It was nearing towards the Christmas holidays when Natalia's grandma sadly passed away. Natalia remembered jumping up and down when she saw her come through the doors. Then remembered the last breath that blew down her neck when she held her dying grandma in her arms. Mark sighed when he heard Natalia start to cry.

"Natalia! It's been two weeks! Get over it!"

"Get over it?! Fuck you, Mark! Just get lost!"

"Every single day in school you come up to me and you make mw take you home! How many more assignments am I meant to pass this year?!"

"It took three years for you to get over your mum! We're done, Mark!" Mark stopped what he was doing and looked down at her bony figure. She lost a lot of weight after the funeral.

"I...Talia-"

"Just go Mark," she whispered. Without saying anything, Mark left the miserable house and got into his car.

He kicked the door open to his room and chucked his stuff in the corner. When he went downstairs, he glared at the woman in front of him.

"I told you not to come here again! What do you want now?!"

Marcus quickly came in. "What's wrong with you? Why are you so angry?"

"Because of you and her! You didn't even plan to tell me you were dating let alone engaged! How could you do this to me! I was pissed off at you guys and then I got pissed at Natalia and now we're over! We planned our whole lives out, Dad. And you," he screamed when he pointed his finger at the chubby woman, "you are not ever gonna replace my mother! Never!"

"Calm down, Mark. I'm not replacing your mother. Now one is gonna do that." Mark crashed down onto the floor and buried his head into his knees as he cried.

"I lost her, Dad! She hates me now!" Marcus put his arms around his crying son and stayed quiet.

//

Mark opened his locker and chucked his bag in there. He felt Alan slap his back and waited for him to speak.

Natalia walked over to him but he didn't see. Shall I say sorry? she thought. How do you tell someone you are gonna kill yourself the minute you get home?

"You win the bet, Marky. You took Natalia's heart and you broke it. Crushed it!"

"Yeah man," Mark said quietly. He forgot about the bet.

"She was such a bitch, man. Always crying these last two weeks." Mark stayed silent as he bit his tongue. He turned around and felt the colour drain from his face.

"Talia...I swear it wasn't like that."

"I just wanted to say goodbye."

"Are you moving?" Mark asked. He walked closer to her but she took some steps back.

"Only me. Goodbye, Mark Linton." As soon as she was out of sight, Mark pushed Alan against the lockers.

"Don't you ever call her a bitch again! I will fucking knock you out!"

Alan, however, remained calm. "You love her for real?"

"Yes!"

"Then what you doing here? Chase after her man!" Mark quickly smiled before letting him go. He then ran out the building. After looking around the outside and in the building, an hour had passed. He called her for the ninth time and waited. Voicemail.

"I just want to-" He hung up. He looked back at his phone again and called again.

"I just want to say that it's no ones, fault. I just wanted to be finally set free. Like an eagle. I love you all so much, don't miss me when I'm gone.

Goodbye Mark Linton. Goodbye. Goodbye.

"No, no, no!" Mark screamed as he ran to his car.

Natalia paced the bathroom tiles as she thought of what to do. Her mum and dad were arguing again. Sanjit didn't wanna speak to her. Mark played her. She had no one. With one last look in the mirror, she took out the bottle of pills.