My Life

~Chapter 2~

At the meeting I found a cluster of chairs arranged in a large circle. I was one of the first people to arrive, besides the groups leader. Fifteen minutes had passed and only a couple of others had arrived. The ones that did arrive made me feel like I was an average teen.

Some of the people that had showed up were people that you could tell had some sort of cancer. As the meeting started the group leader went around the mostly empty circle and had us say our names and something that we like. Of course I said " Hi, my name is Aspen Marie Smith and I like to read." As we went around the circle we were interrupted by the elevator ding. as the doors slowly opened, I fell in love.

When the doors had opened it revealed a hot guy that I would say was about 17. As he walked into the room he seemed to be completely normal. When it came to his turn to say his name and what he liked he said, "My name is Ryan Williams, and I like to try to live life to the fullest." (might I add that his name was perfect for him.) After he said what he liked, Micheal the group leader asked what he had meant by that.

Ryan answering to Micheal's question saying that what he had meant was that he was trying to beat his lung cancer. Right as he said that he was trying to beat his lung cancer I collapsed on the inside and couldn't stop staring.I was afraid that I was making a fool out of my self but no one seemed to notice. I finally looked away and saw that the meeting was about to be over.

When the meeting was over Ryan came up to me and said "I happened to notice that you were staring at me." he paused for a moment. " Is there something wrong with me..." I quickly answered. "Of course not.......nothing could ever be wrong with you." I didn't know what else to say. After a long pause he finally answered and said, " I didn't seem to catch your name, coming in late and all."

" Im Aspen Marie Smith. I Also have lung cancer."

" Nice to meet you Aspen, Can I get your number?" He answered very politely.

" We just met!"

" I was just wondering if I could get your number so that we could talk and get to know each other, or even hang out sometime."

" Alright fine." I answered with desperation. I gave him my number and he said.

" I think we will be talking very soon." and he just walked away.

As I got into the car mom asked me if I had meet any friends, I told her about everything that had happened between me and Ryan. When I was done telling her what had happened she seemed to be very surprised. I told her that I was really tired and that I was going to take a nap when we got home.