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More. Cry, yes my children, cry.
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Three seconds later:
Nny reached Devi's painting room and stuck his head inside. He shook his head. Devi was lying on the floor again. Every night almost she fell asleep while she was painting. The brush still lay by her side. Nny smiled and walked over to her, kneeling beside her. She was lying on her stomach. He hated to wake her, but she'd be sore for three days if he let her sleep on the floor all night.
"Hey Devi, it's time to come to bed now," Nny said, shaking her gently. She was freezing, just like every single solitary time she slept on the floor. "Oh come on Devi don't try and pretend you're still asleep. It didn't work last night, it won't work now," Nny said, taking her shoulder gently and turning her onto her back. She flopped limply. Nny started to get worried. "Devi?" he asked.
He heard the apartment door slam.
"Hey you lovebirds!" Tenna's voice yelled, popping by for another visit.
Nny shook Devi, starting to get frantic. Devi's face was terribly pale. He pulled her into a sitting position in his arms.
"Tenna! Come here quick! We're in the painting room!" Nny screamed.
Something in Nny's voice made Tenna flinch. She rushed into the room. Nny was sitting on the floor clutching Devi in his arms; not an unusual sight to behold.
"What is it?" Tenna asked, coming closer. And she saw how pale Devi was. She knelt beside them, touching Devi's arm. "She's like ice!" Tenna gasped.
"I know!" Nny said. Tenna noticed an aspirin bottle lying near Devi.
"What's this?" she asked, picking it up and noticing that it was totally empty. "Oh my lord!" she said, suddenly having a notion. She reached over and shook Devi. "Check her pulse!" she gasped.
Nny picked Devi's small wrist up in his fingers. He sat for a moment. "Nothing!" he gasped. He put his fingers on the side of Devi's neck. "Nothing!" he gasped again. Tenna noticed something on the floor and picked it up. It was a piece of paper.
It read: 'Don't worry. I immortalized the moment.'
"Nny?" Tenna said, holding it up. Nny read it.
"No! No," he gasped. Tenna reached over and put her hand over Devi's mouth for a few minutes. Nothing.
"Johnny I think she-" Tenna gasped, tears coming to her eyes.
"No! Nope," Nny said, grabbing a jar of Devi's paintbrush rinsing water and pouring it over Devi's head. "Here we go. A nice shower for you, Dev. Come on, it's time to wake up!" Nny said, starting to tear. He clutched Devi tightly against him.
"Johnny. She's..she's gone," Tenna said, tears starting to pour down her cheeks.
"NO! No way!!!!" Nny screamed, holding Devi.
"SHE'S DEAD NNY!" Tenna screamed despairingly, throwing herself to the floor and starting to sob hysterically.
"NO!" Nny screamed. But he had to face the truth. "SHE'S DEAD!" Nny screamed, shaking uncontrollably, burying his face in Devi's hair. "BUT SHE'S NOT!" he screamed.
Tenna sat up, still crying.
"You've got to let her go, Johnny. She..she's passed on," Tenna said, placing a hand on Nny's arm.
"I know," Nny said softly, tears spilling down his cheeks. "I know."
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DEVI!!!!!!!!!!!!!
More. Cry, yes my children, cry.
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Three seconds later:
Nny reached Devi's painting room and stuck his head inside. He shook his head. Devi was lying on the floor again. Every night almost she fell asleep while she was painting. The brush still lay by her side. Nny smiled and walked over to her, kneeling beside her. She was lying on her stomach. He hated to wake her, but she'd be sore for three days if he let her sleep on the floor all night.
"Hey Devi, it's time to come to bed now," Nny said, shaking her gently. She was freezing, just like every single solitary time she slept on the floor. "Oh come on Devi don't try and pretend you're still asleep. It didn't work last night, it won't work now," Nny said, taking her shoulder gently and turning her onto her back. She flopped limply. Nny started to get worried. "Devi?" he asked.
He heard the apartment door slam.
"Hey you lovebirds!" Tenna's voice yelled, popping by for another visit.
Nny shook Devi, starting to get frantic. Devi's face was terribly pale. He pulled her into a sitting position in his arms.
"Tenna! Come here quick! We're in the painting room!" Nny screamed.
Something in Nny's voice made Tenna flinch. She rushed into the room. Nny was sitting on the floor clutching Devi in his arms; not an unusual sight to behold.
"What is it?" Tenna asked, coming closer. And she saw how pale Devi was. She knelt beside them, touching Devi's arm. "She's like ice!" Tenna gasped.
"I know!" Nny said. Tenna noticed an aspirin bottle lying near Devi.
"What's this?" she asked, picking it up and noticing that it was totally empty. "Oh my lord!" she said, suddenly having a notion. She reached over and shook Devi. "Check her pulse!" she gasped.
Nny picked Devi's small wrist up in his fingers. He sat for a moment. "Nothing!" he gasped. He put his fingers on the side of Devi's neck. "Nothing!" he gasped again. Tenna noticed something on the floor and picked it up. It was a piece of paper.
It read: 'Don't worry. I immortalized the moment.'
"Nny?" Tenna said, holding it up. Nny read it.
"No! No," he gasped. Tenna reached over and put her hand over Devi's mouth for a few minutes. Nothing.
"Johnny I think she-" Tenna gasped, tears coming to her eyes.
"No! Nope," Nny said, grabbing a jar of Devi's paintbrush rinsing water and pouring it over Devi's head. "Here we go. A nice shower for you, Dev. Come on, it's time to wake up!" Nny said, starting to tear. He clutched Devi tightly against him.
"Johnny. She's..she's gone," Tenna said, tears starting to pour down her cheeks.
"NO! No way!!!!" Nny screamed, holding Devi.
"SHE'S DEAD NNY!" Tenna screamed despairingly, throwing herself to the floor and starting to sob hysterically.
"NO!" Nny screamed. But he had to face the truth. "SHE'S DEAD!" Nny screamed, shaking uncontrollably, burying his face in Devi's hair. "BUT SHE'S NOT!" he screamed.
Tenna sat up, still crying.
"You've got to let her go, Johnny. She..she's passed on," Tenna said, placing a hand on Nny's arm.
"I know," Nny said softly, tears spilling down his cheeks. "I know."
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DEVI!!!!!!!!!!!!!
