"Mom I swear if I have to step foot in that hospital one more time I'm going to go crazy."
"Jade you know that since we only found out a few months ago we are still trying to figure everything out."
"I know I know," I sigh. I look down at the side walk trying not to step on the cracks, when I bump into someone and I start to fall backwards but their arms wrap around me. "Oh my gosh I'm so sorry-, I look up and see one of the most beautiful things on this planet. His brown eyes are glistening in the sun, luring me into his gaze. "Um sorry didn't mean to um run into you, seriously sorry." I fumble around with my words, and our eyes lock.
"No I'm sorry, but I'm glad I ran into you, it's always nice running into beautiful people," He chuckes then bites his lip slightly. I blush and hide my face with my hands.
"Shut up, I don't even know you," I punch his shoulder lightly while laughing.
"Well how about you get to know me then," He bends down to pick up the lunch that he had dropped.
"Who's the lunch for?" I motion to the bag.
"Oh just for my mom she forgot it on the counter this morning, she works here shes one of the doctors."
"Oh cool," I reply then wonder if I know her or have seen her.
"I should probably run this into her but here take my number."
We exchange numbers really quick, and my mom honks the horn from the parking lot.
"I have to go that was my mom." I say looking at my impatient mom in the parking lot.
"I should go to, but it was really nice bumping into you, literally." We both laugh and head in different directions.
"Wait!" I call out, "I forgot to ask what's your name?"
"Ethan," he yells back.
"Jade," I call back and wave.
I walk back to the car thinking about Ethan, he was so hot, and his eyes were just perfect, where has this boy been all my life. I get into the car smiling, and my mom gives me a weird look.
"Who was that?" My mom asks.
"Nobody." I look down at his number and smile. I haven't been as happy since everything went down. when I found out a few months ago, as soon as the doctors revealed that I had HCM, nothing seemed to matter anymore.
Some days were just so bad I couldn't handle it and I would lock myself in my room for days blasting my music the loudest it would go and just crying my eyes out. I would throw things across my room while shouting at the top of my lungs.
I would eventually calm down and come out of my room and apologize to my mom, but then usually just go back to my room.
Most people don't find out that they have HCM and it goes undiagnosed. In my case when I went for a run or just walking in general I would get really out of breath. My coach asked my parents to go get me checked out, because I was about to run a really important meet and I'm 2nd in the state and they really needed me.
But I couldn't run without stopping because I couldn't breath and my chest felt like it was exploding.
So my parents took me to the doctors and one thing led to another, and in the end that's when I was diagnosed. It killed me to quit the team and school but I just mentally or physically couldn't do it anymore, or
much of anything. I don't have the motivation to do much when there really is no point. It's not curable so my fate is inevitable.
I'm hoping for the best, some live their whole life with the disease. But others are robbed of their life and pass away earlier. Today I went in so they can get a prediction on how long I may have to live.
The doctors seem pretty confident that I will have a long life, which makes me very happy. But they still have to run some tests to see how my heart is holding up and everything.
My mom parks the car, and I hurry into the house and change my clothes because I hate the smell of the hospital it's so dreadful.
I slide under my bed covers and turn on Netflix, then plug in my phone so it charges and stare at it hoping to see a new message pop up. When nothing comes up I groan and slide all the way under my covers and sigh.
Why am I thinking about this guy so much? I don't even know him.
I know some of the things about the sickness and everything isn't exactly spot on but I'm just doing some of those things to fit the story better. Bare with me guys haha okay byeeeee
