My girlfriends Charger

My girlfriends charger is broken and i dont know what to do. PLEASE help me with this problem. I need to facetime her at least 5 hours a day. I LOVE HER VERY VERY MUCH i cant go an hour withour seeing her. SO PLEASE HELP ME with this problem.

no im mental sorry if i bothered you with my problem.
i couldnt go to the apple store and get a new one as people laugh at me when they see me so i thought i can get help from this community.

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