"Justin!" I yelled down the winding stairs. The echo in the house was loud and clear. A few minutes later Justin popped his head around the corner, hair messed up and toothbrush in his mouth.
"Yeah?" He said with a mouthful of toothpaste.
I giggled, "you have toothpaste on your mouth."
He wiped it off and grinned, "what did you need Ali?"
"I just wanted to say goodmorning." I goofily grinned.
His smile turned wider, "goodmorning beautiful." Then he trudged back to the bathroom.
A few hours later we were just lazing around the house having nothing to do.
Suddenly Justin turns to me and says excitedly, "wanna go swimming?"
"Sure!"
A few minutes later we were racing towards the pool and simultaneously jumped in together. I emerged, laughing and wiped the hair off of my face.
Justin splashed me.
"Hey!" I said, splashing him back.
This turned into a splashing war and let's just say that Justin won.
"So," Justin said, scooting closer to me.
"What?" I sighed, leaning back against the edge and soaking in the sun.
"Ali, I have to tell you something."
Justin said with a serious tone. "It's important."
"Hmm?" I said lazily, closing my eyes.
"I-I....." He took shakily breath.
I popped open my eyes and looked at him.
"What is it?" I said.
"Um..." He looked down, nervously playing with his fingers. "So I went to the doctors the other day because I had a really bad ache in my head that wouldn't go away...."
He took a deep breath and looked off into the distant.
My face scrunched up, confused.
"He gave you medicine and you're better now?" I asked.
he looked back at me, face hallow of any emotion.
"I have leukemia, Ali."
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Philophobia
RomanceEverything changed once Alissa hit the 18 year old milestone. Running from her past had never been something she was good at, but she was still going to try her best. From falling in utter and complete love with the unexpected to everything being...
