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The Game of Life - Part Three

         My heart started again. And Matthew, I was so happy I could've wept but my eyes didn't open. And they don't know if it'll ever open again.

     He's sitting next to Alexis. The room is quiet, silent, despite the steady beep. There are tubes everywhere. One breathing for her, one drinking for her, one eating for her. If we took all that away, she would look like she's having a nap. Only she never sleeps on her back. She always sleeps curled up, protecting herself. There's a hum in the background, from her beating heart. Only there was a machine doing the beating for her. He couldn't hear anything but the static in his head and feel the numbness in his hands. There are voices outside but he doesn't care because right now, he was going nowhere. He had been doing stupid things all his life and he had no intention of stopping now.

     Matthew's next to me. His hands are shaking. His eyes are red. I stroke his tear stained cheek. I meet his eyes and I try my hardest to remember them because I knew, after today, I'd never see them again. His hair is damp with sweat and there are no traces of the excitement he felt earlier today.

--- START FLASHBACK ---

"Alexis, Alexis, Alexis, wake up."

A pause.

"Alexis, don't make me do this."

A pause, a shuffle. A sigh.

"Okay fine, but you're asking for it. You are my sunshine, my only sunshineeeeee."

"Oh cr*p, you hit my face, Alexis."

"Don't care."

"Okay fine, but, you make me happyyyyyyy when skies are greyyyyyy."

"SHUT UP MATTHEW!"

"And you'll never know, dear, how much I love you..."

"Matthew!!! Get off me! I can't f**king breathe!"

"PLEASE DON'T EVER TAKE MY SUNSHINE AWAY!!"

"I'LL BE YOUR MOTHERF**KING SUNSHINE IF YOU GET OFF ME."

"And our little sarcastic ray of sunshine has awaken."

"MATTHEW. I WILL KILL YOU."

"BUT ALEXIS, I LOVE YOU."

"I LOVE YOU TOO BU-."

"Oh sh*t, Alexis, are you okay?"

--- END FLASHBACK ---

     Matthew's holding Alexis' hand and its freezing. Like she was already dead. He's crying. He's crying because Alexis never sleeps on her back, because she hates hospitals, because she would freak out at the number of needles in her arm.

"Prove them wrong Alexis, prove them wrong," he whispers.

--- START FLASHBACK ---

They are lying on their backs on the roof of Alexis' house.

"Did it hurt?" I ask suddenly.

She rolls to her side and smirks at me, "What? When I fell from heaven?"

I laugh, "More like hell," she glares at me, "okay okay, sorry. But did it hurt when you fell for me?"

Alexis hits me on the face, "Yes. Yes it did because oh god, you were such a geek."

I pout, "Really?"

She laughs and rolls her eyes, "Hell yes. You were like, I dunno, King Nerd or something. With your stupid sunshine song and your horrible basketball skills, like, oh my god, how could you possibly be bad a basketball? Even Halley was better then you and she's tiny. Not to mention your horrible stalking skills."

"My stalking skills were perfectly commendable!"

She laughs, loudly, and sits up, "Sure they were..."

I laugh and chuck a half-eaten cookie at her. She squeals and bats it away. It flies off the edge of the roof and onto the grass below. "F**king hell," she mutters.

"Language!"

"F**king heck."

I laugh and she lies back down, resting her head on my stomach. I ran my fingers through her hair and started humming.

The sun went down.

'You Are My Sunshine' filled the quiet evening.

"Hey, Alexis?"

"Yes, Matthew?"

"I love you."

"I love you, too."

And 'You Are My Sunshine' carries on.

--- END FLASHBACK ---

He squeezes her hand again, "I love you Alexis, don't forget that."

     Matthew's telling me over and over again, I need to stay. I have to live. I can't go, not yet. I have to wake up. I want to. I want to give him a hug. I have to. I have to have one more day with him, one more moment. I have to.

--- START FLASHBACK ---

"Matthew, it's raining!"

"No, really Alexis? I couldn't possibly see for myself..."

"Maybe you're blind?" I ask and press my face against his, nearly falling over as I stand on my toes.

His eyes cross as he looks at me, "Maybe..."

I wrinkle my nose and sneeze. Matthew stumbles backwards, nearly falling in a puddle, "Alexis!"

I laugh and turn a circle in the rain.

"Alexis, you'll get hit by a car."

"I'll just fight it."

"I have cookies."

"Okay fine, you win. But I would've totally fought it."

"I know."

"Ha."

"Alexis, come back before you catch a cold in the rain."

"Oh, fight me."

"Come on, let's just get home."

"In case I slip and get hit by a car, I love you."

"Me too, Alexis. Me too."

And 'You Are My Sunshine' follows them home as they chase each other in the pouring rain.

­--- END FLASHBACK ---

Matthew holds back the tears, trying to be strong. He closes his eyes and starts singing.

"You are my sunshine..."

     It's 4:45pm and a single beep fills the air.

"No, no, don't die on me, oh god, please don't die on me, stay with me, look at me, look at me, I'm right here, you're gonna be fine, oh God, please don't die on me. I swear to God, if you die on me, I'll bring you back to life and kill you myself."

A red light flashes.

"No, you're okay. Breathe. Just breathe. Open your eyes. Come back please. Please. I'll do anything. No. No! Wake up. Please wake up. Don't do this to me. Don't do this to me. Don't do this to me. I love you. I love you so f**king much. Come back. No. No! Please!"

Hands are grabbing him, pulling him away and he's still yelling. He's screaming and there's chaos everywhere. As the door shuts, the last words hang in the air.

"Please don't take my sunshine away..."

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