First Love [Luke Hemmings]

Chp 22

"Anne wake up honey"

"Hmmm what?" I muffle against my pillow.

"I thought you were going to stay at Lukes last night?" My mom ask as she sits next to me.

"What?" I get up right away "I didn't say I was" I looked at her puzzled.

" well Luked texted me last night saying your phone died & you fell asleep after the movie ended. & that you were going to stay the night since it was late" she read the message from her phone " I said it was okay. He didn't tell you?"

"Umm no?" I looked at her puzzled again "he didn't tell me anything"

"He must of fallen asleep then" she set her phone aside "next time reply to my texts okay. Last time you don't answer my calls or texts okay hunny" she smiled as she kissed my forehead "now get up, we are going to late for your cat scan appt"

"Okay mom"

I'm still puzzled. What just happened? I thought she was going to scream at me or punish me or something. Just cause I'm dying doesn't mean I can get away with things.

[vibrates noise]

From: 👽💕

Forgot to tell you, mom said it was cool for you to stay over >.<

To: 👽💕

I know, she told me lol. I'll text you when I leave my appt (:

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" how long for the cat scan results to come in Dr. M?" I asked him as we waited in his office " we usually don't wait this long"

" we had a few patients infront of you so it's going to take time, don't worry"

Of course I'm going to worry. Today I'll find out if my tumor has grown or shrunk. My headaches have gone away but still that doesn't mean my tumor has too.

"Okay got them" he said as he clicked away on his computer " let me see here" he whispered to himself " margins look clean" he just kept starring at the computer and talking weird medical terms to himself. When is he going to finish?

"So what does it say?" My mom interrupted him " is she better? is she worse?"

"It's still the same" he told us " it's still the same as last time"

"Great" I told myself and started to cry a little "fucken great"

"It's a good thing actually " he smiled

"How is it a good thing?" I questioned him " it's still the same, it's still there!"

" here let me show you" he turned his computer to face me " this is your first head ct and look at your tumor big like a.."

"Like a strawberry in your terms" I cut him off

"Ahaha yes strawberry" he cleared his throat " and look at it 3 months later with the experiment drug shrunk by 5% and it looks more like strawberry with no tip and look now 1 month and 2 weeks later it looks like a lemon" he moved his computer back to where it was as I still looked at him puzzled, "confused still?"

"Yes" cause I was! What does this all mean?

"Okay, the drug helped it shrink. That's why you haven't had a headache for a while. At this moment we can stop all treatments except chemo and hopefully it won't grow for a good while. Since you haven't had any of the symptoms you are almost tu more free-"

"Tumor free? You said I have a lemon! How can I be tumor free if it's still there?"

"Yes it's still there but it hasn't progressed. I'll schedule you for your next scan in 2 months and chemo once every 2 weeks" he says as he writes it on my file " and here" he takes out his prescription pad " medication for your headaches only for one month" he hands it to me " only take them when needed. Keep me updated when you have them" he closes my file & gets up " well Anne. You haven't beat this thing but you sure did overcome it" he said as he shook my hand " see you in 2 months" he smiled at my mom.

"Mom..." I looked at her " am okay?"

"For now" she smiled as she cried "for now my darling" she cried

"Why are you crying mom?"

"I have you for many more months to come"