CHAPTER 14

Life for me was excellent. Everything was back to normal and I got to spend it all with Dimitri. I could still remember that exact day when I had wanted to jump. The urge was so strong and I felt nothing could stop me from doing it. It meant I could be with Dimitri forever. But there was no need. Dimitri had saved me -once again- and that's when I had had a massive break down. I could feel my legs give way and my whole body just...completely shut down. It was him! But it was impossible. I had seen him in hospital as he lay cold and dead in the bed. I had heard with my own ears the constant 'beeping' of the machine. The nurses told me he was gone. That's why I wanted to die because I couldn't feel him. I knew he was in another world. He wasn't with me anymore.

I replayed that day in my head, just about when I was going to fling myself off the bridge.

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"No Amber! What are you doing? Get down off that now! I kept my promise, now you keep yours!" It was Dimitri's voice and he was right behind me. I could taste his sweet fragrance in my mouth. The tears rolled down my cheeks as I slowly turned toward the gentle voice. While I turned I slipped on the railing and was about to go head deep into the water but Dimitri clutched me with his strong arms and pulled me in to his chest.

"Dimitri!" I cried out in happiness as I touched his face, his arms, his chest. He looked really worried but he managed to give me one of his deep, slow, sexy smiles. That was when I felt my legs give way. My whole body had shut down and black spots covered my vision...

I woke later -about half an hour later- and we were in my car. I blinked sleep away and there he was, touching my face gently and rocking me back and forth. I covered my face in his chest and breathed in deeply.

"Dimitri-"

"I am so sorry Amber. Everything I had put you through. I...I heard you when I got shot. I heard you say how I promised you and I did." He said calmly, staring deep into my eyes.

A million questions started in my brain but I just lay there; happy to be with him. He continued on.

"The night, in the hospital where I thought I was dying, I could hear you. I lay still, wanting to remember your voice and feel you. But I couldn't move. I tried to keep myself breathing and my heart going but I could feel my life slipping away." He took a deep breath.

"It was about an hour later when I heard the nurse say I was gone but I wasn't. I was still and motionless but tiny breaths escaped my lungs. The nurses wheeled me into the morgue and left me there but I was still alive Amber; for you. I saw that my chest had a bandage around it and everything came flooding back to me. Every single memory, every single touch and kiss came back to me. That gave me all the strength I needed to walk out that hospital and in search of you." He kissed my forehead and I wanted him to continue.

"I was going to go back to your house Amber but I didn't know what you would do if you saw me." He chuckled. "I mean, seeing a dead person in your house! I couldn't go back to my house either so I wondered the streets, thinking mainly about you and how I would walk back into your life again. That was when, that day in the park with that bridge." He shook his head slowly and I could see he was slowly getting angrier. I looked down and blushed. It felt weird to blush.

"How could you Amber?! How could you even think about doing something like that? When I saw you, I felt I would faint. But then I saw what you were about to do and I rushed quickly towards you. I heard you say my name to the sky? Just when you were about to fling yourself off the edge I grabbed hold of you. You just froze and I didn't know what to do; what to say. You had just finally realised who it was and you fell to the ground. I was so happy to see you Amber, you had no idea how much I missed you." I could only gaze in shock and awe. I understood it all now and although it seemed impossible it was true. He had stuck by his promise and now we were together.

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I came back to reality and Dimitri and I in my bedroom. He was kissing me softly and I felt -once again- the electricity between us flow. I stopped suddenly and felt a sudden rush of adrenaline which was pure pleasure. He pulled back to and raised his eyebrows. I shook my head and spoke cheerfully. "Dimitri I have never loved anyone the way I love you." He grinned at my quote and pulled me under the covers. Amber, why do you need to go to heaven when you're in it right now?