[ WP ] A world much like ours , but each person is able to see the exact date of everyone else 's death , except for their own .

I looked into her eyes, twin mirrors that caught the evening sunlight and made them twinkle. She was the love of my life. When I though she wasn ’ t looking, I glanced at the numbers on her forehead. 
 
 “ Aiden! Stop it. You ’ ve been acting strange all day! ” 
 “ I can ’ t help it. Your eyes are amazing ” 
 “ Don ’ t lie to me! You know when…. When I ’ m gon na … You know ” 
 I caressed her hair and comforted her, “ Babe…. I…. I…. ” 
 “ I don ’ t wan na know! I ’ ve you ever loved me, you won ’ t tell me! Babe, let ’ s just enjoy our day together and forget all about this ” 
 “ Can you tell me mine though? ” I looked at her hopefully. 
 “ No!!! We weren ’ t meant to know these kind of things ” 
 
 How could I not say anything? Anita was going to die today and all she wanted to do was stay here and have our stupid picnic. The girl of my dreams would take her last breath today. I held back a sob. I glanced at the death sentence on her beautiful forehead, holding back a whimper. 
 Her expression was pained. She looked at me with deep sadness. 
 
 “ She knows. She knows it ’ s today ” I thought to myself. 
 
 We had a perfect meal together. I actually calmed down and enjoyed her company. Anita grabbed my hand and pulled me behind the old shed. We made out and had some fun. 
 After we finished, I thought to myself “ This is the last time we ’ ll ever be together ”. 
 I kept myself in one piece though to please her, glancing at those digits gracing her perfect head.It was finally time to go home. It had gotten late and I thought that maybe just maybe Anita had escaped the Sequence. She would live and we would have each other for a while more.We got into my old Corolla and I drove us home to our apartment. Steering wheel in one hand and Anita ’ s hand in my other, we felt the breeze of springtime on our faces. 
 
 “ This is nice. We had a nice day, did n't we? ” 
 “ We had the best day ” I said choking back tears because her tone was nostalgic, almost nonchalant. 
 
 As I crossed the intersection, she looked at me and I returned her gaze sadly. In that moment, I saw it. A large gasoline truck that had apparently lost control came right at us at full speed. There was no way I could avoid it. They say that in the last few moments of your life, your entire existence flashes before your eyes. That ’ s not true. Your brain goes into overdrive and works faster than ever though. It was in that moment that I realized that Anita had somehow figured out that we were both destined or programmed to die today. She ’ d made sure that our last day was spent together. I realized that Anita had made the best of our last day. Instead of doing crazy stunts like most others did on their last day, she had the wisdom to spend her last day and mine with me. I wanted to kiss her, but I knew I had precious few seconds left. 
 
 “ I love you! ” 
 “ Not as much as I do! ” 
 
 I squeezed her hand. Darkness. 

