"can we start over?"

she would forever be haunted

by the eyes

the face

the screaming words

that came out

towards her

begging for help

"help"

"help me"

she had ignored them

looked the other way

and walked towards another dream

trying to forget

everything that had happened

everything she'd promised

everything they'd planned

they'd been found out

and she realized

if she'd helped him escape

she would have suffered

the same fate

as him

but then

she didn't know

she only thought of herself

she only thought of getting away

building a new dream

finding a new path

one away from him

where nobody would ever

ever ever ever

guess the truth

years later

she remembered the eyes

she remembered the words

that passed between them

she remembered her own lying words--

"do you know him?"

"no."

his face had fell

his heart had been hardened

she had ruined

years

of relationship

with just one

little

word

she hadn't really realized

what she lost

until she had

really lost it

when he had left

been taken away

and she had fled

hoping for a new life

a new dream

one that she soon found

she would never find

"excuse me"

the voice

at first

wasn't familiar

"yes?"

she turned

and suddenly

it was like she was back

to a girl

who had found

the person she wanted to marry

and suddenly

she felt faint

and grabbed for something

his face paled

his eyes grew large

and that one word

that one accusing word

that one word

that ripped her heart out

and sent it flying

"you"

her eyes flickered

her heart in her throat

"i'm...i'm sorry"

his eyes flashed

anger

he didn't care about her

he didn't care anymore

she had ruined him

she saw it in his eyes

and she felt

the one thing

she had pushed away

so many times

over the years

pain

"please, please, forgive me"

she begged

in a whisper

"i... i should never..."

"no, you shouldn't have"

they both stood there

feeling pain

anger

confusion

and then

suddenly

his face changed

his eyes calmed

and he said the words

that changed her life

forever

"i forgive you

can we start over?"