Love Will Hurt//Luke

Spring

Joey POV

Yesterday night Liz called me and told me about Luke.

Today I'm driving to the hospital where Luke is so i can visit him.

Right now, is the time where we're counting down.

The worst time to count down.

I can't even think about Luke passing away. I cant even say 'dying' because the thought sends chills down my spine.

For some reason I haven't been that depressed lately. It's weird.

Maybe I'm finally getting myself together.

Ha probably not lets be real here.

Its a forty five minute drive to the hospital so it will take a while before i get there.
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Luke POV

I'm in the hospital right now and I absolutely hate it. Everyone is giving me sad faces of sympathy and thats not what I want.

I want to live and love. Well I already have the love part covered. All i want to do now is live.

I want to go to America with Joey and stand on top of the Statue of Liberty and i want to go to Paris. I'll buy Joey everything and i want to stand on the Eiffel Tower. I dont want to doe. I cant. Im only sixteen goddammit.

Im losing all my hope. I feel worthless and i have a rare type of cancer with a ten percent chance of survival. Im fucked in general.

Joey should be driving her right now and I frankly just want to sit with her. Not speaking, not a word said, just sitting together.

Her presence makes my mood go from a negative ten to a million in just a glance.

I've been keeping a journal for Joey so that she knows how much I'm going to fight.

I snap out of my thoughts when i hear a knock at the door.

"Um come in?" I say.

Its the doctor.

"Morning Luke. I need to have a very serious talk with you. As you know you have a very rare type of cancer. This cancer has a ten percent chance of survival and so far it looks like your in that ten percent but it's a very very close call." He says.

"So im going to not die?" I excitedly ask.

He chuckles. "Theres a chance." A smile takes over my face that stretches from eye to eye.
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Joey POV

I just arrived at the hospital and i get a weird feeling about this.

It's probably my self conscious.

I walk into the front office and wait in line.

"Hi how can i help you?" The nurse asks me. "Uh yeah I'm visiting Lucas Hemmings?" I say.

"Ah yes here's your visitors pass and do you know which room he's in?"

"Yeah." I say, taking the pass and sticking it on my black ringer tee.

"Thank you. I hope he gets better." She says.

"I do too." I reply.

I walk through the doors and begin walking to Luke's room.

I notice that every room i pass, i feel like I'm reliving my past.

I don't want to relive my past.

I walk to Luke's room and take a deep breath. When i open the door, Luke is sleeping and Liz is on her phone.

"Hi Liz." I say. She looks up and smiles. "Hi Joey. Thank you for coming here, it means a lot to me and Luke." She whispers.

"I'm sorry about Luke. He doesn't deserve this." I sadly say. She sighs, "It's alright. I'll leave you two some privacy to talk about things." She says and stands up.

"Thank you." I say. She smiles and rushes out of the room.

"Hey Luke." I quietly whisper. He stirs and slowly opens his eyes. When he looks at me he smiles.

"Hi J." He says. "How are you?" I ask.

"Terrible at the moment but it's not unbearable." He whispers. "Im sorry. For everything. You don't deserve this." I say.

He frowns. "Joey. It's not your fault, it's not mine, it's nobody's fault. Don't blame this on you." He says.

"Luke you know i have problems not blaming myself." I shyly say. He smiles.

"Why are you smiling?" I ask. He laughs.

"Well. When i get better I'm going to fix that. I'll make it big with my band and you will get the part in Legends and everything will be perfect." He says. "That's why I'm smiling." He adds.

I smile. "That sounds nice."

After that, we talked for hours about the future, present and a small bit of the past. But in reality, the present is the only thing i want to live in.

Because i didn't know Luke in the past, only the present, and I'm not sure of the future.