I'll Always Find You

analysis

Benji POV
i always knew something was wrong with me at a young age, i just never knew what. i always has random pains in my body, i would go get them checked out and they would say i was fine. up until a huge bump grew on my arm. my mom and i sat in the waiting room for like an hour, before a boy came in and sat next to me. we introduced ourselves and talked a little and walked to get snacks. he's pretty, like a girl. he said his name was jorge but he went by jeyjey.

we walked back to the waiting room to our moms with snacks, when we got back our moms were talking and being friendly to each other so that's a good thing. actually jey's mom moved and sat by my mom. jey and i ate our snacks and talked some more, until i got called back to the doctors office. i quickly gave jeyjey my phone number so we could text and be friends, since obviously he's from around here if he's at this hospital, or so i thought. his number was a different area code than mine.

while we were sitting in the doctors office and he was talking to my mom, i was texting jeyjey.

~jeyjey💞~
hey
~me~
hey jeyjey lol
~jeyjey💞~
so how is the doctors?
~me~
it's cold back here, i wish you were back here with me
~jeyjey💞~
haha me too, then we could talk even more about how much we love kebabs
~me~
we should hangout sometime and get some
~jeyjey💞~
definitely that sounds awesome.
~me~
well i gotta go get some tests done, text me when you get back so i know what room you're in
~jeyjey💞~
okay, be safe dude

"a tumour." the doctor said, snapping me out of my trance. "it's a tumour." i froze. a tumour? isn't that deadly? isn't that cancer? i don't want to die, i'm only 14. i literally just made a new friend, i can't die. i started to cry, ignoring everything else the doctor said. my mom took me into her lap and rocked me while stroking my hair. "honey, did you not hear the doctor? it's benign." my mom whispered into my ear. the doctor was still in the room. "what's that mean?" i said inbetween breaths and sobs. "it means that it's not deadly and it can't kill you." the doctor said, bending down to look me in my eyes. "wait really?" i wipes away my tears and sniffled and i looked at the doctor with a "kind of" smile.

"yes, really. you're not gonna die." with those words spoken i felt a lot better. kids at school would bully me for my bump on my arm, if it's not gonna kill me the doctors can't take it out so i'm not excited about more bullying. they call me the hunchback of norte dame. which doesn't even make any sense because his lump was on his back. anyways, i checked my phone and i got 4 texts from jeyjey.

~jeyjey💞~
hey i'm in room 209, i think i saw you next to mine.
~jeyjey💞~
hey! i saw you walking down the hallway coming back from the tests.
~jeyjey💞~
i hear crying next door, that poor soul.
~jeyjey💞~
wait is that you crying? why are you crying?
~me~
yeah, it was me, but i got some good news from the doctor so i stopped crying. and yes you are next door, i'm in room 207.
~jeyjey💞~
well i'm glad you got good news. i just got told i have cystic fibrosis and i'll have to stay at this hospital until i'm stable enough to go home. which, btw, my home is 5 hours away.
~me~
yeah i knew you weren't from here when i saw the area code. what city are you from?
~jeyjey💞~
i'm from barcelona.
~me~
jeez, that's far, why are you at this hospital if you live so far away?
~jeyjey💞~
the doctors in barcelona couldn't help me, they said i needed better doctors so they sent me here.
~me~
at least you don't have a tumour.
~jeyjey💞~
yeah true
~jeyjey💞~
wait do you have one?

it warmed my heart that he didn't even notice, he just saw me for me.

~me~
yeah, but the doctor said it's beijing or something, like it can't kill me.
~jeyjey💞~
oh benign. that's good then

as i was typing a new text, the doctor gave me some news. "you're going to have to be admitted here until you are stable enough to go home. that means..." i cut him off," yeah, i know what it means. i have to stay here until i get better." i spoke. i sounded kind of rude but i could be dying so why does being rude matter? "yes, we have to monitor you, make sure the tumour doesn't move or pop or anything." he said once more. "WAIT A SECOND IT COULD POP?" i began to get scared again. "honey, it won't pop. the chances of that happening is very low, like 3%." my mom said. i felt calmer after hearing that.

"so let me show you your room upstairs, and mom, bring some clothes and comfort items. we have no clue how long this could take so i suggest you bring a lot." the doctor spoke to me first and then to my mom. the idea of staying in a place where i'm being taken care of, get free food, free tv, and free wifi sounds pretty cool.

as i was being shown my room upstairs, i saw jeyjey jumping onto his bed in his room, which was across from mine. he sat up and waved at me frantically. i waved back. then he got up and came over.

"hey benji! isn't it cool how we are right across from each other?" jeyjey said with excitement. "yeah, it is cool. that means we get to hangout even more." i said, laidback and relaxing while my mom talked to the doctor. after the doctor made my mom sign some papers and left, jeyjey's mom came in to talk to my mom. they chatted it up like best friends or something.

i, for one, was excited because i get to be across from my new friend! heck, we could even be bestfriends. he seems really cool, his accent is also really cool. i hope i get to know him some more. "hey benji, can we order some food from the cafeteria? i'm starving." jeyjey said, snapping me out of my trance. "yeah, of course dude. i'm hungry too." i said while picking up the room phone to call the cafeteria. '311' was the number to the cafeteria. i dialled it and looked at the menu for a few minutes. i asked jeyjey what he wanted. "spaghetti." he whispered. "yeah i'll take the hamburger and grilled cheese and my friend jorge will take spaghetti and meatballs. thank you. okay, bye." i said while hanging up. "oh i'm so excited." jeyjey said, smiling wide. he must be very hungry or something.

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hey guys! i hope you enjoyed. i'll be writing some more soon. this book is not open to requests, sorry.
thanks for reading!
7/23/19
Wednesday
1:23pm