I guess I’d forgotten how perfect her eyes were. And it’s only been a day. She’s so beautiful.

“Jessie,” I say, she looks at me, tears staining her perfect face.

Jess rolls her eyes, pulling the door shut.

Before I can even get my thoughts together, I’m grabbing the side of the door and pulling it back out.

“Jessie, please.”

Jess shakes her head, “Cason, I was blind. And I fell in love with you. Only to find that it was you. . .You, Cason, you’re the one that killed my parents.”

I’d hated myself for weeks after I drove my car into there’s. And when I got to know Jess, when I looked into her eyes for the first time. I couldn’t tell her I was the one, because I knew I was in love with her.

“Jessie,” I whisper, “I never meant to hurt you. I’m sorry.”

Jess steps out into the porch, “Cason, the worst part of this is, I’m hurting because of you. Not only because you killed my parents. But because I was falling for you.”

I grab Jess’s hand, it’s warm against mine. And for some reason it gives me hope.

Jess doesn’t fight me, she lets me pull her to the front lawn.

I sit down and Jess sits next to me. I almost expect for her to lean her head against mine, but that was old times. Old memories.

I look up into the night sky. Three stars are shinning down on us. Three people.

“You know. I’ve always believed that when people die, they become stars,” I say, turning my head to look at Jess.

She doesn’t say anything, but I don’t blame her.

“Look,” I point up at the sky, “You see those three stars?”

Jess follows my finger and nods.

“Well I named them. That one to the right,” I point to the dimmest one, “I named Jenna. And the one next to it, I named Will.”

Jess looks at me her pale eyes meeting mine for the first time in what’s felt like years, “My parents,” Jess’s voice is small, it reminds me of the day I first met her. She looked so pale, so tried. But then I saw her eyes and I couldn’t believe how beautiful she was. I knew I had to know her.

I nod, “And the third one. I named after someone who’s still on earth. Who’s still alive.”

Jess looks away, “You named it after me?”

I shake my head, “No I named it Cason Winchester,” Jess turns to meet my eyes, “Because there’s already a star named Jessamy Fabray. And she’s brighter than all the stars up there.”

Jess looks down hiding her perfect smile.

I can’t keep my eyes off her, she’s so perfect.

Jess looks up at me, “What?” She says.

I smile, “I didn’t say anything.”

Jess shakes her head, nudging my arm, “Why are you looking at me like that?”

I look deep into Jess’s eyes, “Because your beautiful.”

Jess rolls her eyes, laughing, “I’m not beautiful,” she points up at the stars, “The stars are though.”

I shake my head, “Your brighter than all those stars. I can’t even see them, that’s how bright you are.”

Jess’s smile fades, as looks away, “Cason, I can’t.”

“Well I can,” I whisper, “I can.”

Jess shakes her head, “Cason, I think that before. When I was blind, I think that I loved you. But now whenever I look at you, I see the person that killed my parents.”

Jess stands up wiping her tears away, “I’m sorry.”

I stand up grabbing Jess’s wrist, I pull her towards me, throwing our faces inches apart.

Jess stands still, her eyes lingering on mine.

“Can I kiss you?” I ask.

I can see it in Jess’s eyes, I can see she wants this. She wants us.

Jess shakes her head, “No.”

I let her pull away from me. And by the time she’s at her front door, I wish I hadn’t let her go.

I shut my eyes, it was too much. Naming the stars. Too much, maybe she’d still be here if I hadn’t made such a scene.

I feel Jess’s warm hands on my face, “Thank you,” Jess whispers, “For everything.”

I nod, wishing that if I’d just looked where I was driving, maybe I wouldn’t have killed her parents.

“Don’t stop,” Jess whispers, pulling her hands away, “Don’t give up on me.”

Then just like always before I can even begin to think, the front door is closed and I’m left alone in the dark night.

“I won’t,” I whisper into the night.