Only Kyle Sequel: Only a Matter of Time

Part 2: I didn't have a choice...

He looked surprised at my sudden submission, but nodded slowly with understanding. Zach put his hands up and began to back away from us with a smile.

"I'm going, I'm going," he repeated as I watched him walk to the school's entrance again. Kyle took his place in front of me.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"Not here," I shook my head, "can we go somewhere else?"

He nodded. "Sure. I know exactly where we can go."

He took my hand in his and led me to his car with his other hand on the small of my back. My heart started to beat painfully as I moved through the crowd with Kyle, his BMW coming into view in the car park.

This was it, I didn't know how long or how short the journey was going to be, so I didn't know how long I had to think about what I was going to say to him. Of course, I was going to have to say those heart breaking words Melissa had engraved me with, but there had to be something else. Maybe I could find a loop whole? Maybe I could find something that wouldn't make him feel so bad? Something that would make both of us feel better...

Kyle helped me into the passenger side of his BMW before sliding into the driver's seat, and pulling out of the school's student parking area. I fiddled with my fingers as I stared straight ahead of me, trying to fight off the pain in my chest. I felt so sick with pain.

"Are you alright?" Kyle asked as I nodded automatically. "Jeez Jessica, don't look so nervous. You're making me feel like you've got only six months left to live or something."

I chuckled uneasily as I felt myself tense up, another shooting pain hurting my already aching chest. Was this what heartbreak felt like?

"Get on with it Jessica," a familiar voice whispered as I felt my eyes widen. I looked into the rear-view mirror to find a sly faced Melissa waving from the backseat. I reflectively turned around quickly with my heart in throat, finding nothing or no one there.

"What's wrong?" Kyle asked as I continued to look in the mirror and the backseat, seeing no sign of Melissa as I slowly turned back around to my original position.

"Nothing," I replied, sitting nervously in my seat with my hands on my lap, averting my eyes from his knowing gaze.

"You've been saying that a lot," he commented, "don't beat around the bush."

"I'm not," I said quickly, looking up at him unconvincingly, "there is just nothing to tell, that's all."

"If there wasn't, we wouldn't be in this car right now." He said as he rolled his head at me, trying to catch my gaze. He sighed as I kept my head down, my eyes lingering on the mirror above me.

"Tick Tock," the voice of Melissa continued to taunt. I squeezed my eyes shut to try and make her voice go away, but it wasn't working. Why was she doing this to me? She was already making me do an impossible task, but she had to keep reminding me every two minutes?

"We're here," Kyle said quietly as the car slowed down to a stop, shh-ing Melissa's voice for the time being. I opened my eyes and looked out the window for the first time, feeling myself wince as my chest ached a little more.

Our field.

The field were Kyle had revealed himself, the field where the fight had taken place with Marcus and his followers, and the same field he had died in...the field where we had kissed...where we flew...

Kyle opened my passenger door for me as I took a shaky step outside, holding his hand as he pulled me towards a wooden, unstable fence.

I remember faintly the last time we was here that I climbed over it before, not bothering to push it open like I probably should have. Kyle was about to make a move to climb over the gate of the fence like we had both done the last time we were here, but I pushed it open instead. I didn't want to keep a memory like that fresh in my mind...I wanted to try and forget it if I was never going to see Kyle again.