prologue
Flashback
Noun:
A sudden and sometimes disturbing vivid memory of an event in the past, typically as the result of psychological trauma.
5 girls...
5 names...
5 memories...
5 flashbacks...
Breanne, Caitlin, Jacinta, Madison and Shaelyn had been best friends with Erin since prep. They had all gone to the same primary school. They now go to the same high school.
Everything had always been easy for them. They were all good at english. They were all good at math and anything in other subjects one didnt get, another would.
They all had well off parents, with big houses, huge and deep pools, expensive cars. No one was left out when it came to money.
They were all your typical could be popular. But they are all to close to let popularity and that sort of thing rule the way they are. They didnt let society rule there lives. As well as the fact they are so wacky and out there that people sometimes actually run away from them. It is an amazing sight. Friends literally forever. Or so that was what everyone thought.
It is now their last year of high school. Year 12. Senior year if you will. So it is all coming to an end. School, the easy times won't be there much longer. Their way of living will come to an end. And not just someones way of living, but there life will end as well.
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Erin
"Erin i think it would be better if it was just you and your parents, and not your friends as well." the rather handsome doctor told us.
"no" i replied in a stern voice. "me and my friends do everything together. They will be here". The doctor's head bobbed up and down almost unsure of my decision. Almost like he was making sure it was fine with my parents. "Just tell us, please. It kills me to wait"
That was the thing, i was dying. something in my body was riddled with something and it was killing me. I had been getting really sharp pains around my abdomen for a while now. I thought they were nothing, but the last time i got a pang the pain was so unbearable that it knocked me out. I had been at Caitlin's house when it happened. So she called 000, and then my parents, then the rest of the girls. They were the only reason i was holding it together at the moment. They had done testing and all of that. Now was the time that we got the results. Now was the time i found out what was killing me. Now was the time i found out how long it would take to get better or how long i have until i die. I wasn't looking forward to either answer that came out of his mouth.
The doctor put up one of the films from the MRI scan i'd had done. I had no idea what I was supposed to be looking for. It all looked like a jumbled mess. It was probably just me, but nothing about that looked good.
"so i'm not going to beat around the bush" says the doctor. I look at his tag, I didn't even know his name. Dr. Smith. Wow well that is original isn't it i thought to myself. "Erin has stage 4 pancreatic cancer. I'm not going to say that chemo or radiation therapy would help, because it wouldn't. It probably would prolong it but it would just make Erin and everyone else around her miserable. At the most she probably has 2 years, the least from what i have seen in the past is about 6 months."
I didn't want to have to say goodbye to my friends my mates. I didn't want to say goodbye to my parents. I wanted to live a long happy life. I wanted to become a surgeon. I wanted to go through year 12 and pass with flying colours . I wanted to go on to university. I didn't want to spend my year wondering when i would drop or what would happen to me. I just wanted to live out the rest of the year at least. Even saying that, i am so not ready to die.
That was January 11 2012. It is now December 1. I am in hospital once again, with my5 wonderful friends but this time, i won't be leaving. I will be dead by the end of the month.
~~authors notes~~
so this story will be written in 5 parts and each of the 5 parts is a different flashback from each persons point of veiw. All the flashbacks are different and in a different perspective. I hope you enjoy and laugh at the stories to come and just live life to the fullest.
Thanks for reading
xoxo ~Alex~
