Yeah, this is short, I know. All my other chapters will be longer, cuz this is kinda a prologue-ish chapter.


Chapter One

"Mrs. Knight, boys…" The lady at the front desk hesitated. This was the worst part of her job: breaking the bad news. "Katie…has leukemia." She saw the mother's face. She was completely devastated, and there were already tears in her eyes. She ran off to the nearest bathroom, mascara running down her cheeks.

Next, the woman looked at the boys. The boy with the helmet looked confused, as if he couldn't believe it. The raven-haired boy next to him was flipping through a book, trying to find out how likely Katie was to survive. The boy with brown hair next to him was shaking. The teens had tears threatening to fall.

Unlike his friends, the boy with dirty blonde hair didn't have tears in his eyes. In fact, he was furious. "WHAT?" he screamed. "No, Katie can't have leukemia! Not her!" He pounded his fist on the glass sliding door, which shook from the impact. He soon slid to the ground, and sobbed violently. Two of his friends walked over to comfort him, while the other one with the book stayed behind.

"Wh-what kind?" the boy could barely ask. The woman gave him a sympathetic smile.

"Acute myelogenous leukemia," she replied. Logan's tears threatened to fall even more.

"She has…a 40% chance…of surviving…and it occurs more often with adults…and men…why Katie?" He walked over to a chair and started crying. She glanced at the brown-haired and hockey helmet-wearing boys and saw that they too were sobbing. Now, the woman was used to people having breakdowns and yelling, but it still broke their heart to see four teenage boys crying.


Kendall remembered it so clearly. So clearly, in fact, that he would have nightmares about Katie's leukemia for the next week. It was only a day or two ago…

"Guys, I'm back!" yelled Kendall, slamming the door shut. When no one responded, he remembered that the other boys were down at the pool and his mom was grocery shopping. But Katie…

"Katie! Are you home?" asked Kendall. He walked over to his sister's room, and what he saw scared him.

Katie was covered all over with bruises, and she was shaking. Her back was turned, so Kendall made sure not to startle the girl. "Katie…what happened?" The eleven year old turned to look up at her brother, and he saw that she had been crying. When he looked at her closely, she seemed unnaturally pale.

"Big Brother, why do I have so many bruises? I just took a shower?" she asked timidly. "Then, when I was reading a book, I got a paper cut. It wouldn't stop bleeding…" Kendall furrowed his eyebrows. He learned about something like this before. Some kind of cancer, but he couldn't remember the name of it. He knew it started with an L, but that was it.

All he knew was that Katie needed to go to a hospital.

He quickly called Mrs. Knight and his friends. Soon, he and Katie were in his truck, on their way to the nearby hospital.

And an hour or so, the woman told him the last thing he wanted to hear.

That Katie Knight, only eleven years old, had leukemia with less than half a chance of surviving.


I know, I have 2 other fanfics, but I just HAD to do this one! I couldn't wait! :]

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