Killed by Cancer

Chapter 3

I woke up in the morning by Lilly shaking me. I looked up at her and groaned.

"Your boyfriend is well cute," she said, smirking.

"What are you on about?" I asked.

"Tyler. He carried you in because you were asleep and he put you in bed," she said.

I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion before it all came back to me that we went shopping. I was still in his jacket that he gave me. I sat up and grabbed my phone that was on the desk.

"Anyways, I'm walking it school with you because Gemma's ill," She said.

I got up and showered. I put on some jeans and a top. I slipped on some Converse and my coat. I combed my hair and went downstairs. I checked my phone for any messages.

'Sleep tight,' - Tyler

There was dozens of other messages but I never bothered reading them. Lilly and I began walking to school. When we arrived, I hugged her before we walked our separate ways to our lockers. I walked to French and sat on the back next to Kylie. I fell asleep before the lesson started.

I woke up to Kylie shaking me.

"Are you okay, Lex? You've been sleeping so much lately," she asked, looking concerned.

"Yeah, I'm just really tired," I said, giving her a small smile.

We walked to our next lesson which was Food Tech. I came in to see Tyler getting the ingredients out.

"Hiya," I said to him.

"Hi, how was your sleep?" He said, smiling.

"I'm still tired, thanks for taking me home, Tyler," I said to him.

"Oh shit, I've still got your jacket, I'll give it back tomorrow," I said to him.

"Nah, it's fine, keep it," he said.

I smiled. He can be nice at times. He began mixing some ingredients together for his cupcakes. I got out the mince meat that we bought yesterday that was kept in the fridge and I put it on the pan. I added some spices and poured some water to let it simmer. I boiled the pasta in hot water and when it was finished, I added some peppers and sweetcorn. My grandma taught me how to make the most delicious pasta and I was sure to impress everyone with it.

"I'm going to sit down whilst the sauce is making," I said to him.

He nodded and put the cupcakes that he made into the oven and he began to tidy up the worktop that we were working at. I went to our desk and sat down. I will not fall asleep. I've had so much sleep lately and I don't even know why. I hope there's nothing wrong. Determined not to go sleep, I put in my earphones and played some music. It was funny to see Kylie get annoyed as Tina tried to take over everything. I gave her a small wave and she waved back.

"I think your sauce is ready," Tyler said, approaching me.

I got up and went to check on it. I removed the lid and my sauce had burnt. Not all of it had burnt, but some of it was black. I cursed aloud. I won't have time to make another.

"You have 10 minutes left," Mrs Smith shouted.

"Let me try some," Tyler said.

He ate a spoon of the pasta.

"That is delicious, Alexa," he said, with food in his mouth.

He tried the sauce and his eyes widened. He quickly swallowed and had a coughing fit.

"It's a bit burnt," he said.

"No shit," I said, sarcastically.

I topped up the pasta with the sauce and put a basil leaf on the top so it'd look a bit more presentable. Tyler had finished icing his cakes and he gave me one to try. They looked delicious, I'm not even going to lie. I took a bite of the cake and chocked. I ran to the bin and spat it out. Hurt flooded across his face.

"Did you even put sugar in this?" I asked.

He looked at the side and there was the packet of sugar that was unopened.

"Oops, I forgot," he said.

"Brilliant, now we've got burnt pasta and sugarless cupcakes and they both taste rank, she's going to think that we're poisoning her!" I yelled.

Tyler smiled sheepishly. I shook my head. Mrs Smith ordered the class to stop cooking and she began to go around the class and taste the food. She gave them all marks according to what their food tasted and looked like. She approached ours and ate a mouthful of my pasta and she spat it out in a tissue before binning it. She then tasted the cupcakes and spat it out again.

"Are you trying to kill me?" She asked in all seriousness.

Tyler bursted our laughing which only made me laugh. We couldn't do a simple task of cooking simple food. Miss Smith gave us no marks. Tyler and I talked whilst Miss Smith marked other pairs. I could see that Tina was looking at us. She gets jealous if a guy she likes even looks at me. She really needs to grow up.

The bell rang and we were the last ones to leave mainly because our worktop area was so dirty. Just when we were about to leave, I felt an intense pain in my chest. I felt like I couldn't breathe. I leaned on the wall and minutes later, the pain faded and it wasn't that bad and I continued to walk to my next lesson.

At the end of the day, I walked to Tyler. He said hi to me and I replied.

"Can you give me a lift?" I asked.

My chest was hurting slightly and I was scared that I would stop breathing again if I walked home. It probably doesn't happen again. I don't even know what happened.

"Yeah, get in, I'll have to pick my sister up first," he said.

I nodded and we sat in. He drove to a primary school and he got out and collected his sister who sat at the back. She was adorable.

"Hi, what's your name?" I asked her.

"I'm Ariana," she said, smiling.

"I'm Alexa," I said, returning the smile.

"Are you Ty's girlfriend?" She asked.

"No," I said, bursting out laughing.

Tyler drove me home and I thanked him. I opened the door and walked inside. I saw Mum, taking her coat off.

"Where's Lilly?" She asked.

"Oh, shit, I forgot that I was walking back with her," I groaned.

"It doesn't matter, I'll tell Ryan to pick her up," she said, texting on her phone.

"Thanks," I said.

I went upstairs and dived into bed. I hardly slept during my lessons today and that meant I was extremely tired. I made myself warm and comfortable and let my eyes shut.

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I've been really ill this past week. I haven't ate anything either which sucks because I'm so hungry but I can't eat without being sick.