July X798

From Here to Eternity was suddenly under her face. She didn't want to look up yet, but when she did, she was gravely disappointed. She was expecting Gray, but instead she saw his ex-wife.

"I'm here to return this for Gray. You see, he died, of liver cancer." The woman didn't look very phased. "If you can come, we're having his service tomorrow."

Levys whole world shook. She was supposed to tell him that she loved him. She was supposed to have more time to be with him.

She opened the book and looked at the library card "Gray Fullbuster" something she'd never see on a card again. She began to cry, and she got a tear on the card. The ink on the other side of the card began to bleed through. Levy was so shocked she stopped crying just a little bit. She flipped the card over. There was a message written on the back.

"This might be the last message I will ever be able to write to you, I'm sorry I didn't come say goodbye in person, but that might have made you more upset. Whenever I saw you, I could always hear your thoughts, and I hope that you could hear mine too. I'm sorry I ended this way.

-Gray"

She was crying again. He never forgot about her, he just couldn't come. She looked at the letter again. "Might be the last message", did that mean there were others? She went to the computer and printed out the list of books he had checked out. She Frantically ran around picking up each book and pulling out their cards. She placed them all in the floor when she had collected them all, and by now she was sobbing.

"You never called, I guess you do have a boyfriend."

"You haven't been here much, are you still upset about your boyfriend? You should read this book, it will cheer you up."

"I really like that lipstick"

"I'm getting married. Erza's a nice woman. We really get along well."

"I'm going to be a father. I just found out today, I can't believe it."

"I named my daughter Olivia, because I want to call her Livvy. Mainly I guess because Livvy sounds like Levy..."

"My daughter really likes playing with you."

"Thanks for playing checkers with me yesterday."

"I wish I had come to see you sooner"

"Have I ever mentioned that you look great in those glasses?"

In the last one she picked up, A Midsummer Nights Dream, the first book he check out:

"Hello, Im Gray. Im the one that came in a few days ago. I'm kind of embarrassed, but I saw that there was a no noise sign so I decided to write my thoughts to you here. Do you want to have dinner? Here's my number

-Gray"

Levy was once again struck through the heart. If only she had known, when the time was right. and now he was gone forever.