"What do you mean I'll never see you again? Where are you going?" Silver took a step away from her, but Marina was reluctant to let go.

"I'm sorry," she said again. "All I've been doing is hurting you and causing you all this trouble. I need help; that much is clear."

He sighed, mumbling under his breath "Well now it's going to be a lot harder now to kill you.."

Marina let him go, as she blinked her long eyelashes several times. "Excuse me? You were going to do what now?"

Silver shrugged, realizing that an attempt to cover up what he just slipped out wouldn't do any good. There was no way around her uncovering his real intentions now. She continued, despite how shocked she was.

"You were really going to kill me?"

He flipped out the sharp metal blade in his pocket. "I've got the knife and everything. The only thing I was really debating on was whether or not I should make your death quick and easy or slow and painful."

Marina smiled brightly, patting him on the shoulder. "I know I messed up a few things, but-"

"A few things? Try my whole entire life!"

"No, Silver, you have your dad to thank for that!"

"Yes, but I have YOU to thank for making it ten times worse!"

Marina finally let her hands go from Silver's waist, biting her lip. She prayed that tears wouldn't fall. She already looked so weak.

"It's not like I wanted this to happen or anything. I'm really trying to get away from you, Silver. I'm falling apart right now. You make me do the craziest things. I wasn't this type of person before we met-"

"Hold on." he shut his eyes really tight, furious. "You're blaming ME for how your life turned out?" He started to lurk towards her, backing her into a corner. "I didn't make you do anything! I didn't make you put Gold in a cage, or fall in love with me only to get your heart broken! I admire the fact that you like me so much, but you sure as hell picked the wrong guy to get close to. And anyway, it's too late to be bringing this up now! I mean there's not much anyone can do about it! The damage has already been done. To me, to Gold, to Lyra, and to yourself. And instead of blaming others for your own problems, try taking responsibility for them!"

Marina snapped then, pushing him away. "Like you're one to talk! Do you want to know what your problem is, Silver?"

Silver laughed, rather amused, which startled Lyra and Gold because of his sudden mood swing. "If you named all the problems that I had, then we'd be here all day. But I don't think we have all day, because you have a plane to catch apparently."

"No, no! I'm not talking about that! I'm talking about the problem; the one that outshines all the others. The one that you probably haven't even thought of, and the one that you most certainly overlooked."

Gold interrupted this time, out of pure curiosity. "And what could that be?"

Marina moved in closer to Gold, smiling.

"The problem with Silver is t hat he hates himself."

The whole room was silent, as everyone took her statement in. Silver, who was once smiling, frowned in mere seconds.

"How did you know that..?" he whispered, his face emotionless.

"I bet you didn't see that one coming. I'm right, aren't I? It makes sense once you think about it. There's no other logical explanation for your actions. I believe that you simply forced yourself to think that you were worthless, and when Gold broke up with you a year ago, it gave you an excuse to finally start self-abusing yourself. When in reality, losing Gold wasn't the reason why you wanted to die. It was you. Like I said before, Silver, you're the cause of everyone's problems- including your own." Marina grabbed her roll out suitcases and patted him on the back. "So take responsibility for them." She turned the door handle to go, but Silver caught her hand, preventing her from leaving.

"You knew I was planning on killing you from the beginning, didn't you?"

"Of course. Why else would you have come? I'm not stupid. The only reason you'd ever come back to me was so that you could get your revenge."

"If you knew that, then why did you call me over here to talk to you? And why did you act so surprised at first when I told you?"

"It keeps life interesting, I guess. Have you ever considered that maybe I wanted to die? Besides, if I hadn't have said that I was leaving, you wouldn't have listened to me otherwise."

Silver sighed, letting her hand go.

"Are you done trying to stop me?"

"Yeah. You're going to leave, no matter what."

Marina's face showed a sign of real emotion for the first time, remembering why she ever made the decision to hang around him in the first place.

"You know.. Silver.." she started, tucking a piece of hair behind her ear. "I really loved you."

"If you really loved me, you wouldn't be leaving right now."

She turned her back to him now, a creepy twisted smile appearing on her face.

"Well then. I guess I really didn't love you that much." And with that she left, shutting the door behind her.

The End