Mackenzie and Anthony have been best friends for 6 months but after Mackenzie is diagnosed with cancer and told that she only has 200 days left, things between them change.
"Mackenzie can I come in" it was Jake. About an hour had passed since I had told Anthony that I needed time.
"Uhh Okay" I stand up to unlock the door. What happened with Anthony wasn't Jakes fault and he deserves to know whats going on.
I open the door to let him in then sit back down on the bed.
"Mackenzie I'm so so sorry about Anthony. When he gets drunk it's the bad type of drunk. He gets really angry and just strikes out at the nearest person to him which was, unfortunately, you" Jake says sitting down next to me.
"I know that he probably didn't mean all the stuff he said but it still really hurt because I told him a lot of personal stuff about me yesterday and he just threw it all back in my face last night" I say trying not to cry again.
"But is it true? Do you have cancer?" Jake asks softly.
I nod "I'm going to die in less than 200 days" tears start falling from my eyes yet again.
"Oh my god I'm so sorry" he mumbles as he pulls me into a hug. "Did you find out on Friday?"
"Yeah and I only told Anthony about it and he was being so nice to me until last night..." I pull away from Jake. "I told him that I didn't want him to fall for me. I gave him the chance to walk away but he said no and then he goes and says that it's my fault that he's fallen for a dying girl"
"Don't cry Mackenzie. It's not worth it. I promise you Anthony didn't mean it. He's so upset about it, he's literally been sitting downstairs with his head in his hands, crying for the past hour. He refuses to speak to me or Chance until you speak to him"
"I just don't want to. If I see his face all I'm gonna think about is what he said" I tell Jake.
"I get it. Just take as much time as you need" Jake says "We're all gonna go out for food soon, do you wanna come?"
"Is Anthony going?"
"Yeah we're gonna try and convince him to come. I don't think he's eaten all day"
"Okay I'll probably just stay here and order something"
"Okay" he gives me a sad smile "Mackenzie if you ever want to talk remember I'm always here for you"
"Thank you Jake" I hug him again and he leaves my room. I make sure to lock the door again then I go back to what I was doing on my laptop.
About half an hour later I hear lots of talking and shouting, probably vlogging, then the front door shuts and there is dead silence. They must of all left to go and get food. I wait five more minutes to make sure they have definitely gone then I unlock my door and go downstairs.
I go into the kitchen relieved to see nobody here and am pouring myself a glass of water when I hear him behind me.
"Mackenzie" he says quietly.
"What?" I say coldly, not turning round. I could vaguely see his reflection in the window in front of me. He was wearing a hoodie with the hood up and a pair of sweatpants.
"Please can we talk" he puts his hand on my shoulder.
"Okay" I decide. I had to talk to him at some point and I would rather do it sooner than later so that he stops bugging me. I take his hand off my shoulder and sit down at the table. He sits down opposite me and starts talking. I keep my eyes on my glass of water the whole time, not wanting to look at his face.
"I'm so sorry about last night I didn't mean anything I said. I know it's not an excuse but I was so drunk I didn't know what I was saying" he says.
"Drunk minds speak sober thoughts, Anthony and if that's how you feel I don't know why you're even bothering to speak at me" I say still not looking at him.
"But I don't feel like that! I honestly don't know why I said it. I'll do literally anything for you to forgive me, Kenzie" I could hear the guilt in his voice.
I look up at him for the first time and see pain in his eyes. They were bloodshot, probably from crying and his hair was all messed up underneath his hood. "I told you and trusted you with so much and you completely broke that trust" I say.
"I know, I'm such an idiot. I fucked up so bad" I see tears forming in his eyes.
"And you told Jake and Chance which I told you not to do more than once"
"I'm sorry Mackenzie. I really am"
"But i am a believer in second chances" I start. Immediately his face changes from pain to hope. "And now that my life has been cut short I realise that there is not point in holding grudges against people. Life's too short. So I will forgive you. But I can't forget"
He nods "I understand. Thank you so much Mackenzie. I promise I'm never going to hurt you ever again. And I'm never going to drink alcohol again"
"Sureee" I say about the alcohol thing.
"No I swear. I'm not gonna touch it ever again"
"I'll believe it when I see it"
He smiles and stands up before walking round the table towards me.
"Come here" he wraps his arms around me. "I truly am sorry. I hope we can go back to the way we were before"
"I hope so too" I mumble into his chest. Suddenly all my anger towards him melts away and all I feel is warm and safe.
He starts to pull away but I don't let him.
God this boy makes me crazy. One minute I don't even want to look at him and the next I don't want to let go of him.
"C'mon Kenzie I need to order food I'm starving"
I finally let him away and he smiles widely at me. "Chikfila?"
"Chikfila" I smile back.
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