How did I find myself in this situation? It's four in the morning and Doctor Tenner is surveying me.
"How have you been feeling lately, Lexi?"
"I've been fine."
"Has your chest been hurting?"
"I've had those days when I don't feel very well but I'm feeling pretty good." Doctor Tenner reviews her notes and then she stands up.
"Then I guess it's settled. You're going home tomorrow." I just stare at her.
"Actual tomorrow, not when it's bright outside." She clarifies. To me, it doesn't make a difference.
"I'm going back to bed." I say, and I run off. I'm running down the hallway, looking for a shadow of the numbers 235. I can hear people stirring in their rooms but I keep running. I find the room, his room. I don't knock, I burst the door open. He sits up in his bed immediately. I have tears streaming down my face.
"I love you." I say, I'm breaking down. Alex doesn't say anything, he just grabs his computer and types something. A Thousand Years by Christina Perri starts to play. Alex puts out his hand.
"Would you care to dance?" I nod my head, the tears still streaming down my face. It's like a fairytale, he's the prince and I'm his princess. He spins me around and dips me. I have a feeling that this is the last perfect moment that I'm going to have with him, so I'm enjoying it while it lasts. "I'm leaving." I think, but it doesn't matter.
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Teen FictionFifteen year old Lexi is going to have her sweet sixteen very soon, but when she passes out in class and goes to the hospital, at first they can't find anything wrong. A week later, she passes out at her sweet sixteen and is diagnosed with something...
