Melody's P.O.V

"Richie!!! Let go of me, he needs me, please!!"

My heart, I was losing my heart. I was helpless, there was nothing I could do for him. The guy who Richie hit back in the bar for grabbing me, stabbed him, and there was nothing that I could do about it.

He and his friends were pulling me away from the love of my life. I could see the blood as it pooled around him, and he wasn't moving. Why wasn't he moving! His eyes were looking right at me, but there was no movement from his chest. I knew he is dying, I could see the light as it dimmed in his eyes. I couldn't let him die.

I started fighting, I wanted those murdering idiots to let me go. I couldn't let Richie die. My heart was breaking, I knew I needed to get to him quickly, but those idiots were still holding. I fought with everything thing I had in me, but it was hard. It was four of them against me. They grabbed me by my jacket and I shrugged out of it. I was free from them, so I started running toward Richie.

I was almost there, but they grabbed me and started dragging me away again. But, I wasn't going to let him take me, at least not without putting me a fight. One of them, the leader I think, held me around the waist, and brought the blade he used to stab Richie to my neck.

"Come with us nicely and I promise that we'll go easy on you."

Nicely my black ass! I raised my foot and stomped him his toes, then used my hand and elbowed him in the gut. His hold on me loosen and I turned around and started punching him. His friends rushed towards me and held me down.

One of them asked, "You ok, Ryder?"

Ryder wiped the blood from his face, then his hand came out so fast, slapping me across the face. I turned my face back to him and he slapped me again and again. I could feel the ringing in my ears but, I couldn't let that stop me. Richie needed me. Although my face was burning, I still fought them.

Ryder grabbed the front on my shirt pulling me to him. He held the blade to my face and slowly slide it down my jaw.

"I should kill you right now for making me bleed, but I've got a more fun way to punish you."

I'd die first before I let him touch me like that. I ain't never gonna let any other man touch me like that. If it ain't Richie then it ain't gonna be anyone else. I spat in his face and started shouting.

"Kill me! Just kill me! Because if Richie dies, I swear to god I'm gonna kill you!!"

He raised his hand to slap me again and I lifted my knee, hitting him right between his legs. He let go of me and dropped the blade at the same time. I dove for it at the same time as his friends did. My hand made contact with it first, and I raised it and started swiping my hand at anyone who dare come near me.

I don't know, but I'm sure I cut two of the guys because they decided it was better to run and leave Ryder than risk going after the crazy woman with the knife. Ryder was on the floor curled up, holding onto his dick. I used my foot and started kicking him. It wasn't until I was sure that he wouldn't be getting back up for a while that I stopped.

I dropped the knife and spun around, running to Richie. I dropped to my knees beside him and started crying. His eyes were still on me, and he still wasn't moving. There was blood everywhere. I put my head to his chest and listen for his heartbeat. I felt so relief when I heard it. It was faint but is was still there.

I felt my pockets, checking for my phone, but I couldn't find it, and it was so dark in the parking lot that I couldn't see anything. I started panicking.

"Don't you die on me, Oswaldo Richards!! Don't you dare die on me!"

My heart was beating so fast and I was finding it hard to breathe. I started shaking violently, I just couldn't control it. I searched everywhere, but I still could find my phone to call for help. I started screaming.

"Help me! Somebody help me, please! He's dying!!"

I turned back to Richie, lying on the ground next to him. I didn't care that I was getting soaked with his blood. I turned his face to mine and I kissed his blue lips. I could see the life draining out of his eyes. He couldn't die, he just couldn't die, damn it!

"Please don't leave me. How am I supposed to live without you? I love you."

My tears were falling, and my heart felt like it was dying in my body. The pain was so unbearable, I felt incapacitated by it. I knew I needed to go and get help, but the thought of leaving him alone, was terrifying. What if I leave him and he started calling for me and I'm not there? Or what if he get worse? Or what if he dies?

I also knew that if I did nothing he was going to die anyway. I kissed him, then stood. I started to make my way back to the bar, but I stopped and kicked Ryder a few more times for good measure. I wanted to kill him, but I didn't have time to do that, I needed to get help for Richie.

Y'all don't get me wrong, if I had time I would have killed his punk ass, but all I was thinking about was saving my man.

I ran, hurrying back to the bar. My vision was blurred and my heart was beating a million beats per minute. My entire inside was burning up. When I reached the bar, I threw the door open and started screaming.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

Everyone turned to look at me. Big Ray and Ginger who were behind the bar saw me and came rushing forward. They both reached me as my knees hit the ground. The whole room and everyone in it started spinning. I was fighting the darkness that was trying to consume me.

I could tell that they thought I was the one who was hurt. I opened my mouth to tell them that it wasn't me, but no words came out. I was so frustrated with myself, my boyfriend was dying and I couldn't even say anything to save him. I didn't deserve him. I couldn't let him die. I wouldn't let him die if I did I'd never be able to forgive myself. I forced his name pass my lips.

"Richie."

Ginger's face turned up in confusion, but Big Ray's was filled with fear. Leaving me to Ginger, he ran from the bar. She helped me off the ground and tried to get me to sit down, but I wasn't having any of it. I needed to be with Richie. He needed me, I just knew he did. I started fighting her when she started stopping me from leaving.

"Let go of me! He needs me, I need to go to him, please!"

She still wasn't letting me go.

"It's ok sugar, he's going to be alright. Don't worry about it, everything is going to be alright."

No they wasn't! I left my boyfriend dying on the cold hard floor. How was that alright? What if he's calling for me? I had to go to him. I felt the urgency in my entire being. Deep down I knew that if I didn't go to him, he was going to die.

I pushed away from Ginger and ran out of the bar with her following after me. Just as I reach Big Ray and Richie, I heard sirens. Big Ray was knelt besides Richie crying, like a baby. I have never before seen I grown man cry like that.

I immediately started thinking the worse. Dropping to my knees, I lay my head on Richie's chest. I started panicking when I could hear anything.

"No, no, no, no, no!! You can't die on me, I won't let you."

I put my hands together and started pushing down on his chest. Tilting his head back and clearing his air way, I performed mouth to mouth. All the while still carrying out CPR. I did that until I was dragged away from him by the medics.

I watched as they started working on him. I was shell shock and frozen to the spot.

"He's breathing," one of them said, "But barely, we have to get him to the hospital right away."

My heart felt a little lighter when I heard those words. But I knew was he wasn't out of the water yet. As they load him into the ambulance, I ran after him. There was no way that I was leaving him alone.

"I'm going with him." I stated.

The female medic looked like she wanted to protest, but she took one look at me and thought better of it. I claimed into the van and when I looked back outside, I saw the cops handcuffing Ryder and taking him away. I hope they give him life in prison, and the guys in there make him their bitch.