Don't Die, My Love

Chapter 22

The selfie she posted is above

Erin's POV

     "Well... I'm sorry to tell you this but... Dylan, he passed away this afternoon..."

     Tears instantly sting my eyes and hot tears roll down my cheeks. I hang up and run to my car, I drive home and see his mom's car parked in the driveway, along with my brother's. What's he doing here? He saw him at school this morning...

     I walk inside, tears would not stop rolling down my cheeks. He's gone. He's really gone and I won't ever get to hear his voice again or ever feel his touch, I won't ever get to cuddle him again. The list goes on. I see my brother Cory standing with Dylan's mom, Tory. "Hey sis... How are you doing?" A sob leaves my mouth and he walks over to me and hugs me tightly and I hug him back way tighter.

     After a minute I pull away and walk over to his mom, I hug her and we both cried. She lost her only son, and I lost my boyfriend. It's hard losing someone you care so deeply for, a lot of people have experienced loss. It sucks, it sucks so much but it's a part of life and there's nothing anybody can do about it. As much as I wanted Dylan to live and fight his cancer, I know he's not suffering anymore. I know he's not feeling pain and I know he's actually in a better place.

     "The doctors gave me a few letters he had typed up and they printed them out..." Tory sniffles and hands me an envelope. "It has your name on it..." I nod and walk upstairs. I sit on his bed and open the letter with care. I then start reading,

     'By the time you read this, you would know I didn't make it. I'm sorry to go straight to the point but knowing you, its what your thinking about a lot. I wrote this knowing my fate, I knew I was dying but I tried to hide it from you. You are the ONE person who's made me smile on a bad day, you are the ONE person who gave me the strength to fight. You knew I loved you, I still do love you even though I'm not there to tell you that. Do you really know how much I love you? I don't think you really do... I wanted to fight this so I could marry you some day, so we could possibly have kids later on in life, I wanted all that for us. Call me crazy, but I wanted all of that, I didn't want to let go but I just couldn't hold on anymore. I know you've cried, I know you've thought about not being able to be with someone, I know all the things that are running through your mind. I don't want this to break you, I want this to make you stronger. I know you'll be sad and heartbroken for a while but just please, don't let this shatter you. I want you to be able to smile about the memories we had together, I want you to remember and cherish our relationship, I want you to fall in love again. I will always love you but I don't want your first boyfriend to be the reason you never fall in love again, just don't ever forget me because I will never forget you. I am always here you may not be able to see me but I am. I love you so much, goodbye Erin... -Dylan'

     I wipe away the tears that were rolling down my cheeks, "I love you too Dylan... I'll never forget you..." I whisper. "I miss you so much..." I put the letter down and go on my phone. I look through my selfies, the ones of Dylan and I... I take one and post it on Instagram. The caption saying, 'R.I.P Dylan... I love you so much....' I was crying to hard to continue...

One more chapter left and that will be the epilogue...