You Will Not Be Forgotten

Chapter 10:

Maddies POV:

I woke up the next morning with a huge headache. My back hurt too. I looked around the room and saw Meghan and Keaton laying on the bed next to me, sleeping, and Wes laying right next to me with his arms wrapped around me fast asleep. There was also a nurse in the room. She looked awfully familiar.
I gently took Wesleys arm off of me and stood up. She turned around when she heard me.

"Madison!" She said quietly and came over. It was Diane, I work with her.
"Hey, Diane." I hugged her. She looked upset.
"I'm so sorry Maddie. I know how hard this is." She looked sympathetic.
"It's alright, I'll get through it eventually but you know, everything happens for a reason." She gave a smile and put her arm on my shoulder.
She started talking a little lower. "You know Wesley is taking this really hard." We both looked over at him to make sure he was asleep.
"I know, most of it's my issue. He'll come through. Did you talk to him?"
She nodded.
"When you were getting the stitches yesterday he was just really shocked and he said he thought it was all a dream. But it's really reality."

"Yeah, I don't want him to feel upset though. I'll be fine. I'll push through with him."

The door suddenly came open.
"Diane we need you in room 5 right away. We have a severe heart failure." Another nurse had said.

"Well I better go, I'll probably see you around. Feel better Maddie, get some rest." She said and hugged me again.
"Thanks Diane."
We exchanged smiles as she left the room.

I looked around the room. Just me, Wes, Meg, and Keats and a bunch of machines. I woke up Meghan first. Wesley really needed his sleep, and I should leave Keaton with wes.
I tapped Meghan multiple times.
"Meegggg!" I said still whispering. She rolled over and yawned.
"Wanna come get breakfast with me?"
"Hey, you're up?" She looked confused.
"Yeah, I had a headache I'm really hungry."
She got out of the bed removing keaton's arm on her.
"Should they come too?" She looked at Keaton and Wes.
"No. Let them sleep. And I just want to go with you."

"Okay."

After about 5 minutes me and Meg walked down through the plain hallways at the hospital and into the food court.
We got sandwiches and water and sat down in a little booth sitting across from each other.
"I'm literally starving." I said as I took a bite of the sandwich.
"I can tell." We both laughed.
"So Maddie...what's really going on?"
"Well, I think I have one more procedure today. And I'm pretty sure I should be out within the next couple days."
"Okay. How are you feeling? Are you going to be okay?"
"I'm just sore. And I should be okay. I mean I don't know why I wouldn't be."
"Yeah that's true, how's Wes taking it?"
"He's taking it hard. But we'll get through it." Well at least I hope we will, I thought in my head.

I felt someone put their hand on my shoulder. I look up to see Wes followed by Keaton.
"Hey babe." He sat down next to me and kissed my cheek.
"Hey Wes." I smiled and looked over at Keaton.
"Hey Keaton."
"Hey." He sat down next to Meg and put his arm around her.
"Me and Maddie decided to get food we were really hungry and you two were sleeping and we didn't want bother you."
"Yeah it's fine." Wes said looking over to me.
"So we talked to your doctor." Wes said looking at me once again.
"Oh. What'd he say?"
"Well he said that once you're done with the operation today that you can leave in like 2 days if you're ready."
"Oh okay that's good." I said looking down into my lap. It was silent.

"Maddie are you going to be okay?" Keaton said and I looked up. They were all looking at me.
"Guys I should be fine, seriously don't worry."
"But...You have cancer.." Wes said almost about cry again.
"Trust me, it's not as bad as you guys might think. I've had it since I was 10 I think. I was in chemo for at least 4 years and then I was cancer free. And then when I was about 16 it came back. And I almost died... But then again, it went away and since I was 17 I've been free of cancer. I'm 21 now. It's been 4 years. And I guess now it's back.. But the doctor told me it's only stage 1 so it's not too bad. My doctors always say how lucky I am. I've been a survivor of cancer almost twice."

"Wow. Maddie I'm so proud of you. Don't worry we'll get through this. If you did it twice you can do it again." Wes said and hugged me.
Keaton and Meghan gave smiles from across the table.
"We can get through this together." I said and smiled.

We continued talking until our conversation got interrupted.
It was Diane.
"Hey guys sorry to interrupt but Maddie, the doctors want you. They need to start the operation early."
I sighed.
"Okay." I looked over at Wes and hugged him.
"I'll be done in a few hours." I got up and hugged Meghan and Keaton.
I looked back over at Wes and he hugged he tighter. He whispered,"I love you." In my ear. And then pulled away. He gave me a little peck on the lips.
"Love you guys I'll see you in a couple hours."
"Good luck." I heard Keaton say so I waved back at them and I walked off with Diane into my operating room.

I layed down in the bed as they gave me this pill to make me fall asleep through the surgery. Apparently the surgery had something to do with the baby. They had to make sure there isn't any bacteria in my system so I can start chemo or do whatever but I'm not totally sure. All I know is that after this I'll be totally fine for at least a month and then I go into chemo again. This pill was getting to me. I soon fell asleep.

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Wesleys POV:

"Wesley how about me and Keaton take you home. We've been in this hospital too long." Meg said patting my back.

"We'll be back when she's done right?"

"Yeah of course Wes! Don't worry just relax." I nodded and walked out with Meg and Keaton.
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I've been trying to watch TV and get my mind off of Maddie but I can't. I feel like the more I try to get her off my mind the more I can't get her off my mind. I turned off the TV and walked into the music room. I sat in my chair and started messing around on my guitar. I started playing some strings that seemed to go well together. I wrote them down and started again.

*about 2 hours later*

I took the sheet with brand new lyrics written on them. I heard a knock on the door.

I stood up with my guitar and opened it up to see Keaton.
"Hey, I heard you playing." He said and looked over at the piece of paper and my guitar.
"Yeah, I've been writing. Wanna hear?"
"Sure."
"I only wrote the chorus and some other beginning lyrics."
I looked down at the guitar.
"It's probably going to be called heavy." Keats nodded and sat down on the couch beside me.

I started strumming the guitar and singing.

"I knew from start, the start
The struggles that we go through.

They even scar, my heart
But in the end it's what will make you.

Who we are who we are, at the end of the dayy, oh
Oh we are oh we are, are we who we say oh
Who we are who we are, at the end of the day day day,

This world is so heavy, oh
Don't know if I'm ready, oh
I can feel it like the waves crashing down, I know I need to reach up not to drown,
This world is so heavy, yeahhh"

I put the guitar down. "So that's all I have so far."
"Wes that was really good. It was about Maddie wasn't it...?"
I nodded.
"You know, I couldn't get her off my mind today.. I just wrote and that's what came out. I guess it is about Maddie.."

A/N: hey guys!! I don't remember how many chapters I already have written for this story but there may be 2 or 3 left! And soon I'll be putting up a new story! Thanks for reading once again! 500+ reads :))❤️