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“I don’t know about this.” Sam said as they sat before Ronnie’s grave. Though she had wanted to come to his gravesite, for some reason she hadn’t been able to bring herself to come. 

“I know. But I think we both need this.” Kyle said. “We both need to say goodbye.”

“I don’t want to say goodbye. It makes this whole thing real.” Sam said, her voice trembling as she fought to hold back the tears. “It means that he’s really, really gone…and it’s my fault.” She finished as tears began to stream down her cheeks.

“It’s…it’s not your fault Sam. It’s mine.” Kyle said. 

“What? But you…” 

“I started the fight at the club, I got Ronnie shot.” Kyle explained.

“But you saved me. You grabbed me and pulled me to the ground. You chose to save me…”

“And I’d save you every single time.” Kyle said as he looked at Ronnie’s headstone. “Ronnie was my best friend, and I wish that I could change things, that I could bring him back. But I can’t. All I can do is try to make it right. Sam, if I saved him, you’d be there.” Kyle said pointing at Ronnie’s grave. “And I couldn’t live with myself if anything had happened to you. Yes, I chose to save you, and I’ve never, ever regretted that.”  

As Kyle finished speaking he put his hands on Sam’s shoulder and looked directly into her eyes. “I need you to know that.” He said, leaning into Sam slightly.

As Kyle leaned in, Sam pulled away. She reached into her bag and produced her notebook. She flipped through the pages until she came to the entry she’d been working on when Kyle had approached Kerri and her earlier on campus. Kyle saw that the page was intricately decorated with clouds, tears and other designs, and that there seemed to be some script on the page as well. 

“I found this poem and I thought it was nice…and fitting. I wanted to do something with it for him.” She said, her voice once again becoming steady. 

She turned from Kyle and stood facing Ronnie’s headstone. As Kyle stepped beside her and put a hand on her shoulder, she cleared her throat. And as she began to speak, the clouds overhead ominously huddled together, their dark curves mocking the landscape, suddenly they burst open and the rain, slow at first, fell, plummeted to the dry ground. Undeterred by the sudden storm, she continued.

“You left us with out warning. 
 Not even a goodbye.
 And I can’t seem to stop.
 Asking the question, why?
 I didn’t see this coming.
 It hit us by surprise.
 And when you left for Heaven,
 A small part of me died.
 Your smile could brighten anyone’s day.
 No matter what they were going through.
 And everyday for the rest of my life.
 I’ll be missing you.”

As she finished speaking, Sam returned her notebook to her bag and zipped it up. For a moment they stood still. Kyle’s hand remained on Sam’s shoulder, then, giving her a slight squeeze he removed it.

“We should probably head back.” Kyle said as he took Sam by the hand and led her out of the cemetery. 

The walk back to campus was mostly uneventful. Though the rain continued intensifying by the minute, they didn’t seem to be in any rush. They walked hand in hand, all the way back to Sam’s dormitory. They stood outside in the deluge, thankful that the day was unseasonably warm, and though they were both beginning to feel the chill from the cold rain, it didn’t bother them. 
“Well, this is my stop.” Sam said with a smile on her face. It seemed to Kyle like a lifetime had passed since he’d seen Sam smile like that. 

“Yeah, I guess I should let you go. I’ll…I’ll see you later.” Kyle said, not relinquishing his grip on Sam’s hand.

“Yeah, I guess so.” Sam said, leaning into Kyle slightly. This time, they did not pull away from one another. They leaned in further, until their lips connected and before they knew what happened, they were locked in a kiss that had been seemingly years in the making. After finally breaking away from the kiss, Sam looked up at Kyle with a smile.

“I’ll see you later.” She said as she turned and glided off into her dorm.

“Yeah, definitely.” Kyle said as he watched her disappear into the dorm, before he began to walk away in the direction of his room.