Invisible
Chapter Thirty Two
*Jack's POV*
After I got Alex's text, I had left the house immediately. I was currently speed walking in the direction of the bridge. As I turned onto the bridge, a saw a small group of chattering people. Then I looked farther to the right of the bridge. I saw Emma, on the wrong side of the fence, and Alex, crouched, speaking softly and gently to her. I could see the desperation on his face. I watched, in a daze, as Emma handed him a small paper. I watched as she told him something, and then Alex grabbed her arm, refusing to let go. At this point, I was once again running towards them. As I got closer, I could see Emma get mad at Alex trying to pull away from him. Alex then said something that obviously caused him a lot of pain and sorrow. I saw Emma's eyes soften, and that's when I finally found my voice.
"EMMA!" I was running as fast as I could, and the scream tore through my throat. At practically the same time, I heard another shout.
"Just jump already you worthless shit!" I heard a voice I recognized as Katie's shout. My heart stopped. I watched as Emma's gaze tore from mine and settled on Katie.
I'm almost there, I thought. I was merely yards away. I'll be able to save her. I can get there in time. I'll catch h-
Then to my horror, when I was mere feet away, Emma tore away from Alex's death grip and let herself fall backwards, never letting her eyes leave Katie's.
I screamed. I screamed, tearing apart my thoat as I jumped half over the fence. I would have jumped all the way over and fell with the love of my life, if it hadn't been for Alex holding me back with tears in his eyes. I fought against him, shouting incomprehensible things with tears blurring my vision as I watched my entire life fall to the water below. People hit the fence around me, to bear witness that my life had, in fact, fallen to her death.
Her eyes were the last thing I saw before she was swallowed by the water.
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"Alex!" I screeched, still fighting against his hold on me, trying to pry his arms away from me. "Alex, I have to get her! She can't be gone! I need her! She can't be gone! She can't be gone! She-"
"Jack, she's gone! She's not coming back!" Alex yelled back. I stared at him. "She's not coming back..."
My chest seemed to collapse on itself. Everything around me was a soundless blur. I could see sirens coming towards us, but couldn't hear their signature wale. The pain in my chest was outrageous, as if my heart had literally broke into two, half of it falling with Emma.
I finally fell. With Alex still holding onto me, I fell to the ground against the fence. Alex fell with me. I let out a loud, hysterical sob, which soon turned into a full-on breakdown. I kept screaming "SHE CAN'T BE GONE! SHE CAN'T!" over and over, as Alex cried with me, and let me cry onto him. I pounded the fence behind me with my fists. Soon, my voice was wearing out, my knuckles were bloody, and I was simply whispering.
"She can't be gone.. Gone..."
I felt a soft tap on my shoulder, and looked up to see an old man. He told me how sorry he was that this had happened, and that he should've acted sooner. I told him I wish I had ran just a little bit faster. He looked at me with pained eyes, and walked away, pulling out a tissue. I turned to continue sobbing into Alex's shoulder. I heard other's come by Alex and I to give their condolences, and Alex thanked each of them, as I was in no state to do so.
"She deserved it," I heard someone whisper. I looked up to see Katie talking with a couple of her cronies. Her friends looked slightly shocked and saddened.
"Oh please," I heard Katie say. "Don't tell me you're feeling sorry for that cunt?" she said, looking at her friends incredulously. "I told you, she was worthless. She deserved it. She was such a horrible, good-for-nothing, e-" suddenly, she was cut off by my shout.
"You think she deserved this?" I shouted at her, delusional with anger. I pulled away from Alex's grip and stood up. I swayed, but someone near me steadied me. I muttered a 'thank you', then turned my glare to Katie, who looked slightly frightened.
"You," I started, taking a step towards her. "Are the most evil, heartless bitch I have ever had the displeasure to make acquaintance with! You push and push, merciless, until Emma throws herself off a bridge to get away from you! You look me in the eye and tell me you don't feel an OUNCE OF SHAME. DO IT. YOU DROVE SOMEONE TO THEIR DEATH AND STILL HAVE THE AUDACITY TO SAY THAT SHE DESERVED TO DIE, WHILE YOU STAND THEIR THINKING YOU'RE ALL HIGH AND MIGHTY!! YOU- YOU- YOU MAKE ME SO, INCREDIBLY FUCKING SICK I CAN'T EVEN LOOK AT YOU WITHOUT WANTING TO SHOVE A PEN INTO YOUR THROAT TO STOP YOUR INCESSENT, MINDLESS, HATEFUL, IGNORANT BABBLING!"
At the end of my rant, I was breathing very heavily. Katie looked scared out of her mind, and I was right in her face. Alex was right behind me, ready to pull me away if I started throwing punches. Onlookers stared at me in shock, but I saw a few of them nodding in agreement.
I took a deep breath to calm myself slightly. "Just leave," I told her as I turned back to Alex. I heard the sound of heels clacking on pavement, hurriedly leaving the bridge.
I fell into Alex once more, emotionally exhausted, and kind of wanting to throw myself off the bridge as well. I heard someone tell Alex that they were unable to locate the body, and that it was simply impossible to have survived that fall. I felt Alex nod softly. Slowly, people left the scene, and soon it was just Alex and I on the dark bridge.
"Come on, Jack," Alex said softly. "Let's go."
I obliged, too tired and delirious to argue. We made our way home, slowly and quietly, both of us sniffling with tears still going down our faces. The sky was beginning to turn pink with the rising of the sun.
"Pink skies at night, a sailor's delight. Pink clouds at morning, a sailor's warning," Emma recited, pointing at the pink sky. I laughed and pulled her hand back down next to mine in the dew-soaked grass.
"That's so stupid," I told her, grinning. She looked at me, a pout gracing her lips. She then bopped me on the nose and looked back up at the sunrise.
"It may be stupid, but it's true. It means a storm is coming," she argued with a slight yawn.
But it felt like the storm was already here.
After I got Alex's text, I had left the house immediately. I was currently speed walking in the direction of the bridge. As I turned onto the bridge, a saw a small group of chattering people. Then I looked farther to the right of the bridge. I saw Emma, on the wrong side of the fence, and Alex, crouched, speaking softly and gently to her. I could see the desperation on his face. I watched, in a daze, as Emma handed him a small paper. I watched as she told him something, and then Alex grabbed her arm, refusing to let go. At this point, I was once again running towards them. As I got closer, I could see Emma get mad at Alex trying to pull away from him. Alex then said something that obviously caused him a lot of pain and sorrow. I saw Emma's eyes soften, and that's when I finally found my voice.
"EMMA!" I was running as fast as I could, and the scream tore through my throat. At practically the same time, I heard another shout.
"Just jump already you worthless shit!" I heard a voice I recognized as Katie's shout. My heart stopped. I watched as Emma's gaze tore from mine and settled on Katie.
I'm almost there, I thought. I was merely yards away. I'll be able to save her. I can get there in time. I'll catch h-
Then to my horror, when I was mere feet away, Emma tore away from Alex's death grip and let herself fall backwards, never letting her eyes leave Katie's.
I screamed. I screamed, tearing apart my thoat as I jumped half over the fence. I would have jumped all the way over and fell with the love of my life, if it hadn't been for Alex holding me back with tears in his eyes. I fought against him, shouting incomprehensible things with tears blurring my vision as I watched my entire life fall to the water below. People hit the fence around me, to bear witness that my life had, in fact, fallen to her death.
Her eyes were the last thing I saw before she was swallowed by the water.
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"Alex!" I screeched, still fighting against his hold on me, trying to pry his arms away from me. "Alex, I have to get her! She can't be gone! I need her! She can't be gone! She can't be gone! She-"
"Jack, she's gone! She's not coming back!" Alex yelled back. I stared at him. "She's not coming back..."
My chest seemed to collapse on itself. Everything around me was a soundless blur. I could see sirens coming towards us, but couldn't hear their signature wale. The pain in my chest was outrageous, as if my heart had literally broke into two, half of it falling with Emma.
I finally fell. With Alex still holding onto me, I fell to the ground against the fence. Alex fell with me. I let out a loud, hysterical sob, which soon turned into a full-on breakdown. I kept screaming "SHE CAN'T BE GONE! SHE CAN'T!" over and over, as Alex cried with me, and let me cry onto him. I pounded the fence behind me with my fists. Soon, my voice was wearing out, my knuckles were bloody, and I was simply whispering.
"She can't be gone.. Gone..."
I felt a soft tap on my shoulder, and looked up to see an old man. He told me how sorry he was that this had happened, and that he should've acted sooner. I told him I wish I had ran just a little bit faster. He looked at me with pained eyes, and walked away, pulling out a tissue. I turned to continue sobbing into Alex's shoulder. I heard other's come by Alex and I to give their condolences, and Alex thanked each of them, as I was in no state to do so.
"She deserved it," I heard someone whisper. I looked up to see Katie talking with a couple of her cronies. Her friends looked slightly shocked and saddened.
"Oh please," I heard Katie say. "Don't tell me you're feeling sorry for that cunt?" she said, looking at her friends incredulously. "I told you, she was worthless. She deserved it. She was such a horrible, good-for-nothing, e-" suddenly, she was cut off by my shout.
"You think she deserved this?" I shouted at her, delusional with anger. I pulled away from Alex's grip and stood up. I swayed, but someone near me steadied me. I muttered a 'thank you', then turned my glare to Katie, who looked slightly frightened.
"You," I started, taking a step towards her. "Are the most evil, heartless bitch I have ever had the displeasure to make acquaintance with! You push and push, merciless, until Emma throws herself off a bridge to get away from you! You look me in the eye and tell me you don't feel an OUNCE OF SHAME. DO IT. YOU DROVE SOMEONE TO THEIR DEATH AND STILL HAVE THE AUDACITY TO SAY THAT SHE DESERVED TO DIE, WHILE YOU STAND THEIR THINKING YOU'RE ALL HIGH AND MIGHTY!! YOU- YOU- YOU MAKE ME SO, INCREDIBLY FUCKING SICK I CAN'T EVEN LOOK AT YOU WITHOUT WANTING TO SHOVE A PEN INTO YOUR THROAT TO STOP YOUR INCESSENT, MINDLESS, HATEFUL, IGNORANT BABBLING!"
At the end of my rant, I was breathing very heavily. Katie looked scared out of her mind, and I was right in her face. Alex was right behind me, ready to pull me away if I started throwing punches. Onlookers stared at me in shock, but I saw a few of them nodding in agreement.
I took a deep breath to calm myself slightly. "Just leave," I told her as I turned back to Alex. I heard the sound of heels clacking on pavement, hurriedly leaving the bridge.
I fell into Alex once more, emotionally exhausted, and kind of wanting to throw myself off the bridge as well. I heard someone tell Alex that they were unable to locate the body, and that it was simply impossible to have survived that fall. I felt Alex nod softly. Slowly, people left the scene, and soon it was just Alex and I on the dark bridge.
"Come on, Jack," Alex said softly. "Let's go."
I obliged, too tired and delirious to argue. We made our way home, slowly and quietly, both of us sniffling with tears still going down our faces. The sky was beginning to turn pink with the rising of the sun.
"Pink skies at night, a sailor's delight. Pink clouds at morning, a sailor's warning," Emma recited, pointing at the pink sky. I laughed and pulled her hand back down next to mine in the dew-soaked grass.
"That's so stupid," I told her, grinning. She looked at me, a pout gracing her lips. She then bopped me on the nose and looked back up at the sunrise.
"It may be stupid, but it's true. It means a storm is coming," she argued with a slight yawn.
But it felt like the storm was already here.
Notes
guys, I poured my heart and soul into this chapter
I hope y'all like it
and I ate some strawberries not that you care lol
gtg my dad's yelling his head off about something
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@Jagk Skellington
Aw, well staying clean is hard to do, & I'm still proud of you even if it's only four days! If you were strong enough to last that long, then you could do it again c: & It's okay, I like what you've started so far on the sequel! <3
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