Chapter Two
Dib now reached his house. He made his way toward the door and to his father's laboratory. Thank goodness he was working in the house today. "Dad! Dad, help me! You have to! Vennita has a serious medical condition and..." his shouting was getting hysterical and the professor didn't even turn his head. "You've got to save her! She might even be dead by now! You have to do something!"
"Not now, son, I'm busy with an important project."
"Please! You have to save her! I love her! I'll do anything!"
"I don't have the time right now. Maybe later."
"No! Not later! Now! If we don't do something now, it'll be too late! You never get the time anyways! You never have even paid any attention to Gaz or I! Now you won't even save the life of the one I love! What's wrong with you?!"
"Don't talk to me like that! Go to your room!"
"But-"
"Now!" Dib ran up to his room, hoping desperately that something there could save her.
"Vennita, please be alive! Please! I want to do something, but I don't know what! Please forgive me!" He put his face to Vennita's and heard a very faint breathing sound. Hopefully, he put his hand over her heart. Though very slight, it was now beating. "You shouldn't die so young with help so near. If you die, at least let me die too. Let me catch your disease so I can feel the same things you feel. So I can die."
Dib embraced her with all his strength and kissed her. At that very moment, she opened her eyes a little and said, "Thank you. Thank you for everything." They kissed each other again and savored every moment from it. It was the last time they ever would. Her breathing slowed once more and he felt the last beat of her heart. Dib brought her close to him and held her tightly. His tears fell without sojourning as he tucked her into his bed and crouched on the floor beside her. It was with this that she departed into death.
Dib now reached his house. He made his way toward the door and to his father's laboratory. Thank goodness he was working in the house today. "Dad! Dad, help me! You have to! Vennita has a serious medical condition and..." his shouting was getting hysterical and the professor didn't even turn his head. "You've got to save her! She might even be dead by now! You have to do something!"
"Not now, son, I'm busy with an important project."
"Please! You have to save her! I love her! I'll do anything!"
"I don't have the time right now. Maybe later."
"No! Not later! Now! If we don't do something now, it'll be too late! You never get the time anyways! You never have even paid any attention to Gaz or I! Now you won't even save the life of the one I love! What's wrong with you?!"
"Don't talk to me like that! Go to your room!"
"But-"
"Now!" Dib ran up to his room, hoping desperately that something there could save her.
"Vennita, please be alive! Please! I want to do something, but I don't know what! Please forgive me!" He put his face to Vennita's and heard a very faint breathing sound. Hopefully, he put his hand over her heart. Though very slight, it was now beating. "You shouldn't die so young with help so near. If you die, at least let me die too. Let me catch your disease so I can feel the same things you feel. So I can die."
Dib embraced her with all his strength and kissed her. At that very moment, she opened her eyes a little and said, "Thank you. Thank you for everything." They kissed each other again and savored every moment from it. It was the last time they ever would. Her breathing slowed once more and he felt the last beat of her heart. Dib brought her close to him and held her tightly. His tears fell without sojourning as he tucked her into his bed and crouched on the floor beside her. It was with this that she departed into death.