Anna's POV:-

The clouds roared loudly, the sharp sound echoing in the empty graveyard made me look at the pitch black sky above. It felt as if it might rain any minute.

My eyes turned glassy as my hand touched the still fresh mud of the grave infront of me. I read the carving of the tombstone for the third time since I came here.

Here lies Caleb Mathews, a husband, a father, a friend and a great human being.
1994 - 2017.

My brown hair swayed backwards when a strong swoosh of wind blew, taking away a few rose petals lying on the mud. My husband had always loved red roses infact he loved the colour red. For him it was the colour of love and passion.

It had been only two hours since the funeral. One by one everyone left. In this damn huge world I felt so small and vulnerable without Caleb.

"I miss you already love, you know when I was sitting near your hospital bed, holding your hand. You cried, I never saw you crying before and at that moment I wished you wouldn't leave me yet. I was hoping that maybe you will come home and we will complete that incomplete painting which you left behind. The way you were clutching your chest, the deafening sound of the ambulance made me so weak Caleb," I said as my fingers still ran on the mud beneath which the love of my life was burried.

"Y...you weren't supposed to leave. We had our life planned. You, me and our daughter Emily, we were supposed to go on adventures which we have craved all our life," My voice broke and my lungs tightened. Slowly my tears rolled down and so did the drops from the grey clouds.

It started raining heavily as if the clouds too were crying with me on my loss. My black knee length dress was drentching in water. I looked around and there were so many graves as far as my eyes could witness.

I wondered how their loved ones were living without them?

So many dreams and desires, the love residing in the heart all die with that one last breath and everything turns cold and lifeless. When a person dies they erase their story from the pages of the world but how can those memories be forgotten?

"Anna?" My best friend Charlie's voice brought me out of my thoughts. She sat beside me and I felt a soft hand being encircled around my neck.

"Caleb is gone, Charlie. He promised me he won't leave me ever but look he did," I whimpered, hiding my face in my palms. Soft sobs turned into painful cries and I couldn't breath. My heart was breaking as it thumped berserkly in my chest.

I wanted to rip my heart out so that I might not feel anymore.

"You are just 21 and you have a long life ahead. Emily needs you," she said cupping my face in her hands. I shook my head as I looked down. Another tear rolled down.

"This is the thing which scare me. This fucking life which is so damn hard. How am I supposed to live with the empty space he left behind?" I took one of the roses in my hand and a thorn pricked my finger, pain shoot through but it was nothing as compared to the pain I was feeling in my chest.

"Caleb said that even he won't survive he will still be restless whenever you will cry," Charlie was now wiping my tears away.

"When we got married I was 19 and he was 21, everyone said that we were rushing things but I knew he was the one for me. After a month of dating I knew I wanted nothing but to spend the rest of my life with him. Three years of our married life were like living a fairytale," A ghost of a smile appeared on my dry lips as I looked up.

"Your love was stronger than all the hurdles in your way. I'm so damn sure that your love for him and his for you will always blossom inbetween the walls of your house. In the form of your daughter and forever in your heart," She said, getting up and stretching her hand for me.

I took her hand and got up on my legs. It was still raining and there was this sudden calmness in the graveyard. The only sound that could be heard was the pitter patter of the rain drops touching the ground.

When we love someone we place our happiness, our heart in their palm. We suddenly become exposed and despite us being full of flaws when they love us, we get so used to it. Their voice become our comfort, their eyes our escape and we find a home inbetween their arms.  It becomes impossible to live without the warmth of their arms being wrapped around us.

"Remember how he used to hug you from behind. Rmember the roses he bought for you. Remember the way he danced with you. Remember how he looked at you whenever you wore that red dress he gifted you on your birthday. Remember his brown eyes, perfect smile and his messy brown hair. Remember the touch of his lips on yours. Remember Caleb and you will live Anna," Charlie squeezed my hand as I stood beside her.

"Always," I whispered wiping the tears away.

My eyes were stuck on the tombstone and I couldn't move. I was still searching for his beautiful face to appear in the distance. I was craving to hear him say that it will be ok but I knew nothing will be the same ever again.

"You took a part of me with you and I took a part of you with me. With the empty space left behind in my heart, I'll love you. Anna is yours and you are mine. Anna will always be your forever and you, Caleb, will always be my forever," I muttered and with a last glance I turned around and walked away.

Sitting in the car I rolled down the window, allowig the rain drops to fall on my face as I shut my eyes. I imagined him smiling at me from up above.

I headed home hoping that wherever he was, he was at peace and one day we shall meet again in another world, in another dimension and complete our half written story.

Forever Yours, Caleb!

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A/N:-
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Love,
Zoyii.