calabasas

9

Chapter 9:
Bye.
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- Charlie -
I hugged her for a minute but it felt like a second to me.
I looked at her beautiful face, I haven't seen her beautiful eyes in so long.

I was happy. She lit up my whole day, oh olivia, only if you knew how much you meant to me.

"How have you been?" I ask

"Great, you?" She smiles

I enjoyed every second of this conversation

"Not too well" I say

Her smile dropped

"Charlie, are you ok?" She asks with worry in her eyes

"I miss your company, thats why I'm not ok, I'm so happy to see you" I smile

She smiled, it looked like she was struggling to smile.
Was that a fake smile?

"Oliva, are you ok?" I ask

"yes, I've just been so sick" she says

"What kind of cold do you have? You've been gone for months" I say

"It's not a cold" She says

"What is it?" I start to worry

"I can't explain, I just feel sad all the time" she says

Depression?

"Why?" I ask

"I don't know, the doctor set up an appointment for me with a therapist" she says

"You don't need a therapist, you have me, I could help" I say

"I know" she looks into my eyes

"Oliva, don't care too much about me or anyone else, care about yourself, I'm here for you" I say

She nodded

"I have to go now, Charlie" she says

"Bye" I hug her one last time

"Bye" she says and we walked away
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"She cared too much about others, she never knew how to care for herself."