"Rayn"

I could feel her voice near my neck. Her hands crept up my hips and she rested her head on my shoulder.

"You know you can't leave me right? We're soul tied. You already know the way out." She whispered. She kissed my neck and she let out a deep sigh. I held my breath. Out the corner of my eye I could see a gun.

She let me go and turned me to face her. "Now....what will it be? I can't just let you leave me like this. I need you. I love you." She said as she pointed the gun at my face.

This was too much for me. How could I continue to love a girl that put me in harms way; beat me down physically and mentally? The bruising and scarring was way beyond repair; she gave me no choice but to leave her. My love for her slowly diminished into a puddle of nonexistence.

"I...can't do this anymore Tori. I'm so tired of this." I said crying.

"You..you said what? So you want to leave me? After all of the shit we've been through?"

"Please....please don't do this. Just let me go" I pleaded. I put my hands up towards her and I suddenly saw a flash.

All I could hear was silence and everything turned black. I saw myself graduating, going to college, becoming an engineer. Those aspirations quickly faded into a distant cloud. She took everything away from me. With every second, every breath I took became more difficult. I opened my eyes and I could see her, hovering over me begging me to hold on. I could hear her voice soften, telling me that she loved me over and over.

Over...

Over....

Over again....

This wasn't love; this was destruction. She had taken my heart and shattered it into a million pieces. There was no more love to be given. Maybe she was right.

Maybe this was the only way out.