Hey guys! Thank you so much for the reviews/alerts/subscriptions! This is going to be the next to last chapter. I want to close up some stories of mine, that way I can start working on some new stories (you can read some summaries on my profile). Please Enjoy The Eighth Chapter Of "Arms Of An Angel"...
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A/N-Yes, I am well aware that the dates and days are messed up, meaning that they aren't true dates. It's fanfiction; deal with it (:
Arms Of An Angel-Chapter 8
I'm so happy, yet so scared. And every morning it starts all over again. I open my eyes and hope that we make it through the day, because without her, I would have no place.
12PM
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH, 2012
"D-Do you think she'll be okay?" Eli sits adjacent to Clare's mother, biting his finger nails, his heart racing a mile a minute. His right leg is shaking, creating a vibration through the chairs, "The surgery should be over soon, they took her in at six in the morning."
"Do you think she feels the pain?" Eli asks, worrying about Clare's pain, wishing that he could take it on instead of her, "Eli, honestly with the medication they use to put her under, she can't even control her own mind right now. If anything, she's lost in a dream world."
Helen's words made Eli halfway unsettled, but the other half, contempt.
"Did you two have fun last night?" Helen asked Eli, as he met her gaze nervously, "Eli, it's okay, you don't have to tell me what you two did. Although, the look in you twos' eyes gave me a tiny glimpse of what happened last night."
"Ms. Edwards, I'm sorry if you're mad at-," She cut Eli's apology off, "You make my daughter happy Eli, and that's all that matters. As long as she's happy, and you love her as much she loves you, I'm happy with whatever you two decide to do in your future."
Future.
Eli's heart raced, thinking about how he might not have a future with Clare, "Eli, calm down sweetheart. Clare is a young woman, she has a healthy body, aside of the cancer...you know that, she's a fighter and she's strong. You just have to believe."
"I believe in her, I just doubt the cancer," He whispered, tears forming in his eyes as Helen smiled, "Oh to be young and in love. Eli, she'll pull through this. Clare has been through a lot, she'll make it."
"I know this is going to sound completely weird, and I don't want you to feel intimidated or freaked out, but, can I hold your hand?" Eli asks Helen with a hoarse, shaky voice.
Helen smiles, interlocking her left hand with Eli's right, "She'll make it Eli, I promise."
"Don't make any promises you can't keep."
5:30AM
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH, 2012
"Clare."
His sweet, angelic voice fills her resting head, as she's slowly trying to recover from her slumber. She knows why he is calling her name, while stroking his warm fingers through her curls.
It's time to go.
Her eyes flutter open, blue eyes clashing with green, and for once, her heart is racing in calmness. It's not racing because of pain from her breast, or because her thoughts haven't given her a rest since she's been cursed with this disease.
No; this is a happy feeling.
"Good morning beautiful," He whispers, bringing her lips in for a kiss, not caring about how chapped they are or how unresponsive and tired she is. The second their lips touched, Clare is soaring into another world, the blood rushing to her face.
The red lace sheet wrapped around her body is now being tugged at by Eli, who whispers, "We have to go soon, it's five thirty. I love you Clare, and I want to dress you, please."
She couldn't deny the inoccent, love sick look in his eyes as she whispered, "O-Okay, I just have to go to bathroom quick."
Eli awaits her to return, and in the mean time, is sweating bullets. His heart is racing as he stands up from the heart shaped bed, shoving his hand into his pocket, digging out the piece of jewelry. His hands are shaking as he takes a knee outside of the bathroom, waiting for Clare. He tries to make it perfect for her, positioning himself where she would like him to be positioned.
He smirked, holding up the piece of jewelry for Clare to see through her perfect, blue eyed vision.
"Eli, I can't find my-," Clare came out of the bathroom, gripping the red sheet to her body tightly, a nervous lump forming in her throat when she witnessed Eli before her, propped up on his knee, holding up a ring.
"C-Clare Edwards, you're the most...amazing, enlightening, beautiful, rapturous, and smartest woman I've ever known. From the moment I laid eyes on you in freshman year, I always thought I wasn't going to be good enough for you. But, look at where we are now, and I'm the most happiest guy alive. I'm madly, and deeply in love with you Clare. Without you, I'd be lost in the dark. Through sickness and in health, right?" Eli paused, smiling up at a teary eyed Clare, "What I am trying to ask you here Clare is, will you marry me?"
Clare didn't know what to feel, realizing that he is calling her all these outrageously amazing things when her hair is tasseled in all different directions, her eyes are almost clenched shut from her just fully awakening, and she's also trying to hold up her bed sheet so she wouldn't expose herself.
"E-Eli," She whimpered, tears falling from her eyes as he whispered, "I-Is that a yes?"
Clare squealed excitingly, gesturing him to get up off his knee as he rose, only to be pulled into a tight embrace by Clare. She clung to him, wrapping her arms around his neck, placing frantic kisses on his lips. She was eager, which made Eli go weak at the knees as he pecked her earlobe, "I love you Clare, nothing will change that."
Her tears clashed with his blazer, as she whimpered, "Y-yes Eli, I-I want to be a Goldsworthy...please, put the ring on me. Please."
Eli gently grabbed Clare's hand, slipping on her new ring to show off to the world, as he smiled, "You are now, this much closer in being a Goldsworthy."
"I love you Eli," She whispered, wiping away the tears on her face as she was trying to get acquainted with the light weight on her left hand ring finger. She liked it-, no, she loved it. The way it represented their love, the way it reminded her of Eli, only made her blush furiously.
This wasn't the end, Clare thought, it was only the beginning.
6AM
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH, 2012
Eli stared down at Clare, who was about to be hauled off into her surgery room. She was in her surgery gown already, her heart soaring with passion as she slipped off her ring, handing it to Eli, "T-They won't let me have any jewelry on during the surgery, but the second I wake up, I promise I'll put it back on."
"Hey," Clare spoke softly, rubbing Eli's cheek with the back of her right hand, "Hey, look at me Eli. Look at me."
When Eli didn't respond, tears falling from his face, Clare smiled, "Kiss me Eli, please."
He sniffled, daring to make eye contact with her as he whispered, "I-I just want you to be okay Clare...I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with you." The lump in his throat was increasing, causing pain to erupt in his body, "Relax Eli, we have forever...right?"
"Forever," He pressed his lips against Clare's, their lips clenched shut tightly as electricity and sparks fired throughout the two lovers bodies. Clare's heart monitor she was connected to went off, causing Eli to pull away, chuckling in the process, "Keep it down Edwards, you'll attract the nurses."
"I love you," She whispered, pecking his lips quickly before her doctor came behind her, beginning to push her down the hallway, "She's in good hands Eli, don't worry." Eli was pulled back by Helen, as Clare soon closed her eyes, counting back from ten as the doctor ordered.
With three numbers left to count, tears permanently stained her gown, and her eyelids grew heavy, the last image flashing in her mind was of course; Eli.
1PM
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH, 2012
"Ms. Edwards, Mr. Goldsworthy," Eli and Helen pulled away from their intense conversation, only to both glance upon Clare's doctor, "Clare is out of surgery, it was a success...but you two must know some things upon entering the room."
All Eli heard was "Clare is out of surgery, it was a success", from there on in, he knew he wasn't going to have to put a gun to his head to join her, or jump in front of a train to find her once again. Eli was in a state relief, until the doctor stated things he knew was going to cause Clare emotional and physical pain, "The right breast was removed, stitches were used to fold the excess skin. Therefore, she will feel sensitive to any such movement. Ms. Edwards, Clare needs a couple of days to just sleep and relax. We will provide Clare with a doctors note for school, as well as a couple of other requirements to follow post surgery. She must continue seeing the therapist you listed, as well as seeing me. The pain will fade, and thanks to you Eli, Clare's looking forward to a good ten or more years."
"T-ten or more?" Eli asked, his throat tightening uncomfortably, "I-I want more than that...I want forever."
"Elijah," Clare's doctor gripped his bicep comfortingly, "Most cancer patients can't even get a guaranteed week, be thankful you have this long. You have ten years to fill memories with, have children if you want to, get married. You have time Eli, be thankful."
"O-Okay...thank you, w-when can we see her?" Ms. Edwards asked, as the doctor smiled, "Right this way."
1:02PM
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH, 2012
Eli couldn't believe it, she looked all the more beautiful than he's ever seen her before, "...Eli." Her voice was hoarse, raw from dehydration as she lifted her hand, gesturing him to come closer.
He sniffled, lifting her hand, slipping the ring on her finger, "Beautiful."
"You made it," He whispered to her, kissing her on the temple, tears streaming down each person's face in the room. Eli and Clare now knew that with what time they have been blessed with, they were most certainly not going to waste it.
This was their time to love, to make a life, living everyday like it's the last.
But, they were up for the challenge ahead.
It would be worth it, only because, they knew that together, was now a possibility written in stone.
END OF CHAPTER 8
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