Terrible Things - Mayday Parade One Shot

Part 3

After my proposal, we were closer than we had ever been. She had no family left, so I often brought her over to my house. When she first met my parents, they saw what I saw in her. My parents loved her, but did not like how often I was around her. They claimed that I was going to mess up my future by not devoting myself enough to my school work. How could I stop though, I never wanted to be apart her.

Your mother had been going to the doctor more recently. Just routine check-ups she claimed, appointments she needed to make sure you were growing safe and healthy. The days went on and we were rarely apart, and I knew nothing could break us apart. Not a lot of people approved of us being together and I lost a lot of people because of it, but it didn't matter because I had her in my life. She was the love of my life and I wished to spend the rest of my life with her and through my proposal and the announcement of you, I knew it would be.

She didn't mind that I didn't have a lot of money, she was happy with whatever I could give her. I knew I needed to work harder than I ever had before in order to save up enough money to support the baby on the way. She loved me for everything I was, everything I could be to her. She forgave me for my mistakes and embraced my talents and specialities, and accepted and loved everything I am. I loved her so much, and every time I saw her I couldn't help but smile. We were lying on the couch one night watching movies. She would lay on my lap, holding my hand as I stroked her hair. I looked down at her feeling so much love, and I knew that nothing in my life could be as wonderful as the amazing woman lying in my lap. I had found my purpose, my happiness. I didn't ever want to have to live without her.

We didn't want a big wedding, mainly because we didn't have a lot of family to begin with. We also didn't want to wait; we wished to get married at the soonest time possible.

I dreamed of this all my life. To find the perfect girl, fall completely in love with her, and get married. All I wanted throughout my life was to find that special girl, and now she was sleeping beside me every night and in my arms every available moment. She was everything to me, and I couldn't ask for more. All of my friends noticed the difference in me, instead of the lonely but content boy I used to be, I had transformed to a happier than life man. I had the world, and I couldn't ask for anything else.

We planned our wedding, but there was always something slightly off about your mother. She was as happy as I, but at the mention of forever or the future, she would look at the ground. I told myself that it was nothing, just her being nervous about the wedding. She wanted something small, just her and me signing the papers to make it legal. But I wanted more, our families gathered together at a church. I wanted this to be the day I remembered for the rest of my life with the woman I loved so much.

I planned the majority of the wedding, because as the days went on your mother started to pull away from the idea of us getting married more and more. As the days passed, I noticed a shift in her. She was still the woman I loved so much, but she was breaking in front of me. Many days I came home to her screaming and crying, but she would never tell me why. I held her in my arms until she calmed down, and I continued to do that until she fell asleep in my arms. She had been going out more than usual too, never really giving me a reason for it. I didn't know what was going on with her, but I knew she needed the time to think what was going on with herself through and she would tell me when she was ready. I just hoped it would happen soon, because I could tell it was breaking her so much. At night she would crawl into my arms, and whisper to me how much she loved me. How she would do anything to be with me forever, but she never made the promise of forever.

"I will never leave you, we will be together forever and I can promise you that" I say to her, but the only response I get is the tears running from her eyes. We would fall asleep in each other's arms, whispering sweet words into each other's ears until we drifted off to sleep.

The appointments for our baby occurred more and more often, but yet your mother never wanted me to attend them with her. Out of all of her appointments, I had only been able to endure two with her, for check-ups on you. All other appointments I was either working, or she insisted that she attend herself.

Mere days later I rushed my wife to the hospital, where she gave birth to the most beautiful baby boy, you. We fell in love with you, and you made our love for each other grow so much stronger than it was, we had an unbreakable bond that held us so strong, and we knew that you were the best possible thing that could happen to us.

The appointments didn't stop; she continued to not tell me anything that was going on. I hated the secrecy. She insisted that everything was fine but would never tell me the details of her appointments. One night, I couldn't take it any longer.

"Please, you have to tell me what's going on. Why all of these doctors' appointments?" I ask her.

"Just routine checks to make sure I am healthy, don't worry" she said, giving me a fake smile.

"I can tell you're lying to me, please tell me what's happening" I said looking at the ground with tears in my eyes. The news she gave me next would change our lives forever.

"I am sick" she says to me, "I'm sicker than I thought. The doctor says its cancer, but I didn't want you worrying. I thought it wouldn't be too serious, but its more serious than I thought. The doctor recommended treatment, but it would have killed our baby. I decided that I wasn't going to lose our child; I love him too much to do that. So I refused treatment. Now that he is born, it too late. Its too late for treatment, it too late to save me" she sobs so hard as she finishes saying this. I was at a loss for words, as she goes to open her mouth again.

She said, "Boy can I tell you, a terrible thing? It seems that I'm sick and I've only got weeks. Please, don't be sad now, I really believe you were the greatest thing that ever happened to me"