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I Miss You

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                                                    March 20th, 2009

"Hey D., I'm awake. Can you come see me?"
I nearly dropped the phone. It had been so long since I had heard his personal ringtone coming from my phone. He had been in a coma for so long; since February seventeenth. The doctors said there was a 10% chance of him waking up before the eight cancerous brain tumors killed him.
"Yeah, of course I can. You have no idea how much I've missed your voice. I'll be there soon."
We exchanged a short goodbye before hanging up. As I was searching through the contacts on my phone for Ashton's number, I saw his car pull into the school parking lot. I ran to the car and slid myself into the backseat where I was greeted by Lance, Jake, Ashton in the drivers seat and his boyfriend Chase next to him. The car was full. On the way to the hospital, the feeling in the air was bitter-sweet. We were all so happy that he was awake, but I found out right away that he was fading fast.
I walked into the room expecting to see the Tyler I had known all my life; bright eyed, pink to his skin, and a smiling face. Instead, he looked the same as he had for the last month. Paper pale, eyes that looked as though they were locked shut, and a tired, worn face. I turned away to try to pull myself out of the tear-jerkin phase I was in. I took in a breath slowly as the first tear fell. And, as if on cue, Ty' spoke, "D., please don't cry. I need you to smile."
I turned to face him. I saw who I truly loved. His eyes open and wide; the color of different chocolates melted together. The sweet, soft, innocent smile that he always wore in his waking hours. He sat himself up and held out his arms. The gesture I couldn't resist.
I laid in his arms as we all re-told old memories. We laughed until we cried and couldn't breathe. But we could all tell that Ty' was getting weaker with every passing minute. We calmed down when he began having trouble keeping his eyes open and the beeping on the heart and blood pressure monitor slowed to a crawl.
"Ty', please stay awake, I need you," I whispered.
His eyes closed into slits and then struggled to open again as he cupped his hand to my cheek. "Promise me you'll smile D., everyday, no matter what."
"In order for me to keep that promise, you have to be around," the tears fell down silently onto his hand and down my face.
"I promise I'll make everything right one day, but you have to smile for me, and never cry alone."
"Ty' don't do this, not now. You can beat this! I know you can!"
He held my face tightly now, letting me stare into his eyes one last time while they were still open. I buried my face between his neck and shoulder as he kissed my forehead and held me with the little strength he had left. This was the end, we all knew it. I cried uncontrollably, begging him to stay alive. Then he kissed me with all the logging he had to live.
"Promise D., promise me. I need you to hear you say it."
"I promise Ty'," I cried.
"I love you, forever and for always. Be good, I'll be watching," so quietly only I could hear.
His arms went limp as his last breath left his lungs. A continuous sound of beeps rang through the room. Doctors and nurses rushed in with paddles yelling "Code Blue!"
I was ripped from the still embrace by Lance while I screamed through my tears, trying to stay with Ty'. I was trapped in strong arms while his lifeless body was shocked up from the hospital bed numerous times. A moment of pure silence, then the sound of flat line and a voice that said, "Time of death, 5:37 p.m."
I collapsed in a sea of silence, saw the body of my eighteen year old best friend; my love, and the lightning flash outside in a blaze of rain.
"I promise," I sobbed, "I promise Ty'," over and over again.
I don't remember much for a while after that.
It's epic, but it truly happened. . .


R.I.P.
Tyler Torture
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hawkeyes135's avatar
you made me tear up! its sooo sweet!