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'Hey' Simon said walking in the room with Tom and Harry. 'How is he doing?'
'Not so great' I said. 'He knows he has little time left and he has barely any energy'
Tom sat down in the chair on the other side of Danny's bed and held his hand. His eyes were red from crying, I could tell that he was trying really hard to not burst down in tears right now. Simon stood at the end of the bed and stared at Danny. Harry sat down on the arm of my chair.
'We're not allowed to stay long.' He said. 'Actually we weren't allowed at all but we persuaded the nurse to let us in.'
I smiled. Danny would have loved this. After a while Danny's parents woke. Tom made room for them in the chair and stood next to Simon who hadn't looked at anything else but Danny.
'I'm sorry but you'll have to leave.' A nurse said to the guys
'10 more minutes?' Harry asked and she agreed.
We all went outside to let Harry, Tom and Simon each have a few minutes alone with Danny to say goodbye. After that they left and we went back in. I crawled in bed next to Danny and took him in my arms. He didn't wake up. His parents took a seat on the other side and held his hand.
Hours passed as we laid there in silence, listening how Danny's breathing became irregular and short. I looked outside, it was raining. For the first time in weeks it was raining. Even the world couldn't repress its tears any longer. I kept looking outside to the rain and watched the sky getting darker and darker as the night began to fall when suddenly I felt Danny move. He was still half sleeping when he slightly opened up his eyes and smiled when he saw me. He laid his arm over my shoulder and closed his eyes again.
'I love you' he said and fell back to sleep.
His parents shared loved looks with each other but at the same time also sad.
'I love you too' I said and laid my head down on his chest and listened to his slow heartbeat with closed eyes.
I opened my eyes and realized I had fallen asleep. Danny still had his arm over my shoulder but his breathing was even more irregular and he felt quite cold. I looked at his parents and saw they had fallen asleep as well. But I couldn't sleep anymore, I didn't want to sleep anymore. I didn't want to waste my time with Danny with sleeping. I looked at my sleeping love and kissed his lips gently. But life ain't a fairytale. He isn't going to wake up and everything won't magically turn out alright. I laid myself back down, pressing Danny against me. An hour passed when suddenly..
I felt how Danny's grip around me loosened and eventually his arm fell of my shoulder as he let out his last breath.
I pulled him even closer to me as I felt the tears falling down my cheeks and hugged him tight, hiding my face to his chest.
Because I knew he won't be breathing in ever again.
I'm thinking about doing a sequel, I've already got some ideas..
What do you think? R&R
