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Tears  started  falling  from  Victoria’s  eyes.  “So

               what am I supposed to do, Xander?”


                       Silence.  One  sentence  slipped  from  Xander’s
               trembling lips.


                       “We’re done, Vic.”


                       He  then  walked  away,  leaving  Victoria  sitting

               with swollen eyes and a broken heart. Their friends who

               saw it quickly approached to comfort her.


                       “Vic…”  Angel  called  out  with  tears  streaming
               down her face.


                       “It can’t be, Gel! It can’t!” Victoria denied all the

               evidence with increasingly heartbreaking sobs.


                                          ...


               One Week Later – Xander’s Parents’ Funeral


                       The sky was cloudy. Victoria stood alone in front

               of  two  neatly  arranged  tombstones.  In  her  hand  was a
               single flower for Xander’s parents.




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