King of Nothing

Now

We run out of the restaurant with smiles across our faces. We sprint a few blocks away from the restaurant, I can hear the booming noises of the boss screaming in angry torment, and the customers are laughing in fits od hysterics. 

Eventually I have to stop and I am coughing like crazy. I thought that maybe if I avoided the inevitable, it would go away, but oh how wrong was I. 

I should not have ever thought leaving this alone would make everything oky, because I can't just heal myself. 

"C/mon, we can't give up now!" Casey motivates me. I can't, I can't go any further.

"I cc-can't." I say inbeween fits of coughing and wheezes. Then I think she understands.

"Well we'll wait and then you can run with me again." She pats me on the the shoulder.

"No, I shouldn't be doing much activity now, it's not safe when I do all of this physical activity." I say, answering her statement. 

"Oh," her voice trails off, "why not?" 

So much emotion and anger surges through me I just finally let it all come gushing out, "Becuse, Casey. I have cancer, and I'm going to die and there is nothing we can do about it!"