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The Last Chance List
Rated PG 13 for sexual references
Summary: What would you do if you knew that this day was going to be your last?
After a shocking discovery and with less than weeks to live, Tea Gardener decides to write a list of things she wants to do in the short span of time she has, 24 hours.
This is a short romantic drama between Tea and hmmm guess who?
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I wrote this as a spur of the moment kind of story as I had a song and episode from TRU CALLING stuck in my head and had to get it out on to the net so here it is….
The sunrises on the small city one cool autumn morning. Inside her apartment Tea wakes up and checks her alarm clock that is placed beside her single bed. 7.30am.
With slight hesitation and one small sigh she gets out of bed and has a shower. The water runs down on her skin and she stands still and lets it fall into beads that stick to her arms.
The city is alive with the sound of traffic and people walking up and down the streets with cups of coffee in their hands. As she did every morning Tea went into the little green coffee shop on the corner and approached the small half Italian man who owned the busy little café.
"I just came to tell you that I quit" she blurts out in front of a stunned group of staff, busying themselves by pouring coffees and re arranging food cabinets.
Marty, the boss almost spit out his half strength latte when he heard tea utter those words.
"What why?" he yells in confusion and disappointment at one of his best and most noble workers.
"If you need more time off for duelling reasons or to help Yugi out in some way all you have to do is ask".
Tea shakes her head at the scruffy yet sweet middle aged man.
"No its not anything like that" she replies holding back tears.
She then holds in a deep breath and pulls on her mid length brown hair.
"I just need a change that's all" she says before waving at the goggle eyed coffee shop staff and walking out of the wooden doors that make a tingling sound when you enter and leave.
Tea got many looks as she walked along the long bustling road, she was dressed very nicely in her favourite outfit, A dark blue silky top with a crossover back and a short yet sophisticated white skirt that complimented her chunky heels with a sparkly blue sole.
Her most treasured necklace hung from her neck as well as a small shiny pair of rose gold earrings her ex boyfriend Tristan had brought for her last year for her birthday.
The breeze blew the tears along her made up face in a diagonal direction and onto her chin.
She wiped them softly and then pulled out a white piece of paper from her silver bag.
She studied it for a few moments, this was not a regular to do list, and it was a list of things that she had to do before the end of the day written down with a number beside it.
Number one on her list was to TELL MARTY I QUIT
Number two DROP OF DOCTORS NOTE AT DANCE CLASS
Number three TAKE A BOAT RIDE AROUND THE CITY
Number four GIVE DUEL DECK TO SERENITY
Tea glanced quickly at the medical diagnoses and folded it up before she could take it all in and have another crying episode like she had for the past few weeks (in private off course)
The diagnoses printed clearly and signed at the bottom by her local G.P was folded up and taken inside the reception area.
"Make sure Lana gets this please" Tea quietly requests handing the envelope over to the dance school receptionist.
"Sure Miss Gardener" the young lady behind the desk replies.
"I will make sure she gets it before class starts this afternoon, see you then Tea"
Tea displays no expression on her face to what the receptionist she has known ever since she started her dance training at the DANCE ACADEMY recently said to her.
"Ok well bye" she mutters running down the stairs that lead to the garden outside the school.
A few hours wandering through the city and watching all the malls and department stores open for the day never seemed so exciting in teas blue eyes as they had done today.
Sipping on a Vanilla latte Tea walks past the big banners advertising the latest duelling technology and into Duellers Square, where she watched intently as new and aspiring wannabe duellists battled it amongst the autumn leaves and hotdog stands.
As she watched the duels, she felt her stomach sink.
Tea knew she would never be able to duel again, let alone even dream of entering a tournament.
Dancing had always been her top goal in life and to have that ripped away from her all by one doctors visit less than 5 months ago was too much to bare.
Since she was feeling rather well today, Tea figured that she would put the list she had written into practice as well as her plan.
The boat trip around the city was next on Tea's list however she felt nauseous after about half an hour of sailing around the out skirts of the beautiful city that she wasn't able to focus on the scenery around her or the thrill of doing something out of her routine for a change.
"Oh well that was memorable I guess" she mumbled to herself as she marked the event off on her list.
Tea had made a promise long ago that if she was not able to duel again for any reason, she would give her entire duel deck to her trusted friend Serenity Wheeler.
Tea felt herself shake with anxiety as she sat on the train that would lead to serenity and Joey's apartment as it meant having to tell her why she was giving up her deck. H prayed that Joey was already out with Tristan and Duke for the day and that later on Serenity could tell them why, a lot later on.
The train ride seemed to take forever, possibly because tea was least looking forward to doing this. To pass the time she reviewed the other five things that she had written to do on her list before midnight tonight. The one that she couldn't keep her eye off on the list was the last one
TELLING YUGI
Tea had fantasised about this moment for so long. It was a shame to see the only way her being able to tell him was in such an awful situation but this was the only way she felt she could without caring what his response would be.
The train pulled up outside the next station and Tea quickly got off, the time was already 12.30 noon and time was running out.
Tea waited impatiently outside of Serenity's apartment and banged on the door loudly.
Finally the door swung open and Serenity answered, shocked to see Tea whom she thought would have been just finishing her shift at Marty's Coffee shop.
"Hey Tea I thought you had dance class really soon" The younger wheeler said surprised.
"Never mind that" Tea replies pushing herself past serenity and into her living room.
She scanned the place making sure that no body else was here.
"Have Joey and Tristan gone already?" she asked looking flustered.
"Yeah the left this morning like they always do for work" Serenity replied raising an eyebrow in suspicion of why exactly tea had unexpectedly dropped by.
"Phew" Tea panted slightly, before sitting down.
Serenity walked over to her and touched her shoulder.
"Tea is everything alright?" Serenity asked concerned.
Tea gulped and bit her lip before speaking.
"No Serenity its not I'm afraid"
Serenity quickly sat beside her on the couch and wrapped her arm around her.
"What happened?" Serenity whimpers.
"Well Serenity just under 5 months ago" "you know last spring after the big tournament?"
Tea began, hating every second of speaking these words.
Serenity nodded and continued to listen.
"I was feeling tired and dizzy a lot"
"I also started getting these terrible headaches and bruises from nowhere"
Serenity nodded; still slightly confused at what Tea was trying to say (she was a bit slow on the up take)
"Well I thought it was just the stress of the tournament", Tea pauses for a second.
"Oh so what was it?" Serenity asks dreading what she may hear.
Tea cups her face with her hands and looks away.
"Before I tell you" "I want you to have something"
Tea pulls out her duelling cards from her neat silver bag and places them in serenity's hands.
Serenity quivers and grasps the cards tightly.
"Tea?"
She knew that Tea would only give her these cards if she was going to stop duelling.
Tea felt her face redden and blinked away tears.
"Serenity I have Leukaemia"
Serenity's eyes widen and she can barely take in what Tea had just told her.
"By the time the doctors had found it, "the cancer had already spread too far"
Tea blubbers explaining everything including the list she had written and her fears of anyone else knowing until she was gone.
"No" "there must be something that they can do" Serenity cries.
Tea shakes her head and hugs her friend.
"There is nothing they can do" she replies crying over Serenity's shoulder.
"People in my condition should be in hospital but I wanted to make the most of each day before the cancer took over" Tea explains.
"That's why I am doing everything on this list before midnight tonight".
"What?" serenity asks still wiping tears from her eyes?
"You could still have months ahead of you"
Tea shook her head in dismay.
"It is unlikely I will live for another month", and by then I will be in so much pain and I don't want any of my friends to see me in a hospital bed before I die".
Serenity cupped her mouth and sobbed in realisation that her friend was dying, rapidly and that there was nothing anyone could do about it.
Tea pulled Serenity in closer and forced a smile.
"I want you and everyone to remember me how I was"
Serenity went quiet for a bit but did not let go of Tea for a second.
She looked up at her.
"So this will be the last time I see you?"
Tea breathed heavily.
"No I want to meet everyone like it said on my list" "tonight on the observation deck of the city tower".
Serenity shook her head. "I don't think I can" she whimpered harder.
"Yes Serenity you have too" Tea insisted.
"For me" she added stroking her friends long auburn hair which was wet from the tears.
"Okay" Serenity replied sobbing into Tea's arms.
Tea looked at her watch.
"Sorry sweetie I have to go" she said standing up off the couch.
"I understand" Serenity replied, rolling herself up into a ball on the couch.
Tea was just about out of the door when she turned back to face her saddened pal.
"Oh and one more thing Serenity" "please don't tell any of the gang". "I tonight to be a happy one".
Serenity did not question Tea's motives on why so she just accepted and nodded her head.
'What about Yugi?" Serenity mumbled from inside the couch.
Tea paused and looked down at her necklace, which held a picture of her beloved in her hear shaped locket.
"The note said tell him and that's what I will do" she replied heavily.
Serenity sat up again.
"Well you look amazing Tea" she sweetly smiled.
"Thank you" Tea replied, rushing out of the door before she could let more tears form in her eyes.
Tea was at the bottom of the apartment building when her phone started beeping.
There was a text from Yugi. She closed her eyes and imagined being in his warm embrace.
She text him back, stating that she would meet him inside the ancient Egyptian museum, (his favourite place.) In half an hour for their usual get together. This time it was a different kind of get together and one that Yugi would never forget...
Concluded in chapter 2
"Memories of you"
Am working on it now.
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