I inhaled the smell of newly cut grass as I looked out upon my yard from my rooftop. The rooftop was Nate and I's hideaway. A place we ran to, to get away from it all. It was the place I first saw him when he moved next door eight years ago. The place we had our first kiss and he told me he loved me. It was everything, it held every memory I could remeber with him. The rooftop was a place of laughter, but today we sat in silence. It was so quiet it was eating me up inside. I glanced at Nate, he was staring intently out into space. I couldn't even pathom what was going through his mind.
Today we found out the worst news imaginable. Nate had cancer. The doctors said he had about six months to live.
Even thinking about it made me sad. Silent tears rolled down my cheeks. Nate heard my silent sobs and pulled me into his arms. I looked up at him and his beautiful brown eyes clouded up with tears. "I love you" I whispered. "I love you too, dont ever forget that."he said silently.
" I wont, I promise." That was our last time together on the rooftop.
Over the next few months he got sicker and sicker. I never left his bedside. Nate taught me so much over that short amount of time ill never forget.
He died peacefully on a wednesday morning with all his family and me by his side. I still remember watching his chest rise up and slowly go back down as he took his last breath.
I thought the world would stop when Nate died but it didn't. I went to college, got married, and had kids. But like I promised I never forgot him.
Its now the holidays and my family is visting my parents. I wondered up the stairs to my old bedroom which had now been turned into an office. I was admiring the family photo on the wall when a gust of wind blew a piece of paper out the open window. Not knowing whether it was important or not I climed out on the rooftop to get it.
As soon as my last leg was over the window sill, realization hit me like a ton of bricks. I hadnt been there since Nate died. It felt so empty without him by my side. Memories came flooding back of his smiling face and his chocolate brown curls that hung in front of his eyes. God I missed him. I patted the place where he used to sit and silently said "I haven't forgotten. I love you."
The End.