Chapter 16
Chapter 16
Bad news in September
Since the whole blow up the house has a weird energy that makes the air feel stuffy. When Avery woke up the next day to see my face I was right because she wanted to go to Maddie's work and strangle her, if I didn't grab her I think Maddie would be dead. Her parents thought I fought with someone else but I later explained it was how Maddie and I settle fights.
Mrs. Mack ended up taking Avery to her check up, I was aloud to tag along, I felt weird being there but Mrs. Mack seemed to forget about the fact I was dating her daughter. Right now we were sitting in the waiting room for Dr. Osborn, Avery was playing with my hand while she was holding it as Mrs. Mack was reading a magazine. Avery seemed to be more sick, I am still upset she didn't tell me but we haven't been able to talk about that since that night, Dr. Osborn said if he finds anything abnormal, more than usual, Avery was to be admitted to hospital and to stay till she passes so they can keep an eye on her.
I turned my head when I heard foot steps, thinking it was Dr. Osborn coming to see us but it was someone I haven't seen in a long time, Dr. Kimberly, she froze as she turned the corner as she saw Avery and I were holding hands, she shook her head then rolled her eyes as she walked off, I excused myself to talk to her.
I caught up to her, running a bit as she was walking fast.
"Sandy! Stop! Why are you running?"
She stopped dead, not turning around till I was right behind her, I tapped her shoulder to make her turn, as she did she saw the bit a bruising on my face from Maddie.
"What's with your face?"
"My friend- sister, punched me we had a bit of a fight. What was that back there?"
"I don't know, maybe seeing you ACTUALLY dating her makes me feel funny or well, makes me think your dumb."
"Is everyone going to do this to me about Avery and I? So what were dating-
"She wont live long, you know Dr. Osborn wants to keep her here because he knows she getting worse since she stopped treatment."
I gave her a look, "You know about that?"
"She asked me if I could talk to Bobby about her stopping, thought with you being her girlfriend she would tell you."
"She didn't even tell her parents. Why would you let her?"
"She's dying, in pain, she can't keep doing a thing that is only killing her faster."
I looked away, shocked that she knew before I did
"Can I ask, why love her when you know she wont be around any longer?"
"AGH! You sound like my sister as well as her parents, at least they are happy she is happy, why? Because love has no time to it nor limit. She is the one I want and yes I know she will leave me soon. You are only saying this to me because I want her and not you, this isn't because she's dying, your being petty."
She scoffed
"Petty? Sure call me petty but then call yourself a idiot. I do want you and it hurts that you don't want me, I can somewhat deal with it but now, I am seeing yourself setting up a heartbreak. Once she's dead Jamie, she is gone. Dead is dead."
I knew it was uncalled for but I slapped her, I covered my mouth as I gasped, she just brushed it off
"I have been waiting for that since she got her tumor removed."
"I'm sorry."
"No, your not. You know, Chinese people have a saying, "Its not the cancer that kills them, its the fear." She's sacred to die, I saw it the first day I might her and every time she was rushed here for something, and I saw it the day she came to ask me about stopping chemo, unlike many, she knew from the start she was dying. When I started this job, I bonded with people but I knew I wouldn't always see them but I saw Avery every week for nearly 8 years she is like a sister to me, now I have to say goodbye, I know you do to but this will hurt more since you feel for her on a deeper level than I do. I care about you Jamie, not only romantically but as a friend, I know about how you were when your mother passed, are you really ready for that pain again?"
Staring at her, I didn't know what to say as she gave a small smile, walking away, I made my way slowly back to the waiting room but as I got there, Avery and her mom were already in the Doctors office. Moving to sit down and wait I thought of what Dr. Kimberly said, and remembering I called her by her name for the first time ever. I won't be ready but I wasn't ready when my mom died, this time I can say goodbye.
After a while of sitting, I hear the door to the doctors office slam open, seeing Avery running out with Dr. Osborn and her mother behind her, getting up to help chase her. I caught up with Dr. Osborn as Mrs. Mack slowed down, I don't know where Avery was going but she was cutting all corners, "GO BACK TO MR. MACK, I"LL GET AVERY!" I said as we passed through a team of nurse, Dr. Osborn nodded, slowing down as I speed up to caught Avery.
She went into the elevator as I turned the last corner, "AVERY!" The doors closed as I got to the elevator, banging my head against the metal. I moved back holding my head as I looked where she was going, the sign above the elevator said she was going to the roof. I went straight for the stairs there was only 3 floors till the roof as I ran as fast as I could to get there before she did anything to herself. Getting to the door to the roof, slamming my body against it as I looked for her, and I saw her standing on the edge.
"AVERY!" I ran towards her, pulling her off as we fell to the ground, she got out of my grib, I stared up at her trying to catch my breathed
"Why...were...you...running?" I said in-between breaths
"To get away from them and to stop them from keeping me here. I AM NOT STAYING HERE, I WILL NOT DIE IN THIS PLACE!" so the results must be worse than expected
I stood up, still trying to catch my breath as I took her hand
"Avery-
She pulled her hand away
"What? What could you possibly say other than, "This will be better for you" This is the worst thing for me!"
"I wasn't-
"This will be perfect for the story right?"
"What?"
"Don't play dumb, that is what you wanted from the start right? Just to here about my pathetic life? How I ran away from being kept in a hospital? How I can't breath unless it hurts? How you managed to make me love you? Just don't add the part where we slept together is all I ask. Don't look at me like that, I know it's true."
I stopped writing the book. I stopped after the night she called me to talk to me, I didn't feel as if I needed to nor did I want to and yet she still thinks I wrote about her?
"Avery, I stopped writing a long time ago. I never intended for us to fall for each other, honestly I thought we were going to be enemies."
She looked shocked
"You stopped?"
"It was after that night you called me and came to my room, I had to walk you to bed remember?"
She kept quiet
"And no, this wont be what Is best but they can look after you better than we all can, I know your scared but we can't stop this as much as we want to. And fighting, running, wont help."
"I wish what we had to worry about was the age difference and college, rather than I might die tomorrow. I want us to have normal couple things, go on dates, go on walks in the park, go shopping, not go to the hospital, or help be shower, watch me when I sleep, shave my head because my hair is basically gone. You know, how much of a burden I feel like to you, to everyone? I feel like I am wasting your time that you could be giving to someone who deserves it-
"Don't say that, your not a burden, and If I am wasting my time then I am doing it the best way you could ever waste time."
"I'm a heavy weight that brings you-
"You don't-
"Admit it, I do!"
"I WON'T WHEN WE BOTH ITS NOT TRUE!" I shouted, my voice traveling as the wind started to pick up, Avery moved closer to me, holding my hands as she looked down
"The things I have done with you, I have never done with anyone and the things I feel when I am with you, not even fictional character's make me feel like this. I love you so much, it hurts. I don't want to leave you, knowing how heartbroken you'll be, kills me."
"I will love you today, tomorrow, and even when your gone. I have never felt this way about anyone, never has anyone made me so happy and mad my heart beat so fast that it feels like I am running all the time. I have never loved anyone like I love you." I moved my hands to hold her face
"I'm sorry."
"For?"
"Well, for making you run after me."
"I got a goo workout."
"For not telling you I stopped chemo."
"I may still be mad about that but I know why you did."
"And for making you fall in love with me."
"I'm not. You never forced me."
She smiled as she leaned to kiss me, the kiss was soft and short. As we pulled away she pulled me into a tight hug. We stood in the cold for a bit before we made our way back to the waiting room where Mrs. Mack stood with Dr. Osborn. Mrs. Mack didn't get a chance to shout at her before she to was pulled into a tight hug, Mrs. Mack was shocked but gave in once she realized what she was doing.
"She has a week."
I turned to Dr. Osborn
"What?"
"She-
"I heard you, how? Why so soon?"
"Jamie-
"Why?"
"She has bleeding on the brain as well as internal, and the cancer spread to her brain and it never reacted her heart which is what we were trying tp prevent with chemo. Turns out the chemo stopped working months ago which caused it to spread to her heart. Her heart will give out soon, her running away did not help."
"Do they-
"Yes."
I felt my legs go numb as my body ran cold. How could this be? I thought we had more time. I felt a hand on my shoulder as I looked to see Dr. Osborn looking at me with a sad look, I wasn't thinking as I hugged him, I let the bit of tears fall as he held me, not pushing me off him, he hated this as much as we all did because he didn't want this to come.
After a while we made our way home to get things for Avery she was to go tomorrow so she could spend her last night at home. I helped her pack some books as well as her clothes, she looked pale.
"I can do this, sit you look like your going to pass out."
"I don't feel so hot, I feel sick like really sick." as she said that she walked over to her bathroom, I followed her she bent down to get sick, I held her hair back rubbing her back. She had been getting sick for sometime, It had a metal smell to it, I blocked my nose as I peaked to see what was she bringing-
"SHIT, QUINN! FRANK!" I screamed for her parents, she was bringing up a lot of blood. They came running in as they saw
"Jamie, I can take it from here, Frank, take Jamie and call Bobby." I moved for Mrs. Mack to help as I was taken to the other room.
"Hi Bob...yes its bad, worse than...yes...Ok...see you there. Jamie grab Avery's things, were going to the hospital."
"What?"
"GO!"
We both moved as I went get her things as I saw that Mr. Mack was carrying Avery's motionless body to the front door as we made out way to the hospital again.
I hope she makes it through tonight, she always makes it through the night.
As we got there, there was Dr. Osborn waiting with a team for us with a bed, we got out the car as Mr. Mack placed Avery on the bed, she started to get more sick as they took her away
"Something had ruptured inside to cause her to bleed so much, I knew she has internal bleeding but not thing much."
"Can you help her?"
"I can try. Lets move!"
Hold on Avery, just for a bit. Her parents were holding each other as the team moved with their daughter, I went to call Maddie. I needed her here with me. I managed to get ahold of her, I just said to get to the hospital and bring Sandra if she could, I put the phone down as I went to find her parents.