Sorry about being so late on the update. I have exams to study for and projects to do, I should, though, update later on today!
As she walked into John's room she saw him with his eyes closed and a smile playing on his lips. They quickly snapped open as she entered the room, still having the smile on his lips.
"Well hey John, did I wake you up from a good dream?" she asked as she checked his stats on the monitor.
"Not a dream," he paused, looking into her eyes, making her stop checking everything and giving her a sense of deep loneliness being transferred through them,"A memory."he finished looking off out of his window at the night sky which had it's stars beautifully blanketed across the sky.
"It was on this day, forty-five years ago, that I proposed to my wife. I went through all the trouble in the world to make sure it was exactly right and that she didn't know anything about it before. I remembered her favorite flower: orchids and I put billions of them on the walkway behind my house that I had planned to propose to her on. It was a beautiful walkway that night, illuminated by the moon as the huge lake behind it was. I put candles along the walkway and then went back to her house where I wanted it all to begin. There, I left her notes that had everything on them from 'put on the dress I bought for you' to 'get in the car with the driver and put on the blindfold'. When they arrived, the driver led her out of the car and took off her blindfold in the beginning of the long walkway. She looked amazing that night, almost glowing, as it seemed like the moon put a spotlight on her. I still remember the confused wonderment on her face as she looked around for me and spotted my figure at the end of the walkway. She walked towards me basking in the beautiful orchids on the pavement along with the candles that lighted her path. As soon as she reached me I proposed to her and she said yes with all the happiness with a hint of tears in her eyes." he finished with tears in his eyes.
Izzie observed the sadness in his face and felt incredible compassion for John. She reached for his hand as he said, "I'm sorry about that, I never used to be like this when she was alive, but now it feels like I'm always like this."
"Don't worry about it, I loved listening." she said truthfully. "Now if you don't mind, John, I have to prep you up for surgery before Dr. Burke checks up on me again."
"Surgery? Isn't that tomorrow?" he asked with a confused look on his face.
"Oh sorry, forgot to mention that we had a time opening and had to change it totoday. You should be happy that you can get out of here faster." she said.
"Thank God for that." he said as she smiled at the remark.
She took him, then, to the OR for prep.