Eli's POV

Darcy drove me to the hospital, and for the first time since she had come back from Africa she was silent. She didn't speak until we reached Clare's hospital room door. "You'll be the last one with her alive, ever. Can you just do me a favor? Can you tell her that I love her, and that she was always the pretty one where it really counted." Darcy held her hand over heart and her eyes shed tears. "Tell her she was the greatest, tell her she was everything I ever wanted to be."

I nodded. "I will." I turned from her, ready to do the hardest thing I had ever done. As I shut the door behind me my eyes immediately averted to the doctor standing before me.

" , I've been looking for you. Your wife, she is a strong one, if I'm going to be completely honest with you I'm surprised that she is still with us. I was expecting her to leave us hours ago, but I think she was waiting for you." I kept my eyes on the floor, never making eye contact with him. The doctor made his way to the door, stopping one last time when I spoke.

"There is no chance-"

"I'm sorry to intterupt you sir, but I can't bear for you to have any false hope. Your wife will not survive the night, it's a miracle that she's breathing even as we speak. For her to live past this and make a full recovery would be in my professional opinion something only possible if God himself walked in here and healed her. I'm so sorry, but you need to take your chance to say bye to your wife, and take it now."

I finally looked into his eyes, and I forced a weak smile. " I was going to ask if it were possible that she'd wake up before she passes."

The doctors face fell, and I could see that he felt terrible. I didn't blame him though, I had been difficult and in denial all the way until a few hours ago. "I'm not sure, its possible. We can always hope. I'll leave you with her now."

I closed my eyes in pain as he shut the door, I couldn't force myself to turn around and face her. After about five minutes I was sure I'd never be able to do it, I was going to lose my chance to hold her hand one last time, and to tell her I loved her.

"Eli, how long are you going to stand there? Its not like you to make a girl wait this long." Her voice was small, barley above a whisper, but I knew I wasn't crazy. It was her.

I spun around running to her side, and took her hand in mine. "Oh my God, baby. How long have you been awake, how are you feeling. I'm so sorry I took so long to get here. Please forgive me." I was sobbing, but she was somehow smiling.

"I have been awake most of today, I just felt like keeping my eyes closed. I didn't wanna see anyone but you anyways." I sobbed harder. "Shh. Don't cry anymore, come here my love." I layed beside her on the bed, and I wrapped my arms gently around her. I didn't say anything, I couldn't believe she was awake and I just wanted go enjoy it. "Elijah, where is our boy?"

I gulped. "With your mother, I didn't want him to see you go like this."

Clare sighed quietly. "That's what the doc said, that I'm going. Isn't that funny? One person says something is so, and just like that your life is over without you ever having a say." Clare nessled her head into the crook of my neck, and I felt my heart skip several beats. "I remember trying to keep our son from you like It was yesterday, I never wanted you to even know that he was yours. Somehow though the three of us ended up together in a home, like a real family. You and I are married, and everything was going to be amazing, and now it still is."

"No." I yelped. "It will never be amazing again, not without you."

"It will be, because it has to be. Despite what I tried to do, you still came into mine and our boys life, and that was for a reason. This reason. God knew I'd have to go soon, so he sent you to take care of our son. I had his past, now you have his future." Her voice was so weak, but so strong at the same time. It broke my heart.

"I will always take care of him clare , don't worry about that."

"I'm not worried , you have always taken care of me. My knight and shining armour."

"It's you who has always saved me. I don't know what I'll do without you, Clare I just might die." Despite her telling me to not cry, I began to weep again.

"Eli." She breathed. "We have experienced so much love in our time together, we are lucky. Most people will never know even a fraction of the love we have shared, but still, I want to cry too. I just don't have the energy too."

"Are you scared clare , because I am."

"Yes. I want to wake up tomorrow and watch cartoons with our son, and I want to kiss you, and I want to live. I am scared that the next time my eyes close, that I'll leave this earth never again being able to do those things."

"Stop. Look at us spending our last moments like this, we shouldn't be sad. I'm going to soak up this time, weather its a few more hours, or a few more minutes." I could feel Clare nod, and the next hour we spent holding each other while we talked about our memories, and she even laughed when I told her what Darcy had said about being jealous of her. Eventually Clare fell silent, she was just sleeping, but it felt like torture wondering if she would wake up one more time or if this was her final sleep. I closed my eyes as well, singing us to sleep.

"It's a beautiful night and I'm opened up

The look in your eyes says so much

Nothing can touch us out here

Don't know where we are but I know I see

A beautiful girl walking next to me

I need to hold you, my dear

Let's just take tonight, tonight slow

Cause I want to see where this, where this goes

I need you

I'd give you today but it's not mine yet."

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