It was the middle of December and I was standing outside of my school waiting for a friends. “I guess she not coming today.” my phone starts to ring. I thought it was my mom since she always calls to make sure I’m in school but It said “unknown caller” on the caller ID, so I answered with the most care. “hello?” It was my friends mom, the words that she told me over the phone felt like an eternity in hell. “Mat, sh-sh-she’s in the hospital right know” I ran to the hospital. I called my mom in a hurry and told her “I’m not in school so please don’t get worried, I’m going to go see Aylen. She is in the hospital and I want to make sure that she is ok.” Right after I told her I hanged up and dashed ten to fifteen blocks to the hospital. I remember getting to the place to see her mother crying, I sat next to her and she informed me that Aylen was in critical state. My heart never felt so dark, so alone, so isolated while waiting to get more news on her state and see if she is doing better or worse. A doctor came out and asked me if I wished to see her, he said “she woke up and told me if a guy named Matt was here, I asked why and her reply was because I left him waiting for me in school in this cold weather outside.” I started to cry when I saw her and told her to never make me worry and wait for her outside in the cold again. I thought she was fine and she was ready to be let out but unfortunately fate said that she wouldn’t be able to be with me anymore because as I turned to see the doctor his face was pale “I don’t know how to tell you this but she has stage 3 lung cancer.” I turned back to look at Aylen with a mortified face but surprisingly she didn’t seem sad or upset but rather happy. She looked at me with the face of a person that has lived her life to the fullest and is ready to move on. I hugged her and told her to wipe that face of and to not think she was going to leave me so easily. She replied “don’t cry, I’m happy I met you Matt and I wouldnt change anything that has happened from that faithful day till now. I never told you that I had cancer because if I did I knew you would try to help me but it would have been pointless because i knew that I couldn’t be saved.” Tiers start to come down her eyes and I look at her and I tell her that I have something to tell her but she replies “ don’t tell me because if you do Ill suffer more knowing I left you without a response.” I told her to not worry because I would stay by her side until she decides to leave me. So I did that whole day I stayed with her until she told me that school was ten times more fun with me in it and then turned to her mom and told her “I finally got to introduce to you the boy I loved” with a beautiful smile then like nothing she was gone from us. My heart was hurting And I couldn’t think for weeks, I thought I shouldn’t be allowed to live if not with her. I stoped going to school as well because I saw no reason to go since my reason was gone. Woke up on a school day and told my self that I would go to tell them I was dropping out. I got to school later then everyone but I still decided to get to at least one class. It was our favorite class, we met in litreture and loved it ever since. Before I met her I would always feel alone in this world. Like I had nobody to share anything with not even a smile but she changed that but know I felt like that once again. As I took a seat in class I saw a girl where Aylen use to sit. I took my seat which was right in front of the girl, she then without a second thought asked me if I wanted to her partner for the class I turned her down because I was never going back to school but she told me ok but “if you change your mind I’ll wait for you.” She reminded me a lot of Aylen, so cheerful with life and caring for others around her. I thought that maybe I will come back to school just maybe....

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