The Girl who Thought She could Fly

Chapter 2: Who Cares When I Cry?

"Stars can't shine without darkness"

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I sat outside the hospital room where Mae was sleeping. Peacefully, it seemed.

Mom and Dad were talking with Dr. Rupert.

"Radiation" he said, "Harder treatment" he said. Tears welled in my eyes. Mae was already going through so much, the chemo was nearly killing her already.

My parents came out minutes later. "Would you like to stay at the hospital over night with Mae, kiddo?" Dad asked me. I could tell he was trying to be lighthearted but his eyes were broken. I knew it was hard for him, to watch his baby go through this horrible treatment.

"Ok, it'll be nice to talk to her for a bit," I muttered.

"Daddy?" Mae stumbled out of her room clutching a teddy bear. "Yes, darling?" Dad said. "I feel sick." Mae clutched her stomach and moaned.

"It's ok, Addy will be staying the night with you. Won't that be fun!" Dad said, cupping Mae's cheeks with his large hands. Her small face lit up. "YAY! I love when Addy stays overnight! We'll have so much fun!"

I smiled knowing that we would.

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Mae and I sat on her hospital bed, eating hospital food, and watching Totoro.

"Mae," I said suddenly, "What is chemo like." She looked at me, for a moment then said, "It's like pain and the flu all at once. You feel better then they give you more and more until you can't take anymore. I hate it. It is so hard not to give up and just let the cancer overwhelm you. You've got to keep fighting no matter what. No matter how much it hurts. No matter if you're in so much pain you want to just die. Just. Keep. Going." She took a breathe and started to cry. "It hurts, but it's okay...I'm used to it."

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Mom comes in to check we're asleep then leaves again, pressing warm kisses against each of our foreheads.

I hear my phone buzz.

Olive: hai
Olive: it is I
Olive: ur fren
Olive: is you at the hospital again
Me: hai
Olive: I thought you had died
Me:🙄
Olive:..........
Olive: I has to go
Me: bai
Olive: ADIOS

I set my phone down on the hospital side table.

I just looked at Mae for a moment just appreciating her pale face and sickly completion.

I cried. I don't know why I was crying. It felt good to just feel the hot tears fall rapidly down by face.

I stopped ten minutes later, lay down next to Mae, and went to sleep.

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