15 Seconds

Both Alex's and Charley's own stories were coming to end. They know this. They have been told this over and over again. They also know that they're story together is just beginning. But with only a few months left on this earth can they find in each other a new story, one with a cliché happily ever after and one worth experiencing together?

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Their stare meets mine. I have a million things I want to say, but none of them seem quite right. So I don't say anything at all.

Lex continues to stare at me like I'm something new and fresh. Perhaps to them I may be those two things, but to everyone else I am not. It feels refreshing to have someone look at you the way Lex does.

When I was little I would dream about finding someone who looks at me like a work of art. Lex perfectly describes that 'someone'.

If I hadn't stopped dreaming about finding such a person than maybe I would be looking at Lex as if they were my 'someone'. Unfortunately for me, I had to wake up from those dreams and face the reality that I don't have the time left for a 'someone'. I don't even have the time to live.

I have always been okay with the fact that I might not wake up tomorrow. Yet when I look over at Lex I can't help but wonder what my life would be like if I had the time to live.