Borrowed time by Serena Wang (thelasthope) (beach books .txt) 📕
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A girl named summer has cancer and she knows she's about to die, yet before she dies she has to go through so much before she dies.
she gains many new friends and is glad to have lived the life she did.
she gains many new friends and is glad to have lived the life she did.
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she be late? From next to me I heard a few other girl whispering. One blonde girl said “Did you hear? That girl Summer already has the five after her! I saw them together at lunch.”
“Seriously?” The other girl with brown hair asked.
The girl nodded. I gasped and they turned to me.
“Lauren! OMG sorry we didn’t like let you into our conversation.”
“It’s okay,” I mumbled to them.
How could Summer already have the five rapped around her fingers? She’s barely been here for a day! I could feel the familiar twinge of jealously return. Why is Summer back? Why couldn’t the new student have been some random Asian girl ? Why her? Has she come back to take all that was mine again? When Summer left I got really popular, but now she’s back. I guess it’s karma. I hate this. No! I am thinking towards the wrong direction. I should pretend to be her friend then kick her down. She deserves it. I start to walk towards her while she is looking for something in her locker.
“Summer?” I say in my most normal voice. She jumped a little.
“Lauren?” she said in a quiet voice.
“Yeah, it’s me.” I heard whispering from the other students. I heard little bits of what they were saying. “New girl, popular, Lauren, what’s the girl’s name?” Stuff like that.
“Is something wrong?” She says, her voice quivering ever so slightly, betraying her braveness to even speak to me.
“Nothing's wrong just wanted to say sorry for what I did in the past. Can we be friends again?”
Her eyes brightened and her lips turned up.
“Why not?”
I recoiled slightly, . I didn’t think she would say okay so easily. Her eyes darkened, or should I say saddened a little when I stepped back. I smiled a quick smile then told her goodbye. I shuffled away unsure if my choice was right.
Days past and we were getting closer and closer. The year went on quickly and smoothly. I even found myself not wanting to go anywhere without her. I guess even after the fight we had we still had that spark of friendship in us. The five even came and hung out with us a lot throughout the year. I guess being with Summer really had its ups. One day I got a call from her. She was crying. “Summer what’s wrong?” I asked.
“My p-parents. Th-th-they l-left without me. They don’t w-want me a-anymore.” She stuttered.”
“Where are you?” I asked.
“A-at the p-park.”
“Stay there. I’m coming OK?”
“‘Kay” She answered and then the line went dead.
I ran fast. Why would her parents leave her? I thought they loved her. Don’t parents love their kids? I saw her as I got closer to the park. She wasn’t alone though, Drew was there. He was on the phone. Probably talking to the other four telling them to come.
“Summer what’s wrong?”
“M-my parents. They left. I-I think it’s because I’m going to die.I should already be dead!” She cried.
“Why?” I asked.
“Chemo failed.” Was all she said.
Drew and I, we couldn’t say anything. We didn’t know what we could do. I doubt Drew even knew that she had gone through chemo or cancer at that.
“Shush. It’s going to be OK.” Drew whispered.
“No! it’s not. I’m living on borrowed time. What have I left? I could die in a day for all I know!”
She cried hysterically. As she wiped her tears her sleeve pulled up a bit, and what I saw was dreadful.
Drew
I saw it. Her sleeves had inched up. It was horrid! Her wrist was covered in scars! How could I not have known. I hugged her as she cried on my shirt. Her parents just left her! What kind of parents are they? They should have been with her till the end! I heard a lot of footsteps from behind and I turned. The others were here.
We spent the whole day trying to cheer her up and it worked. We were at my house partying, well not really but trying to make it seem like a party, when Summer fell asleep. As she slept I told the boys what I had heard, and Lauren told us everything else. I carried Summer into my bed and let her sleep. The boys and I talked throughout the night, while Summer slept. Not knowing what to do for her.
The next day she had a horrid fever, and a week later she still wasn’t better. I let her stay at my house the whole time but she wasn’t ever feeling better. Finally we decided to take her to the hospital. The doctors all said it was time. There was no helping her. I nearly cried hearing this. I’ve barely known her for a year, but she’s like one of us. She can’t just leave us! Three days after the doctor had said there was no hope each of us had gotten a call from the hospital. It was time to say goodbye. We were all gathered around her. Tears streaming from our eyes. Yes, even us guys. She was a like a sister to us. Maybe even more. We told her we loved her, and that we would never forget her. I feel so bad. After everything I found out that I barely knew anything. I never saw her cuts. I didn’t save her, but I should have. Now it’s too late.
Summer
Time has passed so quickly. I was feeling weaker and weaker by the second. Right now I am surrounded by the people I love most. They say sweet things to me and fill my heart. My tears cascaded. It’s the end.
I hear their words, but my eyes are starting to close and I am getting tired. The last thing I whisper to them is I love you guys. I know I am nearly dead. I know it all too well, but what hurts the most is that I can still hear them.
They say when you die you see everything you’ve been through. It’s a lie. You don’t see what you have already done. You see what you will never get to be and feel. I cry.
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“Seriously?” The other girl with brown hair asked.
The girl nodded. I gasped and they turned to me.
“Lauren! OMG sorry we didn’t like let you into our conversation.”
“It’s okay,” I mumbled to them.
How could Summer already have the five rapped around her fingers? She’s barely been here for a day! I could feel the familiar twinge of jealously return. Why is Summer back? Why couldn’t the new student have been some random Asian girl ? Why her? Has she come back to take all that was mine again? When Summer left I got really popular, but now she’s back. I guess it’s karma. I hate this. No! I am thinking towards the wrong direction. I should pretend to be her friend then kick her down. She deserves it. I start to walk towards her while she is looking for something in her locker.
“Summer?” I say in my most normal voice. She jumped a little.
“Lauren?” she said in a quiet voice.
“Yeah, it’s me.” I heard whispering from the other students. I heard little bits of what they were saying. “New girl, popular, Lauren, what’s the girl’s name?” Stuff like that.
“Is something wrong?” She says, her voice quivering ever so slightly, betraying her braveness to even speak to me.
“Nothing's wrong just wanted to say sorry for what I did in the past. Can we be friends again?”
Her eyes brightened and her lips turned up.
“Why not?”
I recoiled slightly, . I didn’t think she would say okay so easily. Her eyes darkened, or should I say saddened a little when I stepped back. I smiled a quick smile then told her goodbye. I shuffled away unsure if my choice was right.
Days past and we were getting closer and closer. The year went on quickly and smoothly. I even found myself not wanting to go anywhere without her. I guess even after the fight we had we still had that spark of friendship in us. The five even came and hung out with us a lot throughout the year. I guess being with Summer really had its ups. One day I got a call from her. She was crying. “Summer what’s wrong?” I asked.
“My p-parents. Th-th-they l-left without me. They don’t w-want me a-anymore.” She stuttered.”
“Where are you?” I asked.
“A-at the p-park.”
“Stay there. I’m coming OK?”
“‘Kay” She answered and then the line went dead.
I ran fast. Why would her parents leave her? I thought they loved her. Don’t parents love their kids? I saw her as I got closer to the park. She wasn’t alone though, Drew was there. He was on the phone. Probably talking to the other four telling them to come.
“Summer what’s wrong?”
“M-my parents. They left. I-I think it’s because I’m going to die.I should already be dead!” She cried.
“Why?” I asked.
“Chemo failed.” Was all she said.
Drew and I, we couldn’t say anything. We didn’t know what we could do. I doubt Drew even knew that she had gone through chemo or cancer at that.
“Shush. It’s going to be OK.” Drew whispered.
“No! it’s not. I’m living on borrowed time. What have I left? I could die in a day for all I know!”
She cried hysterically. As she wiped her tears her sleeve pulled up a bit, and what I saw was dreadful.
Drew
I saw it. Her sleeves had inched up. It was horrid! Her wrist was covered in scars! How could I not have known. I hugged her as she cried on my shirt. Her parents just left her! What kind of parents are they? They should have been with her till the end! I heard a lot of footsteps from behind and I turned. The others were here.
We spent the whole day trying to cheer her up and it worked. We were at my house partying, well not really but trying to make it seem like a party, when Summer fell asleep. As she slept I told the boys what I had heard, and Lauren told us everything else. I carried Summer into my bed and let her sleep. The boys and I talked throughout the night, while Summer slept. Not knowing what to do for her.
The next day she had a horrid fever, and a week later she still wasn’t better. I let her stay at my house the whole time but she wasn’t ever feeling better. Finally we decided to take her to the hospital. The doctors all said it was time. There was no helping her. I nearly cried hearing this. I’ve barely known her for a year, but she’s like one of us. She can’t just leave us! Three days after the doctor had said there was no hope each of us had gotten a call from the hospital. It was time to say goodbye. We were all gathered around her. Tears streaming from our eyes. Yes, even us guys. She was a like a sister to us. Maybe even more. We told her we loved her, and that we would never forget her. I feel so bad. After everything I found out that I barely knew anything. I never saw her cuts. I didn’t save her, but I should have. Now it’s too late.
Summer
Time has passed so quickly. I was feeling weaker and weaker by the second. Right now I am surrounded by the people I love most. They say sweet things to me and fill my heart. My tears cascaded. It’s the end.
I hear their words, but my eyes are starting to close and I am getting tired. The last thing I whisper to them is I love you guys. I know I am nearly dead. I know it all too well, but what hurts the most is that I can still hear them.
They say when you die you see everything you’ve been through. It’s a lie. You don’t see what you have already done. You see what you will never get to be and feel. I cry.
Word count: 2853
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Publication Date: 07-14-2012
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