till death...

chapter two

Harry's POV

It's 9:30 when there's an aggressive knock on my door followed by a dark haired woman walking in, It's my mum.

"Good Morning Baby, let's let some light in shall we." She says as she rips my curtains open letting the sun shine directly towards me.

"Mum! What are you doing here? Did you text me cause I didn't see it." I'm attempting to cover my face with my pillow but i'm unsuccessful when my mum pulls it away.

"I figured we could go get breakfast, my treat."

I wanted to say no but she looked hopeful and I hadn't seen her in awhile.

"Fine. I have to be back by lunch though. Dr. Henson is making me go to some stupid social group thing." I roll my eyes as I slide out of bed.

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My mum takes me to an Italian restaurant downtown. It's not fancy but more casual so I end up just getting pizza while she gets spaghetti.

"You're not doing radiation right now are you?"

"No. They have me on a new treatment plan. It's honestly worse then radiation but at least I get to keep my luscious locks." I flick my hair like i'm a model which makes her laugh.

"How's Gemma?" I ask.

"Oh, yeah." She sighs. "Gemma....... actually got engaged."

I can literally feel my face fall. Gemma hadn't been by to see me in months nor did she bother to call and now I'm finding out from my mum that she's getting married.

"What the hell." I blurt. "She's getting married and didn't bother to tell me herself. When did this happen?"

Mum plays with her food for a second before she looks back up.

"About, uh, 2 months ago."

"2 months! Your kidding, everyone but me has known for 2 months? ....... Oh yeah , I forgot, no one ever tells the sick kid anything." I'm angry and I don't mean to hurt my mum but the words are just coming out.

"Gemma just knows that you wouldn't be able to come, with your treatment and everything it would  be too hard. Especially since the weddings gonna be out of the country." She doesn't hold eye contact with me for long before she's asking the waiter for the check.

"Fuck this." I get up aggressively and storm to the exit where I'm hit the cold air which causes me to tense up. I can practically feel my face turning red.

We're only about 10 minutes away from the hospital so I start running. I'm so heated that I can't even tell I'm out of breath until i'm walking back through the main entrance feeling like i'm about to pass out. A few nurses come and try to consult me but I just bust through and head to '6A' , my unit.

"If my mum comes up tell her i'm busy." I demand angrily at Lisa.

"Is everything alright?" I know she's just being nice and I shouldn't take my anger out on her but I do.

"No! Every thing is not fucking alright. I'm dying and there's no stopping it." I slam my door then almost immediately feel embarrassed about the scene I just made but I'm too tired to apologize right now.

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I debate on wether or not I go to the social group but ultimately I feel obligated since I promised Dr. Henson I would at least attend 3.

On my way out I apologize to Lisa and she insures me that I had every right to be mad. I also shoot my mum a text.

From Harry :

I'm sorry about earlier. I'll call later. xx

To Harry :

No worries hun. <3

In all reality, I probably won't be calling her later.

I open the glass door again already dreading the next few hours before they even begin. I sit in the same spot as yesterday and watch all the little kids shove random things in their mouths.

Then he walked in. He looked about 5'8 , short brown hair and he had a soft smile pasted on his face. He looked older than everyone else here too, I tried not to to stare and just look out the window. Then he sat down across from me.

"Hi." He gave a little wave.

"Hey." I tired not to blush but I'm pretty sure I still did.

"I'm Louis."

"Cool." Come on Harry 'cool'? Is that all you're gonna say? "My names Harry." Nope that wasn't any better. I looked around which made things super awkward. Then out of no where Louis started coughing hysterically.

In between coughs he mustered "Shit. Uh I'll see you later." Then he got up and walked out still coughing.

Then I did something that even shocked myself. I followed him out.

"Mate, you okay?"

"Yeah. Yeah I'm fine." He laughed a little which confused me a bit.

"What's so funny?"

"You're worried about me and we just meet." He continued laughing.

"Fine then, I'll just let you die in front of me next time." I was being sarcastic.

"Oh so you wanna hang out again?"

"I didn't say that." I blushed and I know it.

"Well lucky for you I'm free for the next 6 months." Louis smiled as he turned and walked down the hall.

I stood there finding myself smiling as well.

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He met Louis!! Eek! I can't wait to finish writing this :))))))