~Chapter 16~

   Caleb...
   Caleb, I remember everything...About you, about Ai, about us... Caleb!
   I looked up at the sky, covered by dark clouds, drenching me in rain. Where could he be at this moment? In Hell? Would they have taken him there? I wonder what he's thinking at this exact moment... Is he thinking about me?
   No. He doesn't love me anymore...why would he be thinking about me?

   Adri...
   I don't understand...after everything we've been through...Hell, we were even together in a past life! I mean...it's a little blurry...but I can see some random flashes of memories, of me and Adri, together, happy, beautiful. And even after all of that, how could she just leave me like that!? Damn it, that man, Kris, he told me, and I wouldn't believe him. I didn't want to believe him when he said that she didn't love me enough to stay with me. But he was right. He offered, and she declined, and he was right. Adriana doesn't love me. Not like I love her. Loved her. It's time to move on...
   Yet I still couldn't get my mind off of her... Her soul calls to me... I finally under stood why it was that Adri and I were so connected, when Kris helped me remember my past. It's because of our relationship in our previous life, as King and Queen of some small island named Heaven for its beauty. There was some sort of unbreakable string connecting us through life and death, causing us to be drawn toward each other. Which is why the second I saw her, I wanted nothing more than to simply be around her... She was so beautiful...with her cute dimples and her shiny brown hair... I still remember that first day I had transferred to our school like it was yesterday... How all through the day I couldn't keep my eyes off of her, but being too shy at the time to even speak a word... Even when she approached me the next day, I was so silent at the sight of her, my tongue was dry and I could barely manage a 'Hi'. But when I spoke, the smile that came across her face was something which could have blinded anyone. Because she too had felt the connection...
   Damn!!  Here I am again, thinking about Adri! I shouldn't waste my time, she doesn't even spare me a second thought.
   "Hey, come on man, cheer up!" I looked up at the man who claimed he was my friend, Kris. His face was completely familiar, as another blurry piece of my past.
   "I just..." I started. "I don't..." I was unable to form any complete sentence with my mouth.
   "It's not worth it," he said. "Girls are stupid."
   Daisy, a girl with long pink hair who I had begun wondering could even speak, finally raised her voice at this. "Excuse me?"
   Kris rolled his eyes then turned toward her with a sweet smile. "Except for you of course." I see, they must be a couple. Like me and-
   Nevermind.
   The smile was lost when his face turned back to me. "But seriously, she's not worth it."
   "Jeez," Daisy said. "Go easy on him, he's just been through a breakup!" Then she walked over and sat next to me. With a kind smile she said, "Don't worry, he usually isn't like this."
   Kris scowled. "Like what?"
   Then I turned my attention to the room we were in. It appeared to be a bedroom, with dark blue colors all around it, such as the paint on the walls and the bed covers. The furniture, which included a desk with a lamp on it, a dresser, and a bookshelf filled with old-looking books, was all painted black. Overall, it was a pretty dark room. And I had no idea where it was.
   "Where are we anyway?"
   Kris's answer was quick and rushed. "Don't worry about that now." Something about the way he averted his eyes made me suspicious. "All you should worry about right now is what we're going to do next."
   "Do next? About what?" I noticed Daisy had looked up at Kris with a look that seemed to be a mixture of worry, suspicion, and disappointment. I wonder what's going on there...? But I didn't ask. Kris's answer distracted me.
   "About the war."