Needs to be edited really bad. Typed this up years ago but wrist hurting too much to edit right now.
the two sat down under a willow tree. dew soaked grass tickled their bare feet. the moon shone dressing the lake before them with sparkles.
"i have something for you" andrew said to the the girl, ali, whom he carressed in his arms. his hand dug into his pocket pulling out a small envelope. he gently opened the girls hand and placed the envelope in her palm. she took it and with careful fingers openeing it and deftly pulled out a piece of paper. thin fingers unfolded the paper and dull green eyes read the words.
"i love you so much. i want to be more than friends. you dont have to be afraid of me finding out your secrets. know what you do to yourself.everytime i hug you i feel your bones. ive seen you stumble with dizziness. ive seen you min the gym running for hours and weighing yourself. dont think i havent noticed the scars where you stuck a needle in your vein or the scars on your arms how you keep your arms covered. i love you. im afraid if i waited any longer to say so you would be gone. i want the chance to love you before you join the angels with god in heaven. tell me you love me to"
ali looked up into his eyes with tears in her own shimmering in the moonlight. "i do love you." she wraps her thin scarred arms around him and he wraps his arms lovingly around her. under the willow tree in the middle of the night by a glistening lake the two heald eachother. after awhile he lifted off her shirt starring at her ribs. he ran his fingers over them. he gently brushed his lips over the scars on her arms. his fingers gently pulled off her lose pants. andrew then pulled off his jeans and the two made love that night
when andrew woke up the next morning the body next to his was cold and the girls lungs hardly drew in any air. he rolled over to look at her fearful she was joining the angels. thunder rolled. dark clouds had gathered while the two had slept. he felt her for a pulse. it was hardly existant. he picked her up pulled on his shoes and ran. the rain began to pour but he just kept running whispering into her ear"hang in there ali. dont go to the angels yet..please dont go..i love you." he kept running. soaking wet he burst through the doors of the hospitals emergency room. a doctor rushed over and took the girl from his hands. nurses stripped her of the wet clothing and rolled her into a room. several doctors and nurses rushed in. one closed the blinds so andrew could not see what was going on. he went to the lobby and called ali's parents then his own. about an hour later they arrived but there was still no news of how she was. adrew sat there figeting feeling his dreams slipping away. the wedding, a family, old age with this one girl. finaly a nurse came over. she told ali's parents everything. needless to say they were shocked. neither of them had realized the hell their daughter had been living in. andrew walked over.
"how is she? will she live?" he questioned the nurse cautiousiously afraid of her answer.
the nurse nodded."she will live but her condition is criticle. we have machines doing most of the things her body is supposed to be doing. her heart is very weak. her organs arent functioning right. we had to put her on a feeding tube to. she is in the icu. we will transfer her to the psyc ward later. you may see her now if you like. the parents and andrew nodded to the nurse amd followed her to the ICU.
the ICU was not to full. nurses at desks were watching the few patients very closely. ali's parents went it first. 20 minutes later the returned and told andrew he could go in. he shook himself abit and took a deep breath afraid of what he might find. he stepped in. standing just inside the door his eyes me those of a girl he loved more than anything. for a moment he just took it all in. the machines and monitors and IVs hooked up to her frail body. the blankets hardly raised off the bed by her body. her arms wrapped in white dressings to cover recent cuts she had never bothered to bandage. an untouched plate of food on the tray/table. his eyes stopped there for a moment as the sight of the plate gave him a small pain in his heart. a tear fell from his eyes and he rushed pver to ali about to give her a big hug but suddenly stopped. he was almost afriad to touch her as if one touch would break her. then he saw the tears rolling down her cheeks and he pulled her gently into his arms. she cried soaking andrews shirt with her tears. after several minutes of sobbing she pulled away. he excused himseld andleft the room. aproaching the nurses desk he got a ladies attention.
"do you need soemthing sir?"
"could you take the feeding tube out of her. she will eat on her own.. i promise..just have some warm food brought up please."
the nurse thought for a moment and then nodded. she went in the room and removed the tube. andrew returned to alis' bed holding her hand till a new plate of food was brought. she looked up at him. he thought he saw a bit of anger and fear in her face but he tried to ignore it. he wasnt betraying her he was helping her. she would see it he told himself. he pulled the tray over. his fingers picked up a fork and stabbed a piece of chicken with it.
"its not your time to join the angels yet. i want you to eat. what you are is not beautiful or healthy. i want to see you smile again. i want you to marry me ali!i want to spend my life with you!"andrew cried and looked away. weh he looked back at her she was crying to. he set down the fork and held her close.
she whispered weakly"i love you to. i want to marry you to"
andrew picked the fork up and held it to her lips
"if you want to be with me you have to eat so you can live."
a moment of hesitation and then her lips closed around the food. she ate. andrew smiled with joy and cried with reliefe. he hugged her tight as he dared to."im so proud of you ali!"
3 years later the two got married. ali was beautiful again. the two began a family. ali still suffered from health problems and she still cut sometimes. there were still days when she struggled with food and eating. she remained pretty thin but not severely. the two were married for fourting nine years. at sixty eight after battling many health problems and bouts of sickness ali passed away from an illness one morning before waking up. she died under the willow tree. somehow they just knew her time was up. andrew had carried her out to the lake under the willow tree and covered her with blankets and they had stayed there all night. by the morning she was dead. she didnt get to be very old. andrew was never quite the same afterwards. he stayed away from most of his family and kept to himself. he spend hours by her gravestone talking to her. on alis gravestone he carved "my love. she is with the angels now in the palace of god." anytime someone asked where his wife was he told them she was with the angels.
by 83 andrew was sick. after alis death his health had gotten worse. by 78 his family placed him in a care center. he mostly stared out the window or wrote about his love. when he turned 83 andrew was very sick. a few days later he felt like his time was ending. he left the care center and spent the night by ali where she was burried under the willow tree. that is where he died. his children were with him the whole night. his last words to them were "children your mom and i are with the angels. i am going to be with the angels my angel my love my ali" and in heaven the met once again. they kissed carresing eachother in gods palace the two lived forever.
the two sat down under a willow tree. dew soaked grass tickled their bare feet. the moon shone dressing the lake before them with sparkles.
"i have something for you" andrew said to the the girl, ali, whom he carressed in his arms. his hand dug into his pocket pulling out a small envelope. he gently opened the girls hand and placed the envelope in her palm. she took it and with careful fingers openeing it and deftly pulled out a piece of paper. thin fingers unfolded the paper and dull green eyes read the words.
"i love you so much. i want to be more than friends. you dont have to be afraid of me finding out your secrets. know what you do to yourself.everytime i hug you i feel your bones. ive seen you stumble with dizziness. ive seen you min the gym running for hours and weighing yourself. dont think i havent noticed the scars where you stuck a needle in your vein or the scars on your arms how you keep your arms covered. i love you. im afraid if i waited any longer to say so you would be gone. i want the chance to love you before you join the angels with god in heaven. tell me you love me to"
ali looked up into his eyes with tears in her own shimmering in the moonlight. "i do love you." she wraps her thin scarred arms around him and he wraps his arms lovingly around her. under the willow tree in the middle of the night by a glistening lake the two heald eachother. after awhile he lifted off her shirt starring at her ribs. he ran his fingers over them. he gently brushed his lips over the scars on her arms. his fingers gently pulled off her lose pants. andrew then pulled off his jeans and the two made love that night
when andrew woke up the next morning the body next to his was cold and the girls lungs hardly drew in any air. he rolled over to look at her fearful she was joining the angels. thunder rolled. dark clouds had gathered while the two had slept. he felt her for a pulse. it was hardly existant. he picked her up pulled on his shoes and ran. the rain began to pour but he just kept running whispering into her ear"hang in there ali. dont go to the angels yet..please dont go..i love you." he kept running. soaking wet he burst through the doors of the hospitals emergency room. a doctor rushed over and took the girl from his hands. nurses stripped her of the wet clothing and rolled her into a room. several doctors and nurses rushed in. one closed the blinds so andrew could not see what was going on. he went to the lobby and called ali's parents then his own. about an hour later they arrived but there was still no news of how she was. adrew sat there figeting feeling his dreams slipping away. the wedding, a family, old age with this one girl. finaly a nurse came over. she told ali's parents everything. needless to say they were shocked. neither of them had realized the hell their daughter had been living in. andrew walked over.
"how is she? will she live?" he questioned the nurse cautiousiously afraid of her answer.
the nurse nodded."she will live but her condition is criticle. we have machines doing most of the things her body is supposed to be doing. her heart is very weak. her organs arent functioning right. we had to put her on a feeding tube to. she is in the icu. we will transfer her to the psyc ward later. you may see her now if you like. the parents and andrew nodded to the nurse amd followed her to the ICU.
the ICU was not to full. nurses at desks were watching the few patients very closely. ali's parents went it first. 20 minutes later the returned and told andrew he could go in. he shook himself abit and took a deep breath afraid of what he might find. he stepped in. standing just inside the door his eyes me those of a girl he loved more than anything. for a moment he just took it all in. the machines and monitors and IVs hooked up to her frail body. the blankets hardly raised off the bed by her body. her arms wrapped in white dressings to cover recent cuts she had never bothered to bandage. an untouched plate of food on the tray/table. his eyes stopped there for a moment as the sight of the plate gave him a small pain in his heart. a tear fell from his eyes and he rushed pver to ali about to give her a big hug but suddenly stopped. he was almost afriad to touch her as if one touch would break her. then he saw the tears rolling down her cheeks and he pulled her gently into his arms. she cried soaking andrews shirt with her tears. after several minutes of sobbing she pulled away. he excused himseld andleft the room. aproaching the nurses desk he got a ladies attention.
"do you need soemthing sir?"
"could you take the feeding tube out of her. she will eat on her own.. i promise..just have some warm food brought up please."
the nurse thought for a moment and then nodded. she went in the room and removed the tube. andrew returned to alis' bed holding her hand till a new plate of food was brought. she looked up at him. he thought he saw a bit of anger and fear in her face but he tried to ignore it. he wasnt betraying her he was helping her. she would see it he told himself. he pulled the tray over. his fingers picked up a fork and stabbed a piece of chicken with it.
"its not your time to join the angels yet. i want you to eat. what you are is not beautiful or healthy. i want to see you smile again. i want you to marry me ali!i want to spend my life with you!"andrew cried and looked away. weh he looked back at her she was crying to. he set down the fork and held her close.
she whispered weakly"i love you to. i want to marry you to"
andrew picked the fork up and held it to her lips
"if you want to be with me you have to eat so you can live."
a moment of hesitation and then her lips closed around the food. she ate. andrew smiled with joy and cried with reliefe. he hugged her tight as he dared to."im so proud of you ali!"
3 years later the two got married. ali was beautiful again. the two began a family. ali still suffered from health problems and she still cut sometimes. there were still days when she struggled with food and eating. she remained pretty thin but not severely. the two were married for fourting nine years. at sixty eight after battling many health problems and bouts of sickness ali passed away from an illness one morning before waking up. she died under the willow tree. somehow they just knew her time was up. andrew had carried her out to the lake under the willow tree and covered her with blankets and they had stayed there all night. by the morning she was dead. she didnt get to be very old. andrew was never quite the same afterwards. he stayed away from most of his family and kept to himself. he spend hours by her gravestone talking to her. on alis gravestone he carved "my love. she is with the angels now in the palace of god." anytime someone asked where his wife was he told them she was with the angels.
by 83 andrew was sick. after alis death his health had gotten worse. by 78 his family placed him in a care center. he mostly stared out the window or wrote about his love. when he turned 83 andrew was very sick. a few days later he felt like his time was ending. he left the care center and spent the night by ali where she was burried under the willow tree. that is where he died. his children were with him the whole night. his last words to them were "children your mom and i are with the angels. i am going to be with the angels my angel my love my ali" and in heaven the met once again. they kissed carresing eachother in gods palace the two lived forever.
Beneath The Willow Tree by Michelle Tormey is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
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