Hielo:

Tears rolled down my face as I stood in front of my burning house. I tried to break free and run inside but multiple hands held me back.

Oh! What i would give to go inside and see her face. "Maaaa...!" I screamed so loud and long that my throat hurt.

The sirens blared around me. People talked and shouted. The moments passed by, each painfully slow, cutting my heart open and preventing me from breathing.

I felt every moment gripping me by the neck, and choking me, leaving me unable to breath. Darkness covered my eyes and i saw myself falling down a dark black pit.   Tumbling down freely while the wind slashed my body. The pit kept getting longer as I fell down forever and ever and ever. I grasped my neck trying to break free and gasped for breath.

I knew i was loosing. I knew this couldn't go for long. The choking, the falling, the pain...I gave up. I closed my eyes and freed myself from all the pain. The last thing I heard was loud screams. Another set of screams that would haunt me forever...

I woke up later on, surprisingly enough. I was lying on a bed, wearing hospital clothes. I struggled to open my eyes. My body hurt all over and my head throbbed. I shook my head, trying to clear it. My head was clouded. So clouded that I couldn't make anything out. Question after question popped up in my head.

"She is awake." I heard a short blonde woman, probably the nurse, call out. She walked out of the room as I saw a man walk into the room. He walked up to me and stood beside my bed. He asked me a couple of questions as i answered each one.

"...it is actually a miracle. Someone survive something like that. There is someone out there who wants to talk to you. Stayed here for 3 days and 3 nights straight. Didn't move away from that chair." The doctor smiled and said as he scribbled down something in a book. He tore out a piece of paper and handed it to another nurse who entered the room. The doctor looked at me one last time and walked out of the room. The nurse followed him out.

"Thank God, Hielo! I thought I lost you too! I- I..." Ethan said as he walked into the room. He looked extremly tired. It looked like he hadn't slept in forever. He looked like shit. But however shitty he looked, my heart fluttered at the sight of him. Tears brimmed my eyes as i sat up and looked at him...just looked at him.

"Ethan..." just saying his name felt so good.

"Hielo..." Ethan said back as he walked towards me and hugged me

"I- i had this really wierd dream." I said, smiling through my tears. Ethan sat down on the chair that was placed beside my bed. He took my arm in his and held it there. He looked at me with a smile on his face.

"I dreamed that my heart stopped beating. Again" I said. Ethan's eyes turned a shade lighter and I saw them twinkle.

"That is not possible Hielo. I am right here. And I promise I will love you forever." He kissed my forehead, his lips lingereing there for some time. I closed my eyes, cherishing those moments.

"I love you so much, Ethan." I whispered to him.

"And you know I love you. Your heart still beats." He said as he pulled back.

"What happened,Ethan. Why am I here?" I ask him after a long moment of peaceful silence. He looked away, trying to dodge the question. "Ethan,what happened?" I asked again, panicking.

Ethan looked into my eyes, and I got my answer. It had happened again. The words the book held, had come true. Again.

"Is Maa...?" I asked even though I knew the answer. Ethan nodded and replied. "She died in the fire, Hielo."

"Why me?" I whispered as tears rolled down my cheeks. Ethan hugged me and I burried my head in the crook of his neck. I held him tightly. He held me close. We were all both of had. Every other dear thing to us was dead or distroyed.

I don't remember how long this has all been going on for. But I remember when it all started. It was a cold  morning and I walked around the neighbourhood. I remember that I was desperate for water, food and I craved another force that I couldn't put my finger on. I remember my heart not beating all day and then I remember collapsing on the ground.

I woke up hours later in a bed. On opening my eyes, Ethan's face was the first I saw. I couldn't take my eyes of his face. He was sitting next to my bed on a chair with his head placed in between his hand, next to my chest with his eyes closed. I assumed he was sleeping and I smiled to myself. I still remember those moments when he opened his eyes, his sea- green eyes staring right into mine. He looked at me and gave a small smile. And what happened next was so...new to me. I felt a sudden beat in my chest. And it only grew faster. I waited for it to stop, but once it reached a certain speed, it continued beating. The soft thump it made and the way it made me feel was so...different. I felt strong. And I also felt another emotion I couldn't really point out.

Months later I realized that it was this miracle that I had craved all my life...'Love', as everyone called it. And my heart beat because of it. Because of him loving me...

I remember every morning after that. Very clearly. But everything before that morning is blank. I can't remember much from before that morning. The only thing I remember before that is my name. "Hielo", apart from some nightmares that i get.

"Heilo?" I snapped back to reality as my eyes focused on Ethan's face. I looked at him. "What does it feel like to have a heart that always beats? From the start?" I ask him. He looks at me with a smile on his face as I continued asking, "What does it feel like to be...normal? To remember everything about yourself, to not have a note left for you every single night, talking about how it would like to kill everything and everyone you love dearly, to not have nightmares all the time and to not fear every moment. What is like to not be afraid that any moment could be your last, or the last time your heart beats."

He held my hand in his and his thumb brushed over my palm softly. "Let me ask you something. What does it feel like to not have the person you love the most in the world have to live in constant fear and pain?"

A tear rolled down my cheek as my heart beat faster than usual. And I knew exactly why. Everytime he falls in love with me all over again, my heart would beat faster, letting me know. And I didn't have to wait long for moments like these, when I felt that strong heartbeat.

I smiled at him and moved to the side a little. I tapped the spot next to me. Ethan got into the bed next to me. The bed wasn't very big but we didn't need much space.

I placed my head on his chest as i heard the constant beating of his heart. I loved that sound so much.

"She broke me when she took away Oliver from my life. Then she put Joselyn in the accident and God knows when she will wake up from her coma. Then she tore apart my world when she took Maa. What if next, she kills...you? I can't let that happen,Ethan." I say tears streaming down my cheek. Feugo has taken more from me than anyone can ever give me back. All through it, he was there for me. But if anything happens to him...I don't think i will be able to take it anymore. 

"No Hielo. I'll be fine." He said as his hands wrapped around my waist, pulling me closer to him.

I cried. And cried. Over Maa. Over my brother, Oliver. Over my best friend Joselyn. And through all this, he held me tight. He was all I have ever needed and all I will ever need. I can't live a day without him. And honestly, I don't want to.

There was a knock on the door and Ethan slowly got up from beside me. He walked to the door and opened it. There stood a beautiful girl. She looked young, with her petite figure and long and curly red hair. Her green eyes seemed to shine brightly against her perfect skin tone.

It took me a minute to realize who she was. Alison. She used to be Ethan's girlfriend. Ethan had mentioned her and told me how there was a time when he would have done anything for her. They were together for 2 years before he moved here. He never contacted her. At least not after she told him that she had cheated on him.

"Hey, Ethan." She said to him with a smile that was enough to melt the heart of any boy. I couldn't see Ethan's face, but I heard him say "Hey, Alison." and stood there looking at her.

"What are you doing here?" Ethan asked.

"I work here, as an intern. I was in the room nearby when i got to know that you were here too. So I came here to see you. Can- can we please talk? Outside?"  She said as she touched Ethan's hand with her own. He looked at her for a second then quickly pulled his hand back.

"I can't talk. Its over, Alison." He said and closed the door. He then turned the other way and he walked to my bed with his hands in his pocket and a smile on his face. I smiled back at him, even though I knew that his insides were eating him. He wanted to know why she did it. And he wanted to hear it from her.

He sat down next to me. "You should talk to her. It will help you make peace with her and her memories. I know that you often think about your decision being wrong. And I know that you are unsure of wheather you did the right thing or the wrong thing.  So go...find out if it was right or wrong."

"I don't want to, Heilo. I love you, and that is enough for me." He whispered with a lost look in his eyes.

"Ethan, go. Ask her everything you wanted to. And know that I am fine with that."

"Are you really fine with me talking to her?" He asked. I nodded with a smile. He kissed my forehead and walked to the door.

Since the day he found out that she was cheating on him, he had never talked to her. And I knew he was dying to ask her so many questions. But the only reason he was saying a 'no' was because he thought that I would not be fine with the idea of him talking to a person who was his 'everything' at one time. And I knew that. But i also knew that he loved me, and that was enough for me, and I trusted him.

As soon as he opened the door, I saw that she was standing there. When she saw him she instantly wiped her cheek. It looked like she was crying.

"Hey. So what did you have to say?" He said.

"Hey." She said back to him with a big smile. "Ethan, After you left, I wanted to see you so badly. I wanted to talk to you one more time.  But now that I am here, in front of you, I don't know what to say. I don't know where to start from ." She said.

"How about you start from why you cheated on me?" He said in a soft voice, but the pain he felt creeped into his voice.

"I am sorry, Ethan. I am so sorry. Remember that day you had to leave early from that party on New Year and I said I would come later on? I- I met a guy. He used to be my sister's friend. We strted talking and then we had a round of shots. And then another round. And then another. And I was so drunk....I don't even remember much about that night. I don't remember much about that guy either. To be honest, that night is a complete blur. But if there is one thing I remember clearly it is the guilt. The guilt I felt when I woke up the next morning. The guilt I feel even right now when I look at you. Ethan...I am really sorry and I just came here to ask you for forgiveness. And even if you don't forgive me, its- its fine. I know I don't deserve it. Thanks...for listening." She said with a smile as a tear rooled down her cheek. Before Ethan could say anything else, she turned around and walked away.

The next couple of momemts were like the weirdest feeling. I missed a heart beat. The moment was short lived, but the feeling engraved into my brain. For a moment there, I felt my heart stop. I never wanted to feel that ever again.

"Earth to Hielo." Ethan said as he kissed my forhead again. "You look...scared. What happened?"

"Nothing." I said with a smile. Ethan raised his eyebrows, giving me a questioning look. "Its just that my head hurts. I'm fine."

"Are you sure? You should get some sleep." He said and sat on the chair next to my bed.

"Yeah. I think I need a nap. I just hope that I could get you to quit staring at me while I'm asleep. You shoulf get some rest too. Go eat and sleep Ethan. And that is an order."

"Yes, ma'am." Ethan said and kissed me. I kissed him back. But now that I think about it, I wish I had just held him longer. Kissed him again. Told him how much I really loved him. Just not let him go at all.  Because I had not idea,that it was the last we ever saw each other....

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Hey guys. Thanks for reading this :) Hope you guys liked it. This chapter was named Ice since it was about "Hielo". Her name means ice. Fuego, the girl in the first chapter, her name means fire. Hence the name of the chapter.

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