I stared into the rows of people wearing balck infront of me who were wiping tears away with their tissues. My vision got blurry and I felt my tears streaming down my cheeks. I scanned the people who were sitting and immediately caught eyes with her father. He cancelled the rest of his business trip immediately when he found out his daughter was in the hospital. Unfortunately, by the time he made it back home,  he was too late. 

"Sh- she breathed her la- la- last breath on June 29, 2009." I said between sniffles and cries. "It was on our one year anniversary of being together." I looked up from the podium I was standing on and looked to see at everyone’s reactions. There was none. "She got hit by a drunk driver. It was supposed to be me in her position, but she pushed me away and saved my life. The doctors said she was going to be ALRIGHT and they said she was ALRIGHT after the surgery, but it wasn’t ALRIGHT." I said emphasizing on the alright with anger. I have every right to be angry. The doctors said she was going to live and the surgery was sucessful, but it wasn’t.  I calmed myself down and took deep breaths in.

 "She crashed just 4 hours after the surgery. The doctors tried to revive her, but they weren’t sucessful," I said with my head hanging down. I paused for a moment to regain my thoughts. "When we first got together, I promised her we would come out together to everyone we love before we died. bu-but I couldn’t keep that promise. So I stand here before you telling you how much we love each other. She was willing to go to UCLA instead of going away so we can be together. She was always the more dominant one in the relationship and always took charge and made sure we can always find ways to be with each other," I said as a small smile grew with that thought. "And that’s what I loved about her. She always called me whipped,  but I just told her it was what love did to me. I was willing to do anything and everything for her because I love her. I always have and always will." I said as I saw my tears drop on the podium.