![]() From the first day in her brother's apartment - from the very moment I knew how I felt about America - I'd been forced to love her from afar. I watched him pull up a chair and settle in beside her. He didn't acknowledge me, barely even noticed me as he moved to America's bed. I started walking away, head down, trying to look like I was just on a round. ![]() Even in the dark, Maxon's suit was impossible to miss. There was so much more to say, but I heard the door to the hospital wing open. "You're the only thing I've ever wanted to fight for." I don't know if we'll ever be the same as we used to be. I watched her, wishing I had the nerve to confess this while she could argue back with me and tell me how wrong I'd been. And I convinced myself that was the right way to love you." I can barely keep my family afloat, and I just thought that maybe I could give you a shot at a life that would be better than the one that I would have been able to give you. " I have this idea that maybe you were the only one I could made everything right for. ![]() It's just that I have this idea." I swallowed. I'm sorry I ever said to send in that stupid form. "Honestly, I'm sorry for a lot more than that," I admitted. Her lips pursed and unpursed as she dreamed. About today, I mean," I sucked in a deep breath. I looked into her sleeping face and spoke. I reached out to touch her, but then pulled back. I stood in the freshly pressed uniform I would only wear for the few minutes it took to deliver this message. I didn't dare sit, not even with the excuse of checking on the girl I rescued. "Hey, Mer," I whispered, rounding her bed. She was cleaner, but her face still seemed worried, even at rest. “America was sleeping when I crept into the hospital wing that night.
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