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It had been four nights since Julianne passed out at the wedding. And she never woke up. Her breathing was shallow. And there was movement here and there. But the doctors feared the worst. The cancer had progressed at an aggressive rate, and Julianne’s body was too exhausted to fight it anymore. Her respiratory system was failing and her body was shutting down rapidly.



Doctor Soto turned to look at Serena and Oscar.

“Oscar” he said as he looked at Oscar’s mournful eyes, “it’s time.”




















“It’s time” the raven-haired girl smiled impishly

“No not yet.” the boy was too shy to speak. His large rimmed glasses hanging over his nose.

“Okay” the girl rolled her eyes, “I will give you three seconds. One” she began counting

“No no wait.” the boy refuted

“Two” she continued as she swung her arms behind her back

“D-Do-Do you-you” the boy stuttered as he tried hard to speak up



The girl stopped counting and held her hand up to her mouth as she giggled at the boys charming shyness.

“D-Do y-you” the boy closed his eyes and clenched his fists as he tried hard to come out with the words

“Do you want to be my boyfriend?” the girl asked

The boy’s eyes widened his mouth open, “yes! Do you want to be my friendgirl? I mean g-girl friend” he said as he nervously scratched the back of his head

The girl giggled again, “you’re so cute”



“You’re cuter” he said back


“Charming” she smiled, she looked up at the sun setting over the horizon, “I gotta skitty. I don’t want to get home after dark. My mom will totally kill me."


"Yeah yeah, awesome possum” the boy said shuffling the ground with his shoes, “but hey can I walk you home?"


"That would be nice, but if my mom sees me walking with a boy I won’t live to tell the story."


"Oh okay” the boy said slouching his shoulders



“Okay” the girl laughed, “see you tomorrow boyfriend” she kicked up her heel and gave the boy a surprise kiss on the lips.

The boy stood frozen with his mouth dropped.

The girl laughed, “goodbye now. Catch ya later.”

The girl was almost out of site before the boy could come back to life, he watched her until her yellow dress faded into the distance. “Yeah… I’ll catch ya later…. Julianne Marisa Troyer.”

And Oscar smiled dreamily.