Gone Too Soon

The Twins

It was raining, and I despised rain. It's because every time it rains, something bad happens. It was raining when I lost my job, it was raining when I lost my parents, it was raining when my friend got caught in an accident, and it was then raining when the doctor just said he was gone.

Kyle and Karren Reyes. The twins that everyone knew about. The twins were inseparable, impregnable and invincible. But then, just like this, they were torn, and separated.

I watched as Karren fell to her knees. Her eyes red and her cheeks stained with tears. I couldn't bring myself to comfort her, for I feel like I didn't know and understand truly how she feels.

How does it feel to lose someone that you've literally grown up with? How does it feel to lose a brother, a best friend and practically, a soul mate? How does it feel to have a twin, grow up with him, do everything together with him, and suddenly, have him disappear? I only ever knew how it felt like to cause someone's death.

The memories of that day was still fresh in my mind. The day in which that dreadful accident happened. I was the one who was crossing the road, but regardless, it was him who pushed me out of the way. I remember seeing him running to me from the side of the road, I remember the moment I realized a speeding car was moving towards me, and mostly, I remember being shoved aside and falling on the soft grass just beside the road. Everything felt like it was in slow motion, but it all happened in a blink of an eye. He saved me.

I wasn't sure whose screams I heard afterwards, but I assumed it was Karren's and mine. The sound of the impact rang in my ears as I watched in horror. Kyle was thrown onto the windshield, shattering it into pieces. The car came to a screeching halt, and we both rushed towards Kyle's bloodied limp body, shrieking and yelling out his name.

The guilt I felt was tremendous. If he hadn't saved me, he would still be alive. He would be with his twin right now, being as inseparable as they've always been. But I had just destroyed that.

Karren was audibly sobbing, hiccuping as she tried to wipe away the stream making its way down her cheeks. She stayed on the floor, gradually curling up into her own protective wall as she wrapped her shaking arms around herself.

Finally, she voiced out, though her voice was cracked. "He was gone too soon."

I couldn't have agreed more.