Letters From Layla

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          "Layla?" I hear his raspy voice. "Are you insane , what could possibly be a good reason for you to be throwing rocks at my window. You're going to wake my parents . " A tear fell from my eye because it was just an emotional day, and anything and everything can trigger my tears . I sniffled and wiped my tears with my sleeve.

"You're right , I should go. Sorry" I say feeling a bit embarrassed. I start to walk away , I took two steps.

"Layla" he says and I look at him then look down and wipe my tears again. "Are you crying" He questioned. I look at him in the eye and a tear fell rolled down my cheek.

"No" I shake my head while the tears came flowing out harder.

"Oh my god , I'm coming down stairs." He said and I collapsed onto my knees and started balling. I love him so much. What will happen when I can't see him because i'll probably have to stay in the hospital. What if they only let family in to visit. What if I die without saying good bye. My thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the front door opening .

"Layla , what's wrong , why are you crying ,you never cry. " He says sounding nervous. He put a blanket around my shoulders and sat me up and cradled me in his arms.

"Col- Cole. I-I" I stutter " I can't do this" I whisper and cry some more.

" Do you want to maybe go inside. " Cole asked and I nod. He stood up then helped me up then walked me with my head on his shoulder into his house. He sits me on the living room couch. He left for a second and came back with 2 cups of water. I take deep breaths to calm myself and I drink the water while patting my eyes with my sleeve to wipe my tears.

" Are you feeling better" He asked but I answered honestly

"No" I start " But I think i'm ready to start talking about it" I said and he nods and kept his eyes on me waiting for me to start. I took a deep breath and take a sip of water. " Here we go" I say under my breath.

" So today. I went to the hospital. With something pretty serious. I have been coughing up blood recently and I can never breath. And I sound like a frog or a horse all the time. I went to get it checked out , knowing that these symptoms seemed pretty intense . I knew what it was but I was in denial Cole. I'm sorry. I don't know if i'm too late or not. " I say looking down. " I have lung cancer" I say and I look back up at him .. I look into his dark green eyes. and I start tearing up. A tear slipped from his eye.

"Yo- you have " He puts his head in his hands and leans back into the couch. "No no no no no. No. You can't. No please no. You're the love of my life, Layla. " He sits up and says loudly. " This can't be happening. I'm in love with you. You can't leave me. " He says standing up and pacing back and forth with his head in his hands freaking out

"I'm still here Cole. I'm not going anywhere , I'll Always be here." I say standing up and grabbing his hands . Tears were pouring out. It made me feel terrible. I felt my heart break. I wrapped my arms around him . "I love you" I whisper.

"I love you too" He says grabbing my cheeks and kissing my forehead. I stayed there in his arms for what felt like forever, But it was only actually 1 minute. I hear the light switch then the lights turn on.

"What is going on here Cole Widner" A womens voice says. We quickly let go of each other and I stood there awkwardly and I smiled and waved with one hand and wiped some more tears with the other. " Well who do we have here. Ms.Layla. what brings you here at 11:56 at night?" She questioned.

"Well I came here to tell your son some important information . Then I had an anxiety attack and broke down. Your son saw me out his window and ran downstairs with a blanket and brought me inside because it's cold out and because I was sobbing" I say telling her a slight overview of the situation .