Stephanie's POV
As the plane lands I get up with 9 other soldiers as we hold onto Zac's,Nick's,Riley's and Alex's Coffin I held onto the front bar of Alex's coffin as I was the first standing in the doorway. It was silent for a moment before the plane door opened revealing a entire crowd of people cheering for us I look to my right side as I stood onto those plane steps and I noticed Demi and all of her friends and family there she smiles at me and claps I look at her and our eyes lock and I give her a sympathetic look and I let my eyes water she notices and I see her smile lightly fade. As I turned around and grabbed the bottom of Alex's coffin I took the first few steps down the airplane's stairs then the rest of the soldiers followed as I took my final step we placed the coffins on a metal coffin holder I look at Demi and she's sobbing and I see one of her friends holding her I took a deep breath as I see Lieutenant Jason walk out last as he shuts the door of the plane and steps down we push the coffins and we have them next to each other in order. I look down at Alex's coffin to see her picture and her dog tags on top of the bouquet of roses in my thoughts I smiled I finally did it I killed her as I stared at her coffin I thought to myself
"Good Riddance." I said
We all grab the flags on top of the coffins and fold them I hold onto Alex's flag and stand in order with the rest as Sargent Mason walks up and put's his hand over the flag and I see water in his eyes he pulls out a purple heart and gently places it on top of Alex's flag and salutes me I nod my head and I walk over to Demi to give her the last thing Alex will ever give her.
Demi's POV
When I saw Stephanie walk down holding a coffin my mind began to race and I began to sob I kept thinking
"It can't be Alex..She's safe, she's probably all the way in the back with the rest she has to be." I said to myself as 3 other coffins were lowered I see the last soldier standing in the plane doorway it was Lieutenant Jason he turns around and closes the door as he walks down the steps and salutes the other officers. I look at Stephanie and she looks down at the coffin and puts her hand over it gently I see her and another soldier fold the flag that was on top of it and I see one of the Sargent's walk up to Stephanie and he pulls out a medal and places it down on the flag Stephanie nods her head and she looks at me and walks towards me. I felt time stop everything kept moving slowly I felt Marissa hold onto me and I began to sob into her arms
"No!...No! This can't be happening, This can't be fucking happening!" I yelled into her chest
"Demi..." Marissa said I look up and Stephanie hands me the folded flag with a purple heart medal on it she has tears in her eyes and she says
"Demi I'm sorry we did everything we could but there was nothing left that we could do..." she said
"I wan't to see her! Let me see her please." I look over and I see them roll away the coffins I push past Stephanie and I run towards Alex's coffin I hear Stephanie groan really loud trying hard not to make it sound loud I run as fast as I could and once I got closer I saw the flowers over her coffin with her picture I see the burned dog tags her dad gave her and I stop dead in my tracks I couldn't believe it I look at the other 3 coffins and I see Riley's picture, Zac and Nick's picture along with their jackets I fall on my knees and began sobbing I hear someone coming behind me and they wrap their arms around me I look up and it was Stephanie
"Demi you don't want to see anymore c'mon." she said
"I want to see her!" I yelled
"Demi Trust me when I say you don't want to see that please!" she said I hold onto her uniform tight as I sobbed I looked back at Alex's coffin and I let go of Stephanie and ran to it again I look at it closer and I put my head over the top of Alex's Jacket that was placed on the coffin and sobbed
"No! baby no! why baby why.? you were supposed to be standing on those steps not here not like this with flowers over you!...you promised me baby....I love you..Couldn't you see that I loved you!" I sobbed Stephanie walks up to me and she's holding onto her hip she gently lifts my head up from Alex's coffin and wraps her arms around me I kept sobbing into her chest. I look up and I see Riley's parent's crying and another couple crying I assumed they were Zac and Nick's parents as Stephanie walks me back to where I was before I look at every ones faces Maddie was crying, Dallas was crying we were all crying. As we get into the parking lot I was to weak enough to drive i was in shock my pain got the best of me they gave me Alex's Jacket and her dog tags as they carried her coffin away. We walked to the car and Marissa drove I stayed in the back seat quietly sobbing while I hugged Alex's jacket I feel Madison hug me and I hugged her back laying my head onto her head she kissed my cheek and I see her tear filled eyes she holds my hand and I still kept on sobbing in the car.
*10 Minutes later*
Still Demi's POV
We finally make it home and all the girls hold onto me they were afraid that I would fall at any moment due to all the shock and emotional distress I've just been through I stumble on the stairs of the front porch and I still had tears falling from my eyes as I open the door I see Alex's dad on the couch he he had tears falling from his eyes I see Wilmer and he has his head down he too was crying, I look over and I see my parents and Alex's mom sobbing once they see me I walk up to them and sobbed with them I pull out the dog tags and I walk over to Craig once he sees me he get's up and hugs me we let go and he says while holding back tears
"S-She's a hero when you all left two officers from the base came by and told us the news I couldn't believe it I mean she and her team we're packing ready to leave they said while they cleaned the base they found their stuff packed and ready to come home. The base was ambushed by enemy fighters that were destroying the city it was a random attack no warning, nothing they were in the Hum V rescuing wounded soldiers and bringing them back to evac when they kept looking for more survivors roadside bomb-...I'm sorry." he said as he was choking up
"Umm the impact caused the car to flip over and causing it to explode when the fuel line spilled only one member of their group survived they said Stephanie was found trying to run towards the car after she was thrown from it during impact... they were never recovered....they also said that the memorial is in 2 days they're giving her and her group the highest honor in the service for their bravery and the sacrifice they made" he said as he began to cry I hug him and I sob with him all the girls we're crying and hugging each other I let go and said
"T-they gave me this and I knew Alex would have wanted you to have it." I said as I hand him the dog tags he bites his lip and he begins to cry he wipes his tears and he says
"No you're wrong Demi..she would want you to have these more than me if..if she was here she would have wanted you to have them." he said as he puts them around my neck I cry in his shoulder and he holds onto me
"No matter what you're still apart of this family we love and support you we knew Alex felt the same.." he said
After a few hours everyone left home except for Marissa she wanted to make sure I was okay Jeremy was snuggled next to me since he too was crying he held onto the teddy bear Alex gave him and he couldn't let go of me. When he finally fell asleep I put him to bed and Marissa was downstairs in the living room I walk into Alex's and I bedroom and I go inside the closet and I see her Letterman Jacket there I grab it and I wear it. I look at the photos we took over the summer and I see one I took of her she was smiling so big and bright then I realized that I would never see that smile again I started crying again and soon it turned into sobs I walk into the bathroom and I see my eyes they were puffy red from crying all day I felt numb like my entire life was just ripped away from me I didn't know what to do I open the medicine cabinet and I see a box of razors and a bottle of Alex's old pain medicine I grab one of the razors and lied down on the bathroom floor my inner demons kept telling me to do it. I wanted to do it just to feel something to let it all out I press the razor hard on my wrist and soon I saw blood when I was about to do another one I hear the door open and Marissa grabs the razor and says
"Demi what the fuck are you doing.!?" she said
"I need it Marissa please just leave me here please I just want to be with Alex.!" I sobbed
"Alex wouldn't want this for you Demi she wouldn't want you doing this to yourself! Look at me Demi Look at me.!" she said I look at her in the eyes and I began crying
"I can't do it without her Marissa I can't! she saved me when I needed her she was the reason why I had the strength to survive she was my everything and now she's gone and there's nothing I could do to bring her back!" I sobbed
"Demi you have to be strong she's always going to be with you Demi she's always going to be by your side no matter what." she said she helps me up from the bathroom floor and she cleans my wrist we go downstairs and we slept in the living room I couldn't sleep because I'm missing the other half of me..
(Hey guys hoped you liked this update it's boring I know I'm sorry but I'm writing the next part right now hopefully it'll be up by morning or later on in the night also a little side note I'm changing Demi's hair color to black or do you guys want me to stick to blonde well anyway tell me what you want to happen or what you should think should happen next I love you guys night!)