The Last Wish

Chapter 45

~Charlotte's pov~
     That same night that I had cut myself, my body had gone into a heat stroke. I was sweating up and wasn't able to breath. At like 5 in the morning my parents took me to the hospital. All I remember was my dad saying how maybe I was having a heart attack as I laid in the back seat.
     My dad picked me up and rushed me into the cool hospital and started yelling for help. Nurses automatically pulled me into a hospital bed. then they put a breathing mask on me. on each side of me were nurses and doctors. They all ran fast through the hallway as they pushed me into a room. they hooked a whole bunch of wires to me. A tube up my nose and two wires on each arm. two nurses were on my left and a doctor on my right. they were each pulling out wires and needles. I shut my eyes and didn't wake up until that morning.
     I looked at the time 7:23am my mom was talking to a doctor. he saw me awake and stopped the conversation to come towards me. "hey baby girl how do you feel?" mom caressed my arm. I nodded my head. "listen, we've decided the best medication for you right now would be putting you in chemo." The doctor fake smiled. My heart stopped. "Chemo?" I repeated. "yes the only way we're going to take your pain away is by putting you in chemo." I gulped hard and nodded once more. "alright great we'll start our first session tomorrow." The doc walked out of the room. "don't worry everything is going to be alright." mom said. She lied.
     She started chipping her nail polish and thats when I noticed something was up. "What's wrong?" I said as she looked up at me. "um, nothing..it's just," She stopped herself from saying it. "What?" I repeated anxiously. "Well I know the reason that your health has been getting worse. It's because of Jay isn't it?" I looked away. "For that reason I called him and told him to come." I turned to look at her with open eyes. "YOU DID WHAT?!" I freaked out. "Calm down, I didn't tell him about your cancer. You can explain to him whats going on. I thought separating you two would help but obviously it hasn't. So you can tell him about your Lymphoma and finally get everything off your chest. In my suggestion, just tell him. I know that he'll support you. He's been with you up to this point." She said turning around. And just before she left she put the book Jay bought me, 'The longest journey' on the nightstand next to me. I tried reaching for it and in that moment Jay walked in. I hadn't seen him in so long I had forgotten how beautiful his blue eyes were. He walked over to the table and handed me the book. I couldn't stop staring at him. "Hi." He smiled. "I brought you these flowers." He put the tulips in the place where the book was. I didn't say a word I just kept staring at him. He sat on the bed and looked down at his hands. "look I know you might not want to be with me or you like someone else, but I came because I was worried about you.-" My sniffing cut him off. "why are you crying?" He said worried. I shook my head. "I've missed you so much." I said crying and laughing at the same time. He smiled. "You don't know how happy I am to hear those words. He said holding my hand. He leaned in to kiss me but I turned my head away. "But I have to talk to you." I said. He leaned back. "I'm sure you're wondering why I wrote you that note and why I'm even here in the first place." He nodded. I took a deep breath and sighed. "Well it's never easy for me to say this." I played with my nails and tried not to make eye contact. "I, I," I didn't know how to say it. "I have cancer." I said still not looking at him. I glanced up at him and saw he was covering his mouth in shock. "But h-how?! since when?!" He stood up and paced around. "Please don't be mad at me." I said. He looked at me with a questioning look. "Why would I be mad at you?" He said. "Because I hid this from you." I looked back down again. "psh, that's the least thing I'd be." He said returning to his pacing. I sighed in relief. "Well can you fix this? Is there a medication to heal this?" he said. "I have Lymphoma. It affects the immune system." I said. He opened his mouth going 'oh' "that explains why you get sick so frequently." I nodded. "Well should we be worried?" He said. I nodded. "It's terminal.." I said low. He stopped in place. "Terminal as in theres no cure?" I shook my head. "No terminal as in I only have a few weeks to live." I said. His pupil constricted. He covered his face with his palm and ran it down to his chin covering his mouth again. He leaned against a wall and breathed heavily. He slid down the wall sitting on the floor. "I can't believe this.." He sighed once more. "That's why I kept this from you and tried to stay away." He stood up again and sat on the bed again. He grabbed my hand between both of his. "Well you know what, it was stupid of you to do that because I'm gonna be right by your side every step of the way there. And you would never be able stop me from me from loving you." I started crying again. I looked down at our hands again. I noticed he was wearing my elephant beads. "Hey you're wearing my bracelet." I smiled. "Oh yeah, I haven't taken it off." He took it off and gave it to me. "Here, you'll need it.." He smiled. "no," I put the bracelet in his hand. "you'll need it more than I will.."