madhouse / fillie

Epilogue

She looked back down, rubbing her hands once more. "There's a school that um, they've recommended to us. A private school. It's about two hours away, so-"

I felt my heart drop to my stomach. I was too shocked to cry- in fact, I was too shocked to even move.

"S-So, you're... you're moving?" I stuttered.

She slowly nodded her head. "I'm so sorry Finn, but you can always come and visit at any time."

I looked down, trying to gather my thoughts. The door to Millie's room slowly began to open, and she popped her head out.

"Hey, um, mom? Is it okay if I talk to Finn?" Her mom nodded her head and moved out of the way. Millie opened the door so that I could come in, closing the door behind her. We both stood near the bed with our heads down.

"Millie," I said quietly.

"I heard, Finn," she looked up at me, tears already streaming down her face, "I heard everything. I woke up and noticed you were gone, so I walked up to the door and... I heard everything."

She grabbed my hands, and looked me straight in the eye. "Finn," she whispered, "it's okay, Finn."

"Mills, we've only had a couple of weeks together, I-I thought that we would have so much more time," I choked on my tears.

"But Finn, words can't even describe how much you've done for me these past couple of weeks. You've made me a better person, and you actually make me want to get out of bed every morning."

"But Mills-"

"You make me look forward to what the day has to offer," she paused, wiping the tears away from her face, "You're... you're the light in my everlasting darkness, Finn," her voice broke. "I can see a future with you. I never even thought about my future until I met you, because I didn't think I would have one."

I looked down at the ground, tears rushing down my face and soaking my cheeks. "But what about now, Mills? I'm not even gonna see you anymore," I cried. A couple of weeks ago, I never would have let anyone see me cry, but around her it was different- I didn't care if she saw me like this. I've been building everything up for the past few days, and I finally had a chance to let it all out.

She stared at me for a moment, then put her hands on my cheeks and kissed me. We held it for a few seconds, until she broke away, still just inches away from my face. Her soft hands remained on my cheeks as tears ran down both of our faces.

"This isn't the end of our story, Finn," she whispered.

1 YEAR LATER...
Finn's POV

Just about a year ago, everything with Millie happened. She was moved to Lakeview Institution a few days after she was admitted into the hospital, and I haven't seen her again after that.

The pain of not seeing her at first drove me insane. The pain of knowing that she herself was in pain was unbearable. She was only a couple hours away, but it was so difficult now. She was still struggling with a lot, and everything was so different after she moved.

The days went by slowly, and I thought about her every second of every day. I would stay in my bed, just hoping that she was getting better. Hoping that one day I could see her again and pick up things where we left off.

After a couple weeks went past, thoughts of her slowly started drifting from my mind. I had gotten a few updates from her mom saying that she still wasn't doing too great, and by then I figured I just needed to move on. She would always be in my heart, but I just couldn't dwell on her any longer. I needed to let time heal her, and there was nothing more I could do.