Melancholy

I will never leave!!

Dylan Vincent

I carried Vern back home. She was no more crying, that doesn't mean she was talking. She was silent, this was not that peaceful silence, it was scaring me.

"Vern!" Antony kept calling for her. She didn't reply.

"Vern we are sorry" we apologised. She was just staring at the wall behind us.

Hours passed she was just sitting there not doing anything. We got a call that Kiaan was doing his concert. We didn't think it was the right time to tell her, so we kept quiet. Our cousins were home too.

"Vern! Dylan! Antony!" mom called. "Come down, we are going to the carnival."

"We are not coming!!" Antony told her. Realising it's where Kiaan's concert was.

"Oh darling, I'm not asking you. I want you all down in ten minutes."

"No!" Antony and I hissed. The door opened, revealing Vern.

"Is he still doing the concert?" she asked. Antony and I looked at each other before nodding. "Okay mom, we are coming!" she announced. We both just looked at her. She shut her door again. We both soon rushed out to change ourselves.

By the time we were out, she was already downstairs in the car. The car drive was silent. She only spoke to Tina our two-year-old cousin. Pleiades, came to meet her, when we reached. She didn't talk to them too. She just left. The whole time we were in the carnival, the tension was high. We decided to go home early, so we could talk to her.

"Vern let's talk, please" I begged, as soon as we reached home.

"Please Vern" Antony begged.

"There is nothing to talk about!"

"Vern please" Antony begged. "What is our mistake?"

"Really?! You know what was your mistake? Your mistake was to hide the truth. We promised each other we will always tell the truth. Yet you guys lied to me!"

"We never lied" I stated.

"Yes! But you didn't tell me the truth too!"

"Even you didn't when you were dating him!" I reminded her

"What didn't I?"

"You didn't tell us. We also promised we would tell each other everything! No secrets, yet you did hide!" he exclaimed

"Really?" she rolled her eyes

"Yes!"

"I have an explanation, do you?" I asked

"What?"

"Do you have an explanation for why you hid your so-called boyfriend?" I asked again. She didn't reply, instead she locked herself in the room.

The whole night was fucked. Antony and I didn't sleep and we both were sure even she didn't. The morning soon came by. None of us spoke to each other.

"Is something wrong?" dad asked.

"Nope!"

"Nothing!"

"No!" we all spoke together.

"Okay!" dad nodded, not believing.

Antony asked us to meet in his room after the breakfast. 

We were waiting impatiently for Vern; it was more than thirty minutes of waiting before we barged into her room.

"What?!" She looked annoyed. "If you guys have come here to ask sorry, FUCK OFF"

"NOT EVERYTHING IS ABOUT YOU VERN! Kiaan is admitted." Antony revealed.

"What?"

"This is shit!" Vern and I spoke together.

"Yes! They are expecting you there! Stop fighting and come, he needs you."

"Give me a minute to change!" We both nodded and left her there.

After around thirty minutes, we reached the hospital.

"I thought you would never come!" Richard hugged Vern.

"I thought you would never hide stuff" she replied coldly, without returning his hug. Hurt was evident in his eyes. "Doctor?"

"He is already inside; he will be out in a minute." the doctor came out on que.

"Doctor?" she asked.

"Hmm... you are?"

"Vern!" Everyone replied to him together and earned a glare from Vern.

"Oh! You are the one he is so determined about?" The doc asked.

"Sorry?" Vern raised her eyebrow.

"Oh child! Come I'll explain it to you!" He led us to his cabin. "Please take a seat. I'm his family doctor, I have known his father for twenty-eight years now. Kiaan is like my son. I never thought I'll be treating this family. Kiaan came here, so he can get treated from me. For the first few months he was taking the treatment regularly. When he got to know, no matter what we do, it won't work on him. He lost all hopes. But then one day he came to me and asked me to stop all his treatment. Well out of concern I asked him 'why?' that's when he told me about you! He told me instead of wasting the time on his treatment he wants to spend that with you! I did ask him what you are to him? He told 'someone who is more important than the treatment...."

"Can I... can I meet him?" She interrupted

"Yah!" He looked confused. "I'm sorry. I thought you would want to know more..."

"I'm sorry... I... I... want my time with him... please."

"He will be discharged for another month" He smiled." But only if you promise me you will get him admitted next month" she nodded smiling. He let her go.

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Diary entry

Dear Diary,

Yesterday we all played Holi. It was all fun, but the last thing I remember is jumping into the water with Vern. When I woke up, I was in the hospital bed. I begged uncle Tray to let me go. After hours of cribbing, he did! The concert went well, except the part where I didn't know why everyone were pissed at Amy and not talking to each other. I tried asking them, they just ignored me, like I don't exist. I let it go and went and met Vern. She was standing in a corner waiting for me with a kid. I could see, she had cried. When I asked her, she told she fought with her dad. Which was quite reasonable. We spoke for a while, that kid Tina was such a cutie, she was clinging to me the whole time. We both kissed goodbye and she left. I came back home late, but still decided to ask Tyson what was the matter. That's when he told me Amy revealed about my glioblastoma to Vern. My world stopped. I cried to sleep. I don't know why? but I did. The thought of her leaving me, tortured my night. I woke up in the hospital. Tray asked me if I want to continue my treatment. I obviously didn't accept. I asked him, when I was free to go. I wanted to meet Vern. He told me I can go in the evening. After almost ten minutes of him exiting my room, entered Vern. The look told me she was angry. I prepared myself for her. I asked her to kiss me, before she broke up with me. In return she slapped me, thrice!! And told me she is staying. I was shocked! What the fuck, I still am shock. She bought me home and told me to never lie. Now if I think about it, I feel so stupid to think she will leave me like Amy. NOW, IM GOING TO HAVE BETTER LIFE. SHORT BUT WILL SURELY BE THE BEST."

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