"Hold together Kim." Jenn whispered to the steadily fading girl at her feet, "You can't leave me now. Not when I haven't been able to tell you how I feel about you." Kim's eyes slowly opened and she reached out towards Jenn, "Jenn... I'm sorry..." Her voice was hollow and distant, yet Jenn could still hear the sadness in her tone. Jenn grabbed for the girl's hand only to have it pass through her own. She stared in disbelief at her hands, it was as if Kim was nothing more then a ghost, "N... no..." Jenn glanced down at Kim's face, which had now vanishing to a point that Jenn could clearly see the red carpet below the girl's head. Trembling Jenn tried to touch the girl's face only to find her fingers pass through the girl's cheek, "You can't die. Not now. Not ever." Tears tumbled over Jenn's cheeks as she watched her friend disappear before her very eyes. Kim gave a weak smile, "I don't belong here." She stated softly then glanced over at her twin, "She's the real me. She's the one that you meet all those years ago, the one that kissed you. Not me. I am nothing." "Stop talking like that." Jenn demanded, sorrowfully, "You're the one who came to my rescue. The one who saved me from that nightmarish world and you're the one I want to get to know more." Kim slowly shook her head, "She saved you. She showed me the way to you that first time and pushed me to do the right thing when I was about to give up." She remarked tiredly, glancing over to her double and reaching out towards her, "She fought off the monsters in the night. She is the one you have been falling for. Not me." "Stop talking like that." Jenn wiped at her tears with the sleeve of her shirt, "Stop acting like this is the end. Jessica will save you. When she comes back we can all have dinner together and forget all of this ever happened." "I'd like that..." Kim smiled weakly and then winced in pain. "Kim?!?" Jenn frantically tried to find a way to comfort the girl, "Hang in there. Everything will be all right you will see. Just don't give up." "I.. I wish I w... was as strong as Kima." Kim stated through a haze of pain, "Th... that I... I could stop being so weak." She rolled her head over to gaze up at Jenn and raised a hand to touch the girl's face, "I... I'm sorry I... push... ed you away and ca... called you disgusting. Y... you are n... not disgusting.... Y... you are the most beautiful girl I've ever met." Tears fell through Kim's face, leaving small damp droplets on the carpet, "I... I wish I was the one that ki... kissed you." She stated thinly, then slowly her hand dropped to her side and she lightly closed her eyes. Jenn nervously scanned the girl, "Kim!?!" She frantically tried to touch the girl only to have her hands pass right through Kim's body, "KIM!?!" Kim quickly faded away leaving only the stain from her tears behind, "NO!!! NOOOOOOOO!!!" Jenn dropped upon the spot where Kim once lay and let out a mournful sob. Abruptly a powerful wind started to circle around Jenn causing her hair to flip wildly about. Jenn sat up to see a glowing silhouette where Kim once lay and she could feel Kim's presence all around her. She could almost smell Kim's hair upon the air as it twirled around her, and then, all at once, the winds picked up in speed and shot off in every direction, sending waves of emotion across the Academy. Without warning the many students of Whispering Hills were filled with an intense and overwhelming sense of sadness and pain. Even though most of them had not known Kimberly they felt as her presence faded away causing several girls to suddenly break into uncontrolled bouts of sobs. Everyone knew someone important had just died somewhere in their home and they fell silent as they prayed for Kim's soul to find its way home. Jenn let out a howl of anguish as she clawed at the ground where Kim once lay. Amy rushed to the girl's aid, pulling Jenn into her arms and trying to sooth her pains. Natalie huddled into Alyson as she tried to hide her own tears. Misty and Cherilyn ran down the stairs just as Kris burst through the front doors and Tanya through the cafeteria doors. They all stopped the moment they saw Jenn crying in Amy's arms, somehow everyone knew what had happened and just wished it were not true. A deafening silence fell over the Western Dorm as everyone held their breath, waiting for Kim to reappear and give them that timid little smile of her's. The minutes passed by as they all began to realize the reality of their situation. Kim was gone and she would never return. Now they could only wait and hope that their other friends would return to them. Their prays falling upon Jessica in hopes that she would able to overcome her fears and pull the girls out of their dreams or there would be several more vacant beds in the Western Dorm that night. ***** To be Continued . . .
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