The Note

Chapter one

It was a rainy and gloomy day in a small town right on the coast of North Carolina. A young teenage girl that went by the name Annabelle by her parents and just Anna by everyone else. Anna was getting ready for school, she went Greensburg high.

The smell of crisp and greasy bacon filled the little white wooden Cape Cod home. It made Anna's taste buds jump and tingle. Anna walked down the spiral stairs and headed for the kitchen. She said hello to her father who was reading the paper next to the window. The cat sat on the windowsill and purred loudly. Anna walked into the kitchen and sat down behind an empty plate. Her mother placed bacon eggs toast and a glass of orange juice in front of her. Anna ate the toast but nothing else. BUS! Screamed Anna's mom screamed from the parlor where her father still sat reading.

Anna ran out of the house and with every step she could hear her heart beating faster and faster because today was going to be a different day at school. Today was the day Anna was going to finally ask Ronnie to the Sadie Hawkins dance at school. Ronnie was one of the "popular" kids in comparison to Anna. Anna wasn't the most beautiful girl in school but she wasn't the ugliest. People noticed her but really didn't pay attention to her. Anna saw her friend Jesse in front of their first period class. History, Anna hated history because she could never focus because Ronnie sat right in front of her.

The bell rung for everyone to go to their first period class. Anna was always the first one in even if she tried not to be second was her friend Jesse then the jocks then cheerleader then Ronnie. Ronnie was the kid who had the thick brown hair and always caught every girl's attention when he walked into a room. He didn't really have a girlfriend but him and one of the cheer leaders named Laura had a little "thing".

Anna was sitting down at her desk and she noticed she was sitting on something. It was a note. On the front of the note it said Ronnie and it had a small heart written in red pen on the upper right hand corner of his name. She opened the note and it read:

Dear Ronnie,

I was wondering if you wanted to go to the Sadie Hawkins dance with me. We would have a blast!

Love you babe

Laura 3

Anna quickly erased Laura's name and replaced it with hers. Anna tossed to note to Ronnie and he read it. It seemed like years passed as he read it, he looked up at the board and he chucked the note in the garbage bin. Anna felt as if he threw away a piece of her heart when he threw that note in the bin. Anna didn't know what to think; Ronnie turned around and said NO. Anna's heart sunk all the way to the underneath part of her toes. She stood up to go the nurse and fainted. The teacher screamed a small scream and she called the nurse.

Anna woke up in a hospital bed with her mother and father crying over top of her. Anna was confused she just fell. The doctor walked in and had a black and gray spotted clip board in his hands. He said," hello Anna I'm doctor Williams, I have your results back." Results? Anna was confused. The doctor said in a slow monotone voice," Anna you have a tumor in your left breast. Anna's hearts stopped beating or that's how it seemed. Anna didn't know what to do but cry. She shrieked a horrible sound and put her face into her hands. Her mother hugged her and her father sat down in the chair next to Anna's bed. Anna's life was about to change forever.