Things were going well for Sean. Well at least they were up until the past few days. He started feeling dizzy after waking up and getting out of bed. Sometimes he even blacked out for a few minutes. But he never told anyone not even his doctor. After this went on for a few days he collapsed walking down the stairs in Emma's house. Emma called for an ambulance and Sean was in the hospital yet again.
This time it wasn't temporary. Almost everyone Sean knew in his life was scared about what was going to happen to him. Even JT, Toby, Liberty and Chris whom Sean treated badly in the past were scared about what was going to happen to him. Others who were worried about him were Alex, Paige, Jimmy, Hazel, Craig, Ashley, Manny, Jay, Ellie, Emma, Mr. Simpson, Mrs. Nelson, and of course his parents.
Days and days went by. Soon weeks went by but he wasn't getting any better. Sean just kept getting weaker and weaker. He was so weak that when someone came to visit him he couldn't talk for more than five minutes or he would become extremely tired and/or black out for a little while. He tried his best to talk to everyone who came to visit him though.
Sean was sitting in his hospital bed thinking about things. He was thinking about his friends and family. He was thinking mostly about Emma though. Most of his thoughts involving her were sad. Sean knew that he wasn't going to get better and that time was running out. That's when he decided to buzz in the nurse. He asked her to get Mr. Simpson, Mrs. Nelson, and his parents. A few minutes later they all came into his room wondering why he had called them all in to see him.
"Sean what's going on?" Mrs. Cameron said. Everyone else in the room just stared at Sean awkwardly. "Well I don't have very long to live. I know it makes you all sad when I say that but it's true and being in this place made me think a lot. I realized that I love Emma more than anyone could love someone in a lifetime. She means the world to me." Sean said and then paused. "Sean we know you love her. We all do. But what does that have to do with all of us being in here?" Mrs. Nelson said. "I want to marry your daughter Mrs. Nelson. I love her and I know she loves me. It would mean so much to me if you let me marry her. I promised myself that I would get married and settle down with the one I love and while me settling down isn't going to happen, me getting married can." Sean said. He looked around the room and waited for a response. "Yes. Yes Sean. You can marry my daughter." Mrs. Nelson said. "But son you are weak and getting weaker each and every day. How can you pull of getting married?" Mr. Cameron asked. "I don't care. We can get married in this crummy hospital room for all I care. As long as I get to marry the love of my life then all is good." Sean said with a big smile on his face. "Well it's settled then. Sean, your dad and I will go get you a ring and then when we come back you can propose." Mr. Simpson said. "I will go let everyone know." Mrs. Cameron said. "And I will take Emma out of this place for a little while so she doesn't get suspicious of everyone knowing something but her." Mrs. Nelson said. Then one by one they each got up and gave Sean a hug. Then they left to room to get things ready.
About an hour later everyone except Emma knew about Sean wanting to get married. They were all so excited for both Emma and Sean. Everyone knew how much they loved each other and this was the perfect thing to do to express their love towards each other.
Finally about twenty minutes past six Mr. Simpson and Mr. Cameron came rushing into Sean's room holding two small boxes. Mr. Simpson showed Sean one ring and Mr. Cameron showed him another. Sean couldn't decide for the longest time but then finally chose the one his dad had in his hand. He took the box and then both of them left his room. Minutes later Emma came in with a weird look on her face.
"Sean what's going on? Everyone out there has a huge smile on their face like something really good just happened. Are you getting better? Can you come home?" Emma said hoping her assumption was right. "No I'm not getting better Em and you should know that. Everyone else does. There is good news though. But first lets talk." Sean said. "Okay. Talk about what?" Emma asked confused a little. "Emma you know I love you right?" Emma just nodded with a big smile planted on her face. "Well I love you more than anyone could ever love someone in a thousand lifetimes. I want to grow old with you but that isn't going to happen. I know that. But I do have time to do this one thing. It would mean the world to me Em." Sean said while looking at Emma. She had tears streaming down her face. Hearing Sean tell her that he knew he didn't have much time left made her want to cry forever. "Sean please don't. Don't tell me you don't have much time left. I know that okay. Just please don't remind me. It's hard enough hearing you say it." Emma said. "Emma don't cry. This is supposed to be a happy thing." Sean said trying to get her to smile. "How is you dying happy?" She asked in disgust. Why would someone dying be a happy thing? "No Em. What I need to ask you is. Now chill." Then he sat up and took Emma's hand while looking into her eyes. "Normally this is done on one knee but I can't do that so this will have to do. Emma Nelson I love you with all of my heart. I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you marry me?" Sean asked. Emma had the biggest smile on her face with tears streaming down the face. "You were right Sean. This is a happy thing. Actually it's the happiest day of my life. Yes of course I will marry you." Emma said and then kissed him.
Both Sean and Emma's parents had to talk the hospital into letting them have a wedding in his room. They finally agreed after a lot of hard work to convince them. Three days later they got married. It wasn't a big wedding because everyone had to fit inside of Sean's hospital room but it was something to remember.
Two days after the wedding Sean and Jay talk. Jay figured it was about his promise to Sean and he was right. He didn't forget about it but he didn't want to think like that. He hated knowing that his best friend who was really young and caring was going to die.
After Jay left some of the doctors came in. They took their time getting to the point however. It took them almost twenty minutes to finally get out the news they had been dreading. They told Sean that he only had a matter of days before he past on. The doctors couldn't do anything else for him. His treatments were not working. Sean just sat there in his bed staring at them. He couldn't believe that he was going to die. Well he knew he was going to but it was only days after the happiest day of his life. After the doctors left to go tell his friends and family Sean finally started to cry. He had been waiting for a long time to cry. Everything was just building up inside of him and he finally got to let it out.
When the doctors told Sean's family and friends the terrible news they all took it somewhat well. Well almost all of them. Emma just stood there crying hysterically. She didn't understand why everyone else wasn't crying. She assumed it was because they weren't in love with Sean and that they were expecting him to die soon Emma on the other hand thought he would have at least a month or two more to live. Boy was she wrong. Manny and Jay tried to calm her down but nothing worked. She flipped out on them and then stormed out of the hospital leaving everyone there to just think about what the doctors just told them.
