more than words ♡ two

Please Don't Give Up

Charlie pressed the pedal down hard. He had his jaw set and eyebrows furrowed.

He had to get Selena back. He needed to hold her. To kiss her. To tell her he was sorry. So sorry.

He saw the car in the corner of his eye.

But he didn't stop.

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The phone rang. Selena hurried to pick it up. "Hello?" she asked.

"I have bad news." the voice on the other end said.

"What is it?" Selena's heart dropped.

"It's your husband..."

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Beep,beep, beep.

"Please don't give up." The nurse clung to Charlie's bed sheets. "Please don't leave."
The beeps got slower.

"Please..."the nurse was sobbing. "Don't die. Selena needs you. Emily needs you."
Selena barged into the hospital room. She had makeup running down her face.

She ran to the bed, and flung herself onto the floor. She soaked the sheets with her tears.

"Don't leave me." she sobbed. "I can't live without you!"
Charlie let a smile trace his lips, but only for a second.

"Take it off." he said weakly. He could only raise his voice to a whisper.

"Take what off?" Selena said, voice breaking.

"The makeup." Charlie said. "You don't need it. At all."
Selena used the sheet to take the makeup off.

"Better?"she asked, starting to cry again.

"Now let your hair down." Charlie said.

The beeps got slower.

Selena pulled her tight bun out.

"Now," Charlie croaked. "Brush it"

He reached for Selena's blue comb, which was on the table beside the hospital bed.

Selena did.

"Do I pass your approval?" Selena asked, voice in a whisper.

Charlie smiled slightly one more time.

"Yes."he said.

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.

There was a straight line on the screen.

Selena burst into tears. "No! Charlie! Come back! I can't do this without you..." Her words weren't understandable because she was crying so hard.

"No...no..."Her voice trailed off and she just clung to the bed sheets, crying silently.

Charlie was dead.