Noah's Winter

Chapter Three

My mom took a shuttering breath and began to speak, "Winter...you-I"

 My dad put a steadying hand on moms shaking shoulder. He started out with my nick name, he had called me it since I was young and started swimming, "Guppy...you have..." He took a calming breath. I could tell this was hard for him to say. "Cancer."

I just stared at him for a while, and then I mock laughed. "Ha ha. That's a sick joke." 

My brother looked at me through anger filled eyes. "He's not kidding idiot." And with that, he stormed out of the room. 

I stared after him in shock and reality hit me. I had cancer...I was going to die. "I'm going to d-die?" I said in a small voice. 

My mother grasped my hand in hers and shook her head vigorously. "No! You will not die. We will get through this. Don't ever say that Winter. You will be okay." Tears were falling freely from her eyes and she blinked quickly to get rid of them.

As I lay in the hospital bed that night I stared out the window into the serene night trying to grasp the fact that I had this disease. Once I realized it wasn't a joke I broke down in to tears, and wouldn't let my parents explain any further about the cancer. I thought if I didn't listen to the details it wouldn't be true. I looked at my mother lying on the couch holding Jake in a sweet embrace, both asleep. My father was in the chair next to my bed snoring lightly. It had been a long day. I had felt weak but I thought it was just the flu type of weak, not...cancer.

I unhooked my IV and walked sneakily out of my room. I turned down one of the bright hallways and walked aimlessly around. I probably shouldn't have been doing this but I didn't care. I walked slowly listening to my bare feet slap against the cold linoleum floor. I was only 17 and I had cancer...no, that was impossible. I couldn't. I mean, it just wasn't fair. I was just about to start my senior year of high school. I had friends and a boyfriend. I had college plans. I had a life. I wouldn't allow this. I wouldn't let this ruin my life.