My name is Andy Lavigne. No, I am not related to Avril Lavigne. Or Adam Lavigne. Or any other Lavigne besides my mom, Karel, dad, Joel, and sister, Joanne. JoJo for short.
I am infamous, and no one notices me at school. Mainly because I'm just the sick boy that can't fend for himself. No one bullies me because they can go to jail for bruising me, but that doesn't stop them from teasing me for being gay.
It's childish, I agree, but the things they say...
"Where's your boyfriend, Gay-son?"
"Yo', Sick Boy, my friend has never had a Job before. Hook him up?"
And it just gets worse. I hate them. They think just because I'm different in SO many ways they can hurt me. No way, they can't get to me, I can stay strong as long as I live.
Which... won't be very long. See, I have a bad case of the Death Sentences. Cancer, as you would cal it. It's your typical leukemia, and I quit chemo a little while back. It wasn't helping anything, except the bruising, but I missed a ton of school and I almost got held back. But then I told them I had leukemia... and boom, tenth grade, here I come.
But then there's my other problem that can't be fixed with a cancer perk. And that problem goes by the name of...
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Stay A Little Longer: A Short Story
Cerita PendekAndy is sick. He's going to die. His family will be left to sulk about it; his mom will probably go nuts, his dad will leave his mom, and his sister will probably off herself. And it's all his fault. Greyson, on the other hand, is healthy. His par...
