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5 Days later
Knives laid there with his arm around Renee's slightly rounded stomach. By the height of the fundus, he had been able to make a rough estimate that she was carrying at about the 3rd month of gestation. This was alarming to him because she had only been pregnant a week, two weeks at most. He looked over her shoulder at the peaceful smile on her face. He couldn't see how she had the courage to smile, but she did. Nothing could stop this woman, his wife, from feeling love and happiness. No amount of pain could rob her of her calm serenity.
I would stay awake, just to hear you breathing
Watch you smile while you are sleeping
While you're far away and dreaming
He looked at her hair with dismay. It had begun to go white at the roots, making a perfect line of white across her brow. Each day the band of white got thicker. At the rate it was progressing it would not be long before the end. He looked at the remaining red hair like a time bomb. It was a sort of sick countdown until she was gone forever.
He cried softly, he was becoming more and more prone to that, but he always waited until she was asleep. During the day he wore his best smile for her. It wasn't really hard to be happy for every last precious moment he had with her. He fell asleep after her, and woke up before her. He soaked up her last days, making memories to give to his daughter as a poor replacement for a mother she would never know...
I could spend my life, in this sweet surrender,
I could stay lost in this moment, forever,
Cause every moment spent with you is a moment I treasure.
He buried his face in her hair and breathed in her scent. He had felt that the child was a girl only a day ago. Their child was a little girl, and she might not even survive her own birth. The prophecy spoke of the child as an event, nothing more. She was just another sign. It hadn't bothered to mention weather the child would live or die. She had to live; he had to tell her how wonderful her mother was. He watched Renee's chest rise and fall, rise and fall, fighting the weight of his eyelids.
I don't wanna close my eyes,
I don't wanna fall asleep,
Cause I'd miss you babe,
And I don't wanna miss a thing.
He snuggled in as close as skin and bone would allow, trying to memorize the feel of her. He tried to take all of her into him, right down to the last drop of her soul. He cried harder because he knew he could not sustain her, he knew no memory would truly resurrect her.
Cause even when I dream of you,
The sweetest dream would never do,
I'd still miss you babe,
And I don't wanna miss a thing.
His fingers lightly traced the curve of her jaw. Then they caressed her rosebud smile. Those beautiful lips that sang his name and her hypnotic voice that was so enticing to him. There was so much to remember, so much to memorize. Her sparkling silver eyes were shut, but he didn't need help to remember those. Those eyes were so much like a mirror, bouncing back at you whatever you try to see in them. They only open to reveal their depths when you feed them love. Love was the infinite loop that bound all things, and bound him to her forever.
I don't wanna miss one smile,
He wanted to remember the way her smile had changed him.
I don't wanna miss one kiss,
Knives leaned closer.
I just wanna be with you, right here with you,
Just like this...
He turned her on her back and brushed his lips across hers lightly.
I just wanna hold you close,
Thought left him as she arched up against him and slid her arms around him. The sweet taste of her lips begged for him to surrender from his torment.
And feel your heart so close to mine,
This moment, as their hearts beated against their chests in perfect time, would not be darkened by such thoughts.
And just stay here in this moment for all the rest of time!
This moment could last... This moment could stay in his memory forever. He could have her forever. The sheets tossed and tangled as Knives and Renee rolled over each other in their lovemaking. This can last forever.
yeah, yeah, yeah, YEAH!
I don't wanna close my eyes,
I don't fall asleep,
Cause I'd miss you babe,
And I don't wanna miss a thing.
He gazed into her silver eyes as they reflected the moonlight. They were glazed over in perfect passion. He loved that look. That look that said he pleased her like no one else could.
Cause even when I dream of you,
The sweetest dream would never do,
I'd still miss you babe,
And I don't wanna miss a thing.
When her head rolled back against the pillow, her eyes closed. He knew what that meant. He felt her tighten around him, and she cried out his name.
Cause even when I dream of you,
The sweetest dream would never do,
I'd still miss you babe,
And I don't wanna miss a thing.
He lost himself inside her. Allowed her to swallow him up. When it was done, and they laid against each other, and he sighed her name into her ear.
I don't wanna close my eyes,
I don't wanna fall asleep!
And I don't wanna miss a thing.
"I love you," She whispered back to him and his eyes were finally too heavy to keep open. He fell asleep cradled between her legs, in her warm, loving arms.
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