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| The Truth Remains Justin stood akwardly in the door way of the hospital room, unsure of what to do. He just starred at the small fragile figure lieing in the hospital bed. She was hooked up to tons of different machines. Justin could hear them beeping. He couldn�t see how anyone could sleep with all that noise, yet she did. But hearing the beeping and the rustling of the nurses outside the room weren�t the worst. No, it was the smell. The smell you always smelled in hospitals. It brought back unpleasant memories of his childhood, when he had to stay over night in the hospital after having his tonsils taken out. Just as Justin was debating wether to go in the room or to just leave, her eyes opened.They came to rest on Justin. �You can come in, you know,� Lucy spoke out loud. Justin slowly walked into the room, taking a seat in the chair by the bed. He was unsure of what to say or do. He was afraid to touch her, for fear he�d hurt her more. Before he could think of what to do any more, Lucy took ahold of his hand. Justin could only stare at their hands.He couldn�t bring himself to look up at her, he didn�t want to see the disappointment in her eyes that it took him so long to come visit her. �Justin, look at me,� Lucy said. When Justin continued to stare at their hands, she said, �Am I that ugly, that you can�t even look at me?� Justin looked up at her in shock, but for the first time, he took a good look at her. Lucy had lost a lot of weight since he had last seen her. She had big bags under her eyes. Then worst of all, from the chemo thearpy, she had lost all of her beautiful long blonde hair. �No,� Justin choked out. He cleared his voise and repeated clearily, �No. You�re still the most beautiful woman I�ve ever seen. Even more beautifuler than before.� Lucy smiled. Then her face turned to pain. �What�s wrong, are you ok? Do you need me to get a nurse?� Justin asked fanactly. �No,� Lucy shook her head. �I just got a horrible headache. I�ll be fine.� Justin let out a sigh of relief. �I�m sorry it took so long for me to come see you. You know I rather had been here with you.� �I know,� Lucy paused. �Justin, I want you to always remember that I love you.� �Of course. You�ll always be here to remind me if I forget too.� �Justin, just remember. Never forget that. I�ll always be with you, even if you don�t see me.� �Ok,� Justin said, starring at her confused. �Can you sing to me?� Lucy asked, gripping his hand tightly. �Of course,� Justin said, as he softly started singing her favorite song. �There a thousand words that I could say to make you come home, yeah Seems so long ago you walked away and left me alone And I remember what you said to me, you were acting so strange And maybe I was too blind to see that you needed a change Was it something I said to make you turn away To make you walk out and leave me cold If I could just find away to make it so that you were right here, right now I�ve been sitting here Can�t get you off my mind I�m trying my best to be a man and be strong I drove myself insane wishing I could touch you face But the truth remains, you�re Gone� Lucy�s grip on Justin�s hand had loosened. Her hand layed limply in Justin�s hand. Her eyes were closed. It was then that Justin noticed that she was not breathing. �Lucy?� Justin whispered. �Lucy!� Justin jerked awake, sitting up in a cold sweat, breathing heavily. He then sighed with relief, as he fell back on his pillows, closing his eyes. �It was just a nightmare,� Justin mumbled to himself. He the reached over to the otherside of his bed, where Lucy layed. Justin�s eyes popped open, as he relized, that the truth still remained..... She was still gone. |
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