The Last Wish.

CHAPTER 2

CASPER AND JEM COME BACK AT THE SAME TIME WITH MY SOUP, BLANKETS AND WATER. They give it to me and sit down on the opposite couch. At least they aren't worried, Casper says to Jem "Hey it looks like your folks got this wanna go get ice cream then see a movie?" Jem grins widely his bright green eyes shine "Of course. Hey mom can I-" Mom cuts him off "I heard Jem. And yes of course. Thank you Casper. You two have fun!" They get up and put on their winter coats and Casper makes Jem put on a scarf, gloves, hat and ear muffs. Jem of course protests, and after five minutes of fighting Jem grudgingly agrees and the boys come walking over to me on the couch. Casper kisses me even though they think I have the flu and Jem kisses my cheek and gives me a tight squeeze. I wince inwordly and know that its going to leave me bruises where his fingers dug in. I had flipped through those pantlets and found the symptoms of Luekimia. Im feeling very tired already but I muster up the energy and say "I love you boys! Be safe!" They laugh on their way out "Love you too Pey!" They say in unison and I frown its creepy how they manage to do that. I scoot down on the couch and let my mom cover me with one of the big blankets. Lucky me we are on Christmas vacation and I don't have to worry about going to school. Dad comes over and sits next to me he leans down kisses my burning forhead and says "I love you Pey. Get some rest." I nod my head and my eyes close. I look just like dad and Jem looks just like mom. I drift off into a fitful sleep and when I wake I look around and see Jem sleeping on the couch next to mine and Casper on the floor. I smile and wince my body screaming at me to take my meds. So I check my phone to see that its 3 a.m. I throw the covers back and walk to my room knowing that this pain is nothing compared to whats waiting for me as the cancer progresses. I put two pills in my hand and drink them down with water. My body stops hurting and I open up my laptop and start watching New Girl on Netflix.

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TWO weeks past and I become more reliant on the pills I am sitting on the couch wedged between Jem and Casper. We are watching Life As We Know It and laugh at one of the parts and Jem throws a handful of popcorn at me most of it landing in my hair I glare at him and he smiles sweetly "This movie sucks Pey. Let's watch Resident Evil!" Him and Casp both agree and I sigh with mock annoyance "Fine you Twat Waffles." Then we all laugh and Jem says "Pey, can you switch movies?" I hesitate but nod feeling much better then before but I don't have any false hope that my cancer is going away on its own. I stand and go over to the DVD Player on the floor and I kneel before it when a jab of pain runs threw my elbow joint. I sit on the floor and change movies. When the movie begins I am still on the floor. Jem looks confused and says "Pey. Get off the floor." I laugh a nervous laugh "See funny thing... I kinda.. can't." Jem gets up and helps me up from the floor and we walk back to the couch and watch the movie. I cringe and hide behind Casper and Jem when Zombies get killed or people get killed and the guys just laugh at me. I glare at both of them and Jem dumps all his popcorn over my head "Man Up Grey!" I glare at him but end up laughing. I check the time and when the movies over I kiss both boys goodbye Jem stops me "Pey? Where are you going? Can I go with you?" I hesitate and say "Shopping. I don't think you wanna do that Jem. Why don't you and Casp go do something together? I'll be back in an hour." Jem looks down disappointed "Okay sure." I hug them both and go to my car and drive to the doctors office again. Doctor Marksen called to set another appointment to check on my cancer to ser how it is. I arrive at his near empty office and the nurse ushers me to his room where I am greeted by him. "Hello Doctor Marksen." He smiles at me "Hello Miss Grey. Now im going to do a few tests and check to see how your cancers going. How are you feeling?" I sigh "Tired, weak, sometimes I have bad headaches and fevers, Joint pains and I bruise easily." He nods his head then rund some tests on me then leaves the room to check them and talk with other doctors. I wait patiently and when a pretty nurse walks in I see her belly and I stop her "Hi im Peyton." She smiles brightly at me "Hello Peyton im Janet." I ask her "How far along?" She smiles "6 months." Then she sticks an IV into my arm and I wince she smiles apologetically then walks from the room leaving me alone again. I start humming to myself when the doctor reappears and says "Okay Peyton, well it appears that your cancer has gotten slightly worse. Are you sure you don't want to do Chemo?" I shake my head "Am I going to survive?" He sighs and shuffles his feet. "Peyton you have 3 years tops to live." I take a sharp inhale of breath and I bite my bottom lip hard to keep tears from pooling from my eyes. I take a minute to collect myself then say "Can I... Reproduce?" He chokes on air and says "Well yes..." I look at him "Theres no threat to my baby? It won't get cancer as well?" He shakes his head and says "No. If you were to get pregnant your baby would be born fine. No cancer at all." I nod my head "Also, should I tell my family?" He nods "We are all 100% sure that as unfortunate as it is you will not beat this cancer. Your body isn't strong enough, and in about a year your going to be horribly worse then you are now. Your body cant take it. You only have 60% red blood cells the rest are white." Tears prickle my eyes and Doctor Marksen writes me three prescriptions he rips them off and hands them to me "One is a refill for the first one I gave you and one helps you sleep at night while the other helps stop the pain in your joints so that you can enjoy your school year. I nod my head and thank him. I walk out and run to my car and I curl into a ball in the back seat and cry for 30 minutes. I am going to die. Thats the only thought that runs threw my head. Im going to die young and I have one last wish... I climb into the front of the car and begin driving with determination determined to see if Casp will grant me my last wish. And to face the music of course.