Thank God I Found You

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[Mariah]

I woke up and there was the sick feeling in me again that I had to put up with everyday. This illness is a pain.... Sometimes, I just feel like giving up but knowing that there are people who are supporting you, you know to yourself that you can make it through.

I had been battling brain tumor for 6 months now and everyday I'm praying that the tumor would already disappear and never come back but it always do.

Sometimes, I wonder when would all of these suffering be over?

[Zach]

It's been 6 months and Mariah's still fighting that illness. I know she's getting tired of it but we always remind her that we would always be here for her and that we would fight with her until the end.

It just hurts me to see her in pain and suffering and I know that even the other boys won't admit it, I knew to myself that it's also hurting each and everyone of them to see her in pain.

"Aaaaaaaaahhhh!!!" Mariah cried in pain because of her migraine again. We all rushed to her side.

"Julian, go and call the doctor!" I said and he quickly ran out of the room to call the doctor. I turned to Mariah and let her eyes get fixiated on me...

"Mariah, look at me... Look at me." I said firmly, looking into her eyes. "It's gonna be alright.... It's gonna be alright. You can make it through this..." Then I hugged her tight.

Suddenly, I had difficulty in breathing and then everything around me started disappearing and their voices are so far away and then....

WHOA!!!! WHY THE FUCK AM I SINKING INTO THE HOSPITAL FLOOR?! AND TO THINK THAT IT'S PURE CONCRETE?!

WHAT THE HELL'S HAPPENING?!

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"ZACH!"

I opened my eyes and suddenly, I fell off to the floor and the other guys laughed at me. "I could really use a help here guys..." I said as I stood back up. "What happened?"

"Well, you were having a bad dream." Jayden said.

I looked over to Mariah and she was looking at me with a worried expression on her face... And she was sitting up on her bed. I ran to her and hugged her tight. "Hmm... Let me guess, you had a bad dream about me again, hadn't you?" She said and I nodded as I held her hand.

"What about we go for a walk at the garden today? It's pretty warm outside." Julian said.

We all agreed and then asked for permission if we could take Mariah out to the garden and the nurse agreed so we all went to the garden with Mariah.

Jayden, Trent, William and Julian all played footy while Mariah and I sat on the bench as we watched them from a distance.

"I am really afraid to lose you." I told her and she looked at me, her eyes just getting through my soul. "I don't want you to die... I don't want you to leave me here in this world alone." Then out of nowhere, my tears started to fall out from my eyes.

She held my hand, "Sometimes Zach, there are people who are there to stay forever and there are ones that who just walk in and out of our lives just to teach us a lesson..." She said as her tears started to stream down on her cheeks. "And maybe I'm one of those people who are just there to walk in and out of your life to teach you a lesson."

I just sat there with her, looking at her lovely eyes while her hands on top of mine, "I don't know how long would I be in this world with you but if ever the day that I die comes, I want you to move on and keep going." She added.

"Mariah..."

"Zach, I'm telling you this because I wanted you to be strong when I'm gone. This illness can never be cured anymore.... And you know that..."

I cried, knowing that I was about to lose again the love of my life. Then she leant back on the bench then I pulled her closer to me so we were cuddling up with each other.

"Zach... I'm tired...." She said and I looked at her, she was bald, thin as a stick, and pale. She really looked very weak and tired. I cried even more as I cuddled up to her close, memorizing the warmth of her body next to me.

"I'm sorry Zach, I think I wouldn't be able to make it to our first year." She added. I chuckled slightly, "It's okay..." I said softly as more tears came out of my eyes.

A few minutes later, she let go from my grasp and from that moment I already knew that she was gone. I cried my heart out and then suddenly, I saw the other guys standing in front of me.

"She's gone." I said and they all bowed their heads down.

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I stood in front of the black coffin and looked at the love of my life as she lied in there, finally at rest in peace.

"She's such a strong girl, isn't she?" Mariah's mom spoke softly and I looked at her and there were sadness in her eyes.

"Yeah... She is." I said then I looked at the locket that I gave her that was on my hand right now. I sat down on one of the vacant benches and opened the locket...

Well, I was supposed to open it with her on our first year of being a couple but that doesn't really matter now because she's not with me anymore. I unlatched the lock from the locket and pulled out a ring from it. It was a promise ring. A promise ring that symbolizes that my love for her would be always true.

I felt someone tapped my shoulder and I looked over to see who it was and it's Trent. He's with Jayden, William, and Julian too and they all sat beside me. "Are you supposed to give that to her?" Julian asked and I just nodded. I'm too tired and upset to speak up. Just then, I cried even more and that resulted for the other guys to hug me.

"Everything's gonna be okay after this Zach.... Don't worry." Trent told me.

But how? How would everything be okay when the girl that I love is gone?

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