You Found Me

Chapter 1-This

-flashback-

"Why" I thought. "Why me?" the doctor just told me something I thought I would never hear ever "Niall we caught it at an early stage so we can-" I tuned out not really trying to hear more.

-flashback over-

I thought back to that day 6 years ago. I could never forget it. My mom crying at night . My brother Greg treating me differently. All I could think was I going to die young? Will I ever find love?

I'm currently at the hospital getting my round of chemotherapy. After going through the usual questions consisting of, "Are you taking it easy?" and "Can you rate your pain 1 through 10?" my mom drove us home.

        As we pulled up in the driveway I seen our next door neighbors daughter Mahogany I think that's her name, outside with a pencil and a sketch pad. "You should go talk to her." My mom said. Should I go. I got out of the car adjusting my beanie that set on top of my head and walked over to her. I stood in front of her. "What are you drawing?" I asked. She looked up and gave me a shy smile. "Um I -I'm drawing the house across the street." She said showing me her sketch pad. I looked at he pencil work. How the trees in the back of the house looked almost identical as the real ones. "I'm almost done now." she said turning the pad to rest back on her knees. "Can I sit down next to you?" She hesitated but said yes. She scooted over to make room for me on the step. I sat down and watched her draw the last part of the house, the mail box. She was very concentrated. She looked up every three seconds to glance at the mail box. Flipping the pencil every so often to erase a mistake. She started to talk after a while of getting frustrated because I guess the mail box wasn't turning out right. "So what's your name?" She said looking at me. "Mines Mahogany." she continued. "I'm Niall." I said smiling at her. "What school do you go to?" "I don't go to school i'm home schooled." she continued. "What about you?" She continued. "Oh I graduated this year." "I'm done with all this school stuff next year." "You plan on going to college?" I plan on waiting a year or two. You?" "Not going at all" I say.

        "But why?" she asked looking at me with her big brown eyes. "Well it's just-" I cut myself off. "Just look at what i'm about to do." "ok" she said. I took off my beanie to reveal my bald head. She looked at me with shock and then smiled. "I have to stay near home because I know my mom would be terrified if I left. I might take some online courses though." "What kind of cancer is it?" she asked. "Lung." she nodded her head. I put my beanie back on my head. "No leave it off I like it better when its off." She said taking my beanie off. She smiled seeing as I didn't argue with her about the hat. "Mahogany dinners ready" her mom said coming onto the porch. She smiled at us. "Oh I didn't know you had a friend over.Hi i'm Mahoganys mom you can just call me DeAngela." she said. "I'm Niall." I said smiling.

        "Bye Niall I have to go eat. I'll see you tomorrow ok." She said getting up.  at that moment my mom came outside. "Niall sweetheart dinners ready I made your favorite." she said. "Yea I'll see you tomorrow" I said standing up also walking off her porch. "Wait!. your hat." She said holding it up. "No keep it" I said smiling at her stepping on my porch. I watched as she smiled to herself and held the beanie. She picked up her sketch pad and went into the house. I did the same. I can already tell this is the start of a great friendship. I ate and went to sleep excited for tomorrow.

Heres the first chapter

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