And here we go again. I hope it's ok. Really I do and if you want please
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The Last Part
"Gale, why.. I mean, what, what happened to you!" Percival stammered.
"I would think it pretty obvious, doncha think?" Gale gave a weak smile and then a racking cough. Percival was afraid to come any closer. He stood in the doorway, dusty moonlight swirling around him in mystic circles. He inched closer.
"Why did you leave?" The words could hardly flow from his mouth. Yes, he was happy, happier than he had been in a long time. Here she was, his angel, his one love. But now she was lying here, bathed in sweat, her chocolate hair melted to her head and her once vibrant eyes watery and.. and in pain. Now, he could not take his eyes off her and his mind raced with thought. "Gale, he began, why?"
"I told you," her eyes closed with amounting pain and her body tensed and then released, "I told you not to give anything up for me. I had to leave, I couldn't stay there like this."
"Pregnant?"
Gale frowned, "I'm sorry."
Percival frowned, "I know."
"I couldn't tell you, I didn't want you to try and follow me. You needed to stay. I couldn't really bare the thought of you giving it up, giving it up for me. But I'm glad you're here now," she smiled at him and Percival now bent closer to her and put a hand to her scalding forehead, "I'm glad I got to see you once last time."
Percival jerked his hand away from her, "What!?"
Gale looked away from him and at the dirty window, "I've arranged," she closed her eyes against mounding tears, "I've arranged to have our baby, taken care of. A barren woman from.."
"Wait! Gale, are you telling me," Percival swallowed hard, "Are you saying that your, that your.."
"Going to die? Yes."
"No," he dropped to his knees, "No, no, no, NO!"
"It's really out of our hands now. I've come to accept it. Death isn't an end anyway. I've never thought that and neither should you," she took his hand and held it to her heart. "And even in my afterlife, I'll have you here."
He looked at her through tears and it did comfort him a little. To think that she wasn't afraid. But no, he wanted her to stay, to stay with him. Am I being selfish?
"Gale," it was more like a plea then her name, "No, don't go, please. I, I don't want you to."
"When I close my eyes Percival and go to sleep.. when I wake up, you shouldn't be here. You HAVE to leave now or else you never will," Gale looked at him squarely.
"No."
"I mean it. You have so much going for you anyway. Live for me. I want to just go to sleep knowing you're here and that's all I'll need. No tearful goodbyes, I don't want you to sit here and watch me die! Do it, for me."
Percival was now kneeling beside her, his hands now wrapped around her shaking body. And a thought drifted into his tired mind and he wondered if anyone knew of them. Them. What else could he do, what else could he say to her, but do what she wanted. For her. "Yes, Gale. Sleep, I'm right here. I, I love you."
"I love you too," Gale's eyes closed, exhausted to the point where she couldn't say another word, and she passed on to a dreamlike sleep in peace. Total and complete peace.
Hmmm, do you all hate me now? Pra-por-lee written of course. Full of gushy mushy lovey dovey sadness. Review kindly please! ~Runa~ Ps I think I'll write a closing part to finish the story off later.
The Last Part
"Gale, why.. I mean, what, what happened to you!" Percival stammered.
"I would think it pretty obvious, doncha think?" Gale gave a weak smile and then a racking cough. Percival was afraid to come any closer. He stood in the doorway, dusty moonlight swirling around him in mystic circles. He inched closer.
"Why did you leave?" The words could hardly flow from his mouth. Yes, he was happy, happier than he had been in a long time. Here she was, his angel, his one love. But now she was lying here, bathed in sweat, her chocolate hair melted to her head and her once vibrant eyes watery and.. and in pain. Now, he could not take his eyes off her and his mind raced with thought. "Gale, he began, why?"
"I told you," her eyes closed with amounting pain and her body tensed and then released, "I told you not to give anything up for me. I had to leave, I couldn't stay there like this."
"Pregnant?"
Gale frowned, "I'm sorry."
Percival frowned, "I know."
"I couldn't tell you, I didn't want you to try and follow me. You needed to stay. I couldn't really bare the thought of you giving it up, giving it up for me. But I'm glad you're here now," she smiled at him and Percival now bent closer to her and put a hand to her scalding forehead, "I'm glad I got to see you once last time."
Percival jerked his hand away from her, "What!?"
Gale looked away from him and at the dirty window, "I've arranged," she closed her eyes against mounding tears, "I've arranged to have our baby, taken care of. A barren woman from.."
"Wait! Gale, are you telling me," Percival swallowed hard, "Are you saying that your, that your.."
"Going to die? Yes."
"No," he dropped to his knees, "No, no, no, NO!"
"It's really out of our hands now. I've come to accept it. Death isn't an end anyway. I've never thought that and neither should you," she took his hand and held it to her heart. "And even in my afterlife, I'll have you here."
He looked at her through tears and it did comfort him a little. To think that she wasn't afraid. But no, he wanted her to stay, to stay with him. Am I being selfish?
"Gale," it was more like a plea then her name, "No, don't go, please. I, I don't want you to."
"When I close my eyes Percival and go to sleep.. when I wake up, you shouldn't be here. You HAVE to leave now or else you never will," Gale looked at him squarely.
"No."
"I mean it. You have so much going for you anyway. Live for me. I want to just go to sleep knowing you're here and that's all I'll need. No tearful goodbyes, I don't want you to sit here and watch me die! Do it, for me."
Percival was now kneeling beside her, his hands now wrapped around her shaking body. And a thought drifted into his tired mind and he wondered if anyone knew of them. Them. What else could he do, what else could he say to her, but do what she wanted. For her. "Yes, Gale. Sleep, I'm right here. I, I love you."
"I love you too," Gale's eyes closed, exhausted to the point where she couldn't say another word, and she passed on to a dreamlike sleep in peace. Total and complete peace.
Hmmm, do you all hate me now? Pra-por-lee written of course. Full of gushy mushy lovey dovey sadness. Review kindly please! ~Runa~ Ps I think I'll write a closing part to finish the story off later.
