5 chapter 4

I woke up in a hospital bed with my parents and Jace by my side.

"What happened?" The last thing I remember is being at the carnival with Jace.

"You fainted at the carnival!" Jace answered.

"And how did you guys get here?" I asked as soon as I noticed my parents were in the room as well.

"This young man over here..." My mother indicated with her hand towards Jace, wanting to know his name.

"Jace, Mrs, Stewart!"

"... Jace, gave us a call from your phone and told us you fainted and that he took you to the hospital, so we rushed down!"

I faced Jace. Gratefulness plastered on my face.

"Thanks Jace!"

He was about to answer when the doctor came in the room.

"Miss Stewart?"  He asked looking down at his clipboard.

"That's me!" I answered. He trained his blue eyes on me and spoke after reading the notes on his clipboard.

"We received the results of your tests and..." He faced Jace and he looked very perplexed.

"I'm sorry, are you a family member of the patient?" Asked the doctor,his blue eyes filled with confusion.

I looked up at Jace and he looked down at me.

"Uhm no Doctor!" Jace answered.

"Can I ask you to leave the room please, this is confidential, only to be shared with the family!"

I gave Jace an remorseful look and he smiled down sadly at me! After Jace closed the door, the doctor spoke again.

"Ok, so we've done an MRI,and we discovered that you have a costive developing tumor on your brain. It's something we call, Medulloblastoma!-"

"Is that why I got those headaches?" I interrupted.

"No! You suffered a brain stem stroke, resulting in the headaches and dizziness you experienced. It may continue on as the tumour grows.The sooner this condition is diagnosed and the sooner the treatment is started, the better is the prognosis for a brain stem stroke, but it's been more than 3 hours, so nothing can be done now. It would have been a different situation if you notified us about this sooner"

That sentence was like a punch to the gut. Can this be a dream? I can feel my eyes tearing up already! I turned my head to my parents,only to see them with tears in their eyes as well! If only I had listened to Jace. If only...

"Can the tumour be operated on?" Asked my father with an oddly calm voice, not a waiver or a slight tremble or stammer. Nothing!

"Unfortunately not! It's stationed on a part of the brain which is very precarious to operate on! It will be meaningless to try an operate seeing as she may not make it through the procedure."

Now to ask the question on every one's mind here!

"How long do I have?"

"2 years maximum! I'm sorry!"

That's a rehearsed line every doctor has to say when they're give out bad news!

Deplorable!

He nodded his head at my parents and left the room. My mom and dad just looked at each other, sort of communicating with each other through their eyes, but the snapped back out of it, and looked down towards me. My mother took a seat on the chair next to my bed,and clasped my hand in hers,and my father resting his hand on her shoulder.

"Can you guys please act like everything is normal when Jace is around I don't want him to worry ok?" I asked, while twirling my thumbs.

They both nodded and that's when Jace came in the room. I guess he must've been talking to the doctor outside,because I heard hushed whispers outside,but the doctor couldn't  tell him. That was my responsibility. I had to decide if I was going to tell him...

"Is everything ok? You good?"

Jace asked looking from my parents facial expressions to mine. But he'll find nothing. My entire family is experts at hiding there emotions,now,of course,being the exception.

"Yep! I told you it's just school stress, that's all!" ...Or not.

"Why does it look like you've been crying" I pushed out a fake laugh. He didn't notice.

"Jace you worry too much,but it's tears of relief, that it's nothing serious!"

"I have to worry! You fainted in front of me. I almost had a heart attack!"

Jace stated exasperatedly with this big smile on his face, it almost makes me feel guilty about lying to him, but I don't know him well enough yet to share something as big as this with him!

"Can you guys go please, I think I'm going to get some sleep in!" The silence in the room was just too awkward, and I just wanted to be alone at that moment,to process everything.

Jace left the room first, and my parents kissed me on the forehead and left.

I found a notepad and pen in the bedside drawer!

Coincidence. I think not.

Now that I'm alone, I'm going to use this time to put Steph's advice into action! I'm going to create a bucket list for myself, from 1-100, listed with everything I've always wanted to do, I've always been too busy to do all of these things, but I'll make time now,

since I only have 2 years left to live!

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Hi guys. It's Annie. How are you loving this story so far? Let me know in the comments. I love positive feedback. #goodvibesonly lol. Anyway,next chapter is about her bucket list, can't wait? Me neither!

Question: What's on your bucket list?

If I like it, I'll add to her list, and I'll give you a shout out if I've chosen yours.

Thanks guys. Lovies you!!

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Annie_Angel_