Casey's POV

Our eyes met for the first time in five years. She looked... mad. But the icy-cold wind ruffling her golden-brown hair pulled me to her as I felt the desire that had pulled me to her that first day of 7th grade. She was beautiful, and all I wanted to do was pull her into a reassuring hug. Yet Sky just looked back at me with cold, unassuming eyes.

"Hey." I whispered.
"Casey.." and she broke down into tears, silently vibrating against my shoulders. After what felt like an age, she pulled herself back into my eyeline, blue eyes glistening through the pain.
"You can't be here. I'm sorry, but you just can't. We're impossible. Whatever this is, it can't be." She shuffles uncomfortably against the gravel paths leading towards the school's sports fields, eyes towards the ground.
"But why? How can I accept it if I haven't got an explanation? I've waited Sky, waited for years for you to accept me back into your life. I can't wait for you anymore. We're seniors now, and I can't keep watching you tear yourself apart. I love you, and I can't help feeling that this is all my fault. What did I do?"

Skys POV

Casey was here. I had a chance. Let's not blow this.
"What did I do?" She finished.
Nothing, I wanted to reply. She did nothing wrong. But how do I tell her that us dating could end in one or both of us dead? And how could I tell her that I knew it would end up being her. And if that happened, I would go too. That she is that last thing keeping me tied to this earth. Her and the potential that maybe I could escape, escape my thoughts, my home, maybe go back to soccer. It was too complicated.

I looked to Tegan. Her expression read, "let her in." Could I?

"Casey... I love you. But I can't. I just can't. How do I tell you everything? It's been five years. I'm drowning in the shame of my past, of my part to play in all of this. I just don't have the strength to start again. It happens everyday. Pulling me away from you. But I can't. I cant let you in. Because if I do, and you end up being torn away from me, that will be the last of us. Of me. Please trust me Case. I love you."

I watched as a tear trickled from the corner of her eye. Those soft brown eyes.

"Please just trust me."  I sob.
And she just pulls me into a tight hug.
"I trust you sky. You don't have to let go now. Or ever if you don't feel comfortable. But I can't just stand here and watch you in pain. Please just let me back in. As a friend if it has to be. I just need you back."

"Okay."

Tegan's POV

I had my two best friends back on the same side. There was nothing left to lose. I love them with my whole heart. Sky like a sister. And now she had a tiny piece of her soul back. The spark of happiness that I had only seen briefly since her brother died was re-ignited.

And we were all better off for it, no matter what Sky thought.

I looked at her, a grin formulating on her face. I knew that look. She had a crazy idea, and was definitely about to voice it.

"Soccer?" 

WHAT DID SHE JUST SAY?

"I'm sorry Sky, did I hear you right?"

She laughed, throwing her hair into a loose ponytail to escape the wind.

"If Casey's back, what am I going to lose from a little 2 vs 1?

 I just laughed. I had my best friend back, kind of. She was happy again now that Casey was here. I love these girls so much. Sky looked back at me with a cheeky grin. Now it's time for one hell of a soccer game.

The freshman who made varsity first time. Against the newly named Captain and Vice Captain of the current varsity team. Oh, this would be good.