Chapter 3: Forever & Always

"You sure you wanna do that, Logan?" James asked me.

"I'm sure. I wanna get married. Plus, we don't know how long she'll live. And it scares me."

"I'll go ask the couple next door if we can borrow some rings." Carlos said as he walked away.

"I'll call the nurses." Kendall added.

"I'll find the chaplain." James said as he walked towards the elevator.

I find myself walking back to Camille's bedside.

"You OK, Logan?" She asked me.

"You're still with me, aren't you? That's all I care about."

A few minutes later, everyone files in.

"Logie-bear, what's going on?"

"Surprise! We're getting married! I don't wanna wait any longer."

"Now?"

"Yes, now."

Carlos brings the rings to me as the chaplain starts officiating.

"Do you, Hortense Logan Mitchell, take Camille Lillian Roberts to be your lovely wedded wife?" The chaplain asks me.

"I do." I reply.

"And do you, Camille Lillian Roberts, take Hortense Logan Mitchell to be your lovely wedded husband?"

"I do." She replies.

We finish the verses.

"By the power invested in me, I pronounce you husband and wife." The chaplain says and then leaves.

I look into her eyes and say, "Camille, I want you forever, forever and always. Through the good, and the bad, and the ugly. We'll grow old together. And always remember, rather happy or sad or whatever, we'll still love each other. Forever and always."

"Forever and always." She repeats.

"Forever and always." I say, but by now I can tell that the beeps are getting too slow.

She tries to say, "Logan? I love you forever, forever and always. Can you just please just remember something for me? Even if I'm not there, I'll always love you forever and always." But her voice is too slow.

Alarms start going off, James and Kendall and Carlos have to drag me out of the room.

"Camille, please don't leave. I love you too much!" I whisper as I'm outside her room, tears falling at their own free will.

It must have been fifteen minutes, and a doctor comes out.

"I'm sorry. We did all we could." He says.

I fall to the floor.

"C-c-can I s-s-say g-g-goodbye?" I mutter to the doctor, trying to hold back tears.

"Yes. Again, I'm sorry."

I go to her lifeless body and whisper three words in her ear, "Forever and Always."