They Said I Wouldn't Make It Novels & Stories

, he said. "I won't let them", I said with a sharp protest. "IT is going to be OK", he said. "No", I cried not caring that the people around us might have heard this. I was losing him again. "

He said with no expression at all. “What?!” I could feel the vein on my neck popping. “That's literally until the championship game. You can't do this. The team might not make it till then.” I said. I was sounding cocky right now but we both know there was an element of truth in what I was talking about. “Get over yourself.” He said simply and walked out his shoulders wound tight. I ran my hands through my hair over and over again. This is not happening. Not right now.

Because that— That didn’t make sense. “She was just diagnosed,” I said. “No,” they replied. A pause. “She just told you.”

But they refused to listen to me, I told them they could get hurt or worse, killed. Okay! guys let go." Let's get this over with,h fellas." I told them we would be able to get back to our lives and date our girls. I said. with a smile. I said a prayer to myself. Please Lord! Don't let me die and my friends."

Too broken. If this was the end… then so be it. At least I tried. At least I made it this far.

Because if I did not— I might not make it out at all.

“Sоmеthіng еlѕе wіll соmе along уоu’ll see.” I clenched mу tееth іn аngеr. “Plеаѕе ѕtор ѕауіng thаt. Yоu dоn’t knоw thаt, this соuld bе іt for mе juѕt аn еndlеѕѕ line оf fаіlеd auditions, nеvеr mоvіng fоrwаrd, just ѕtuсk wоrkіng bеhіnd a bаr.” I wаntеd tо cry аt juѕt the thоught оf іt.

I blurted. “Don't say that.” “I can't live without you.” “Don't say that like I'm about to die. It’s wolfsbane. I'll pull through this like you said. Be optimistic. I promise.” He said, and we both giggled. He was stronger than this. What if I wasn't?

I did that years ago, but not anymore. “I won't leave again,” I affirmed, in case they still don't believe me. “Not even if you ask me to leave. I'm going nowhere.”

] What was that I said about things not going wrong? They were. Things were about to go very wrong.