cerpen: is it hard to say "I Love You" ? before its already to late

ini cerita tentang sepasang remaja yang sudah lama berteman tapi masing2 belum punya pasangan. inilah percakapan mereka:

Derick : I guess we are the left-overs in this world. Lily : I think so...all of my friends have boyfriends, and we are the only the 2 people left in this world without any special person in our lives. Derick : Yup, I don't know what to do. Lily : I know! We'll play a game. Derick : What game? Lily : I'll be your girlfriend for 30 days and you will be my boyfriend. Derick : That's a great plan, in fact, I don't have anything to do much for the following few weeks. ------------------------------------------------------------------ DAY 1: They watch their first movie and they both are touched by the romantic film. DAY 4: They went go to the beach and have a picnic. Derick and Lily have their quality time together. DAY 12: Derick invited Lily to a circus and they ride through a Horror House. Lily was scared and she thought she touched Derick's hand but she actually touched someone else's hand they both laughed. DAY 15: They saw a fortune teller down the road, and they asked for their future advice. The fortune teller said: "My darlings, please don't waste the time of your life, spend the rest of your time together, happily." Then tears flowed out from the teller's eyes. DAY 20: Lily invited Derick to go to the hill and they saw a meteor; Lily mumbled something. DAY 28: They sat on the bus, and because of a bumpy road Lily gave her first kiss to Derick by accident. DAY 29: 11:37 pm: Lily and Derick sat in the park where they first decided to play this game. --------------------------------------------------------------- Derick : I'm tired Lily...Do you want anything to drink? I'll buy you one...I'll just go down the road. Lily : An Apple Juice, that's all. Thank you. Derick : Wait for me. 20 minutes later A stranger approached Lily Stranger : Are you a friend of Derick? Lily : Yes, why? What happened? Stranger : A reckless drunk driver ran over Derick, and he is in critical condition in the hospital. 11:57 pm: The doctor walked out of the emergency room; he handed Lily an apple juice and a letter. Doctor : We found this in Derick's pocket. Lily reads the letter and it says: Lily, These past few weeks, I realized you are a really cute girl, and I am really falling for you-your cherished smile, your everything when we played this game. Before this game ends, I would like you to be my girlfriend for the rest of my life. I love you, Lily. Lily crumpled up the paper and shouted: "Derick! I don't want you to die- I love you; remember that night when we saw a meteor and I mumbled something. I mumbled that I wish we would be together forever and that we would never have to end this game. Please don't leave me Derick .. I love you! You can't do this to me!" Then the clock strikes 12... Derick's heart stopped pumping... It was the 30th day.