we were born to die

Chapter three: almost ready

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-Caleigh

[Peyton]
Fishing through my closet because it's been a while since we had a formal date. I wasn't exactly sure where we were going but there weren't many places we could go here in the hospital. I decided to layer up in case it was a little chilly.

Eventually after half-an-hour I found the perfect outfit. I decided on a theme of warm brown and fall colours. I found my favourite pair of skinny black jeans and grabbed a white long-sleeve ribbed shirt with caramel buttons. I added a tawny long fleecy coat (some call them outwear duster cardigans)- which was still beautiful as ever even after being in the closet so long- and went to my jewelry box.

I finished off the look with a few things: first a autumn orange scrunchie, then my old pendant I used to always wear before it became too precious to wear all the time. The pendant was my mother's before she died. It was a crescent moon shape. She used to say this 'A crescent moon is only a fragment of its true self, it's hard at work at trying to reach its fullest potential- a whole moon". It made me smile as I put it on.

Remembering my parents, as hard as it was. It was almost necessary at times. I missed them even though sometimes I realized I had hardly known them. It was just so frustrating too that they didn't get a full life. I missed them. They had been such good, wholesome, loving people.

I moved on. Trying not to cry as I remembered them. I put my scrunchie around my wrist and smiled in the bathroom mirror. I still had hair and slight (ever so slight) makeup to do. I started with make-up. Slowly but surely I gathered what I would need. I was about to start when I heard the door creep open. I heard my name be called out.

"Peyton??"

"I'm right here! In the bathroom!" I yelled back

"Hey! You look lovely. My only fear is that you're over-exerting yourself. May I?"

It was Sam, my nurse. I loved her so much. She'd been here with me the longest. She always helped me get ready for these things even though I was nearly fifteen by now.

"Ohh thanks Sam! You may!" I smiled at her

"You already look just lovely!" she exclaimed

"Sam?" I asked

"Yes love?" she said as she put on my mascara

"Did you know about this?" I ask

"But of course I knew, I practically helped set it up with him!" she smiled

"I love you Sam." I said

"I love you too Peyton."

She continued to do my makeup. After she finished I looked into the mirror. She had done my makeup so perfectly, she used tan eyeshadow to match the outfit and did black eyeliner with mascara. The shade she picked for my lipstick was some sort of peach colour I once used daily a few years ago when I was thirteen. Sams voice shook me from my thoughts. I hadn't even realized that she'd left the room and came back.

"Peyton? Your not going to like it but Dr. Waters just ordered a blood test and fluids. There's nothing I can do and we both know you need it. I can do your hair while we have you on more fluids but for now I need to draw blood okay?"

I sighed but there was no point arguing. I had a few hours until our date anyways. I obeyed and say on the hospital bed as she drew blood. It had happened to me so many times this week I didn't even flinch or register what she was doing as upsetting anymore. Before I knew it, it was already over. The only thing now was fluids- which I was already on so it was basically just upping the dose- as she fiddled with the machine some more, I flipped through my recent texts.

None of them interested me so I went to Pinterest to look up some 'trendy fall hairdos'. I finally decided on something pretty relaxed but still beautiful. It was a half-up space bun, with curled bottom part of my hair. Thankfully Sam was that talented. In a half-an-hour she had completed the look. Darn she was talented! I was stunned as I thanked her. I had a little bit-a very little bit- until Zach would get here.