EPILOGUE : Deep End

He closed his eyes tightly, wishing he could be anywhere other than where he was. But when he opened them again he was still there, surrounded by people dressed in black. He blended in quite well with his own dreary dark attire. This couldn't be happening, not again.

He felt robbed. Why was life constantly taking away the people he loved most? He'd lost his mother at the age of ten, now eight years later he'd lost his boyfriend, Adrian.

Why did it feel like everything had gone full circle? Didn't it all start with a funeral quite like this one? The day his mother had died was one of the worst days of his life, he never thought he'd ever feel pain quite like that again. But he was wrong, the universe proved him wrong. The day he lost Adrian was the worst day of his life. The pain he felt in the moments after his last breath was unmatchable.