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"Baby, wake up," I wake up to the feeling of someone shaking me gently, "Come on Bil, we got school."
"I'm not going," I roll over and shut my eyes once again but open them as soon as I felt her poke me, "Go back to sleep, you can skip with me."
"Why don't you wanna go?" Her eyebrows furrow as she lays her head next to mine.
"I just have a bad feeling about today," I shrug. It seemed to be enough of an answer for her because I didn't hear her voice for another three hours.
"Now you gotta get up for real," She whispers in my ear causing me to look at her and sit up.
"You don't know what sleeping in is, do you?" I walk away from her and into the bathroom to do my morning routine, "What are we doing today?"
"You wanted to stay home, not me," She crosses her arms. I put my toothbrush down before walking over to her.
"You rather be at school than here with me?" I hug her, wrapping my arms around her waist and kissing her lips.
"No, but seriously, you wanted this so you get to choose what we do," She sticks her tongue out and goes to turn on the shower.
"Help is always appreciated you know? I can't decide by myself," I watch as she strips down to her underwear.
"Just think about it," She steps into the shower, closing the curtain behind her, "Let me know when you got it."
I roll my eyes and step out of the bathroom, deciding to go downstairs and cook breakfast for the both of us. I know Nova isn't vegan but she's getting adjusted to the type of food me and my family eats. Plus, she always told me she wanted to try it out.
Just as I'm getting all the ingredients ready, I heard a loud noise upstairs which was followed by what sounded like a scream.
"Nova?" I shout to my girlfriend upstairs, wondering if she's okay. Getting no answer in response, I decide to go and check. Maybe she just couldn't hear me.
"Babe, you okay?" I call out one more time as I get halfway up the stairs. Assuming something was wrong, I finally ran the rest of the way upstairs and into the bathroom in my room.
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"Is she okay?" Claudia and Finneas look at me with sad eyes as we're in the hospital waiting room for the second time this month. They had just arrived, I was already here from the ambulance ride.
"They would barely tell me anything. All I know is things are getting worse," My eyes never moving from the floor.
Shortly after, the rest of my family and Nova's mother arrive. By this point, no one has any emotion on their face as we're preparing ourselves to hear devastating news.
The nurse finally calls and as much as Nova's mother wanted me to come with her, I physically couldn't find the energy to see her in whatever condition she was in.
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I walked through the hospital doors for what was soon to be the last time, not knowing to expect.
For months I let one person consume my happiness, only for the worst to happen. Now it's only a matter of when the worst will happen.
I reached the room where my dying girlfriend was being kept for the past month. She still managed to put a smile on my face every time I seen her.
"Hey baby, how are you feeling?" I give her a soft smile, sitting in the chair next to the hospital bed.
"Cold. Very cold," She says with a light chuckle.
"Dude, where's your blanket? That's why you're cold," I stand up to look for it, "You know it's cold here."
She holds up a hand and grabs my wrist gently causing me to turn my attention back to her. Once she realized she had my attention, she whispers, "Sit back down my love."
"You're gonna get sick," I mumble under my breath. She gives me a bright smile.
"I'm already sick, it's too late for that," She shakes her head, rolling her eyes playfully.
"I can still get you a blanket—" I go to stand up once more but she grabs me again. I sigh before sitting down again.
"It's not gonna help Billie," a small tear escapes one of her bright brown eyes.
"Why are you crying?" The worst thoughts possible entered my head all at once, "You're scaring me."
"No reason to be scared, you've known this was gonna happen for a while Bil," Her smile still manages to make my heart flutter in serious times like this.
"It's time isn't it?" I asked sadly, immediately figuring out what she was trying to tell me. Even though I knew this day would come, I never expected it to be so soon.
"Go get my mom please," She smiles weakly as the color drains from her face slowly.
"I'll be right back baby," I say, rushing out the room to find her mother down the hall talking to the doctor.
I inform both of them of what was happening, watching as they both rush to my girlfriend's room in a panic, me following after them.
When we arrive back to her room, she was left more pale than before, lips now turning a dark color of purple.
"As we all can tell by now, this is the part where we need to let this person rest from her long fight and say our goodbyes," The doctor starts off, turning to face my girlfriend, "It's been nice knowing you dear, I wish you the best wherever you go next."
My girlfriend gives the doctor a smile and a weak thumbs up before watching as he walks out of the room.
I start walk up to my girlfriend next before her mom stops me with a light tug of my hand, "I want you to say it last. I know how much you mean to her and vice versa."
"You're her mother though," I shake my head in disbelief.
"I've had her my whole life, you've been with her for less than a year. I know what's gonna hurt more," She softly smiles, approaching her daughter.
I watched for the next two minutes as my girlfriend and her mother give a heartfelt goodbye hug, tears only leaving her mother's face as my girlfriend continues to smile bright and wide.
"Stop giving me that fucking smile," Her mother laughs out through her heavy tears.
"I can't help it ma, I'm just glad you guys are the last ones I see before I—" She starts to say weakly as her mother cuts her off before she could say it.
"Talk to your girlfriend," She softly smiles, "I love you so much sweetie."
"I love you more mom," She whispers out once again as she watches her mother leave.
She then lets out a relieved sigh, turning her head towards me.
"Why do you look like you're at peace with this?" Tears now flow heavy down my face.
"Again, just glad to have you two here," She turns to look out the window to her left, "After I lost him, the world got smaller and I'm so grateful for both you and my mother being there for me when no one else would."
"I would make time stop for you if I could, love," I held her face lightly as the tears began to spread so much that I couldn't even wipe them at this point.
"Stop crying so much my love. We'll meet again someday later in the future," She looks back up at me, her beautiful smile never leaving her face.
"Yeah, and when will that happen?" I attempt to wipe my tears with her assistance.
She takes my hands in hers, "Not for a very long time I hope."
"I can't do this without you," I continue to let my tears flow, bringing my dying girlfriend closer to me.
Gently kissing my cheek she whispers in my ear, "Promise me something?"
I immediately sit up with an eager nod, trying to prepare myself for what she had to say.
"Take care of my mom for me and most importantly take care of yourself. I'll always be with you no matter what happens in the next minute," She says. Her last statement catching me off guard.
"This can't be the end," I shake my head in disbelief.
"I'm afraid it might be my love," She slowly lays her head back on the pillow behind her.
Catching us both off guard was a long beep from the pager they gave her in case a heart was able to be transplanted to her, "Is that what I think it is?"
"No fucking way," She breathes out weakly, reaching over to the table beside her to pick up the pager.
"Come on, we need to get her this heart as soon as possible, we can't waste any time," A whole team of doctors rushed in, whisking my girlfriend out of the room faster than I could process.
"What the fuck just happened?" I look over my shoulder to see her mother standing there dumbfounded.
"I think she just got a new heart," I smile, taking her out of the room with me.
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A/N: As much as I could've let her die, I knew y'all would be mad so I chose not to lol. Posting the last part tomorrow so stay tuned :)