"Oh my God!" Chris said, recognizing the wary voice. He ran from the kitchen to the sound.

The moment their eyes met, they both began to cry.

"Ren?" he whispered.

"I'm so sorry!" Ren cried. He hugged her so strongly that they stumbled a few steps so that Ren's legs were backed up against the unfolded hideaway bed in the living room. "I'm so sorry…"

"Don't be," he told her. He held her back from him and moved her flyaway hair out of her face with a gentle hand. "What are you doing here?"

"I had to see you," she replied tearfully. "Nothing has ever meant anything to me like you do. I couldn't live and be so empty anymore, Chris, I didn't know what to do!"

"It's okay," he murmured. Softly, he kissed her cheek, their tears mixing. "Gordie told me what happened--what you tried to do." When she didn't reply, he said matter-of-factly, "It was my fault, wasn't it?"

"It was never your fault," she assured him. "Nothing was ever your fault. When I broke up with you, it wasn't your fault, when I wouldn't be around you, it wasn't your fault, you were never to blame for anything, you got that?"

"But suicide, Ren?" Chris said. "That's not something you just decide to try for the hell of it."

"I've got something that makes me sad, Chris," she told him. "I've tried to make it stop, but I can't on my own."

Ren wondered if the feeling of Chris' open hand on her back was just her vivid memory of him again, but he kissed her and she knew that he was really there with her.

"You're not going to ever be alone, okay?" He rested his forehead against hers and held her face in his hands. "Because I love you. Don't tell yourself any different, because it's the one thing that I have never been more serious about."

Her slight body shuddering with tears, she murmured, "I got so lost, Chris."

Chris' eyes were moist with tears, but the look he gave her was powerful. "But you found me."

His lips found hers, her hands found the back pockets of his jeans, and they found themselves forgetting about everything, except for the fact that they loved each other and everything was going to be okay now.

They laid down on the bed.

[Author's Note: Um, yes, so that's the end. It wasn't depressing for once:) Anyway, I'm working on a new one already which I'll get around to posting eventually, and just so you know, I'm changing my pen name at some point. I hope you liked! :D]