Before I Die

Once upon a time, in a little town in France, Colmar, there was a girl named Midnight and she was a curious thirteen year old girl. She spoke French really well. She had no friends and at lunch, she would sit alone by the side of her next class. She saw other people in her middle school getting along so well, but no one wanted to talk to her. Her personality was very quiet. She had brown eyes and brown hair, though she was beautiful. She thought of herself poorly and every time someone would say she was pretty, she would not say a word knowing that in her mind, she was hideous. Her days would be lonely and she would just read books. Her name was Midnight Collins and something was about to affect her life.

This all started in the month of November. During a checkup when they went to a doctor, Midnight was told that she had a case of cancer. She fell down and couldn't breathe hearing this. She was speechless. Her mind was full with emotions, but she didn't care that much because she had no friends. She began feeling that she was a mistake in this world. Her parents were divorced, so it was much harder for her.The doctor gave her medicine and if it would get worse, Midnight would have to go to the hospital for treatment. The next day Midnight went to school and couldn't focus on learning. She was out of place, an outsider who doesn't belong in this group. Soon her life would come to an end.

After school, her favorite place to go was to her backyard. She felt like nature was the only being to help her escape the world. She would swing on the swing and would spend hours there. She didn't know what other people were experiencing that time. Midnight took medicine daily and she didn't think it would help. Her parents were so worried about her and seemed to see that she didn't care a bit.

One day in October, she passed out. They quickly called the ambulance and treated her to the nearest hospital. She stayed there for two days missing school. When she woke up, she was lost and the doctor told her that it wasn't safe for her to go out so he would keep her there for a month. Her life was so terrible. One month without nature and her favorite things to do?! It was like hell.

Midnight was located in a public room and she would always look to the person on the left of her. The patient was about a 9 year old boy and he had a tripod. His parents would always visit and it looked like he had a sister that was Midnight's age too. They would always look at each other but would never have the nerve to say "hi."