I stood there... traumatized. I stood not blinking and my breathing was uneven and fast. He was dead. Mackenzie was dead... Dead... 5 minutes ago... "Can't I walk you home?" asked Mackenzie. He smiled at me. "No. Go away. I'm fine on my own you know! I don't need your help! I hate you!" I snapped. My red became hot and I could feel myself blushing. He laughed. "I don't think you hate me! But I can tell you don't like me either. And why not? You're still young, I'm older and can keep you safe," he said softly. "Ha!" I snorted. "I'm twelve! I'm not that young, what the hell are you talking about you weirdo! And what do you mean keep me safe? From what?" I laughed as I walked out on to the street. "KATHERINE!!" he shouted. He ran as fast as he could over to me. I turned to see a car racing towards me. This was it! I was going to die! Just then I felt someone grab my arm and throw me back onto the sidewalk. I fell roughly against the ground and I cringed. "Ouch..." I looked up to see Mackenzie on the street. "Katherine I..." SLAM It all happened so fast. I felt his blood splash onto my face and my breathing took over me. My eyes widened and my mouth dropped. I held my hand up to my face and wiped some of the blood off my face. I looked at it. "M... Mackenzie? M... M... Mackenzie? Where did you go? Where... did... you go?" Screams filled the street and in seconds an enormous crowd hovered around Mackenzie and I get myself stand and push my way through the crowd. When I saw the body I started crying. "MACKENZIE!!" I screamed. I threw myself onto him and sobbed. "No! Don't leave me! You can't leave me! I love you! I really really love you! I was just scared! Come back to me! PLEASE!!" But he never did... He was pronounced dead hours later at the hospital and I was never the same. My parents sent me to a different school, a private institute. I had lost all my friends and didn't plan on making any new ones. I was nothing... without him...