48 (Ending Three)

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"You're brother, John, he... he didn't make it. I'm sorry."

We all stood their in silence, processing what he was saying.

"Non, ça ne peut pas être." Lafayette mumbled, as tears welled in his eyes.

(Translation: "No, it can't be.")

"This has to be a joke." Hercules said, tears unwillingly falling down his face. "It's a prank. He's okay. He has to be. Tell me this is a fucking joke."

The doctor shook his head.

I stared at my shoes.

He can't be gone.

I'll never be able to talk to him again.

What would I tell him?

Then I realized what it was.

The unknown feeling that I felt for him for years. The feeling of butterflies in my stomach, the spark whenever he grabbed my hand.

I love him.

And I'll never be able to tell him.

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