Why is it that the teacher always re-organizes her desk every morning I mean its going to look the same way it did at the end of the day anyways.

"Ok kids settle down."

"This here is Kye he is new to our town and doesn't really know his way around so if you guys could help him out please show him where his classes are."

Another new kid, we've already had at least four come into this class why does the principal insist they come here to this class.

"Thank you Mrs. Bell," said the new kid

"Your welcome you can take a seat next to Ryland at the back table."

Just my luck I was the last person with their own table and I was planning on keeping it that way and now another new kid decided to show up.

"Hi I'm Kye"

"Ryland"

"So what other classes do you have," he asked obviously thinking I would be his new friend.

"Math class with Mrs. Bell obviously, English with Mr. Parks, History with Mrs. Jameson, and Science with Mr. Calvin, Weight Training with Mr. K and Drawing with Miss. Delaney.

It turns out 4 out of six of his classes were the same as mine. Kye lives down the same street as me even though I don't understand why his family would move there these houses were built in the 1800's.

"So do you need help finding the rest of your classes?" I asked trying to be nice, before I got another detention.

"Yeah that would be cool, thanks." I went through the day and helped him find his classes after school I showed him around town and then went to my house.

After showing him my house and giving some tips about school Kye went home he lives in the abandoned house that no one has been in since the last owners lived there. He moved here two days ago. He's seventeen and came here from Colorado. There is something different about him; he isn't like other kids around here. I'm not exactly sure what to think about him then again he has only been here for only a few days.

During the week I try to get to know Kye and learn more about him but he doesn't like to talk much about himself. I have been into his house it's dark and quiet and full of cobwebs. He says that his parents haven't had time to clean up yet and that it wasn't this dirty as when he first moved in.

"So where is your room?" I asked.

"It's upstairs and it looks much better than the rest of the house." He seemed like he didn't have much to say and we just stood around.

"So where are your parents, I haven't seen them around or even come in or out of your house."

"Oh, they're really busy these days, with work and all." His voice came down to a whisper.

It seemed like a perfect excuse, but I knew there was more to the story and I wasn't about to let it slide, if I was going to be friends with him I want to know the truth and no lies or excuses.

"So why don't you ever talk about them or where you lived before you moved, I mean I get you lived in Colorado but what was it like?"

Kye hesitated before he said, "Ryland if I tell you about myself you might as well read a book with no ending to it, there is just to much that went on in my life that I cant tell you much about, mostly because I just don't wanna talk about it."

If only he new what crazy things have happened in my life. "O if only you knew."

"Knew what?"

"Nothing" I said that a bit too quickly I just hope he doesn't take notice.

"Do you promise you won't leave me friendless because it's happened before and I have gotten some bad trust issues because of telling people about me?"

"I promise" and I really meant it.

"I a have a disease," he said.

I stood there motionless and silent. No, I thought, why is it that when you finally meet someone cool enough to hang out with they could be gone at any second.

"What is it that you have?"

"Cancer."

"I wouldn't tell you because there is something else too."

"What?" I knew that Kye wasn't telling me something, anything but this though; it made my head spin just hearing this.

"The doctors said the cancer isn't going away and chemotherapy probably won't help me now, they aren't sure how much damage it will do to me, they aren't really sure how long I have to… ya now." His eyes seemed like they were slowly losing their sparkle, he was scared and I could tell.

I had nothing to say so I just nodded, I felt the tears start to come, but I held back I couldn't show my emotions, not now.

"Ryland please, I know it's bad, but at least I got to have a friend like you"

"Kye, I promise you that I will make sure you will be healthy again, and if I can't do that then I will make every day of yours the best to its ability."

"Don't waste your time on me, Ryland, just worry about your future."

"Look I'm not going to forget about you like your parents have don't you think I noticed, they are never here maybe once every few weeks I see them walk into this house and then leave, unlike them I actually care about people and what have they really done for you, do they even know you have cancer?"

"So you know that my parents are never here, your right they come by once in a while to give me money and to help clean up the place, they are always at work and on business trips that I don't see much of them and it's probably stupid but I didn't want them to stop their lives just because I have cancer there probably isn't much they could've done for me anyways," Kye explained in a voice much calmer than mine

I hesitated to speak because I needed to calm down before I said another word.

"I think that maybe you need to tell them Ryland sorry to be harsh but what if one day they come to see you and hey you aren't there anymore, your dead nowhere to be found, I'm sure they at least deserve to know what's going on with you, but first thing is to get your house cleaned so that you can tell them in a nice environment not this old dusty room."

"Thanks, I guess I will see you tomorrow at school or something like that."

"You will and it's always good to get a proper education, just incase," and I knew he would understand what I meant by that.