MADDIE'S POV
She hangs up and worry floods my mind.
What's going on?
I run to my car and drive 20 miles over the speed limit to the hospital.
When I get there the nurse heads me toward a room in the back.
I hear people screaming and moaning and I feel sick to my stomach.
When we reach the room, I see Blake. She is dressed in a plain blue hospital gown and has needles all through her arms. Her eyes are closed and her eyelids are a light purple, caused either by stress or fatigue. Possibly both.
I sprint to her bedside and shake her awake. Her eyes flutter open and she smiles weekly at my presence.
"Hi." she says. My heart pounds.
"Hi Blake! Whats goin' on?" I ask coolly. She sits up and faces me.
"You want to know the long, or short story?" she asks.
"Short." I answer.
"Well, I threw up blood so I told my mom and she took me here and they took tests and I have Esophageal Cancer." she says really fast. I blink, taking everything in.
Then, I cry. I know I shouldn't do this because it'll make her sad, but right now....this is all I could do.
I weep and weep knowing this might be the end. But that's when I think....maybe it isn't the end? I don't want to get my hopes up though. She smooths my hair down telling me it'll be okay.
I look up to her not bothering to wipe my eyes and ask her a question I bet she had been dreading to tell me, but I needed to know.
"C-Can you d-die?" I ask while sniffling.
She rubs her hands together but doesn't look at me when she answers,
"I've got 3 months to live."
My heart stops. My jaw drops to the floor.
I don't want to make her feel any worse by crying, so I stand up and give her a hug, something I know she had been desperately needing.
Now it was her turn to cry and I let her. She cried and cried drenching the fabric of my sweater with tears.
"I love you Blake. We're gonna get through this, together." I say.
She let's go of me and shakes her head yes.
"I love you too Maddie." She says and I start crying again.
"You're the best friend a girl could have. I was so mean to you but you still are my friend." I say through my sobs.
"I am you're friend because I know you are a good person." she says. "No one else would be here in less than 5 minutes if I called them telling them I was here. Maddie, you are truly the best friend a girl could have." She says. And I smile between my sobs.
"So....have you told Dylan yet?" I ask.
"Well...not yet....but it's kind of hard to tell someone something like this. The way I told was an easy way......but Dylan....he's known me forever. It'll break his heart." She sighs.
"I have just the plan." I say.
AUTHOR'S NOTE
So I decided for the next chapter, I'm gonna skip the part of where she tells Dylan because I don't wanna keep writing depressing scenes. It's making me depressed!
So I'm gonna add just a few details about her telling him and then it'll be happy.
Well as happy as you can be when your friend, girlfriend, or you have/has cancer.
Okay, COMMENT and VOTE! Thanks for reading(:
