I'll Always Find You

cancer

it's within 24 hours of updating, give me a break. i'll try to update more.
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Third Person POV
"cancer?" benji widened his eyes, then closed them and started bawling. jorge took benji into his arms on the hospital bed. he stroked his hair. "shhhh, benji it's okay. i know it's hard." jorge spoke before he started crying. he couldn't lose his best friend, he just met him not too long ago and they've gotten so close. benji was so scared of losing his best friend too, the only person he's seen 24/7 for the past three months and he might die? he's only 14, about to turn 15, he can't die. cancer??? he's been so healthy all his life how did he get cancer? how did this happen?

"cancer doesn't necessarily mean you'll die, it just means it's dangerous and it could kill you. lots of people go through chemo and come out alive and go on about their life. please don't cry benji." as soon as jorge finished talked he started bawling as well. the boys held each other and cried. they loved each other so much, they did everything together, they talked about action movies, video games, they drew together, they talked about life together, they talked about girls together, they talked about their future plans together.

~flashback to a week and a half ago~
"i'd like to be a director, have a cool dog that i could put cool bandanas on, a wife, maybe 2 kids. hopefully they don't end up like us." benji said with a smile, laughing at the last part. benji has his head in jorge's lap, facing up towards the ceiling. jorge was sitting indian style on the hospital bed, listening to benji talk. jorge laughed a little too, " yeah, i'd like to be an author or maybe an illustrator, i like to write and draw. maybe i'd have a wife, i don't know yet, i would definitely have a lizard or two. maybe some kids, i haven't thought about it yet." jorge said, smiling down at benji. kids wouldn't be a bad idea though, he always helped his aunt with his cousins and loved them so it shouldn't be too hard.

"you're my best friend jorge." benji said, smiling up at jorge. "i know, and you're my best friend." they both busted out laughing at each other. "i can see a booger up your nose." benji said inbetween laughs. jorge immediately covered his nose, but continued laughing.

~end of flashback~

how could they go from that to this in two weeks? they held each other and bawled for about 20 minutes, then benji's mom showed up. "oh my god, my baby. come here. the doctors called me. come here baby." she said, taking benji from jorge's arms and holding him while sitting in the chair they had in the room. she cried with him, speaking so fast jorge couldn't understand. jorge was alone on the hospital bed, watching his best friend and his bestfriend's mom bawl their eyes out. jorge didn't even think about how it would effect benji's family. benji really can't die. the doctor came in 2 minutes later. he stood there, not wanting to interrupt benji and his mom, until benji's mom looked up at him. "is it curable? is he going to die? IS MY BABY GOING TO DIE?" she was so upset.

"ma'am, yes we can go through chemo, i can't guarantee he will make it out okay, but if we don't try then he won't even have a chance of making it out okay. we have to try. i'm sorry ma'am, for his diagnosis, would you like to step out in the hallway with me?" he was shaken up from her yelling. they stepped into the hallway and benji's mom put benji down in the chair and walked out. he was sniffling. jorge walked over to him. "benji, i promise you'll be okay. i'll be here for you the entire time." jorge said, rubbing benji's arm. "you're only here because you have to be, because we have rooms right across from each other. because we are in the same place 24/7 for three months. you're just bored being by yourself." benji said, he had felt like life was slipping out of his hands, he felt as though jorge had let him down, even though he's not in control of his tumour.

"benji, i don't HAVE to be in this room with you. i'm here because you're my best friend and i care about you. i know you're upset and mad because you're scared, you can't push me away, i'm your best friend and i'm here to stay with you the whole time you're going through this. when you get chemo, i'll be right outside the door waiting for you, when you lose your hair i'll shave my head with you, and on days that you're feeling sick i'll be there to hold you and get you anything you need. i literally love you benji you're my bestest friend in the whole wide world." jorge said, when he began speaking he had tears in his eyes and by the end of his speech he had tears streaming down his face. benji sat up and wrapped his arms around jorge's neck. "jorge you're my bestest friend and i love you so much." he started to cry again. "benji, please don't cry, it's okay. if you cry too much you'll get dehydrated." jorge said with a smile, jokingly. benji cried a lot but jorge was always his shoulder to cry on.