Lost Summer (Book 1)

Part 3

Y/N POV

I watch as James splashes around in the water like a five year old and tries to talk to some superhot chic but he is failing miserably. He hasn't even told her his name and they have been standing there looking at each other awkwardly for about ten minutes now. 

I slowly get up alarming my mom. 

"Where are you going?" she asks and I smile at her.

"Mom I'll be fine I'm just going to help James out of that awkward situation over there don't worry" I say as she nods.

I walk over to my brother. 

"James I thought you were going surfing you know to impress the ladies on the beach" I say walking up to them.

 I extend my hand to the girl. 

"Hi I'm Y/N and this is my brother James," I say and she smiles. 

"Hi I'm Amber. So your brother is a surfer?" she asks and I nod. 

"Yeah he has been surfing since we were six years old. You could say his a pro. He is a lot better at surfing then he is at talking to girls," I say and that snaps him out of his frozen state.

"Excuse me, how dare you insinuate that I can't talk to girls" he says a little annoyed. 

"Uh because you can't. Just ask Amber she has been waiting ten minutes just for you to give her your name and you couldn't even do that. So I think it kind of speaks for itself," I say and he sighs as she giggles. 

"Anyway back to surfing do you surf Y/N," she asks and I sigh looking at the ground. 

"I used to but I don't anymore," I say and she smiles at me sweetly.

"Why not? If you don't mind me asking," she says and I take a deep breath. 

That is when I realize I have been on my feet for too long since I'm not fully rested from the jet lag. 

"Are you okay you look like you could use a dip in the water," she says causing James to look at me so fast. 

"Y/N you have been in the sun for too long get back to the blanket and under the umbrella," he says but I can't move. 

"James I don't feel to good," I say as he grabs me as I slowly fall backward. 

"Is she okay James," I hear Amber ask worried as I lose consciousness completely.

When I come to I am laying on the blanket under the umbrella with a cold cloth on my forehead. I slowly sit up alarming my mom as she turns to look at me I see my dad running over with a bottle of cold water. 

When he sees me sitting up he runs faster giving me the water. 

"Drink some it will help for the heat," he says and I take the bottle great fully. 

"Where is James?" I ask and mom smiles looking at the ocean so I follow her gaze. 

I see James and Amber surfing. He is trying to keep up with her. Damn she is one hell of a surfer.

"She took him to go surfing to distract him since he freaked out completely. Even if she doesn't understand what's going on. You should tell her she seems like a nice girl. Oh and Gary phoned he will be joining us tomorrow" mom says sounding excited to see Gary again. 

I can't wait to see him either I haven't seen my brother in almost five years. We are triplets two identical boys and a girl I'm ten minutes older then James and five minutes older then Gary.

He left to go stay with our biological dad four years ago and we haven't seen him since. He doesn't even know that I stopped responding to treatment. We were 11 when I got sick and was diagnosed it's been five years since I was last healthy. 

I don't even want to know how Gary is going to react when he finds out that I'm dying. I look up to see James running over with Amber right behind him. I smile at them as James stops and smiles at me.

"Having fun are you James?" I ask and he smiles sadly. 

"Yeah, but it would have been more fun if you could join us but I know you can't," he says sitting down next to me. 

Leaning his head on my shoulder as he let the tears fall. 

"What am I going to do without you Y/N, I'm going to be so lost" he says and I smile sadly as tears fall down my cheek. 

"Let's not think about that right now. Let's enjoy this summer and my last few months before it's over," I say and he nods.

I look at Amber and see horror written all over her face. 

"Your dying aren't you. How your only sixteen?" she says sitting down in front of me and I smile.

"I have been sick for the last five years," I say and she gasps. 

"What's wrong with you?" she asks and I smile. 

"I was eleven when I was diagnosed with lung cancer. At first I went for treatment but after two years I stopped responding so I told my mom and step dad to stop paying for it and to start saving their money. Three weeks ago I found out that I have six months left to live" I say and she stares at me wide eyed and mouth agape.

I turn to look at James. 

"When I'm gone you'll still have Gary. You won't be alone or lost," I say to him and he scoffs.

"Gary left to go stay with that bastard even after what he did to mom. So no I don't still have him and I don't want him in my life," he says and I sigh. 

"James, he is our brother don't push him away, please. You and him are all mom is going to have left once I'm gone. She is going to need the both of you. You saw how mom fell apart after Chrissie died. It's going to be worse this time because she's losing her second daughter so don't push Gary away," I say almost begging as tears run over my cheeks.

"I promise I won't push Gary away," he says crying harder so I pull him into my arms. 

"Who is Gary and Chrissie?" Amber suddenly asks. 

I look at her with a sad smile. 

"Gary is our brother. We're triplets and Chrissie was our older sister. She was sixteen when she died. We were nine at the time" I say and she nods. 

"How did she die? If you don't mind me asking," she says and I smile. 

"Chrissie was eleven when she was diagnosed with lung cancer and just like me after two years of treatment she stopped responding to the treatment.

My mom and step dad never stopped paying for the treatments and the doctors tried every treatment they could but none of them worked. Six months after she turned sixteen she died and now the same thing is happening to me. 

It was a hard time for my mom she lost her oldest child to a terrible disease. Two years later her second oldest child and daughter was diagnosed with the exact same disease that she lost her oldest child to" I say wiping my tears away. 

"Yeah, but this time I'm trying to make the last few months of your life the happiest with Chrissie all I did was force her to go for treatments.

I didn't spend time with her. I was in denial the entire time but I'm not making the same mistakes," mom says smiling and we all smile. 

"Now you two go have fun I'll be okay. I wasn't in the sun to long I'm just still tired from our flight yesterday. By tomorrow I'll be my old self again and hopefully mom will let me surf one last time," I say and mom scoffs as they run back to the water. 

"You wish young lady. You aren't going anywhere near a surf board, forget it" she says teasingly and I laugh.