Nickoli’s POV: The world around me was slowly moving. Everything was spinning and I didn't know what to pay attention to. My heart was pounding in my chest and it felt like it would fall out any minute now. My breathing became faster and faster. Annabel? She was gone. No, she wouldn’t leave me. I watched her as she laid lifeless on the bed. Tears started to fall from my eyes as I watched her. I didn't know what to do. My life, my world just slipped away from me. She couldn't possibly leave me. I shook her trying to wake her up but nothing happened. She didn't move. She can't die on me. She promised. She said she wouldn't leave me. "Nickoli, honey? It's going to be okay." I heard my mother say. I looked at her with tears in my eyes. "She's not gone. She can't be." I said more to myse