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| �No, I mean, I just need to clear my head for a bit� �Are you sure?� �Look,� I said jumping up from the bed,� I�ll be fine. Okay? I need some air is all. Stay here. I�ll be back.� She giggled. I looked down and realized that I was still completely naked. I laughed too. Then we both burst into laughter. I tiptoed over to the side of the bed and slipped on my black leather pants and �Van Halen� shirt. I quickly tied up my boots, I headed for the door but was interrupted by Ivy�s soft voice. �Antonio?� �Yes?� I said turning around taking in all her beauty for what it was. �I love you.� I smiled, �I love you too,� �Eternally?� she asked. Once again her question caught me off guard. �Eternally.� I said and walked out the door. I found myself taking a walk through the 5th street park instead of just once around the block, as was originally planned. I was contemplating Ivy�s first question about love prevailing and then her strange outburst of �eternity�. What was on her mind behind those smiling Irish ice blue eyes? She wasn�t planning on suicide was she? Shit! I thought. Maybe I shouldn�t have left her alone. Something told me to look behind myself. A black hooded figure of a man was walking up behind me fast. I began to walk faster. There were, afterall, winos and muggers that tend to take a liking to this park. The figure sped up. I could hear his footsteps behind me on the grass. I started to run, and then I felt something sharp and hard in my back. I fell to the ground. I seemed to fall forever. I pulled the knife out of my back, wincing in pain. I turned over on my back and started at the sky. I was interrupted by the black hooded figure standing over me. My first thought was Ivy and eternity, then I thought I might fight for my life. �Give me all of your money!� the hooded man said. �I haven�t any. I only came for a walk.� I said choking on my own air. �You�re lying. Empty your fucking pockets faggot.� The voice from the hood said. I reached into my pockets and pulled out the pockets themselves. The pain soared through my back into my head. �What�s with the long hair loser?� The voice said. He knelt down and picked me up by my shirt. I caught a glance of his face. He was paler that a man taken sick by syphilis. His eyes were crimson. His lips were dry and cracked like a desert ground. �Please-� I choked �Oh, shut the hell up!� he exclaimed. He searched me. �Ivy� I thought. �I asked you a fucking question. What�s with the hair? Are you some kind of faggot?� he said as he slapped me. �Ivy� I tried to say. �Do you take it in the ass?� he mocked I started to feel cold. My lower lip quivered. �Want some of this faggot?� he stared at me through crimson eyes. Complete hate shone through them like a gamma ray. My mind raced. If only I could have been with Ivy right now I thought, He flipped me over. He took down my pants and began to rape me. All the while saying, �Take this faggot!� I struggled. I tried so hard to fight, but I was weak. I gave up. �Eternity�� I thought as I went. I sat there waiting on the bed for Antonio. He never showed up. 5:30 came and I was pacing around the room like an insane lion. Suddenly I felt a sharp pain into my stomach. A pain like no other. I fell to the floor. I seemed to fall forever. I knew at that moment that something had happened. �ANTONIO,�I cried,�Antonio.� I rolled into a ball on the floor. I choked for air. �Eternity�� spilled out of my mouth like an angel falling from heaven. An hour later I found that my Antonio had been mugged, raped, and murdered. My heart broke into a million shards. I wanted to die. I took Antonio�s knife and pressed it to my delicate stomach. I wanted it. I wanted it so bad. I tried. Something pulled my hand down. �No, Ivy. Remember, eternity� I told my Ivy. I felt a cold air in the room. My hands were like ice. I dropped the knife, and fell over crying. �My Antonio, I love you. I miss you.� �I love you and miss you too.� I told my Ivy. I kissed her cheek. I felt a cold, like ice on my cheek. I cried myself to sleep. �Yes sleep my Ivy. I�ll see you soon.� I dreamt. I dreamt about my Antonio. We were here, like last night. We knew each other all over again. We spoke of eternity. Except, he told me, �My dearest love, Ivy, please live on until we will see each other again. And when that day comes, never, never again will we be separate. Remember my, Ivy, eternity.� I awoke to a steamy room. Like it was the last time we were together. I watched over her as she lay in what used to be my bed. I felt a chill through the room although the mirrors were fogged. I wanted to touch her again so I lay down upon her. My entire body became cold. AND WE SAID ETERNITY. |