Immune

20. The Last Day

[This is the last chapter, I hope everyone enjoyed Immune :)]

"Kris!" She jumped on his back, surprising him. 

"Hey! What were you doing?" He laughed, spinning her around.

"Let's take a picture together," she said, taking out his camera. "Ready? Smile!" The shutters flashed, taking their picture. "Aw it's cute," she said, checking it. "We're cute. You're cute."

"So Jessica, what are we doing today?" 

She knew that her time was running out. "I want to go on a walk, just us."

They walked outside of the safe house, hand in hand, and walked into the forest. Finding a nice place to stop, they sat down near a small creek on a wide rock. She stuck her feet into the cold water and wiggled her toes, enjoying the feeling of liquid rushing across her feet. 

"Hey," Kris nudged her. "I made you something." He pulled out a crown of flowers braided together from behind his back and gently placed it on her head. 

"It's so pretty! I love it!" Jessica pulled out the camera again and snapped another picture. She peered into the screen to check the photo and looked up in alarm. "There's something sparkly in the crown. Did you put glitter on it?" She reached onto her head and tried to touch whatever was shining in the photo. She finally grabbed it after floundering around and gasped in surprise. It was a diamond ring.

"Kris!" She looked into his eyes, shocked.

He smiled at her happily. "If I asked you to be my bride, would you say yes?"

"B-but Kris!"

"Will you marry me?"

"Kris!"

"Will you marry me?"

"B-but why?"

"You mean the whole world to me, so will you marry me?" His eyes started to shimmer with tears. A lone tear dropped, slowly inching down.

She reached out and touched his face, wiping away the tears. "Don't cry Kris. When you remember me I want you to be happy."

He tightened his grip on her hand. "Wait for me Jessica, I'll come for you."

"Kris..."

"I love you."

"I love you too."

They stared at each other until he started to lean forward, aiming for her lips. They shared a long sweet kiss for the last time when she suddenly gasped in pain. Her left arm was black. 

"Jessica!"

"No, Kris, don't go, don't leave me. I want to stay with you here just a little longer." She tightened her grip on his hand. "Don't forget me Kris." Her hand went limp, and she faltered backwards. Her limbs were all black. Kris instinctively dove down to support her. 

"Jessica! No!"

"Kris..." she coughed and her lips reddened with blood. "M-my answer...i-is yes." Her eyes rolled back into her head and she went limp in his arms, the world slowly fading into blackness.