"So how bad is it this time?" Zach asked me as I looked down at my shoes. "I mean it's not worse... It just came back." I looked up at him and sighed. "But I will just go in and get some chemo and all will be well..." Zach stared at me for a good minute and began to speak. "How did she take it?" I looked down again thinking about the river court yesterday and the fear on her face when I told her. "Autumn took it better then I thought she would." A small smirk appeared on my face to let him know that she was okay. "Look Ezra I have also known you for a long time, and I know when you are keeping stuff from me." When I heard his words, my heart began to ache. I nodded and looked at him in the face. "They told me I only have a couple of years left.... And that I should live my life to the fullest." A smiled appears on my face as Autumn popped into my head. I looked at Zach's face and saw that it had went completely white. "Ezra.... Man.... I'm so sorry. I wasn't prepared for you to say something like that." I put my hand on his shoulder and smiled. "I know you weren't. I don't think anybody is prepared to hear this type of news. But you have always been honest with me and I needed to be honest with you." I slowly took my hand off his shoulder. "Zach I need to get this off my chest..... Since I only have a couple of years left of my life..... I wanna spend them with Autumn." I smiled feeling my heart warm up talking about her. "I want to marry her. I want to have a life with her..... I want everything with her...." Zach smiled big at me and nodded. "You are a good one man." I looked up at him with a serious face. "I want to die being married to her." I watched as his face changed quickly. Not to something sad, but to a face of understanding.
