I stared at the screen in disbelief. I read it once then twice, then once more just to make sure that there was a mistake. "...he's not with us anymore.." That's what the pixels on the screen spelled out, subtle and clear as ice. I blinked. "No no No nO NO!" And I read it again, you know, just to make sure that it was all unreal. I was having a nightmare... I always expected something to happen while I was here, AWAY, for another year, to me but not to him, or anyone. Couldn't he survive a couple of months? You know, until I saw him again. But then it probably would've made the matters worse for he died, not of embarassment! He like DIED. Gone. Forever.