One Last Time
A.N. Based on the song "One Last Time" by Dusty Drake. Lyrics are at the bottom.
The damned incessant ringing!! The phone was ringing off the hook. And it was early. Seven AM on Saturday. Who in the HELL calls at seven o'clock in the morning on the morning? Buffy finally got out of bed and grabbed the phone.
"Hello?"
"Hey baby, it's me," Buffy smiled, it was her husband William. The smile turned to a frown after what he said, "Listen, I want you to listen to me ok."
Worry filled her voice when she replied, "Yeah, ok. Baby what's wrong? Aren't you supposed to be on your way home?"
"Yeah that's the thing Hun," William's voice cracked a little, "My plane...it's crashing."
Disbelief caused Buffy to do the only thing she could think of...she laughed. And then tears started falling from her eyes, "This can't be happening! What am I supposed to do with you gone? You're my life, you and the boys."
"I just had to call to say good bye, " he replied, "One last time. I can't help who I fall in love with or when it's time to go...I love you, know that ok."
"But, but....what about the plans we had? We were going to get old together and see the boys grow up and be successful." Her words were warbled by the pain in her voice.
"Honey my connections getting bad, just let me hear you smile...one last time?" he asked.
"I'm so sorry for all of the things I've done to you, I would have loved you better if I'd known. I'm so sorry. Please forgive me. Don't leave me baby."
"You were the perfect wife, luv. You have to go on without me. I love you."
"What will I tell the boys?"
"Tell them daddy loves them. And be strong. Hun I've gotta go."
"Don't you DARE hang up. There are so many things I have to say...I love you so much!" But she got nothing in return. And then she felt an extreme force in her stomach. Like someone had just punched her. She could feel him leave, she screamed, "Can you still hear me!?"
She fell down on to the kitchen floor when the signal died.
William felt the tears finally coming over him. And his last thoughts were of Buffy as the pilot tried to pull out of the dive one last time.
When she picked up the telephone,
His voice came on the line.
She said: "This can't be happening,"
An' tears fell from her eyes.
She said: "What am I supposed to do?
"I can't handle losin' you."
He said: "I just had to call to say goodbye,
"One last time."
He said: "There are some things in this life,
"That are out of our control.
"Like who we fall in love with,
"And when it's time to go."
An' she said: "What about the plans we had?"
He said: "This connection's gettin' bad."
"Now c'mon baby, let me hear you smile,
"One last time."
She started to apologize,
For all the things that she'd done wrong.
She said: "I would have loved you better.
"If only I'd known."
He said: "You were the perfect wife:
"Promise me you'll go on with your life."
She said: "The boys won't understand."
He said: "Tell 'em Daddy loves 'em and, be strong, whoa."
He said: "Honey, I've gotta go."
She said: "Don't you dare hang up.
"There's so many things I need to say.
"I love you so much."
I was almost like she felt him leave.
She cried out: "Can you still hear me?"
She fell down on the kitchen floor,
When the signal died,
As the pilot tried to pull out of the dive.
One last......
A.N. Based on the song "One Last Time" by Dusty Drake. Lyrics are at the bottom.
The damned incessant ringing!! The phone was ringing off the hook. And it was early. Seven AM on Saturday. Who in the HELL calls at seven o'clock in the morning on the morning? Buffy finally got out of bed and grabbed the phone.
"Hello?"
"Hey baby, it's me," Buffy smiled, it was her husband William. The smile turned to a frown after what he said, "Listen, I want you to listen to me ok."
Worry filled her voice when she replied, "Yeah, ok. Baby what's wrong? Aren't you supposed to be on your way home?"
"Yeah that's the thing Hun," William's voice cracked a little, "My plane...it's crashing."
Disbelief caused Buffy to do the only thing she could think of...she laughed. And then tears started falling from her eyes, "This can't be happening! What am I supposed to do with you gone? You're my life, you and the boys."
"I just had to call to say good bye, " he replied, "One last time. I can't help who I fall in love with or when it's time to go...I love you, know that ok."
"But, but....what about the plans we had? We were going to get old together and see the boys grow up and be successful." Her words were warbled by the pain in her voice.
"Honey my connections getting bad, just let me hear you smile...one last time?" he asked.
"I'm so sorry for all of the things I've done to you, I would have loved you better if I'd known. I'm so sorry. Please forgive me. Don't leave me baby."
"You were the perfect wife, luv. You have to go on without me. I love you."
"What will I tell the boys?"
"Tell them daddy loves them. And be strong. Hun I've gotta go."
"Don't you DARE hang up. There are so many things I have to say...I love you so much!" But she got nothing in return. And then she felt an extreme force in her stomach. Like someone had just punched her. She could feel him leave, she screamed, "Can you still hear me!?"
She fell down on to the kitchen floor when the signal died.
William felt the tears finally coming over him. And his last thoughts were of Buffy as the pilot tried to pull out of the dive one last time.
When she picked up the telephone,
His voice came on the line.
She said: "This can't be happening,"
An' tears fell from her eyes.
She said: "What am I supposed to do?
"I can't handle losin' you."
He said: "I just had to call to say goodbye,
"One last time."
He said: "There are some things in this life,
"That are out of our control.
"Like who we fall in love with,
"And when it's time to go."
An' she said: "What about the plans we had?"
He said: "This connection's gettin' bad."
"Now c'mon baby, let me hear you smile,
"One last time."
She started to apologize,
For all the things that she'd done wrong.
She said: "I would have loved you better.
"If only I'd known."
He said: "You were the perfect wife:
"Promise me you'll go on with your life."
She said: "The boys won't understand."
He said: "Tell 'em Daddy loves 'em and, be strong, whoa."
He said: "Honey, I've gotta go."
She said: "Don't you dare hang up.
"There's so many things I need to say.
"I love you so much."
I was almost like she felt him leave.
She cried out: "Can you still hear me?"
She fell down on the kitchen floor,
When the signal died,
As the pilot tried to pull out of the dive.
One last......