Before I Go...

Chapt. 8

        I woke up in a hospital bed. Dazed and confused. It was hard to open my eyes due to the bright lights all around me. I started to here a voice calling my name as my eyes adjusted and saw a sad little red headed girl at my side.

"Jayce! Jayce! Oh my gosh you almost gave me a heart attack, are you okay?"

It took me a few seconds to fully realize that she was talking to me "Uh- um yeh I guess. I'm still really tired though."

She still looked really concerned and knew that there was something more " Are you sure because you look really pale. You might have caught something from all of this traveling." I couldn't keep lying to her like this. I could tell that Skylar knew something more was bothering me by the way I spaced out. "I can tell you want to tell me something, spill it." I still did't say a word. I didn't know what to say. I mean what AM I supposed to say 'I'm dying and I never told you'. "Tell me or I am giving this ring back, and I am leaving right now!" 

I had never seen her this angry before. I knew there was no more covering things up so I just came out with it. "I-I have cancer and I'm dying." well I told you I didn't know how to say it .

"What." She said as her whole expression turned blank. I couldn't tell how she felt, and that's what worried me the most.

"Skylar are you o-"

"Don't talk to me!" she screamed and she got up.

"Skylar please." I said as she started to walk away with tears in her eyes. " Just let me explain." All of a sudden she turned around with fire in her eyes.

" Oh, yeh. Explain what? How you lied to me all of this time. How you covered up your bad health until death was literally at your doorstep and now you want to explain. Well there is nothing that you could say that could-"

"Just let me explain!" That was the first time that I had ever yelled at Skylar ." I'm so sorry just... could you please sit down and let me talk to you." I said as she sat back down in her seat looking down at the ring on her finger. " I'm sorry for keeping this from you. That was wrong." she began to open her mouth to speak. " I really am sorry but could you blame me for wanting to pretend that everything was okay. That we were just going to live the rest of our lives together. I wanted to tell you but I didn't want this to turn into a pity party. A sad story. I wanted my last moments on this earth to be fun and happy just as if I weren't sick."

"Is that why you wanted to go on this crazy trip, to cross off your bucket list? Is that why you proposed, to cross that off your list too?"  you could tell that she was still legitimately angry, and I did't blame her.

" No. You really want to know why I took you here... to all of these crazy places. I did it because I felt like I had done nothing with my life. All my life I flew under the radar. Never doing anything to outrageous or spontaneous. Even when I found out I was dying I didn't even react. I just went to the coffee shop. That's when I met you. At that very moment I could tell that the reason I met you was to wake me up. To make me realize that I need to open up, be more silly, do what I want to do and not care about the consequences... to love another person and let them in. I  didn't want my sickness to get in the way of any of that. " We were both crying at this point. 

"I'm sorry too. I shouldn't have acted that way. Oh, and just so you know, I'm never leaving you... I love you." I instantly started to smile, and I wiped the tears off of her cheek with my thumb. Then the doctor walked in with a grim expression on his face.

" Mr. Anderson I see that you are awake now. Is this beautiful young lady your girlfriend."

"No" Skylar looked alarmed " she is actually my fiance" the smile came back to her face and she began to blush.

"That's lovely. Mr. Anderson I don't meant to ruin this moment but I'm afraid I have some bad news for you." I was scared of what he might say so I just nodded at him. " Your fiance told us that you twi have been traveling a lot lately. Now with the fact that you have lung cancer this only makes matters worse and-"

"Doctor could you please just tell me what you are trying to say."

"Well, for lack of better wording, you are going to die very shortly."

"Like how "shortly""

"You have maybe two weeks. Possibly less. The flying around the world really took a toll on your lungs. After we release you I sugest you take it easy. I can see that you and your fiance need some time alone." 

As soon as we left Skylar spoke up " As soon as they release you we have to leave."

"For what? You heard what he said if I travel anymore I could die... faster."

"We still have to make one more stop."

"And where might that be?" I said genuinly confused. Did she want me to meet her family or something?

"Vegas. We are getting married if it's the last thing either oh us does.