Personal Narrative-Bone Cancer

The next day at lunch was buzzing. Everyone was talking about my home run and our big win, but that wasn't the biggest thing on everyone's tongue.

That was reserved for the kiss between Blake and I.

I never really liked all the attention, and now that everyone was staring at me with questionable looks, I really wanted to crawl under a rock until it all went away. I definitely didn't like being labeled as Blake's side chick, because I am most definitely not, and will never be that.

Other than the talk, lunch was pretty peaceful.

Until a raging Blake walked in, with his narrowed eyes set dead on me.

Everyone watched in silence as Blake stormed right up to me, and I stood up to glare at him. His nose holes flared, and I swore I had never seen him so mad.
He leads me into a dark room, where x-ray screens are set up. He stands in front of the x-rays and faces me.

"Osteosarcoma is a type bone cancer, most commonly found in Tiana's age group. Now, the good news is, this type of cancer can be cured with surgery."

I let out a breath of relief, knowing that Tiana still had a chance. I was about to ask about the surgery, until I noticed the doctor's facial expression was still grim and depressing.

"The bad news is, the cancer has already spread to numerous parts of her body." He faces the x-rays, pointing to the middle one, where the inside of Tiana's body is lit up with cancer. He turns to me, his frown deepening, "Tiana's cancer has already spread to 80% of her body, which cannot be cured with the surgery. Right now, we can put her in the hospital."

I couldn't believe my eyes as I stared at her x-rays. She didn't deserve this. She should be able to live her life and see and feel all of the great things in life. My heart dropped as I continued to stare at her x-rays, but I still had a sliver of hope left in me. I wouldn't let her go through what mom went