The whole date had been awkward from the start. Dinner hadn't been as bad, but when he had to walk her home, the atmosphere had grown uncomfortable.

One minute they were talking in the car, the next minute, she was in the back seat, her best friend on top of her and kissing her neck.

While she battled a horrible flu, she had come to realize many things about her blonde classmate. That's when she knew she would never be alone. She never was.

He could only watch as she slowly lost what he loved about her. She was a shell of her former self. And he missed it... so much.

Fate was cruel with everything. Even those who had escaped death still felt the immense guilt for living, even when their closest friends had been killed.