A Cancer Story

Chapter 5

half an hour later, you and your mom were in the car and on the way home.  You rested your head against the side of the car and stared blankly out the window.  Lost in thought you didn’t pay any notice to when your mom tried to talk to you or to the man dressed in a funny costume advertising something on the side of the road.  As soon as you were home you crashed on the couch and turned on the tv.  Suddenly your phone buzzed and you suddenly remember in the craziness of the past two days you hadn’t texted Logan.  You quickly picked up your phone and noticed several missed calls from him and several text messages.

yesterday 11am: “hey :)”

12pm “are you awake yet? XD”

12:01: “wake up sleepy head..  I wanna talk ;)”

4:00pm: “are you ignoring me? did I say something wrong?”

4:05pm: “I’m sorry for whatever I said..”

4:12pm: “say something i’m giving up on you…”

6:00pm: “Please talk to me..”

7:00pm: “I tried calling you earlier and your house.. Your mom said you weren’t at home.  Where are you?  Please answer me :( .”

8:00pm: “please talk to me.. what did I do?  are you ignoring me?  I know I sound annoying texting you like crazy but I just want to talk.. I’m worried about you.. I can just sense something is up..  If it’s me.. just let me know, I can handle it.. if it’s someone bothering you tell me and I’ll go deal with them for you X)  But seriously.. please text me.. let me know you’re there..”

11:00pm: “im guessing you went to bed.. well.. goodnight.  text me tomorrow when you’re up..”

Today:

12:00pm “Where are you? Did aliens abduct you??  I didn’t receive any signs from you this morning.. please come back and talk to me.. im sorry..”

half an hour ago: “if you don’t answer soon, I’m going to come over to your house to check up on you.. I’m really worried.. this is not like you at all.”

15 minutes ago: “if you don’t answer me by the beginning of the next hour I am coming over to your house and kidnapping you X)  ANSWER ME!!”

5 minutes ago: “10 minutes left...I’ve got my keys in hand”

You quickly started texting him a response to keep him from coming over.. You had to think quick of something to say.. you didn’t want to tell him just yet.

You: “hey.. sorry I’ve just been really busy the past few days and my phone was in my room and I didn’t get to actually have time to sit down and check it.  I’m okay.. I am not upset with you at all.  You don’t have to come over here, I’m fine..”   You paused for a moment to reread over your text before sending it.  Within a moment he replied

“oh phew.. I was worried you had gotten severely sick or something.. But I know that couldn’t happen because you’re the queen on never getting sick X)”

The words hit you like a brick and you started crying again.  Your health streak was no more, now you were sicker than most of your friends had ever or would ever be.  You almost broke down and told him.  But you decided you would not tell him in the same way that you told your family.  You responded by just laughing the matter off.  You and him texted on for several hours and the conversation ended when he had to go off to work. The day slipped by and you didn’t even realize it was late until you looked at your phone.  So off to bed you went, hopefully a better night’s sleep than last nights.