I stand at the edge of time. The stars burn and swell as my clear green eyes peer at them. My gaze is held by one star in particular. There is something special about it. I'm not sure why, but I am drawn to it. I begin to walk closer to it, but all of a sudden I feel a hand holding me back. I turn around and stare into another pair of green eyes. Theirs are much happier than mine are. They are the eyes of joy and hope while mine are of tiredness and worry. My eyes are still beautiful, but they hold a hidden sadness that not even I can understand why it is there. "You weren't thinking of jumping, were you?" he asks jokingly, even though his tone sounded a bit worrisome. I hug him and kiss him quickly on the cheek. "And leave you? Never. I was just looking at the stars. They are so beautiful tonight, but I can feel them dying. Why does our universe have to go? I enjoyed it my whole life," I say sadly. I then sigh and think more deeply on how my life is going to be so short. I want to stay and love life. I keep wondering why the world had to end now. He feels my sadness and wraps his arms around me. "It will be all right. We can enjoy the time we have. The world is tired, it wants to rest. I think humanity wants the same, to rest," he says soothingly. "But I don't want to rest. I've had no life until now and it is about to end. Why?" I say, making myself almost hysterical. "Let's sleep now. We have days, maybe weeks left. We can spend more time together tomorrow." He leads me to our room. I brush my long, wavy, burgundy hair. My skin looks paler than ever in the moonlight. I have grown so weak and thin as the stars have lately. I don't feel the need to eat anymore. My days are numbered and I have more important things to do than eat. I try to form my full, pink lips into a smile, but fail. I can't think of anything at all to smile about. I slip into my cotton pajamas. Even though everything has advanced I refuse to use any of it. That's why I insisted that we move to the mountains in a small house and relax for the rest of our days together. The only people we ever see are my best friend and his brother. Though that has become rarer and rarer. I go towards the bed and he is already there, reading a book as he waits for me. He smiles at me as I slink under the sheets right next to him. I smile back and cuddle up to him. If only the world could hold on until we were old. I didn't want to lose the only true love I had ever had. We turn out the lights, give each other a light kiss goodnight, and then close our eyes. I fell asleep quickly. My weakness has made me tired all the time, but for some reason it let me know I was still alive. I began to dream a strange dream. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~****~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I stand in the middle of a field. The light blue dress that I wear billows softly around my pale ankles. A mirror lies on the ground before me and I pick it up. I look into it and my mouth turns into an "O" of surprise. I am no longer me. I have the same green eyes as usual, but other features have changed. Glitter is sprinkled around my eyes. My lips are the color of gold. My hair is short and bright red. It is also pin straight. Where I'm at does not look familiar, but a part of me knows the place. I walk barefoot through the field. I look upwards as I walk and the sky is covered with green and red stars. They become bigger and bigger. Emptiness fills me and I know that in five minutes that the world will be over. I cry. I cry for my love, my loss, and my pain. I feel him near me even though I cannot see him. I lay in the green grass waiting to awaken. I close my teary eyes. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~****~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I never wake. The world has ended. The stars collapsed and there is no more time. I am pulled somewhere. I try to call for him, but no sound comes from my mouth. It was never a dream, but a vision of my soul watching its time end.

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