{One Week Later}

death

/dɛθ/

noun

the action or fact of dying or being killed; the end of the life of a person or organism.

I needed to talk to Keira, I rushed towards the hospital holding the apple pies and pushed opened the doors saying hello to the nurses that walking past me. I pushed open the living room where me and Keira hang out all the time. Only to notice she wasn't there.

"Marley, where is Keira?" I asked pushing the kitchen door open, I turned to face everyone and they all gave me sad faces. Cristina walks towards me pulling me into a hug and my heart races wondering why she was doing so.

"Whats wrong? Is Keira well? Has she gone back home?" I said happily, thats when Marley walks towards me handing me a medium size box with my name on it. "I'm sorry for your loss, Keira was our greatest fighter...she left us five days ago."

"Wh-wha-what do you mean she left...?"

"She passed away, she told me to give you this box if anything happened to her..." I looked down at the box and see everyone leaving the room as they shut the door behind me. I turned around and looked at her chair.

The world turned into a blur, and so did all the sounds. The taste. The smell. Everything was just gone. I paused trying to hold back the strange feelings rumbling inside me but I couldn't. A lone tear traced down my cheek, and just like that, the floodgates opened.

So many tears burst forth like water from a dam, spilling down my face. My chin trembled as if I was a small child. I breathed heavier than I ever had before. I was gasping for air that simply wasn't there.

My throat burned forming a silent scream. Is this what crying felt like? A part of me dying inside, I walked towards her chair where her blanket was on. I sat down on it wiping away my tears as I ripped open the wrapping paper away from the brown wooden box.

I opened the box only revealing small things inside, the first thing I picked up was a pink necklace with the letter K. Every memory played like a song in my head, repeating itself for what seemed like forever.

I was lost mostly because I had lost a big part of me. I couldn't get that part back and I wanted it so bad as my life depended on it but it was all gone, vanished in thin air. I then picked up a letter, opening it slowly:

Dear Amira,

If you ever receive this then I have left you, it was the biggest honour of my life bumping into you. The minute I first saw you, I knew you were a strong woman. I want you to know that I'm so thankful for all the memories you have given me in the last few months or years.

I felt free and young of all the stories you have told me; you made every minute feel so precious. I want you to know that just because I lost my fight, doesn't mean you did. I want you to fight back this cancer and don't let it take over your life.

If I see you up here in heaven, I'm chucking your ass back down.

I let out a small chuckle as the tears slowly caressed the paper in my hands.

I love you.

Keira Xx

I stand up and look at the necklace that I have put on, it had small pink crystals and a locket besides it. Opening the locket, I see a picture of me and Keira sleeping. "Thank you, Keira..." I whispered.

I decided it was now time to tell Blake everything. I knew the reaction I might get...but I had to do it. I promised Keira.Entering the School halls after my chemotherapy session and my cries for Keira. I suddenly feel a jolt of pain hit my abdomen. I walk down the hallways feeling a little sweaty all of a sudden but I ignore it when I feel someone wrap their arms around my neck. "Where did you go beautiful?"

"What happened to princess?" I asked as I turned to meet his charming gaze. He hums as if thinking as he leans his forehead against my own. I notice some people giving me odd stares and suddenly I feel slightly in light.

"You left that status the minute I turned your innocent self into a sex addict." He answers naturally, I gasp pushing him slightly as he lets out soft laughs. "Blake I have to tell you something-"

"We have English literature and I can't be late otherwise my parents would kill me, is it important?" I shake my head as he asks me the same question reassuring me. Literature was itself but funnier as Blake was just joking around. As it ended I said hi to his friends before kissing him to go to the toilet.

Still feeling a little sick I walk towards the toilets whilst coughing out loudly on the way. The coughs wouldn't stop as I push open the girls toilets. I push to the sink and cough exhaustingly as blood spurts into the sink.

My eyes widen at the crimson colour staining the White sink. I back away holding onto my head as I slowly hold onto the sink for stand. I grab onto my hair roughly and stop...my eyes slowly closing as the door opens. I immediately open the tap and rush out fo the bathroom before anyone could see me.

I walk down the hallway knowing Blake was waiting for me outside any minute after he would get his talk with the head master. Walking out I notice the area was empty, I begin looking into the fields when I see Jayden.

Then I see Gabriel, my eyes widen as I slowly stroll towards them hiding my figure. "Make sure to break him before the fight, use anything even if it has to be that whore." Jayden says. He was handing a bag of White sugar to Gabriel who exchanged it with money.

Though that wasn't sugar..."I will, he's gone weak because of her."

I feel my eyes widen as I turn around going to find Blake before I bump into a rock body, I fall onto the ground and look up seeing Gabriel. "Well, hello clumsy." Gabriel slithered, his happy facade gone. He grabs my arms and pulls me up from he ground.

"You better not tell anyone."

"I-I wont..you're hurting me." I say trying to get out of his grip but it only got tighter, I hiss in pain when I feel like It's going to start a bruise. He throws me onto the ground again and crouches to get onto my height.

"One word...and I'll tell Blake you have cancer."