CHAPTER 47

"No. You didn't do anything! Elijah was a mistake. That's final. You and I, we have each other. We'll always have each other." She told me. She sounded so young, her voice only slightly different from mine. I wanted to laugh at the thought, but I couldn't bring myself to.

"Yeah. He was." I agreed, grimly. She stayed silent.

"Do you ever think we should have died with mom and dad?" I asked her softly.

"I can't think like that for two reasons. One, being that my thoughts, don't matter since you're in control, and two being, that I have to stay strong. For you." she said equally soft back and I smiled slightly, only to have it turn into a grimance.

Neither of us said anything, we just listened to the wind around us, the leaves rustling, the scitter scatters of the woodlind animals around us. It was nice, it was quiet. But then my thoughts interrupted, and I found myself wondering things that I wished I hadn't.

"Why us?" I asked suddenly.

"Why not us?" She replied