Broken Hearted

Saturday Duels

When I woke up in the morning, i saw Ryan in his sleeping bag next to me. Oh, he's so cute when he sleeps! Ug, I have to wake him up though, Saturday Duels are today! "Ryan, wake up! i have Saturday Duels today, and i know you have something to do today!" I tell Ryan as I shake his arm. "A kiss would help me get up." Ryan replies sleepily rolling over. "Ryan, we don't want to be one of those weird, lovey dovey couples, do you?" I ask. "Well if that means I get a kiss, then yes." Ryan replies puckering his lips. When he closes his eyes i quickly grab a lip stick tube and smear it all over his lips. "Heyyyyyyy!" Ryan says. I quickly give him a peck on the lips and head into my closet. I pick out a neon green tennis dress with the little matching shorts that go under. with that I head into my bathroom and change. When i come out, i see Ryan with a tissue, trying to remove the lip stick. I grab the tissue and wipe it of for him. "I'm gonna change." Ryan says and grabs his clothes. Moments later, he comes out in black basketball shorts and a Nike shirt that says 'Just Do It'. "So, what ya doing today?" i ask him. "Going to the doctor, sometimes for about an hour i will have a struggle to breathe. Nothing too serious, but we're going to get it checked out." Ryan replies. "You?" "Saturday Duels! Duh!" With that, we head down to eat. Before i know it, I'm at the courts for the Saturday Duels.

"Next up, in the finals, Riley Knostman vs. Melony Sham." the announcer announced. Wow, i'm already in the finals! I head down on the court, and get in ready position. "Whoever wins this game wins it all." the announcer says. Good, a short and sweet game. Melony serves a perfect serve, but i hit it back over with ease. It lands on the opposite end of the court she's on, and she is unable to make it over to the ball in time. Point me!!! 15-love!!! The same thing happens next play. 30-love!!!!! Melony serves again, but this time with extreme speed! Dang, I miss it!!! How could I? 30-15. She serves with that same extreme speed this time too, but I'm ready! I lightly hit it so it lands on her side, right by the net. She shoots forward, but failing to get to the ball in time. Yay!!!!!! 40-15!!!!!!! Melony slams a perfect serve over to my side, this time, coming up to the middle of the court as soon as she serves. I take this opportunity to lob it over her head, making the ball hit just in. she misses the ball, and I win. The small group of about 75 people clap for me and I get a ribbon. Great, now I have 67 of the same ribbons!

When I get home, I place the ribbon with the rest and lay down. Moments later, my phone rings. It's Ryan! I quickly answer.

(On the phone:)

Ryan: Hey, can I come over? I have some news.

Riley: Sure, you can come over anytime!

Ryan: Kay, I'll be over in a minute.

Ryan comes in my room a couple of minutes later. As soon as he comes in and shuts the door, he walks over to me and kisses me. of course i kiss back. We stay that way for about a minute. When he pulls back. He starts to sob. "Whats wrong?" i ask, letting him cry into my shirt. "I *snif* have stage three *sob* lung cancer." he says. "I'm so sorry Sweets." i say pulling him in for a soft kiss. We lay down on my bed and Ryan says, "The doctor gives me three months to live, he says it's not going to go away." This is all so sudden, i finally thought my life was figured out. I was going to eventually marry Ryan, and we could have a life together. my tennis career was starting to pick up, and i almost had my first sponsor. Ryan only having three months to live, put a big bomb on that.