So two of my threads for this fic froze, and I'm hoping that this is the last one that I have to make. Hope to get my readers back. I'll be uploading the chapters tonight. =)

Take My Breath Away

Prologue

“Hi Aves. It’s Kevin. I got you flowers, pink daffodils, your favorite... I’m sorry it took me a while to visit you. Yeah, I’m finally back after 10 months. It was unbelievable. Who would’ve thought that my brothers and I would finally be living our dream? THE dream! I can’t believe how many fans we have. It’s crazy! Though I’m sure Nick and Joe have more fans than me haha. But you’ll always be my number one fan, right? … Hey… I thought about you a lot during the tour, and there were times when I wish I could just pick up the phone and talk to you… I really miss you. You’re the only one who really gets me, you know? I miss how you always knew how to cheer me up… Whenever I’m having a bad day, you’d just bring out a bag of oreos and we’d share a glass of milk and somehow you manage to get me to talk. Sure, I still get to eat oreos and milk, but it’s not the same if I’m not sharing it with you. I really miss you… Why’d you have to be so far away Aves? I really really miss you”

I sighed, knowing that despite how many stories I shared or how many times I would tell her that I miss her, she wouldn’t respond.

I sat down beside her and laid the flowers between us. I closed my eyes and felt the cool breeze brushing against my face as I wiped the tears that were slowly trickling down my cheeks.

“I miss you” I said again as I ran my hand along the marble block.

Ava Nicole Morgan

Loving Friend and Daughter

Life is not measured

By the breaths we take,

But by the moments

That take our breath away

23 October 1988 – 14 July 2006

Chapter 2

I was on kitchen duty tonight, so after cleaning all the dishes, I went upstairs to my room. As I was about to turn the knob, I was half expecting to see Ava either jumping on my bed while music blasted from the speakers or her trying to play a song on my guitar, which she usually messed up anyway so I end up playing the song for her while she sang. And when she sang? Wow, I don’t even know how to describe it. Whenever she would sing, I could feel my breath getting stuck for a moment and her voice would envelope me. She truly had the voice of an angel.

I shook my head as I turned the knob, my heart dropping to my stomach as I opened the door to a dark room. No Ava jumping on my bed, playing my guitar, or singing. I flicked on the light switch and just plopped myself on the bed, not even bothering to change into my pajamas or even pulling the covers. I caught myself staring at the ceiling for quite a while and as I turned my head, there, beside my bed, was a picture of me and Ava at the beach three years ago. Just one random day when we decided to grab our bikes and pedal like crazy just because she wanted to watch the sun set.

*flashback*

Ava and I were sitting on the sand, watching the sunset.

“Kev?”

“Yeah Aves?”

“Do you believe in heaven?” she suddenly asked.

I was surprised by her question, “yeah, I do. Why do you ask?”

“No reason” she said as she rested her head on my shoulder.

I shrugged.

We were silent for a while, just taking in the beauty of the setting sun as it turned the sky into various shades of orange and purple.

“When I die, do you think I’ll go to heaven?” she asked, breaking the silence.

What was it with her and heaven all of a sudden?

“Of course. They’d be pretty crazy not to let you in there” I chuckled.

“Good” she giggled.

Before I could ask her why all those thoughts about heaven, she posed another question.

“Say I were to… die earlier than you. Would you miss me?”

“Aves, what’s with all these questions?”

“Just humor me Kevin” she nudged me with her elbow.

“Okay… Yes, I will miss you. Of course I’ll miss you! Ava Nicole Morgan, you’re my best friend, I don’t think I’ll be able to live a day without you. When you die, I’ll probably go right after you” I laughed.

“Not funny Kevin” she said, looking at me. And that’s when I noticed the tears forming in her eyes.

“Hey, what’s wrong?” I asked as I suddenly became worried.

“It’s nothing. Hormones, I guess” she let out a soft laugh as she wiped the tears from her eyes.

I sighed. I knew better than to not pester her when she mentioned the words hormones, PMS or cramps.

“Kevin, promise me you won’t go right after me when I die” she said in a serious tone.

I was still wondering why she was so engrossed with talking about dying.

“I was just kidding about that. But I will miss you, that’s for sure. Now c’mon Aves, we’re only16 and 18! We still have about 70 years ahead of us” I laughed again as I ran my hand up and down her arm.

She looked at me and smiled, “I know. I’ll stop talking about it now. But after you promise me another thing”

“Okay, whatever it is, I promise. Well, as long as it doesn’t involve me doing your chores for you” I stuck my tongue out at her making her giggle.

“When I die, it’s okay to be sad, but only for a while, I don’t want you to be miserable. No moping around being sappy and all just because you miss me.. And I’ll be okay if you find someone else to share your oreos with” she laughed.

“Okay Aves, I promise. Not miserable. Not sappy I repeated making her smile even more. “I don’t know about the oreos though” I let out a small laugh.

She laughed softly, “Thanks Kevin” she whispered as she rested her head on my shoulder again.

I squeezed her arm lightly and didn’t say anything.

“Take our picture Kev. So when I die you can have this picture right beside your bed” she joked as she handed me her camera..

“Why would I want a picture of you beside my bed? I’m saving that for my girlfriend” I teased.

She then punched me lightly on the stomach, “just do it” she laughed.

*end of flashback*

If only I knew that my best friend was trying to tell me something important that day. If only I knew that about a year after that, my best friend would be taken away from me… by cancer.

“Aveees” I found myself in tears again as I called out her name, “I miss you so much” I said as I grabbed the picture from my night stand and stared at it.

I could just picture her now punching me on the stomach again and saying, Didn’t I tell you not to be miserable and sappy?

I groaned. As always, Ava was right.

I placed the picture back on the table and stood from my bed. I walked downstairs and got my coat from the closet.

“Mom, dad… I’m going for a walk” I yelled as I closed the front door behind me, just wanting to clear my mind and escape from this depressed state I was in.

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Chapter 3

I buttoned up my coat as I started to walk along the sidewalk. It was pretty dark outside and thankfully no one seemed to be following me. I then noticed a girl walking along the sidewalk too, carrying a bunch of books. Her blonde hair was in a half pony tail and she was wearing brown rectangular glasses and she seemed to be humming to herself as she was walking. Truth be told, she reminded me so much of Ava that I just had to take a closer look.

My eyes were glued on to her as I continued walking, not realizing a crack on the sidewalk which made me tumble.

Great!

“Oh my, are you okay?” as the girl I was staring at quickly ran up to me and reached her hand out to help me up.

“Ava?” I whispered absent-mindedly.

“Um, it’s Michaela actually” she said as she helped me up.

“Sorry”

“It’s okay” she gave me another sweet smile. I took a good look at her and realized that her eyes were green…. Not hazel.

She wasn’t Ava, but somehow part of me didn’t mind. I still couldn’t take my eyes off of her.

“Thank you” I said.

“Don’t mention it…” her voice trailed as she waited for me to fill in my name.

“Kevin” I said.

“Kevin” she repeated with a nod. But somehow such a common name like mine sounded utterly extraordinary when she said it.

“Kevin” she said again. “Kevin Jonas, right?”

Was she a fan?

“Sorry, but I’m not a stalker fan or anything” she laughed. It was music to my ears.

“My kids are” she said.

Her kids? Wasn’t she a little too young to have.. kids?

She must’ve noticed the look on my face, “Oh! No! It’s not what you think. I’m a teacher. And my kids, um, my students, I mean… Well, they just love listening and dancing to your music” she explained.

“Oh!” was all that I could say as I continued gazing at her.

“Um… Yeah… Uh, I guess I better go. Nice meeting you” she said as she adjusted her bag on her shoulder and waved.

“Um yeah, you too” I said as she nodded at me and I watched her walk away.

I was watching her walk away.

Why was I just watching her walk away?

“Wait!” a yell escaped from my lips before I could even think about it.

She turned around and looked at me again, the gentle wind blowing some of her hair across her face. I watched as her hand moved gently across her forehead and tucked the hair behind her ears. She looked at me, waiting for me to say something.

“I… I… Uh” I tried to say something as I looked at her.

“I’m sorry, but I really have to go” she said, biting her bottom lip.

I nodded, not being able to say anything coherent as she shrugged and walked away, again.

“Are you from the neighborhood? Maybe I’ll see you around” she said out loud as I saw her looking at me again.

“Yeah” I smiled at her and nodded. “I sure hope so” I whispered to myself as I watched her walk away, her head bopping as she seemed to be humming to herself again.

I don’t know what it was with Michaela, but something about her made me feel so at ease…

I walked home with a genuine smile on my face, hoping that I do in fact see her around… soon.

Chapter 4

“Oh Kevin! You’re such a scaredy cat! Live a little!” she giggled as she threw a handful of sand into my chest and ran away from me. She was insisting that we jump off the huge rock into the water, just like what the other kids were doing.

“Oh you did not just do that!” I chuckled as I quickly stood up and ran after her.

She tried to dodge me as I ran after her along the shore, but soon enough I grabbed her waist and lifted her over my shoulder.

“Paul Kevin Jonas II, put me down!” she yelled, still laughing.

“Ow!”

She bit my arm!

“Eww, that’s just gross Aves!” I said as I finally put her down on the sand again.

“Ha! I knew that would make you put me down!” she said proudly. “But eww, sunscreen” she made a disgusted face as she wiped her mouth.

I chuckled as I messed her hair up with my hand.

“Come on Kev, please please please, let’s try it! It seems like so much fun!” she said, putting her hands together, pleading.

“Aves, I said no. We’re not going to jump from some rock. What if our heads smash into some rock or something?” I told her.

“We won’t! It’s perfectly safe! Look at them!” she said, pointing out to the group of boys jumping from the rock.

“Please Kev. For me?” she said, giving me a puppy dog look.

“No” I said sternly.

“We can do it together” she tried to convince me even more.

“No Ava” I said again, crossing my arms across my chest.

“Please please please please please!” she whined as she knelt down in front of me and continued to plead, causing people who were walking past us to stare.

“Ava, get up!” I said as I pulled her arm and made her stand up again.

“Kevin, I really want to do this” she told me seriously, “I want to live my life to the fullest before…”

“Don’t say it” I told her as my heart dropped. I knew what she was going to say.

“Ugh, fine” I finally gave in.

“Thank you!” she said as she leaped into my arms and hugged me.

“We’ll do it together. Think of it as a leap of faith” she smiled at me.

That was Ava Nicole Morgan for you, always so philosophical and  positive about everything. She was always the one who pushed me to try different things and take risks.

“Are you ready?” she asked as we finally got to the top of the rock. It was about 20 meters high. I gulped as I looked down at the water.

“I… Uh…” I stuttered. I didn’t really want to do it.

“Kevin, there’s more to life than just to live!” she tried to convince me again.

“I don’t know Aves…”

“Fine, have it your way. I’ll see you later” she said as she quickly jumped.

“Ava!!!”

All of a sudden, everyone else was gone. I just stood there as I watched my best friend take a leap from a 20m high rock into the water. I just watched her!

I saw the water splash but panicked when it took her a while to head up.

“Ava!!!” I yelled again.

“Kevin! I’m okay!” she yelled, giving me thumbs up as she finally swam up.

I let out a huge sigh of relief when I saw her.

“Go! Jump!” she yelled. “I’ll be here don’t worry!”

I had no other choice. I took a deep breath and jumped. I closed my eyes as I felt the salty breeze pushing against my body as I took that leap.

Soon enough I felt the cold water around me and I saw myself surrounded by water.

I saw Ava’s feet dangling from above me as I swam up.

When I got up I was blinded by the bright sun shining on us.

“See! That was fun!” she giggled as she wrapped her arms around me neck as she came from behind me.

I just let out a small laugh as I tried to swim us into shore, her still on my back.

When the water was finally shallow enough that we could stand, she let go of my neck.

“That leap was worth it, wasn’t it?” she asked

“Yeah” I finally admitted..

I turned around to face her.

Only to realize that it wasn’t Ava...

It was Michaela.