Stay With Me

My name is Hannah. I'm 30 years old and I'm walking down a park right now alone. It was a peaceful and happy day. There were couples, children, pets, people who sell food such as ice creams, hotdogs and more. Suddenly, a volleyball hit me on my head that caused me to faint and fall. Next thing I knew I was on a hospital bed. I looked from my left and to the right and saw a man. When the man saw me wake up he immediately stood up and called the doctor. The doctor came and checked my condition and I was all right. I just fainted. Then the man came in front of me and said "Uhm miss, I'm so sorry for what happened. You were hit by my volleyball which caused you to faint. I'm so sorry, I'll pay for the bill." He was a handsome and tall man. He looked really guilty for what happened so I said "It's okay. It was just an accident and I just fainted, no injuries." Then about 30 minutes later I went out of the hospital. The man paid the bill as he said and we said our goodbyes to each other. He gave me his phone number so that if something happened because he accidentally hit me on my head, I'll call him and he'll pay the bill.

 A week later. Nothing bad happened to me. Everything is normal. I'm in the park when I saw that man again. He was sitting on a bench eating ice cream happily. He noticed me, stood up then came to me. "Hi miss, we meet again." He said. "Yeah, you like eating ice cream?" I asked. "Yep, what about you miss-..uh.." He said. "Hannah. And I like eating ice cream too." I said. He smiled then said "Nice name. I'm Lucas." "Nice name too." I said. Then we talked for a while, he asked my age then I answered and asked his and he said he's 32 years old. Now it was lunch time and I'm walking back towards my apartment. He was really nice and funny. I enjoyed talking to him. He asked if it's okay if we hang out tomorrow and I said yes. 

4 months later. We kept hanging out and I really had fun with him. I'm sitting on a bench in the park again with him beside me. He said "So uhm, the reason that I wanted to meet up with you is I like you.." My eyes widened. "I like you because you're nice, funny, and gentle. I started having feelings for you a month ago.. So will you be my girlfriend?" He asked nervously. I was shocked and I said "Lucas, I'm sorry.. I do like you back but I don't wanna be in a relationship.." "What? Why?" He asked. "It's just that.. I.. My previous relationships.. All the boys that I dated died.. And so I swore to myself that I won't get in another relationship." I said with a few tears in my eyes. His eyes widened and he hugged me and said "Please Hannah.. Give me a chance. I won't die and I won't leave you. Please, I'm gonna stay." "No, sorry. I'm not gonna risk it." I said firmly while letting go of his hug. I stood up and left. 

A few weeks later he kept asking me to give him a chance. He always ask so gently, he doesn't force me. So I finally gave him a chance. Whenever I get scared that he's gonna leave me he would always say "Don't worry Hannah. I won't leave. I'll stay with you." It's been a year since we dated and I don't feel too scared anymore.. I'm still scared but not as scared as before. All my previous relationships only lasted a few months. My longest was 9 months before he died so maybe that's the end of my misery. Maybe Lucas will stay with me and won't leave me like the others did. We kept talking, playing, going to parks and laughing. 

I was really happy until a few weeks later I got a call from the hospital. "Hello is this 'My love, Hannah'?" A woman asked. I was confused on why she had his phone. "Uhm yes, who is this?" I asked. "I am a doctor from ******* ****** Hospital. Lucas ********* got involved in a car accident. Please come to the hospital immediately and also call his family." "W-What!? U-Uh! He doesn't have any family, they all died!" I said while panicking and getting my car keys and going outside the apartment. "Oh, okay ma'am. Thank you. Please come to ******* ****** Hospital." "Okay! Thank you!" I said while getting in my car. The woman then hung up. I was panicking so bad. Is Lucas okay? Does he have severe injuries? When? How? Is he going to live? I had so many questions on my mind but I had to wait until I got to the hospital to be answered. 7 minutes later I got to the hospital. I ran towards the counter and asked where is Lucas *********. I got to his room and saw him laying down with opened eyes with a doctor talking to him.

 I immediately ran to his side and asked "Lucas! Are you okay? What happened?" Before he could answer the doctor said "Hello, I am his doctor. Are you Hannah?" "Yes, sir. I'm Hannah. What happened to Lucas? Is he going to be okay?" I asked. "Well, he has a 50/50 chance of living if he goes into surgery. He got injuries his lungs and it's been causing him troubles to breathe. We thought maybe we could do a surgery." He said. "What? Can't there be another way to help him?" I asked. "I'm afraid not. Surgery is the only option right now. If he doesn't go through a surgery he'll die after a few days. But if he does go to surgery he'll have a 50/50 chance of living. You have an hour to think if he goes to surgery or not. I'll leave you two to talk." He said while leaving the room. My tears had eyes and I held his hand tightly. "What happened!? How did you got involved in a car accident?" I asked. He smiled a bit then said "A person lost control and it hit my car. Don't worry Hannah. I'll be fine. I'll go through that surgery and everything is going to be fine." "What if you don't live!? What am I supposed to do?" I said while crying. "Hannah. I won't die. I promise I'll stay with you." He said soothingly. "You promise? You promise you'll stay with me?" I asked. "I promise. I'll stay with you." I cried then I said "All right.. I'll tell the doctor." I said while going outside. 

An hour later he's on a hospital bed being pushed by people. He's going to change rooms and before he entered that room I said "Lucas!" The people stopped pushing and he asked "Hm? What is it?". He couldn't turn around but he could still hear my voice. "Lucas, I love you. Please don't die. Stay with me, okay?" I asked. He smiled then said "Okay. I'll stay with you." I smiled then I took a seat waiting. A few hours later doctors came outside with blood on their clothes. "Doctor! How is he? Where is he?" I asked. They were silent then the doctor said "Ma'am. I'm truly sorry for your loss. He couldn't make it." "W-What- W-what.. H-He couldn't m-make it? W-What!? D-DOCTOR HE DIED!?" I asked while sobbing. "'Ma'am I'm sorry." He said. I cried and cried.

 A week later. It was his funeral. I paid for his funeral and his friends came. When all of them went back home and I was alone, I cried then said "Lucas! Why did you have to die and leave me!? You promised! You promised me that you would stay with me! Why couldn't you stay with me!?" I said while sobbing. I really don't know what to do anymore. I regretted my decision a year ago. I shouldn't have agreed then we wouldn't have dated and he wouldn't have died. "Why!? Why!? God! What did I do wrong!? Why did you have to take all of them away from me... Lucas, stay with me.." I cried.

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