Life with an expiration date

Chapter 1

Skylee Tyler, 18, is again at Salt Lake City hospital in need of blood transfusion. Please communicate with the Hospital at (435) 843 9568 for more information on how to help.

I was feeling tired as I had never been, the radio constantly gave out the message about my blood transfusion and to be honest I felt grateful. I knew that if I would have lived in a bigger state I would probably be dying already.

I lived in a little town located thirty minutes away from Salt Lake, the capital of the state. I had always lived there; I had gone to elementary school like any child, I had been to my 8th grade promotion like any teenager and I had attended high school like anyone my age at the time.

Life changed when I started having constant headaches, after a while they became migraines that wouldn’t leave me. Everything changed when the color of my skin was so pale, that the loved ones around me wouldn’t stop asking if I was fine. But when I started feeling my heart pound crazily against my chest while I was just sitting down doing nothing, I finally realized it was serious.

Life had changed for me in a blink of an eye, and no one could do anything to help me. My parents tried everything, we went to New York to a testing Center looking for answers but they didn’t know about my disorder, and I call it my disorder because it seems I’m the only one to have it in this planet. We went around the best hospitals and testing centers looking for answers for about 3 months, but the answers just made my family and I feel more uncertain about my future life.

I had been under many treatments and studies to try and see what I had, but the more time it passed the less I knew what was happening around me. My body kept having Ups and Downs and I couldn’t get used to them. I could be perfectly fine for a week but then the next I’d be coughing like no other, with migraines that I couldn’t bare anymore.

I closed my eyes trying to cope with the horrible migraine pain, I heard nurses walking down the hall talking about some patient in my next door room who was very famous and had been involved in a car accident.  I kept my eyes closed wondering who it might be.

No one really interesting was ever at this state, and to be honest I didn’t care much about celebrities as many other girls. I sure had my favorite artists like, Ed Sheeran, One direction; Conor Maynard, Cher Lloyd, Rita Ora, Taylor Swift and lately I had been watching videos of this new band Union J. But I couldn’t call myself a real fan of any of these artists; I mean I had more important things to think about than when music was going to be released.

“How are you doing Skylee?” says Alex. Alex has been my best friend since last year, and I can honestly say he’s the greatest ever. He’s tall with light brown hair, and deep blue eyes. We met in Gym class, I already knew something was up with my body so I was sitting on the bench. I still remember how he looked at me; like if I were normal like everyone around me.

Flashback

“What’s up?” someone says from next to me. I open my eyes and turn slightly to my side to see a boy sitting next to me. I raise my eyebrows in confusion. I had never seen this boy before.

“Hi?” I say and he smiles amused by my expression. I quickly take my phone from my pocket pretending I’m busy.

“Sorry, I haven’t introduced myself” He says extending his hand to me. “I’m Alex”

“Skylee” I say shaking hands with him. When I feel his hand in mine I suddenly feel strange… like nervous?

“That’s a cool name” he says looking at me. He smiles at me, his smile is bright and warm. It makes me want to smile.