Alex sat back down and started strumming, his fingers playing softly, finding their notes.
“I wrote this a few months after…” Alex sounded tired. He started picking slowly, a melancholy tune finding itself in his fingers. A slow rhythm picking up, like a heartbeat.
His voice was quiet, barely above a whisper. Ana turned slightly to listen.
“Give my own life just to have you back
Give it all up just to see you here
Throw it all away just for one last chance.
Give my own life just to have you back
Fall on the ground now and never stand
Lose my whole world just to save yours.
Just don’t let me fall.
Throw it all away
End it all today
Please don’t let me go.
Just don’t hide away.
Give my own life just to have you back
Give it all up just to see you here
Throw it all away just for one last chance.
Don’t let me go
Don’t let me fall
Don’t let me go.”
Alex stopped, his fingers hovering over the strings, silenced. He had spoken the best way he knew how.
Tears ran down Ana’s face. She turned to face him.
“For Danny. You wrote that for Danny.” She could barely hold her emotions together. The words stung, they bit into her soul.Give my own life just to have you back.If only she could.If only she could.
“No,” Alex said, lowering his guitar to the ground. “I wrote it for you.”
Ana glanced at him, momentarily confused.
“For…me?”
Alex nodded. He looked at his hands, as if wishing they could speak for him.
“What happened to Danny…we couldn’t…no one could change that. We all had a part to play, you know? Yeah, we’re all guilty or could have done something differently. But not really. Not if you think about it. We loved Danny. Ana, we still do. We would never,everhave tried to hurt him. Wherever he is now, he knows that.”
Wherever he is now.Ana closed her eyes, her mind reaching, searching for her twin.
“I wrote the song for you, Ana. When Danny died, I didn’t just lose my best friend. I lost both of you…and it was too much.” Alex reached out his hand and gently took hers. For the first time, Ana dared to look up at him; his eyes held hers. “I loved Danny. But I loved you too. I’ve always loved you.” His thumb softly stroked the palm of her hand.
