A/N: I was considering not continuing for a while, but then I realized that if I did that I would be stooping to the level of the people who were mean to me. I am sorry to the people who didn't leave mean comments. I would also like to remind the people who did say those things that this is a community to help support other writers. Not to tear people down before they finish their stories. Also, just because you substitute a symbol for a letter in a mean word to get it past the filter doesn't make you cool. It just makes you mean and a potty mouth. Ok, that's enough with the ranting. On to the story! For those requesting music, this first part could be: She never lets it go to her heart, by Tim McGraw.
"Will you please, for the love of God, tell me why you're crying? I can't make it better if I don't know what happened sweetheart." Kevin pleaded for the twentieth time in the last five minutes.
I sighed and looked him in the eyes before beginning to cry again. "I dreamed that I…and you…it was so awful!" I sobbed. My happiness had faded away, leaving me with just the leftover sorrow from the dream.
"What baby? What happened?" He tightened his arms around me and began stroking my hair. I sobbed even harder into his shirt.
I couldn't just leave him in the dark about it. I wanted to tell him, I just didn't want him to be mad. I broke down, and the words came spilling from my mouth. I told him all about the dream and the feelings I had. When I got to the part about my feelings towards Tyler I felt him stiffen just a little. That ended up making me feel even worse for hurting him. I was almost calming down by the time I told him about the fight.
"What?" he choked out as soon as I told him about the punch he had inflicted on me.
"I'm sorry Kevin. I didn't want to dream that part. It was a nightmare. I'm sorry." I pleaded. There was an ominous silence before I was being crushed against his chest.
"I don't need to hear anymore. I would never hurt you like that. It's okay. I'm here; I'm not ever going to leave you." I sobbed into his chest, and after a while we fell asleep in each other's arms.
We were in the parking lot of Mr. Smoothies and I was lying across the top of Kevin's car. Out of the blue, we heard a whistle and a lot of laughing from across the lot. I turned to see what the commotion was about, and saw a group of football players from my school staring at me with lust evident even from this distance. Kevin tensed, and made a move to go kill them. I put a hand on his shoulder and gave him a withering look. The boys continued to make a large racket, but I convinced Kevin to leave them alone. It was almost working until I heard one of them call out, "I'd tap that!"
I felt the blush rise to my cheeks and Kevin was out of my grasp before I could blink. "That's it punks. Back off!" Kevin yelled. I ran to his side and reached for his hand. As soon as our eyes met, he relaxed visibly.
I looked up at the boys, "Say something inappropriate…one more time." I challenged.
The boys were quiet for a moment before the leader stepped up and smiled, "I'd…tap…that." He taunted.
Before he even knew what hit him I had him on his back on the gravel. His friends stared at me in shock and I heard Kevin chuckle a little. The boy on the ground stumbled to his feet and glared at me. "Why you little..." he began. Kevin had him back on the ground before he could finish.
"Don't even think about it." I threatened as one of the guys started toward Kevin…he stopped dead in his tracks. I turned and pushed Kevin away from the boy he was about to kill, "It's okay." I stared into his eyes. He looked right back at me and wrapped his arm around my waist. "I love you." He whispered, leading us away from the stupid boys.
"Are you going to read all day?" Kevin asks, kissing my ear in an attempt to distract me. It totally works.
"What else do you suggest I do?" I asked innocently. I roll over and press my lips gently against his. He smiled.
"I can think of a few things." He grinned back, wrapping me in his arms.
"I have to study Kev. I don't want to fail this quiz." I pleaded with him. I could feel him sigh against my neck.
He pulled back suddenly and pulled his phone out of his pocket. "What?" he grunted. He closed his eyes and started yelling, "What? You have to be kidding me! I don't want to hear the excuses! I'll be there in less than ten minutes." He hung up and started rubbing his temples.
"I'm guessing that was the garage?" I guessed with a small smile. He sighed and nodded with a scowl. I reached out and touched his cheek. "They need a real man to help them. I'll just study some more, take my medicine and go to bed. I'll leave the window open for you." I smiled sadly. I was lonely so much these days.
He frowned and held my hand to his cheek. "I feel bad for leaving you alone so much. When was the last time we really talked? How is your treatment going? Are you feeling okay lately? I should be there for you more. That's my job as the man. I'm supposed to be there for you to talk to and cry on. That job is so much more important than the one that just called."
"It's okay. I know how much it means to you to earn your money honestly. It makes me proud. Besides, my next appointment with the doctor is tomorrow. You can come with me then, and afterwards you could take me out to lunch. Does that work with your schedule?" I asked lightly. He smiled and nodded.
"Okay then. Go show those boys how a real man fixes cars." I laughed and kissed him lightly. He smiled and flexed his arms in a very manly pose. I laughed and pushed him out the door. When he was gone, I followed the schedule I had dictated for Kevin…except for sleeping. I waited up for him until one in the morning and fell asleep in the chair.
The next thing I was aware of was lying in my bed and I heard Kevin beside me. "God? Please, I want to be there for her. I need her and I know she needs me too. I feel like I'm failing her. I feel like I'm making so many mistakes. I don't know what to do. I want to be worthy of her. She stayed up for who knows how long tonight. Waiting for me. Why does she do stuff like that? I can't do this alone. I need your help. I need to deserve her before I ask her to marry me. Before I claim her, I have to earn her. I just want to give her everything she needs. Amen."
I could have turned over and embraced him, told him I loved him and that I heard everything. Instead, I decided to boost his confidence a little. "Kevin." I murmured, and rolled restlessly. He smoothed my hair and kissed my forehead, "I'm here love. I'm trying. I promise to be here more. I'm sorry. So sorry baby." He soothed, tears in his voice. "Love you." I sighed. He wrapped his arms around me and held me close to his chest, "I love you. I love you. I'm going to make it up to you. I promise. I love you so much baby. I love you so much." I smiled and drifted back to sleep.
"Would you please relax?" I muttered. Kevin was pacing up and down the hallway of the hospital, making me anxious as well.
"How can people stand this kind of torture due to waiting?" he groaned exasperatedly. I looked at the ground. "You get used to it eventually." I muttered.
Kevin stopped pacing and looked at me with regret, "I'm sorry baby. I didn't mean it like that." I smiled up at him and he smiled back slightly. "It's not like it's not true though. Even I get bored and anxious when I'm waiting for my test results." I admitted.
Just then, the doctor walked in and led us into her private office. "So, how am I doc?" I asked. She looked at me with a question obvious in her eyes. "I honestly don't know." She answered uncertainly.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Kevin demanded, taking my hand tightly in his.
"Please, calm down sir. The cancer didn't show up in any of the CT scans. It just disappeared. I don't know how Miss. Tennyson, but you're cured." She informed us.
"What?" I asked, completely numb. "Are you kidding me? That doesn't make sense…" I mused to myself. Kevin hadn't moved an inch, his hand starting to crush mine.
"I think I should give you both some time to grasp this fully. Take your time and then sign out. We'll send the necessary paperwork to your house later in the week." The doctor smiled at me widely, "Congratulations." And then we were alone.
"Kev? You're kind of hurting my hand baby." I smiled. He quickly dropped my hand, but didn't move. "Sorry." He muttered after a moment.
"Kevin…I'm cured. Aren't you happy?" I asked. I wasn't hurt…just confused. He nodded, and I saw the smile begin to form on his face. He was just taking everything in. The smile broke into a full blown beaming grin. He picked me up by the waist and swung me around the room.
"Of course I'm happy! I love you so much." He laughed, kissing me lightly. I smiled back at him and began to trace the lines outlined by his shirt. "I'm actually kind of hungry right now. But, maybe after lunch you we could think of something fun to do." I smiled seductively.
"Okay…well I think that one looks like a flower." I pointed at the stars that were in the dark sky. Kevin and I were out in the middle of the woods. When I had told my parents my news, they decided that I could spend the night at Julie's house. She covered for me when I snuck out with Kevin. Now, we were in the middle of the woods, just me and Kevin, with my head on his chest and his arms wrapped firmly around me.
"How does that look like a flower? It's the big dipper." He chuckled. "If you see a dipper then you see a dipper. I'm telling you I see a flower. I think that's the magic of the stars." I trailed off, thinking. "What's magic about them?" Kevin asked, softly breaking me out of my thoughts. I sighed and continued to stare at the sky, "You can see whatever you want to see. There's no set thing that has to be the answer. It can be whatever you want it to be. I want it to be a flower; you want it to be a dipper. In the end, it's the same set of stars that are seen in different points of view. Neither is right or wrong, it makes it freer. It makes me feel like there are countless roads that could possibly be followed, but they all lead you to the same place. Like how whatever Ben does he ends up saving the day. Like how whenever Julie does anything it makes her look caring and compassionate. Like how everything you do ends up getting you into trouble." I smiled at the end and kissed his chest through his shirt.
He stared at me and kissed my lips in return. "You are the most amazing girl I've ever met. I love you so much. "I love you too." I whispered. I looked up at the sky again and whispered, "Thank you. I know it was you. I think this is some kind of miracle. Thank you so much. For giving me more time with him. For making me healthy and helping him. I won't waste this. I promise. Thank you. Amen." There was a long bit of silence. "Amen." Kevin agreed, kissing me on the lips and holding me tighter. Then we kissed into this beautiful night full of blessings and love. We both knew it was all we would ever need.
A/N: IDK if I should keep going with this. I could make more chapters and add more drama, but I don't know what you guys want to read about. Shoot me a review with a suggestion on whether or not I should continue and if so, what should I make the next chapters about. Thank you guys so much! You rock!