Tess
I can't keep track of how many minutes, hours, and lifetimes I spend in this waiting room with Lily and my other friends. It feels like I've been here forever. We're all praying to the moon goddess for Lucas. But eventually, exhaustion takes me, and I drift off into a fitful sleep.
A nightmare takes root in my brain, and I see images of Lily and Wesley kissing each other and laughing. I see her baby bump growing larger and larger, and then I spot myself alone without a baby or a partner to call my own. I'm standing there, all alone.
I inhale sharply, tears streaming down my face. "This isn't what I want...I don't deserve this future. Please, my family was already taken away from me. Why does Lucas have to go too? Can't he stay here with me?"
There is no answer. I don't even know w
