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Below her, Helios was flying.
The man she once loved.
It was as if she was watching a movie scene unfold when Helios lost control of his bike and he began to fall. Everything seemed to happen in slow motion, and a part of her didn’t see Helios as he fell. What she saw instead was herself, falling down, down, down when she, too, once tried to win his love this way.
Helios’s back slammed against the ground.
A crowd instantly swarmed around him, and soon, she saw Helios being lifted on a stretcher.
Looking at him lying on the stretcher, stirring ever so slightly, she realized something painfully true.
By allowing him to earn her love when he shouldn’t even have to, she had become the one person she didn’t ever want to be.
She had become James.
Swish.
The thought had her collapsing on the bed, and she stared blankly at the walls, unable to believe how much she had changed. Why? Why? Why had she changed so much?
She stayed there, unmoving, for hours, trying to think of a way to make herself human...even if it was only for Helios’ sake. But she couldn’t. It was as if her heart had turned into stone, protecting itself by not beating for anyone except for herself.
When Katya came back to MJ’s room, she saw her sister sitting on the bed, a vacant look on her face. “MJ?”
“Is he all right?”
“Yes. He’s either really strong or really lucky. He only got off with a couple of bruises.”
A ghost of a smile flitted over MJ’s lips. “I broke my ribs when I did the same thing.”
Katya hesitantly returned the smile. “Would you like to see him?” Her eyes darted to the door. “He asked for you, you know.”
Slowly, MJ shook her head. “No. I think...it’s better this way. He has to understand I’m not the same MJ he...knew before.”
Katya said vehemently, “Don’t do that. Helios Andreadis didn’t just know you, MJ. Helovedyou, and you’re being unfair, pretending you don’t know that.”
MJ said painfully, “I just really think he’s better off without me. And the colder I act towards him, it’s as if I feel better.” A choked sob escaped her. “I don’t understand what’s happening to me, Kat. All I know is that for his sake, I have to stay away before he finds out that I’m happy...I’m happy when he’s hurting.”
Outside MJ’s room, Helios slowly lowered his fist and leaned against the wall, his face drawn.
He had heard every word.
