Her eyes snapped open. The hand holding the scissors fell away as she whipped her head around. She had heard it. It was his voice, she was sure of it. She couldn’t have imagined it….could she?
*No Ami you didn’t…….* came the voice again, sounding amused, as if its owner had read her mind.. She turned, and the air in front of the large picture-window began to shimmer and dance with some strange light. The curtains framing the window billowed in an unseen wind, as the air began to take on a shape. *I don’t think you are that far gone yet….* A familiar face framed by dark hair emerged from the air, followed by a tall, lean male body clad in David’s signature crushed velvet tunic and breeches and silk vest, all a deep blue the same color as her hair. He smiled at her, chuckling at the shocked expression on her face.
*Don’t look so surprised* he said as she slowly rose from her chair, never taking her eyes off of him, as if she half-expected him to disappear if she did. *Did you really think I’d leave without properly saying goodbye?*
Ami finally found her tongue and stuttered nervously. “D-David? I-is that r-really y-you?” she asked, stepping forward.
*Of course it is, silly girl,* he replied, grinning. *Could anyone else wear this outfit so nicely?*
A smile spread slowly over Ami’s face, tears of happiness overflowing down her cheeks. “You….you’re alive! Oh David……” she said, running to him to catch him in an embrace. But when she tried, her arms passed through him as if there was nothing there but air. She cried out and looked up at him with wide eyes, her smile of joy gone.
*Nay love, I am not I’m afraid,* he said softly. *I only wish I was.*
She studied his face intently, and her face fell when she realized he was telling the truth. It was then that she realized that his mouth wasn’t moving when he talked. She looked at him quizzically.
“David…….how…..” she began.
*I am speaking directly into your mind,* he said, tracing her thought patterns. *Spirits can do this sort of thing you know, and it’s really much simpler this way.*
Ami dropped her eyes, a tear running down her cheek. “Then you really are dead….” she said softly, her voice trembling. David was silent for a moment, then somehow touched her cheek with his intangible fingers and raised her face to meet her eyes with his own. Ami was taken aback; even in death, his eyes seemed full of life and laughter.
*Perhaps my body is dead, but not my soul,* he said with conviction, looking deep into her eyes. *I may no longer inhabit the realm of the living, but I exist nonetheless. I live in your mind, your dreams……and in your heart. That is, as long as you remember me…* “David how could I ever forget you?” Ami said. “I’ll always think of you…..and love you.”
*Good,* he said, then his face became serious. *Ami, I…….I’m sorry I never told you. I was just afraid……..* he turned his face away for an instant, closing his eyes. When he looked at her again, his eyes were full of a mixture of love and pain. *I couldn’t bear it that you were in love with Zoisite and not me, and it would have broken my heart if I had told you and you had rejected me,*
“But it broke your heart anyway…” Ami said softly. David closed his eyes. *Yes, it did. It was stupid of me. I was only a coward, and I realize that now.* Ami shook her head. “No David you aren’t a coward……I think if I were in your position I would have done the same thing….” she said.
David opened his eyes and looked at her earnestly. *I only wanted you to be happy, Ami……and I didn’t think I could make you happy, not the way Zoisite could.*
Ami dropped her eyes, pained by his words. “To be honest David, I didn’t think you could either…..” She paused, then looked up at him. “But I was wrong David, I know that now! It was you I loved all along……” She trailed off, her expression becoming one of despair. “But now its too late….” She said softly.
*No, no love, its not too late!* David said joyfully, smiling at her. *Whether I live or not, the love we share will!* He raised a hand and it became solid, so that he could brush her hair behind her ear and caress her cheek gently, looking into her eyes. *Don’t you see? Love surpasses all things, even death. Though I may not be here physically, though you may not be able to touch me or hold me or kiss me, you can still think of me and love me.* He smiled at her. *I love you Ami, with all my heart. And though I must dwell in another universe now, my heart is with yours, as it will always be.*
Ami smiled back, her eyes glistening with joyful tears. “Oh David………..I love you…….”
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