Torn up. ~Flamingeos Fanfiction

Chapter 144

My head leaned on Geo's shoulder as we sat down on my hospital bed in silence. My brother and Dylan had left a while ago which to be honest I was happy about. The tension started to become too high. Geo and Dylan couldn't even look into each other's eyes, and my brother did a good job of hiding his emotions when he saw Dylan playfully flirt with me, but not good enough. 

Geo's cheeks were flushed, and his usual tanned skin turned pale. I felt upset about Ariel too.. but Mario's reaction simply made me feel worse. 

"You know I was going to go live in LA?" Geo asked out of nowhere. I felt my heart beat raise in panic when I remembered. My bright blue eyes met Geo's hazel ones. Everything about Geo seemed perfect. His stylishly messy hair, his perfect, smooth skin, his avocado green eyes which had sparks of brown, his cute pointy ears, his smile. I could stare at him for hours. He's too-

"Lucy?"

I quickly snapped out of my thoughts, a split second after feeling my cheeks turn a deep red. "Y-yeah, LA." I tried to respond casually but it was difficult to as I was so remarkably torn up about Geo leaving. I gave up my life (not that it was any good) to stay with Geo. I then gave up my bestest friends to run away with him. But now... he's giving up me. 

"I can't. I just can't." He let out a long, deep sigh as he stared at the floor. His arm still stayed around my shoulders but the grip was now loose. "If you can't come with me then I can't go myself."

Although all I wanted was for Geo to stay with me forever, I couldn't help but feel a rush of guilt overcome my emotions. "If you pursuing your dreams mean leaving me behind then I really don't mind." I smiled as I ran my hand through his soft hair. I hated saying all of this, but I knew I'd regret not telling him later. "You know I love you so god damn much. But you need to do whats right for you, not whats right for me."

Geo stayed silent for a while in thought, so I decided to add something else.

"Do what's right for you babe."

I then kissed his cheek goodbye and walked out of the room to let him decide himself. 

~*~

"Mario?"

Tears streamed down his cheeks as his army green eyes looked shamefully at the floor. He must have been embarrassed to cry in front of me. To try and make him feel more comfortable, I rubbed his shoulder which made Mario cry more. 

"Oh Mario..." I whispered, my hand still resting on his shoulder.

"She's dying, isn't she?"

"No! No Mario, don't say that." All Mario seemed to do was cry even further, so I went to give him  a hug as he cried on my shoulder. I didn't know what to say to comfort him, so I just stayed hugging him until he let go himself. 

"What am I going to do without her?"

"Mario she's going to be okay!" I tried to sound confident and to be honest it sounded pretty convincing. Mario's crying stopped and his breathing began to calm down, but I could still see the pain in his eyes. I then grabbed his hand and stayed standing in silence as I watched Mario get lost in his own thoughts. 

The amount of sympathy I felt for this boy was beyond me.