I'll Always Find You

bestfriends

the rest of this book will likely be in third person, until further notice. thanks for the nice comments i really appreciate them! also, i'm sorry i haven't updated in a few days, i have work everyday. i work today but not until the afternoon. anyways, enjoy!
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Third Person POV
benji and jorge had been hanging out at the hospital for the past three months now, sometimes they have little bad episodes of their chronic illnesses. today is the day benji gets his rumour tested again, to see if it grew or if its still benign.

"you'll be okay benji, i promise. you have nothing to worry about." jeyjey said, trying to calm benji down. benji had been upset all morning, thinking about all the negative sides of it. what if i die? what if it grew? what if i never wake up tomorrow? "jey, i'm so fucking scared. i don't want to die." benji said as he began crying. he crawled up in his bed. hey crawled up with him and put benji's head on his shoulder while stroking his hair. "benji, you're going to be fine. todo va a estar bien, lo prometo." (everything will be okay, i promise.) benji started sniffling and wollered his head on jeyjey chest. "you're my number one best friend and i love you jorge." benji said, in a very loving and friendly manner. jorge was the bestest friend benji has ever had. he's never had a friend care so much for him.

"and you're my number one best friend benjamin." jeyjey said, still stroking benji's hair, trying to calm him down and keep him from hyperventilating. he hated when benji thought like that, he never thought he was going to be okay. a nurse stepped into the room. "benjamin krol? are you ready?" she was talking about taking him to get his tumour checked out again. he sat up and looked at her, "can jorge come too? for emotional support?" he asked, looking back at jorge. "yes." she spoke, and as soon as those words escaped her mouth, jeyjey got up and walked over to the door with benji, holding his hand, rubbing circles around his knuckles to keep him calm.

they finally got to the (i don't know any hospital terms and i don't know how they test a tumour so bear with me) x-ray room. the x-ray can see through the skin, though it's often used to look at bones it can also be used to check for a certain colour of liquid under the skin or to see if the tumour grew, then they do blood tests and an ultrasound. jeyjey was there for benji the entire time, he knew he needed him but he would never be cocky about it. they grew close within the last three months, from the waiting room, to the hospital rooms, and now to their permanent rooms and constantly hanging out and watching action movies together. after all the tests had been done they both walked back to jorge's room, where they rarely hung out. they figured they should try to hangout there more but jorge always woke up before benji and came over to his room.

then jorge remembered, his birthday and benji's birthday is coming up. he can't believe that it's coming so close. he had to do something cool and special, especially since they're in a hospital and can't leave to do anything fun. unless, he can convince someone because it's his birthday. as they sat in jorge's room, a nurse came and knocked on the door. "jorge, could you come here for a second?" benji didn't suspect anything because it's jorge's room, so of course they would ask for him. if they were in benji's room and they asked for jorge, then he would suspect something. jorge looked at benji before he walked out, "i'll be right back, okay?" he said. benji waved at him, "okay." he smiled.

jorge walked out with the nurse and they walked a little bit down the hallway, away from jorge's door to make sure benji didn't hear. "it would probably be better if he heard it from his best friend instead of some random nurse." she gave me a warm smile as i wiped away my tears. i nodded and wiped away more tears. 'i should stop crying, so benji doesnt suspect anything, he's been crying all day and been so worried about death, i would hate to make him cry more. he might take it better if he hears it from me' jorge thought to himself. he made sure he looked normal before walking back to his room. the nurse said a simple, "thank you." with a warm smile while dropping him off at his room. the nurse stood outside the cracked door to make sure the news was delivered.

jorge walked in and kept the door cracked. "hey benji." he said with a forced smile. benji looked up from his comic book to say, "hey jorge." and smile wide back at him. while benji was left in jorge's room he sat and pulled out a comic book to read while jorge was doing whatever he had to do. he thought maybe it was about his family or his mom or maybe he would finally get to go home. he always talked about how he missed his mom and his bed and his friends at school. benji would miss him but he really wanted jorge to get what he missed the most, his old life. benji looked at the clock on the wall and realised jorge had been gone for about 20 minutes. "haha, so what was all that about? you were gone for like ever dude." benji said, looking at jorge and closing his comic book.

"benji, i didn't wanna have to be the one to say this but i think it's better if you hear it from me rather than some random nurse." benji looked confused and a little worried. "benji, your tumour is no longer benign. it's growing into cancer."

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i'm sorry for the cliffhanger but you gotta admit, it's kinda good. i'll try to update more often, i might even do a second update today but don't hold me to it. anyways, love you guys.
7/27/19
saturday
1:14pm