The List

34. It starts with L, ends in E and has four letters.

34. It starts with L, ends in E and has four letters.

It was about a week after our day out at the theme park. And I was currently lying in bed, feeling a little sorry for myself due to the fact that I'd been ill the past few days. I could feel my health deteriorating. I was getting tired a lot more often, sometimes falling asleep the second I sit down. I was feeling a lot weaker, everything seemed much harder to do; even small things like brushing my hair or having a shower. I was also getting more headaches and my vision was blurring a lot more frequently, sometimes it would take a few minutes before I could see again.

I am meant to be going out as much as possible, as fresh air was meant to help but Harry wouldn't let me go out unless either him or Connor were with me.

Thankfully today I was feeling a lot better. Due to my health not being great, it made me even more determined to finish this small bucket list of mine.

I get out of bed, and put on some suitable clothes; blue high waisted jeans, a coral pink sleeveless collared shirt and my white Converse.

"Feeling better," Harry asks.

"Yeah, and determined to finish this bucket list as soon as possible," I grab a bowl and pour some cereal along with some milk, and begin to dig in.

"I could come with you today. What do you wanna do," Haz asks, eating his cereal also.

"I was thinking free hugs and giving money to a homeless person," I reply, "Because I can do both of them in town."

"I've always wanted to do that whole free hugs thing," Harry laughs, "Oh, and there's a homeless shelter in town too," Harry states, explaining to me where abouts it is.

"I think we should make shirts, with "Free Hugs" written on the front and back."

"Okay, so we need two plain white shirts?"

"I have two, we could use those. I could do those and you could get to cardboard sheets and write "Free Hugs" on the front in marker too," he suggests, to which I happily agree.

*

In case you're wondering where Connor is, he's gone to Brighton for the day with his family. He didn't want to, but I insisted I'd be fine and that he should go. Currently he was texting complaining about how bored he was, and how there was nothing to do at his grandparents' house.

We decide to take Harry's car into town, instead of getting the bus.

Harry parked the car, and we walked towards in front of the town centre. And that's when I started to think that this was a stupid idea; like who would want to accept a free hug from someone. Clearly I hadn't thought this through.

Harry on the other hand, was so excited.

"This is gonna be great," then he stopped, realising I was a little on the quiet side, "What's wrong," he asked, nudging me in the shoulder.

"Starting to think this was a bit of a shit idea," I admit.

"You're just scared of what people are gonna think. Think of it this way, you're probably gonna see none of these people ever again."

I nod, "Let's do this," I say in a confident manner.

"FREE HUGS," Harry shouts suddenly, getting everyone's attention.

Then a little girl comes and runs up to him, hugging his legs, he reaches down and hugs her back. She then runs off back to her Mum, who was waiting for her.

"I'm winning," Harry says smugly.

A boy around my age was sitting on a nearby bench and must've heard Harry, so he came up to me and hugged me, "Not anymore," he smiled at me as I hugged him back.