In Another Life

Short story 4

Third person's POV

  1 year has passed and Thallia's relationship with austine has deepened a lot. From friend they become lovers. Their vibes are opposite but they matched well when It comes to thinking and understanding. Everything is going well for austine but for thallia it's not. Lately she has been vomiting blood recently and the chest pain that she had last year has gotten worse. It gets to the point where thallia doesn't fall asleep because of the pain she has endured.

  Last night was bad to thallia, she can't breathe properly and it feels like someone is choking her. Because of that, she finally decided to get check-up, but not with her parents, she wanted to consult another doctor. She didn't know the exactly reason why she refused to go her parents, perhaps because she felt that something was going to happen and she wanted to know it first.

First person's POV

 I'm scared. I am crying inside and I don't know what to do anymore. They examine me with various tests to find out what is causing the pain I was feeling. The doctor said I'll wait for 30 minutes and he will give me the results.

I waited for minutes..

"Ms. Thallia Marie Gavez? Right, here's the results." The doctor handed me the envelope

I'm trembling right now. Please, Lord, I pray for a good results. If I were in another situation, I would laugh at myself because I am like a girl who sees her school exam and is afraid to fail, but this one is serious and I'm not sure if I can handle it.

'Positive, Cancer of the blood (acute myeloid leukemia), stage 2'

My body goes numb as the papers fall to the ground. I can't feel anything, but I desperately want to cry. I want to be enraged because why not? Why me, when there are other people around? I can't stop crying.

"Where did I get it from? what can I do doc? Will you operate on me? Is it curable?"

"You're a Gavez right? The daughter of both doctors which is my friends." He said

"ahm yeah" not sure if I will say the truth or not

"That's why. Like I said, we were friends backthen because I was your family doctor. When your Mother Valeria found out thather mother is diagnosed of leukemia, I am the one who helped them. Blood canceris also genetic iha, you got it from your grandmother and I'm sorry to say thatblood cancer cannot be operated. You will have chemotherapy, but it is a greatrisk."

"Chemotherapy uses anticancer drugs to stop and stop the growth of cancer cells in the body. If you are willing to go through chemo, there are some negatives. It has side effects and may weaken your body. It is exhausting, but you should keep on going. It may not work on you, but at least you tried. But iha chemo is a big help because you're still young, you're 21 and mostly 30 years old or younger, made it into cancer free. You should take risks, is my advice to you."

The only thing I can do is cry. I'm still unable to accept it. I assumed I was fine, that I was healthy. I had no idea this day would come, or that I would be nearing the end of my life. I'm debating how to say it to my family, as well as Juliane and Rage. I'm terrified, and I can't think clearly. I don't want to hurt them, but it won't be good if I keep it a secret from them for too long.

I give myself some time to think, and my decision is to wait. Wait for the right moment to inform them of my condition. I still want to see them happy these days, weeks, months, I'm not sure. All I know is that I don't want to see them cry because of me. I want to make the most of my time by seeing them happy first before I faced this horrible dream.

I fixed myself in the restroom and I see my eyes swollen. I retouch my makeup especially in my eye concealer. After it I decided to go home, I wanted to rest for now. This day is very exhausting for me. When I arrived in the unit there is no one but me. I washed my body and rest.

"Love, love wake up, love." I slowly open my eyes and see rage

"hmmm?" I closed my eyes

"Are you okay?"

"hmmm." I groaned because I might say no

"What's hmmm? Get up, you need to eat, its already 5:43 pm love." don't have energy to say more that's why I decided to get up already.

"Is there something wrong? Tell me, I will listen," he asked

"What will you do If I leave?"

"What kind of question is that? I know you won't leave me, right?"

"I'm just wondering love, just answer it."  please love.

"Of course, I'll be sad because I love you." He said then kiss me on my cheeks

"Please try not to be sad all the time, okay? Don't worry I won't leave now." I still have time but I don't know until when.

"Hmm let's eat now love, I'm not liking our topic." He said it sternly and offered his hands, which I was about to take, but I became dizzy. I tried to keep myself calm because I was in front of rage."

"I will brush my teeth, you go first in the kitchen." I said tying to avoid his gaze.

"All right, I'll wait for you." I felt relieved when he turned his back on me.

 I'm not feeling well; it's as if I'm riding anchors away. I went into the bathroom and supported myself on the sink table.

I can't take the pain in my head any longer. I can't help but cry because I'm so weak and I despise it. I closed my eyes tightly and then felt out of control of my body. I don't know what happened next but I want to fight this darkness that I've been seeing lately.

To be continued...