The Truth
The last couple of days seemed to blur together but after 4 days of lying in bed, and having Ariadne force him to stay away from his job worked. Arthur slowly stood up from his bed and looked at the clock. 8:00 A.M. Ariadne is probably at work right now. His body still ached from the fever that took over his his body, and for once he was actually hungry. Her voice then suddenly startled him.
"Good morning. Feeling better?"
"I thought you were at work. You didn't have to stay here to help, I can help myself." He said sounding defensive.
"I asked for it off, I told them you were really sick. I don't understand why you're so damn defensive, you were really sick and I almost took you to the hospital." Where is all that anger coming from?
"I'm a grown man, not a child, I know for a fact that I could have taken myself to the hospital if I were too sick."
"I guess I'll leave then. You don't want me here. Arrogant prick."
"No wait, I do you have to tell you something." He bit his lower lip to prevent him from backing out.
"What?" Ariadne said with a slight edge to her voice.
"I'm going to die soon."
"What?!" Ariadne managed to say. "Arthur that isn't funny!"
He sadly looked at her with his brown eyes. She realized he was being serious. She sat on his bed and tried to wrap her mind around what he just said. "You're terminally ill?" Her voice croaked.
"Yes, and I'm sorry I didn't tell you any sooner."
"When did you find out?" Her eyebrows furrowed as she tried her best not to show her heartache.
"You don't want to know what I have? I found out a month ago."
"No I don't want to know. I just want to know why you're not trying to get the best treatment possible." She knew it was probably some sort of rare cancer.
"There's no point Ariadne; Nothing can stop my illness, and taking medication would just make me even more sick."
"I-I I need some time to wrap my mind around this okay? I need to go home." She ran out of the bedroom before turning back to get something off of her chest. "Arthur I... I love you."
His brown eyes immediately lit up, but before he had the chance to respond she tearfully ran out of his house.
After driving for what seemed hours Ariadne pulled over to the side of the road and let her emotions take over. She cried as soon as she imagined her life without Arthur. She never felt so strongly about her past boyfriends but Arthur was definitely different. Their relationship was different and he respected and cared about her, but he also let her live her own life. Then she thought about those words she said to him. I love you. Never has she ever told him that and now that she finally said it, she felt relieved of it, but that couldn't stop her heart from aching.
She was in love with an amazing person, she thought they would spend the rest of their lives together, and now she was losing him to an awful disease. He would never have children and he would never get the chance to grow old. She screamed out in pain. Now that she was happy with a relationship, he was going to be gone forever. "I can't live without you." She said through her tears as she continued to cry as she started up her car again to drive back to her house.