"Come on Ari, this is the fifth time I've left you a message. Did you forget your phone again? Call me back." There was a smile evident in the message.
David hung up the phone, still smiling. Arianna could be so scatterbrained sometimes.
They were both Seniors this year, they were planning to go to collage together. They had both gotten in to Columbia University. David was saving up so that he could ask her to marry him.
At ten o'clock David was starting to get worried about her. He scooped up his keys, quickly making up his mind to go look for her. David drove her familiar routes to and from her job and the school, scanning the area for her car. He spotted her car near the alley near their favorite coffee shop.
David walked towards the shop, but stopped when he heard a noise coming from the alley. David poked his head in the opening and stopped cold. Arianna was lying on the ground a short way from the mouth of the alley, breathing heavily.
David rushed to her side. There was a wide gash in her side. He dropped to the ground next to her and placed his hand over the wound, trying to stem the flow of blood. "Ari, Ari! Wake up!"
Arianna opened her eyes briefly and a ghost of a smile played on her lips. "David..."
"Shh, don't talk, I'll get you to the hospital." He stood up with her in his arms.
"Ari, who did this to you? Ari, please wake up."
Arianna stirred a little, trying to form coherent words through the haze of pain. "Grant.... Brenna."
David drew in a breath sharply in shock.
"I Love you... David." Arianna sighed and closed her eyes for the last time.
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