Title: One Wish
Rating:K
Summary: If Laura had one selfish wish, it wouldn't be Bill.
No Spoilers.
Disclaimer: I own nothing.

I’ve always wondered, if our bodies dwell in the heavens do our souls find rest on Earth? Those that came before us lived with solid ground beneath their feet and their dreams in the stars. What a reversal that is.

If I were granted one wish, one selfish desire to be fulfilled without question, I would return to a day in the middle of the last school year. I would pay another visit to that inner city primary school. I would talk to every student who thought to give me a second glance. I would remember their names, their favorite songs and colors. And I would stay, stay until it was dark and they had all gone home. I would listen to the echoes of my heels on the linoleum floors and hear the phantom whispers of cliques and loners. I would take it all in, knowing it will disappear. Then, when the date arrived, I would disappear with it.

No questions asked, no judgments passed. No one to disagree. Death would be swift and malicious, but it wouldn’t linger the way this disease does. It would not seek to invade and corrupt every part of me. It would not leave behind this dying woman with no time to say goodbye. It would be a mercy.

If everyday we live is a gift from the gods, why can’t I wait to die?

 

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