“You were supposed to come back for me,” Mia cried as she sat on the ground.

Sebastian looked down at her.

“What?” He asked, panicked as he squatted next to her.

Blood poured out of Mia’s stomach and tears rolled down her streaks.

“Amanda said you’d be here. Amanda said that you’d learnt your lesson, Seby. She told me you’d changed.”

Sebastian was so confused. He didn’t know he was supposed to be anywhere. He was fighting with Freddie in on of the fields. He needed all of the practice that he could get to train for battling Grenwald. Amanda didn’t say anything to him about being with Mia. He knew that Mia could fend for herself, but he didn’t know anymore. She was about to die. He didn’t want her to die. The truth was that he had feelings for Mia. He wanted to per-sue a relationship with her.

“Mia, you’re okay, honey,” Sebastian said, stroking her hair.

Mia cried into his hand as she slowly died. Sebastian kissed her forehead, tears streaming down his face.

Amanda sprinted up to Sebastian when Mia was already cold. Her body was already lifeless. Amanda was way too late. Sebastian started to resent Manda. He started to resent himself for not being there for Mia. For not hearing Amanda when she told Sebastian that Mia might need him today. She might need him a lot.

But he didn’t here. He didn’t learn that the girls needed him.

“Sebastian!” Amanda cried, running to Mia. Sebastian caught Manda before she could get to Mia’s body and held her.

“She’s gone, Amanda.”

“You should have been here, Sebastian,” she sobbed.

“I thought you’d learned. I thought you’d learned.”