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Chapter Two

I'm gonna try to use as many British words as possible but I'm American so I may forget or not know them all so I'm sorry

(Jemma's POV)

Dan: Ö How'd you know?¿!¿ Ö
Jemma : Majik
Jemma: also it's like three days later lmao
Dan: 10/10 spelling
Dan: oh yea oops
Jemma: yepppp
Dan: I'm at the hospital ew
Jemma: Aw why?
Dan: They're making me eat while giving me different medicine to see if I'll be able to eat
Jemma: Ahh has it worked?
Dan: No I keep throwing up blood rip
Dan: FUCK THERES BLOOD ON MY CRISP
Jemma: Ew
Dan: yE it's v v v v v groz
Dan: I'm about to give up my stomach hurts so badly ugh

Jemma: I'm sorry
Dan: it's fine I've dealt with it for so long I'm kinda used to it
Jemma: ah
Dan: Wanna hang out after I get out?
Jemma: Sure when will that be
Dan: Lol in like 10 minutes, I'll finish this tomorrow
Jemma: lETs MEeT aT tHe cAFe
Dan: oKAy

I chuckle, shoving my phone in my pocket. "Bye Mum, I'm heading out!" I say while opening the door. "Okay sweetheart, be safe!" She says back and I smile, and close the door. The café isn't too far from my house and it's lovely out, so why not walk? I hum a song softly as I walk, my feet softly hitting the concrete.

I finally arrive at the café, and pull open the door, and step inside. I scan the place to see Dan sitting in the same booth we sat in the other day. "Ah so that's how you look when makeup isn't running down your face." He states and I shrug. "How were your bloody crisps?" I ask and he snorts. "Very lovely." He says sarcastically. "Are you doing chemotherapy?" I ask randomly and he shakes his head. "No, I stopped last year after they told me it wasn't working. So I didn't see the point in going through pain if I was gonna die anyways." He states.

"Can't they remove it?" I ask and he shakes his head. "The cancer? Nah, It's spread too much. Into my other intestines." He says and I frown. He says it like it's not a big deal. It's frustrating. "Do you have like a bucket list or things or wanna do before you.. ya know.. I know most people usually do." I ask and he shrugs, looking down. "Yeah, it's dumb though. Things that'll never happen." He mumbles. "Tell me?" I ask.

"It's Not Even That Important.." Dan begins, looking down."Yes it is. Tell me, please?" I ask, a bit of hope in me.
"Maybe later.." Dan states looking at me. I nod understandingly. "Okay." I say and he nods. "Does it ever scare you..?" I ask. "What?" He asks. "Death." I say. He stays silent for a while and I look up. "It used to.." He says.

"When I was first diagnosed with cancer those few years ago, I was petrified. As the years went on and as my chances of living decreased I cared less. It still scares me but not as much. I have nothing to live for." He says and my heart drops when I hear that. I can't imagine the pain. Mentally and physically. "I'm so sorry.." I say, sadness hitting me, hard. Like a big wave at a beach. Knocking you over, covering you. "Don't be, if it's my fate then so be it. We all die anyways." He says.

"Wanna go somewhere with me?" I ask, an idea popping into my head. "Uh sure." He says. I stand up, and we head outside. "Okay we're going somewhere not too far from here. We have to get there before the sun sets though." I say, and he gives me a confused look but nods. We continue to walk, and I notice that if Dan walked too fast, he'd start to cough. Badly. So we had to take it slow. I didn't mind though. He was good company. It's a shame that he has such a terrible illness.

We finally approached the cliff and Dan glances at me, confusion written all over his face. "What the hell. Are you trying to kill me a few months earlier?!" He says and I giggle. "No! We're gonna watch the sunset." I state. "Ew why." He says and I groan. "Stop being so negative. It's beautiful." I say sitting down, and pull at his arm, gesturing for him to sit.

"It's kinda hard to be positive knowing I'm literally dying at a fast rate." He states, and finally sits down. "Jeez you're stubborn." I mumble and he shrugs. As the sun begins to set, Dan lies down on his back and I frown as he looks at the darkening sky. "What're you doing?" I ask. "Something way more interesting. Lay down." He says, his gaze never leaving the sky.

"The whole point was to watch the-" I couldn't finish my sentence as Dan had pulled me down. "Look." He says. "Yeah? It's a sky." I say looking up. "The stars.. they're really pretty. Much prettier than the sun." He says and I could see small stars piercing through the sky. "How so?" I question. "First off, the sun is so overrated. Like I get it it's a big ball of heat, ya cool. But the stars, they're so much more interesting ya know? Prettier in my opinion." He says, seemingly in a daze as he stares at them.

"Something so beautiful is dead." I say and my heart jumps as I realized what I said, Dan automatically popping into my mind. "I relate except I'm ugly." He says chuckles and I glare at him. "You are not! Be positive." I scold and he only shrugs. "I'll try. Only because you're fun to hang out with." He states and I smile. "Also please know, I'm not interested in anything more than friends. I'd rather not leave someone heartbroken. It'd be useless for me to do so, selfish." He states and I glance at him.

"Who said I was interested? I have a boyfriend." I lie. "No you don't." He chuckles and I glare at him. "Like you know." I say and he laughs. "Jem, Love, if you have a boyfriend, why didn't he take you to that dance instead of having you get stood up by some asshole? I may be dying but I'm not dumb. I still have smarts to me." He says and I frown. "Stop saying that.." I mumble and he gives me a weird look.

"What? That I'm dying? Jemma it's the truth. In a few months I'll be-" I press my hand to his mouth, stopping him from continuing his sentence. "Don't." I lecture and he licks my hand, in which I quickly remove my hand. "Ew." I state, wiping the palm of my hand onto his shirt. "It's funny though, I'll be a star soon." He says, calming down, "I believe that what happens to us anyways." He says.

"Interesting." I state, looking up at the sky. "I've never thought of it that way." I say and he smiles and looks at me. "And one day, you'll become one too." He says.

Authors Note

Got mixed emotions on this one tbh

Daniel The Spaniel needs to chill ya know

Jem The Stem isn't happy about him stating how he's dying ya know

Ugh I'm such a meme kill me

Peace ✌🏼