Shine bright

Chapter 1

Ellie P.O.V
Stars don't always have to be in a constellation. There really isn't any constellations. They are just a figment of the imagination. Stars will live a separate life. And just like humans stars will die. But there will be one time in its life, where a star will shine bright. Where the darkness is blocked by brightness. Where you can't see bad things, and where you can see your getaway from the world. That time usually for me is night.
Night is my favorite time of day. I am basically nocturnal. I sleep during most of the day, and I stay up most of the night. I know what you're thinking. "Don't you have school 'most of the day'?" Well bad news. I have cancer. I don't go to school. I know you probably feel sorry for me right now, but don't. I'm already used too the pitiful looks, and the way my mom bursts into tears sometimes. I've gotten used to the fact that there is a possibility that I will die. A big one. Considering I have had cancer for 4 years already I'm okay.
The way I spend my nights are outside in the cherry blossom tree in my front yard. I stare up at the stars. It's basically my getaway from life. My horrible contaminated life. I look at the stars. Each night they seem to get brighter. Nobody sits here with me, but I'm never lonely. You kind of get used to it for a while. My friend Melissa though, she's been with me the whole way she was my best friend before I got diagnosed with lung cancer, but the doctors found it just in time before it metastasized anywhere else. But tumors had already grown on my lungs, which is the downside. The rest of my diagnostic story is just deplorable. I never talk about it. Most of my friends had moved away or just lost touch with me after I got diagnosed. They pulled away, not knowing how to deal with it. But Melissa was different. She stood by my side the whole time. She pulled all nighters to stay with me by the hospital bed, she was one of the only people that stuck with me. She thinks that sitting in the tree with me is "relaxing" but you know what? I'd rather stay in this tree by myself. So I can sink into my own spiral of thoughts, before I slowly drift off to sleep.
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Melissa P.O.V
"Wake up!" I yell into Ellie's ear. She fell asleep in the tree... AGAIN! she slowly opens her eyes and mumbles, "go away."
"Ellie it's Melissa! Wake up! You are going to be late for the doctor's appointment in New Jersey!" We live in Pennsylvania so it is a long ride.
"Not now! I'm sleeping!" snapps Ellie
"Okay i guess I will go see the best oncologist in the state by myself, and the. After that I will stop by New York City and eat in little Italy by myself. Oh and don't forget that half off empire state building visit."
Her eyes flipped open and she turned around, almost falling over.
"That's Today??" she gasped.
"Yup! Our own little NYC girls time!"
Ellie jumped off of the branch she was sitting on, almost landed on top of me and started running towards my car. Of course she forgot she had breathing problems, ergo the lung cancer, and she slowed down, as she bent over breathing hard. I handed her her inhaler, and I watched her pump the air into her delicate lungs. I felt bad, but I didn't show it. I knew she would get mad. I took her hand and continued slowly towards the car. Opened the door for her and watched her climb in.
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Hello my dear readers.
Well that was the first chapter of my book. Hope you liked it. It gets better!
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