Don't Let Me Go

My Prince Charming

After we calmed down, Asa and I stood up as my mom stayed in her bed. Asa sniffed and then said "I love you Emily." I looked at him, started crying again and said "I love you too Ace," and kissed him. I sat down on my mom's bed once more and looked at her and took deep breaths to make myself seem calm. "Mom, it is going to be okay." "Em, you are the only person I have left." That made me cry more. "I know mommy. It will be okay." I kept saying even though next week will be hell for my mom and Asa. I went back to my bed. Asa sat down. "Mom, Can Ace stay tonight?" I asked her. "Yes of course." Asa hugged me once more. 

The nurse walked in, also looking upset. "How you feeling Em?" she asked. "Um, physically, good. Emotionally, horrible." I said looking at Ace. He quickly moved his hand on top of mine. I looked at him, then at the nurse, and then at my mom, and then the floor. "I know, I am so sorry Emily. You know the plan? Tomorrow we are going to take you off chemo and you can have a couple days hospital free." I giggled while crying. Having the feeling that you know you don't have much time left is really overwhelming. I'm scared. I looked at the nurse and said "Can we please forget about it until the time comes?" "Yes of course, I will check in on you every hour," the nurse said. "I will be up all night keeping an eye on her as well." Ace said. I looked over at my mom again, she is curled up in a ball. I can see her body shaking and hear the shortness of breath. The nurse walked out of the room. I laid back in Asa's arms. We fell asleep. 

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I woke up at about 8:30 am. I rolled over and saw Asa laying next to me. It is almost impossible to have two people laying in the same hospital bed. When I was finally all the way awake, it hit me that I am getting taking off my chemo. "Ace-" I whispered. "Yeah?," he asked, "What should we do for my last days?" I asked quietly trying not to wake my mom up. "Anything you want baby girl." he said. I smiled. My nurse came in quietly and then jumped when she saw us awake. "Would you like to start you're day early?" the nursed asked. I looked over at my mom and yelled "LAST DAYS MOM GET UP GET UP GET UP!!!" I try to make it sound like i cant wait for these days. If I don't  live my last days to the fullest, then whats the point? She quickly got up and the nurse made us sign papers and go through this whole bullshit process. After about an hour, she finally unplugged at the plugs from me and I was machine free. I got up and it felt so weird. Its so weird not having a best friend with me at all times. Yes, I call my machine a friend. Cause basically it kept me alive. I looked over at my mom and Ace, and they smiled, doing anything they could to not cry, and said "Lets do this thing." 

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We left the hospital and started checking things off my bucket list. Now when I say bucket list, I dont mean go to America, I mean prank people at stores and steal and all that type of stuff. My mom wont usually let me do this, obviously, but hey, live life at its fullest right? 

We started at the mall, we went from store to store stealing little things like socks, and accessories. But then we went to the grocery store, that's when we had fun. Me and Ace were running up and down aisles with carts. We were taking gallons of milk, and throwing them on the floor for them to break as we fake slipped right next to people. We got bags of chips and started opening all of them and eating almost 3 bags over all. 

Sadly, we got kicked out, and my mom had to pay for everything, but it was worth it. Me and Ace were sitting in the car waiting for my mom to come out. "Are you scared Em?" Asa asked. It sounded like he had been wanting to ask me ever since I told him that I had cancer but he never got the chance to. "Um, scared for you and my mom, yes. Scared for me, no so much." I said looking at him as his eyes tear up. He pecked my lips and then we got buckled in as my mom came in the car and drove off. 

The next 4 days consisted of me, Ace, and my mom staying at home and watching every single Disney movie ever made over again. 

The next day after consisted of us three going to Starbucks for breakfast, lunch and dinner. 

The last day consisted of us just waiting. I was laying in bed coughing my lungs out. I guess all the fun we had was too much for me. I had so many of my aunts and uncles visit me that I haven't even met before. Even Asa's whole family was visiting me. It was sad because it was like we were playing a game, just waiting for it to end. Everyone was gathered around me as I was on the couch. Everyone was talking about life until I started coughing. Coughing, coughing, and coughing. I looked at every single person for at least 5 seconds.Ace grabbed my hands. "Em, dont let me go. Emily. EMILY!" Asa said, crying. Everybody was crying. I could see everyone but from a different perspective. Asa was a mess and my mom couldn't breathe and walked out of the room. It was like a nightmare but I was perfectly fine. I was safe. 

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All of the sudden I couldn't see anyone anymore. I woke up in a different hospital with Asa aside me. "Em, you ready to go home?" he asked, smiling. What the hell? "Asa, what happened? I thought I died." I said almost having a panic attack. "Yeah me too, you were laying on your bathroom floor when I found you. You had the stomach flu, but you are okay now. We can go back home." he said. "Wait, so i didn't have cancer?" I asked him. i looked over at my mom and she was also smiling. "Haha what? No!" Asa said. "But you still cheated on me." I said, still confused. "Emily, you got sick last night and ended up on the bathroom floor, I was with you the whole time. And wait what? We aren't dating." He said. Oh my god. It was all a freaking nightmare. "Wait, so I got sick and they found out it was the flu? That's it?" I asked. I had never been so confused in my life. "Pretty much. You don't remember anything?" he asked. My mom got up and came over to me and started listening to what I had to say. "I had a nightmare that I had cancer and then passed away. Asa also asked me out, and then cheated and then I found out he was an actor." I said still shaking from freaking out so much. "Well you are fine." Asa said. "And Em, I told you the night you got sick that I was an actor. I guess you weren't feeling good when I told you. OH and also, will you be my girlfriend?" Asa asked. Oh my god. That how he asked me in my nightmare. "Yes. Of course." I sat up and kissed him. He helped me up and we left the hospital.  I was so relived that it was all a nightmare. One badass nightmare actually.

We got home and relaxed by watching a bunch of Disney movies. Cinderella was my favorite. She found her Prince Charming, and I found mine. 

                                      The End. 

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I really hope you enjoyed this story. I had so much fun writing it. Tell me what you guys htought about the plot twist? Freaky right? Please vote, share and comment what you thought. 

See you guys next story! xx - Jillian