"Oh god Raj – he didn't know?" Anna asked, tears pouring down her cheeks.
"He didn't know" Raj said silently.
"So is that why your dad..."
"I got a call from our doctor, that he had suffered a heart attack the following day" Tears now rolled down Raj's cheeks as he tried to control himself. "I killed him"
Anna hugged Raj and comforted him. She didn't know what to say, she was trying to be strong for him. The truth was her insides were on fire and she felt sick. One to two years, kept repeating in her mind.
"Raj?" Anna said pulling away a little.
"Hmmm?"
"That important appointment, what was that?"
"My newest test results Anna" He said barely audible.
"Oh" She didn't want to know anymore, she felt dizzy and was only staying strong for him.
For the first time during the entire conversation, Jai spoke up – his voice weak and broken.
"The results weren't good, were they?"
They both looked at him; he looked like he had seen a ghost. Jai had tried to keep it together through all of this, but Raj was his best friend and it was hard for him to hear all this and remain calm.
"Jai, they weren't good"
"Raj we're here for you"
"Anna, my mother doesn't even know about this, I don't know what to do" he said puling away from her hug.
"We'll tell her together"
"No! I can't tell her!"
"Raj! She has a right to know"
Again Jai remained quiet.
"How do I tell her something like that?"
"We have to have do it somehow"
"So how long do you have Raj?" Jai jumped in, to everyone's surprise.
"Jai!" Anna snapped.
"According to the most recent reports, I have less than 4 months"
Anna burst into tears again and ran out of the room. She couldn't take it anymore. She would have to live without him forever and her heart couldn't handle it anymore. She cried until her entire body hurt. She wanted to feel the pain, to be engulfed by it.
Raj and Jai came after her, and found her outside leaning against a tree crying.
"Anna – stop crying, please" Raj pleaded.
"I can't live without you" She said as she hugged him again.
Jai backed away a little feeling like he was intruding. Anna caught his hand and held on tightly. She needed both of them to be close to her, or she wouldn't get through this. After a little while Anna calmed down, but the horrible sickly feeling didn't leave her.
"We have to tell your mum tonight"
"Anna I can't!" Raj said frustrated.
"You can! And you have to!"
"Anna, she will die"
"So you think its better that one day when you leave her, she get shocked then? And she wouldn't even have you to comfort her" Anna said crying.
"She's right Raj, do it while you're here and we're here" Jai said patting Raj on the back.
Raj sighed and agreed. That night he would tell his mother, when she returned from work.
The three friends spent the rest of the day together, in Raj's room sitting and talking. It was nice to be together, and they felt their time was precious from then on. Jai noticed how attached Anna was to Raj and his heart broke, but he didn't want to see Anna suffer. He promised himself, that he would make her happy no matter what.
Some time later Raj's mother arrived home.
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Dancing with destiny
Romance"No Anna will be my wife" Jai argued. They were playing a game they often played - houses and families. "How? I am the oldest and I get Anna" Raj pulled at her arm. Jai joined in and pulled from the other end. It was like tug-a-war and she was trapp...
