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Chapter 25: Love Is
The next day, I sat on my front porch as I thought about Reggie. I was worried to death about her. Her time was running short. It was only a matter of weeks before my love met her grave. I would be totally incomplete without Reggie. At the beginning of this story, Reggie and I were two. We had now become one.
I continued to think about Reggie until I saw Margaret walking up the walkway. Great, what does she want? I thought to myself. I didn't want to be rude, so I stood up to greet her. She handed me a packet.
"What's this?" I asked.
"It's the pictures from the play," she replied, then sunk her head down low. After a few seconds of silence, she looked back up at me. "Look, I'm sorry about the flyers."
"It's OK. It doesn't matter now," I replied. It didn't, because Reggie wouldn't be here very long. I could not stop thinking about her or what happened yesterday morning. Yesterday morning was the second worst day of my life. By the time you read the end of this story, you will know what the absolute worst day of my life was, without my explaining.
"I think it's with her you should be," Margaret broke the silence. "It's like she picked you."
"Yeah," I replied. "And I have no idea why."
"I do," Margaret said. After another few seconds of silence, she said, "I gotta go! See ya!" She ran back down the walkway as I stood there, not knowing what she meant by "I do." Sure, she meant that she knows why, but what was the reason that Reggie had chosen me? Why didn't Margaret tell me?
That afternoon, I went to visit Reggie in the hospital. When I got there, the nurses told me that she was still sleeping, but I could wait for her in her room. I sat at the table, looking at the pictures from the play, when she finally woke up. I smiled at her as I walked over to her.
"Hey," I said, then kissed her.
"Hi."
"How are you feeling?" I asked her.
"Better. Ya' know, I was thinking today," she replied.
"About what?" I asked as she smiled at me.
"Maybe God," she replied, "has a bigger plan for me. One bigger than I had for myself. Like this journey never ends," she continued as she smiled at me. I kissed her on her forehead. "Like you were sent to me because I was sick. To help me out," she spoke softly, with the face of a happy angel. "You're my angel."
"You're my angel," I replied, as we shared a deep, passionate kiss. When we stopped, she smiled at me and reached to the nightstand next to her.
"I have something for you," she said as she picked up a book from the nightstand. "Don't worry, it's not a Bible," she said as she grinned. I could only grin back. She was so beautiful, even with tubes hooked up everywhere in her body. I took the big green book from her as she told me about it. "It was my mother's. It has quotes from all kinds of famous people in it. Go on, read it."
I opened the book to where there was a bookmark, and read aloud a quote. "'You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.' Ziggy." Reggie continued to smile at me.
"Turn to the next page," she told me. I read aloud another quote.
"'Don't be afraid of death. Be afraid of the unlived life.' Angus Tuck*"
"I always thought that Tuck Everlasting gave an important lesson," she replied as she grinned, causing me to grin. She had the most beautiful smile. I turned the page again and read another quote, one from Corinthians in the Bible.
"'Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited.........." I read as she started reciting the scripture along with me. "It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful.'" I closed the book, then kissed her on the forehead. This scripture fit Reggie very well. She was all the things that love was. She was truly a Rocket to remember.
*Remember that that was a line in the movie for Tuck Everlasting? It's my favorite quote, so I just had to put it in there. ^_^
Chapter 25: Love Is
The next day, I sat on my front porch as I thought about Reggie. I was worried to death about her. Her time was running short. It was only a matter of weeks before my love met her grave. I would be totally incomplete without Reggie. At the beginning of this story, Reggie and I were two. We had now become one.
I continued to think about Reggie until I saw Margaret walking up the walkway. Great, what does she want? I thought to myself. I didn't want to be rude, so I stood up to greet her. She handed me a packet.
"What's this?" I asked.
"It's the pictures from the play," she replied, then sunk her head down low. After a few seconds of silence, she looked back up at me. "Look, I'm sorry about the flyers."
"It's OK. It doesn't matter now," I replied. It didn't, because Reggie wouldn't be here very long. I could not stop thinking about her or what happened yesterday morning. Yesterday morning was the second worst day of my life. By the time you read the end of this story, you will know what the absolute worst day of my life was, without my explaining.
"I think it's with her you should be," Margaret broke the silence. "It's like she picked you."
"Yeah," I replied. "And I have no idea why."
"I do," Margaret said. After another few seconds of silence, she said, "I gotta go! See ya!" She ran back down the walkway as I stood there, not knowing what she meant by "I do." Sure, she meant that she knows why, but what was the reason that Reggie had chosen me? Why didn't Margaret tell me?
That afternoon, I went to visit Reggie in the hospital. When I got there, the nurses told me that she was still sleeping, but I could wait for her in her room. I sat at the table, looking at the pictures from the play, when she finally woke up. I smiled at her as I walked over to her.
"Hey," I said, then kissed her.
"Hi."
"How are you feeling?" I asked her.
"Better. Ya' know, I was thinking today," she replied.
"About what?" I asked as she smiled at me.
"Maybe God," she replied, "has a bigger plan for me. One bigger than I had for myself. Like this journey never ends," she continued as she smiled at me. I kissed her on her forehead. "Like you were sent to me because I was sick. To help me out," she spoke softly, with the face of a happy angel. "You're my angel."
"You're my angel," I replied, as we shared a deep, passionate kiss. When we stopped, she smiled at me and reached to the nightstand next to her.
"I have something for you," she said as she picked up a book from the nightstand. "Don't worry, it's not a Bible," she said as she grinned. I could only grin back. She was so beautiful, even with tubes hooked up everywhere in her body. I took the big green book from her as she told me about it. "It was my mother's. It has quotes from all kinds of famous people in it. Go on, read it."
I opened the book to where there was a bookmark, and read aloud a quote. "'You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.' Ziggy." Reggie continued to smile at me.
"Turn to the next page," she told me. I read aloud another quote.
"'Don't be afraid of death. Be afraid of the unlived life.' Angus Tuck*"
"I always thought that Tuck Everlasting gave an important lesson," she replied as she grinned, causing me to grin. She had the most beautiful smile. I turned the page again and read another quote, one from Corinthians in the Bible.
"'Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited.........." I read as she started reciting the scripture along with me. "It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful.'" I closed the book, then kissed her on the forehead. This scripture fit Reggie very well. She was all the things that love was. She was truly a Rocket to remember.
*Remember that that was a line in the movie for Tuck Everlasting? It's my favorite quote, so I just had to put it in there. ^_^