keep her from loving me, and that it would lead her down the road to finding some one new that would take care of her. So I left her behind on the beach on her knees as she cried yelling for me to come back, I longed to turn around but I knew that would only make my leaving worse. So I kept walking and managed not to turn around and give one last look at her. We walked to that beach together and did not leave the same way. I walked to my friends house and stayed there for the night. I cried for her and he kept assuring me it would be alright and that it was for the better. The next morning I went home and spent the remainder of the week before I shipped out with my family and friends. On the morning that I shipped out, I talked to my friend, that I had stayed with and I asked him to take care of Elizabeth for me. He told me that he would look after her. I hugged him and I left for the airport. For 5 years I was away from home and 2 of those years was my training. The rest was my work. My training was severe and harder than I thought it would be, and there was a lot of verbal abuse coming from the officers but it didn't effect me any, for I was dead on the inside and nothing can hurt that which is dead. After my training I started my job I worked for 3 years with little to no contact with my friends and family. I had no idea what was going on with Elizabeth, and I was scared to find out. I was up for reenlistment and I had a couple of months to decide, I used those two months to go back home. I searched for my friend that helped me out and was to take care of Elizabeth, and I was happy to see that he bought a house in town, and never moved away.
"Man, It's been ages since I last saw you." he said.
"I know, but you know I've been out saving the world. I didn't have much time to come home and the time that I did have I used to rest."
"So what brings you back here."
"I'm up for reenlistment and wanted to see how Elizabeth was doing."
"She's doing good, she found a guy and is now living with him."
"She's not married to him though?"
"No...but he wants to get marry her but she won't."
"Why not? It's not cause of me is it?"
"No I don''t think it is."
"What's going on then?"
"I'm sorry...I know you don't want to here this..."
"What? Say it."
"Don''t over react."
"Tell me!"
"OK. I...think he's beating her."
"What!?"
"Settle down. I'm not sure if it's true or not."
"Why didn''t your get a hold of me?"
"I tried but I could not."
"What makes you think he is beating her?"
"I see them together quite a bit, and when she looks at him I don't see love in her eyes...I see fear."
"I'll tear his hart from his chest...I going to go visit her." my claws extending at the anger and fear welling up inside me.
"I'm coming with you."
"No stay here. If some thing happens I don't want drag you down with me."
"I don't care If something happens to me as long as I'm keeping her safe."
"No you stay here. You should of acted up when you first thought she was being abused."
What I said froze my friend dead in his tracks. He knew what I said was true. That if he truly cared for her he would of acted sooner.
"You don't even know were she lives. How do you plan to fond her? You need me with you." he shouted as I started down the side walk to my car.
"I'll start at her parents house and ask them if they know were she is."
"Her parents died three years ago I a car crash."
"Does she still live there?"
"I won't say, and I won't unless you bring me with you."
"She's there then."
"What makes you say that?"
"You didn't say ''No she's not there'' "
"So? That don't mean any thing."
"If she was no longer there you would of just said ''No'' and then said ''You need need me'' "
"Damn..."
"Thanks for all your help. Bye."
I drove off and he didn't say another word, and I left for her parents house, and I hoped that she was home and unhurt but my hopes where useless. I got to her house and saw two cars in the drive way, so I knew both of them were home. I knocked on the door but no one answered. The door was unlocked so I opened it and walked in quietly. I heard sounds coming from down a hall so I headed in that direction. Then I heard a howl of fear. I knew right away it was Elisabeth so I ran to her. I got half way down the hall and I could hear her talking begging for her life so I ran faster.
"Please don't hurt me." Elizabeth whimpered "I''ll do any thing you want. I''ll even marry you like you've asked me to. Please just stop."
"Shut up! If I can't have you no one can"
I got to the bedroom to where they were and I stopped in the doorway. She was laying on the ground in a pool of blood and there was a pitbull lupine over top her his claws covered in blood.
"Hey! Get off off her!" I yelled.
He jumped up and turned around, and I saw that she was badly injured, He saw that I was in shock seeing Elizabeth laying on the ground covered in blood, so he took this opportunity to charged at me with his claws exstened. His movement brought me out of my shock so as he got in close, i blought him to the groung and bit his throught wipe open. His warm blood flowing into my maw. I called for an ambulance and I kept pressure on her wound. But I knew my efforts were worthless, I could see the life leaving her eyes.
"Every thing is going to be OK. The ambulance is on its way, and I will never leave you again."
"Dean..."
"Shh... Save your breath."
"I love you..."
Those were her last words. I saw her life completely leave her eyes and in the distance I could hear the wailing of the ambulance sirens. The paramedics got there to late, and I sat there next to her crying as they came in. They checked her and then the man. They both were dead. In an effort to save the love of my life from a broken heart, I had lost her. I live in regret every day wishing I could go back in time and keep myself from leaving her. To make sure that we would stay together and that this would not happen to her. My sole was damaged when I said goodbye to her, and as I sat next to her as she died, I died with her. I feel as if there is no one out there that can bring my sole back to life, and make me feel about them as I did about my sweet Elizabeth.
If you read this, remember if you find some one that you truly love, take care of that person and don't ever leave them behind, for you never know what will happen to your love if you leave them like I did my sweet Elizabeth. Don't make the same mistake I did, learn from what I did wrong. Live with your love, and never let them go, for it will destroy you, to a point were you may never find love again. I know that I will see my love again, sometime in the after life, but I am in no rush to see her, and I know that she will wait for me. I know that she would not want me to speed up my time to see her. So what I am doing now till my time is up is to help as many people as I can from making the same mistake as me.