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Forever & Always

"Thayer," the girl standing in front of me said.

I was in a hospital room, I had just had my surgery and now I could play soccer again. My one biggest love except…

"Sutton?" I asked, baffled, "What are you doing here?"

"I came to see you Thayer," she said with a sad smile, "There's something I need to tell you but promise me you won't say anything. Promise me Thayer."

By this point I was very confused. What did Sutton have to tell me which was so important, that it couldn't even wait till I was out of the hospital.

"I promise Sutton."

"That's the thing, I'm not Sutton."

I burst out laughing, "Then who are you her doppelgänger or maybe you're her twin?"

"Please listen to me. I swear I'm her twin Emma Paxton."

"Sutton is this another one of your Lying Games? Because you know I'm not going to fall for it. Laurel is my best friend, Mads is my sister and you used to be my girlfriend. How dumb do you think I am?"

"Cross my heart, Thayer," she said. There was now a pleading look in her eyes, "Please believe me. I'm only telling you this because you love her."

"Fine," I said now playing along, "Maybe you are 'Emma'. But if so, where's the real Sutton?"

A pained look crossed 'Emma's face, "Sutton's…she's dead."

And just like that I knew she wasn't lying. That this wasn't some game of hers. She had the same look as Sutton used to get when she was being extremely serious. The same scrunched up eyes and the same biting f the left cheek.

"How?" I managed to croak.

"I don't know Thayer, but we are going to find out. Ethan knows, he's been helping me," She finally faced me, "Thayer I know what you're going through but you can't tell anyone. If the killer found out they'd—"

"Don't worry," I said, "My mouths under lock and key."

So much made sense now, the sudden maturity, and her niceness, Landry. She didn't shut me out after all. A tiny glimmer of happiness shot through m but was quickly put out by the darkness.

My Sutton was dead. Gone forever.

Emma had now risen, "She died loving you."

"And I shall die loving her," I said.

She was halfway out the door when I stopped her, "And…um…Emma? Thank-you for telling me, I promise to help you in anyway possible. For Sutton."

She nodded and gave me a weak smile, then shut the door behind her.

I closed my eyes and remembered her. Her smile, her laugh, her bitchiness, her courage. Every little thing about her made me love her a little more.

"Goodbye S," I whispered, as a single tear rolled down my cheek, "Love you. Forever and Always."

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I watched as the tear rolled down his cheek. I ached to reach out and wipe it away, to take him in my arms and tell him how much I loved him, how much I'll always love him. But now I could just stand and watch as the love of my life went through pain alone.

"Love you T," I sighed, knowing he would never hear me say it.

"Forever and Always."

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