Duncan's point of view:

I was back stage at the play. everyone was there, including the vultir of a man known as Thomas Burnning.

How I hated that man. He was at least 30 and completly crazy. He had an inapropreate opesstion with Courtney, and as much as it killed me, I couldnt kill him. Unfortionatly, he was the one giving us all the money for the play. The play that Courtney had the leading role in. The play that was making the love of my life a star.

Little to Burnning's knowing, Courtney and i were in love. We snuck away with eachother as many times as we could, and when we did...... it was magic.

Unfortionatly Burnning found out and told Courtney that if she did not get ride of me and be his, he would kill me. This tore Courtney up.

She begged me not to stay with her, to leave her. But, I would not listen. She, the love of my life, suddenly loved another???? It couldnt be true, and so it killed me when she کہا that she had never loved me, that she was only using me to get what she needed.

And that is why I was back stage, to give her her things and tell her that she owed me nothing and that I no longer needed her (a total LIE!!!)

She was running back stage in between scenes when I found her.

"what are آپ doing?" she gasped

"giving آپ back your heart, and asking آپ for mine" I yelled angrily.

she was crying...." Duncan, please...... Just go...."

Then the curten opened and we were onstage.

we frooze, not knowing what to do....... then she brooke into our song, nad it made me realize that she really did love me.

(the song is come what may from Muolin Rouge)

we kissed as the curten closed. (no one in the audiance new that that was really life)

I looked at her "I love you!!" I shouted

we were dancing around, everyone was, when I heared a painful gasp for air, "Ugh...Dunc..."

Courtney colapsed in my arms, her eyes flutering.

"Courtney!!" I cried

"Im...Im diein...." she wisspered

"no...no..NO" I said, tears running down my cheeks and landing on her chest.

she couphed, leaving a splash of blood on my shirt.

she shivered. I held her closer to me.

"I love you" she کہا quitly "nev.. never forget that.... that I have, a.. (she gasped) and always will love you. and know ... know that I will always be with you.... in your heart... eve... even when im... im gone..."

"Dont.... dont talk like that..." I pleaded with her, "your gonna be okay" I cried.

"No..." she shook her head weakly "No... put I"

she gasped again painfully

"I... love.. yo"

she went limp in my arms

"NO... Courtney... NO... NO" I screamed, holding her limp body in my arms and rocking back and forth.

"Courtney... Courtney!!!!!!!!!" I jumped up, sweating and shacking.

"honey?!" I heared a soothing, put scared voice in my ear.

I turned to see my beautiful Princess, holding the blanket up around her self and leaning in towards me.

"Your okay!!" I wisperd, rapping my arms around her and kissing her over and over again.

"Of course Im okay.." she said, kissing me back.

we layed back down and I held her in my arms, and felt her دل beating. the most beautiful feeling (at that time) in the world.