What dreams may come (a Tom Hiddleston story)

"You'd better sit down Tom"

* Mary POV *
I'll call Alexa and then grab a taxi to go to the hospital, Alexa is coming over here with the first available flight, knowing that this could be it.
Right now I'm mad at Sophia, angry that she hasn't spoken to Tom about it, that I am the one who has to tell him and crush his heart.
And angry that she couldn't wait until we got home from the holiday, not for my sake, but for Sophia's sake, she had so been looking forward to this holiday, but of course it is irrational, it isn't like she has any control, it is just my grief speeking.
When I arrive at the hospital I find Tom in the waiting room, he wanders aimlessly around, he is clearly both afraid and very angry, angry because no one will tell him anything.
I greet his friend Luke, at least Tom had been clear enough to call someone to drive him here.
Then I go over to Tom, he has to know the truth, no matter how painful it will be. "You'd better sit down Tom".

*Tom POV*
I sit down and look frustrated up at Mary, I'm scared, more scared than I have ever been before and angry that no one will tell me how she's doing or what is wrong.
"Mary what is it? There's something wrong with her, right? There's something she has kept hidden from me." I can feel the knot in my stomach grow again, I feel like I can hardly breathe.
Mary nods. "I told her to tell you this, but I think she was afraid of losing you Tom, I'm sorry, but Sophia has a tumor in her brain."
"She has what?" I am quite sure I heard wrong, it's as if I am falling down through a long black tunnel and everything around me disappears, this has to be the world's worst joke.
Mary has tears in her eyes. "It was discovered a little over a year ago, they can't operates it, it sits behind some important areas that can't be cut, they have tried lazer rays but it didn't work and chemo doesn't work on this type of cancer."
"What are you saying Mary? That it can't be treated? That Sophia is going to die?" I can hear my own voice, but it's as if it comes from another person.
She sighs. "Yes Tom, she's dying, they have abandoned her and it is only a matter of time, perhaps not a lot of time, I'm sorry, we went on holiday so that she could enjoy her last time, experience things she always had dreamed of. "
I cling to the chair, I'm trying to breathe, trying to understand how this can happen, but my mind just won't accept it, something like this only happens in sad movies right.
"I didn't think she was going to start a relationship, but I hadn't got the heart to stop her, not when it was you, you know she's been in love with you for so long ?" She says softly.
I listen to Mary's voice, trying to keep a grip on reality. "Long before she met you, not just, you know such a fan-like thing, but real love, that was why her sister gave her the ticket to the charity party, so she could meet you in real life and get her greatest wish fulfilled."
Now I really can't breathe, like quite seriously, it's as if my chest is clenching together, my heart beats wildly, although it doesn't make sense, because it is crushed to atoms, so how can it still be beating ? And this hard even.
I try to breathe, but there is no oxygen coming into my lungs and I can hear both Mary and Luke calling me far from away, but I'm not able to respond and then everything goes black.