One shot: LOVE LETTERS
Wednesday, May 9, 20075:53 PM
“I told you we should have taken that other room!!” she screamed at him.
“How am I suppose to know if this room had a single bed or not?!” Gerard answered back.
“I don’t care!! I’m sleeping on the bed!!” Abby said and pushed him out of the way.
“Not fair! You asked me a favor to drive you to your sister’s house far away from ours, then you talked a lot that’s why we have to drive back home late and we ended up sleeping in a hotel! This is actually all your fault, so you shouldn’t complain.” He said jokingly and hit her with a pillow.
There was a moment of silence. Abby left for the bathroom immediately and locked the door. He didn’t worry. Gerard & Abby are best friends yet they fight a lot. He wins, she cries. But despite all these, they really do care for each other. And they were always a lot like this, Abby and He.
He was on changing to his pj’s when he heard the door open. She was a bit surprised when she saw Gerard standing there, without his top and only in his pajamas. It’s a worthy sight, she thought.
“Pervert!” she blurted out.
“Yeah, I saw the way you stared at me & you’ve almost consumed all of me.” he gave away a sly look.
“Yeah, you wish.” She said and went to the bed.
Gerard didn’t further argue. He had to admit that he’s secretly in love with her, he teases but he still gives away.
“Hey, are you still awake?” he asked. No one answered.
Gerard went close to the bed and saw her sleeping. Seeing her like this makes his heart melt. He came closer to her face, close to kissing her when she suddenly shifted, making her lips softly touched against his. They stayed that way for a few seconds that felt like forever to him.
“Abs?” he asked slightly waking her up.
"Yeah?"
"Can I borrow a pillow?"
“Ok…” she said and went back to sleep.
He slept sitting on the floor beside the bed. He didn’t bother. Being beside her makes him all happy inside.
He woke up early and went out to get some breakfast.
“Wake up sleepyhead!!” he said to her while pulling her foot.
“Get lost Arthur! I still wanna sleep!!”
“What if I read this letter I saw outside the door this morning? It’s addressed to you.”
She hurriedly stood up and grabbed the letter from him. She opened it and something written in it made her smile.
“A love letter again?” Gerard said.
“Yeah. So? Are you jealous? You really should be. You don’t know how to write such things that’s why you don’t have a girlfriend.” She said. She says this kind of things to him but if it hurts him, it hurts her more.
They’ve been friends since college and they’ve been through anything they could think of except falling in love into each other. She thought it was the worst thing to happen so she just keeps it to herself.
“Correction, I had a girlfriend. I just broke up with her. She drinks like a madman.” She burst in laughter and he joined her. He smiled at her, seeing her laughing her heart out, he made her day once again. Gerard, the master love letter writer, you’ve done it again. He said to himself.
“I really think we’d better be going. Mom called and she said we can have dinner at home.”
“Great! Can I sleep over?” he asked. “No way.” she answered.
Gerard had that disappointed look on his face.
“You don’t understand. You can’t sleep anymore in the house. We’re having problems around.” she explains.
“What problem?”
“Not much. Just rat problems. We’re fixing it soon.”
“What?!? You have rats in your house? Maybe all of them came from your room, because you just leave your clothes around so the rats feast on them.” He said teasing.
“Yeah sure…” she said quietly, faking a smile.
He felt that something was wrong with her, but he was too afraid to ask. He heard she had a sickness, a sickness so bad that it could take over her anytime. Gerard was scared. Scared of loosing her.
The dinner was cancelled. She fainted at the moment they reached her place. He wasn’t able to go home, he was told by her parents to go home and rest but he was more than restless. Now he was worrying like hell. He started to write his letters in agony, he wrote and wrote until the papers piled around him. He wrote everything, anything he could think of. He was running out of words and fighting with his urge to cry. Until he finally broke down into tears…
No matter how long, I will always be here, loving you… I promise.
I love you.
~ GerardHe finally decided to sign his letter with his name. He crept outside towards her mailbox and slipped all the letters inside.
It was already morning when he woke up. He dashed to her house and into her room. Abby’s parents were crying. He found himself again staring at her in her sleep, only that she won’t wake up anymore. Gerard struggled with the pain in his heart, he was all crushed inside. He didn’t have the chance to tell her everything he wants to tell.
“…she had leukemia Gerard.” Abby’s mom spoke.
“Why didn’t she tell me?” Gerard asked holding back his tears.
“She didn’t want to let you know, she doesn’t want you to be sad for her. The doctor gave her a week. She went to her sister to say goodbye. We wanted to bring her there but she asked us if we could let her be with you for the last time...”
His mouth was too dry to say anything. He leaned over her and kissed her as the tears rolled down his cheeks. Gerard got up and saw an envelope on her bedside table, it was addressed to him. He opened it and read the mail...
I guess I made you worried when I fainted, I’m sorry. Mom said you’ve waited outside since. I tried my best to stay awake to watch over you. You were always the one watching over me. Gee, thanks for all the letters. I saw you putting a lot of them a while ago. I just didn’t have the courage to confront you, but I will, somehow. You’ve filled my heart with the most wonderful words and thoughts and I’m guilty for not giving them back. I love you Gerard. It was just too hard for words to come out coz’ we’re best friends and not lovers. But wherever am I by this time you’ve read this, your love letters are kept in my heart. I will read them all again and again until we meet. Farewell. I love you Gerard. Forever, I promise.
~ Abby
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