Silently Falling | √

•Chapter 4•

THE WEEK PASSED by in a blur and still, there was no sign of Kai, Jake and Nick. I was starting to get worried and not for them, it was the mere thought that I would be stuck doing the Civic Ed assignment all on my own. Not that I couldn't do it, but still.

The hallways were abuzz with student chit-chat as I made my way to the school library. I heard my phone vibrate through my jean pocket and I took it out to see who would text me whilst school.

It was a text from Mum saying I had a doctor's appointment later in the afternoon.

Sighing, I typed a quick okay before stashing my phone back into my pocket.

I spent the rest of my morning in the library studying as I waited for lunch to roll up. And when it finally did, I packed my things and went to the school parking lot to wait for her to come pick me up.

"Alexis," I heard Asher's voice a few metres from where I stood.

I turned to see him jogging towards me all sweaty. "Where are you going?"

"Doctor's appointment," I simply said and he understood.

"Do you think there's going to be any good news this time around?"

"I highly doubt that's a possiblity right now."

Asher sighed, "have a bit of hope would ya?"

A dry laugh escaped from my lips unwillingly, "you know, I hoped I wasn't diagnosed with such an illness at the age of nine, but guess what? That didn't happen."

"I understand that, it's just that-" I cut him off.

"No, you don't understand. you're not the one walking about knowing that any second you could just drop dead and you wouldn't even know it."

Mum's car decides that it's the best moment to pull up in front of us and I quickly got in and shut the door.

"Hey Asher," mum spoke looking between us with raised eyebrows.

"Hey Kate."

"Can we go already?" I asked impatiently.

"See you around Asher," she said and Asher waved.

We sat there in silence with me staring out the window but I could feel her gazing at me every once in awhile but she didn't care utter anything and neither did I.

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"Let's run some tests on you and see what we have."

I sat there and did as the doctor said- turning, lifting, laying and what-not.

"Can I have a word with you Kate?" Dr. Dave said and mum followed him out of the little room we were currently in.

Have a bit of faith. As if that's something I can will myself to go at this point.

I sat in the little white room alone and let my thought run to the most bizarre of scenarios. What if I was never diagnosed with it? What if I got to live my life the way I wanted? What if I never get to go to college after all my hard work? Would I still be the person I am today? Those questions kept playing around in my head. But the one question I never wanted to ever think about was how my family would be without me here in there lives.

I don't know how long I zoned out-but I was pulled out of my reverie when Dr. Dave and mum came back into the room, "the tests came back negative and we are worried that the illness has reached its high and there's nothing we could do," Dr. Dave spoke. "But we will still keep you on your regular treatment until we have further information on what can be done."