The Wake Up Calls (Camren)

Chapter 5-

Ally-

When I woke up the next morning my phone was still lying on my chest. I had spent all night sending messages back and forth with Lauren. She messaged me at about 12 o'clock worried about Camila after we had all gone to bed.

She thinks there is something going on in Mila's life. I had to agree with her when she asked me if I had noticed her acting differently in the last week. Because she had been. Lately her personality had taken a 180° turn. She wasn't her usual weird bubbly self.

For the last couple of nights I could hear her crying in her bunk across from me. I could hear her quietly sobbing in the early morning hours when she thought everyone was asleep.

I pulled across my curtain and jumped down from the bunk. Immediately I noticed that Camila was missing from her bunk.

I knew she hadn't slept well last night. I could hear her tossing and turning in her bunk sheets for hours.

I walked out of the bunk room finding an empty room.

Camila-

I could already feel the chemotherapy affecting me already. My body was aching and I was so tired and just wanted to go back to bed.

I was walking back onto the bus after having to get up earlier today for my checkup with the doctor after my first round of therapy.

As soon as I made my way into the first room I didn't even bother to check my surroundings, I just collapsed down onto the couch on the side of the room. I was so tired that I hadn't even noticed the short light haired girl standing behind me.

"Mila?" I opened my eye's and sat up.

"Oh Ally. What are you doing up?"

"I could ask you the same question." She had a stern look on her face.

"Uhh...nothing really. Just couldn't sleep."

"So where have you been. Did you even bother to tell anyone? Even Lauren?" She sat down next to me wrapping her left arm around me.

"Why would I tell Lauren?"

"Because she's worried about you. And so am I." She smiled slightly and looked down at my wrist. I had no idea why but she kept staring at it.

She was silent for a few seconds before I noticed her smile disappearing from her face.

"Your sick arn't you." She looked directly into my eye's.

"What no! I'm fine!"

"You can keep telling yourself that, but we both know your not."

I stood up.

"You have no idea what your talking about!" I raised my voice.

"Cancer? You might want to take that band off unless you want everyone to know." She grabbed my wrist and pulled it up so I could see the band attached to my wrist. It was clearly written in bold letters, 'Chemotherapy Cancer Patient'.

How could I forget to take that off! I'm such an idiot! Pulling my arm back I began to rip the band off my wrist.

"You have cancer..." her eyes started to fill with tears.

"N...no....I don't. Don't say it!" I stuttered. I couldn't handle hearing those very words. Not yet. Not ever!

"Mila you can't perform tonight like this! Your health needs to come first!" Ally stood up and placed her hands on my shoulders. "Let me help. Please?" A tear spilled down her right cheek.

"I can't. ..I can't do this on my own!" I collapsed into her arms, tears streaming down my face as sobs escaped my lips.

I could feel my legs go numb and give way under my body. Luckily Ally tightened her grip around me stopping me from falling to the floor.

She pulled me in tightly resting my head in the crook of her neck. She rubbed small circles in the middle of my back with the palm of her hand as I jolted from the sobs eluding my body.

"Hey, hey, hey. Your not doing this on your own ok? Do you hear me?" She pulled away and cupped my face with her hands, wiping the tears from my face.

"I'm not strong enough for this. I can't..."she cut me off pulling our two faces closer.

"You are one of the strongest people I know Mila. You will get through this. And when you need someone to lean on and to support you, we'll be there. You can do this."

I rested the top of my head against hers holding her close.

She let me go and took my hand leading me towards my bunk. She helped me into bed and climbed in next to me.

"I'm here ok." She wrapped her arms around my body and pulled myself back into her embrace.

After a few minutes like this I finally spoke.

"Please don't tell." Her tight grip loosened a little.

"What? Come on you know they would want to know. They can help you."

I sighed.

"Please? I don't want then looking at me the way you have been for the past few minutes. Like I'm some sick person who need sympathy."

"If that's what you want...I won't tell them. But I think you should...only when your ready though.

I nodded and moved closer into her body. My eye's continued to get heavier every second before I finally drifted off to sleep. I knew it wouldn't be long before the other girl's got up but I wanted to make the most of the time I had to forget about everything and everybody...just for a few minutes or so.