I ___ you

May Harrys POV

Graduation is starting and as I'm sitting alone in the apartment I'm trying to stay happy, or at least look it. Grace has been in a coma for a few weeks now and I've been staying here so if, I mean when she gets out of it I can be with her. I log into the zoom and grab my cap to put it on. They call my name and project me onto the big screen. People are clapping and I feel a twinge of sadness because grace and I can't be there to watch it. A while later they call graces name and the whole stadium goes silent. "Grace unfortunately cannot be with us today and we should all keep her in our prayers" the principal says. They move in with the ceremony and eventually it's over and I log off.

The doctors told me that the antibiotics seemed like they weren't making anything worse but so far aren't helping much. They think she'll wake up but that it will take a long time. I'll wait for her, I always will. The people here said I could stay as long as needed which is good considering I no longer even have an apartment.

Grace and I had sent out our college applications late, but at least she finished hers before she got sick. Letters from different admissions offices are supposed to start coming in this week. Speaking of which I should go check the mail. I put in my mask and head down stairs with my mail key. I open the mailbox and there lie three large envelopes and five small ones. I take them back up and decide I'll just open graces as well as mine. After I'm finished I find that grace was accepted into grand valley as well as Arizona state and I was accepted into grand valley but haven't gotten anything from Arizona state. That's good, at least we got into one place that's the same. We were both denied from a couple schools, mostly on the east coast which is fine since we didn't want to go over there anyway.

I hear a knock on the door and once again put on my mask. I open it and a nurse tells me it's time for my weekly grace visit. She takes my temperature and I'm good so we head out. When I get into graces room it feels very strange as it always does. She just looks like she's sleeping and could wake up at any second even though that's not really possible. I sit next to her and take her hand.

"Grace", I whisper, "we both got into grand valley. And you got into Arizona state, just like you hoped" I start to tear up and quickly swallow to prevent it. "I love you so much and I know I'll be holding you again soon" I give her hand a squeeze and head out knowing if I don't I'll never leave.

Later dr Fitz comes in to talk to me about graces treatment. He tells me that the antibiotics are starting to help and may heal her infection by the end of the week. They proceeded with the surgery soon after she went into the coma and it was successful. Dr Fitz tells me that he thinks maybe grace could wake soon and my heart skips a beat knowing she now has more of a chance.