Chapter Twelve

"Baby?" Howie whispered opening his eyes.

"Yes?" I asked excited he was talking.

"You know what I want?" he asked smiling.

"What?" I asked.

"For you to dance with me," he whispered.

"Howie, you cant dance, you can barely stay awake," I said softly.

"Kiss me good-bye baby," he whispered.

"What?" I asked, tears forming in my eyes.

"I cant last," he said, he breathing becoming shorter and shorter.

"No, Howie. Please dont leave me," I said, tears falling from my eyes like waterfalls.

"Kiss me good-bye. Please," he whispered. I leaned down and pressed my lips to his. My tears falling onto his cheeks.

When I leaned back up, Howie smiled.

"Good-bye," he said and drifted off to an eternal sleep.

"Howie wake up, please, dont leave me," I cried. I looked up at the clock. It was 12:37 a.m. I pressed the nurse button and a nurse rushed into the room.

*Later in the Morning*

"His brain was way too damaged for him to go on any longer. Im sorry Miss," the doctor explained.

I had called the guys and they were all at the hospital with me, all of us were crying or sniffling heavily.

"You know what he said to me?" I asked.

"What?" AJ asked.

"He told me all he wanted was to dance with me," I said, feeling the tears coming again.

"You know what Howie used to tell us guys?" AJ said looking at me.

"What?" I asked.

"He used to tell us all the time that his one true love would be someone he could dance with," AJ said.

"I danced with him," I said, "but so has a lot of girls."

"But he danced his best and most comfortably with you," AJ told me.