Shine bright

Chapter 10

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Hi my few readers! hopefully you enjoy my book so far. Trust me it gets better. If you have any ideas please share!

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Ellie POV

I adjust my wig, as I climb on the bus. Hopefully nobody noticed. I looked at Melissa and she smiled. I smiled back. I was so excited! Finally I get to feel like I'm normal. I haven't felt that feeling in so long, I almost forgot what it felt like. Living without the sympathetic looks, going to school, and having more than one friend. I have no regrets about Melissa being my only friend. We were friends even before we got sick. Then I guess when the crowd left, she was the only one that stayed. I'm thankful, really, I've just never got to experience the typical middle school/half of high school things. My first date, first drive, first kiss.

My mom always told me there will be a time for that and I have to be patient until it does, but as you can see, I AM NOT PATIENT.

We make our way to the back. I love sitting in the back. I don't know why, but I just do. I sit down with my bag in my lap. Melissa is right next to me. No one else in the back. Just the way I like it.

I dig around in my bag, for my book.

Stay Close.

It's about four kids with cancer and they go through cancer together. one of them relapses, the other one is still in treatment, and two are finishing remission. I can relate to this book, obviously.

It starts pouring, and I get really nervous. I feel unsure of riding. It was too soon from the car crash to be riding in rain again. My chest tightened and, I dug around in my bag for my inhaler. They were supposed to connect me to this whole oxygen tank, and I was supposed to have a cannula, but I wanted to be normal for a day so I just had an inhaler. I breathe in as my lungs feel much more relaxed. I take out my neck pillow and continue to read.

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I look up, and we are on a highway stuck in traffic. The bus driver had turned on the night lights, because it was so cloudy outside. I looked over to Melissa, and she was sleeping. I took out my iPad, and you can guess without me saying, I turned on House. I took out my pink head phones and put them over my head to listen without disturbing anyone else. I wondered how long it would be until we got there. I didn't care. I liked it here on this cozy little bus. And besides it will be worth it. I'm finally using my cancer wish on two days in New York with my best friend in a hotel looking over Times Square! I could just picture myself in the flashing lights that match my catchphrase "shine bright."

I keep watching. I wrap myself in the poncho my grandmother knitted me. It was pink and very soft. I know you might hate pink, but I like it! You have no Idea what you're missing out on. Melissa hates pink, but I think she's crazy in her own way. I still love her.

She's like the sister I never had.