Riley's POV:
Today is a big day for me but it seems that I am the only one that knows whybecause everyone else seems to have forgotten about it.
I am sitting at my best friends house waiting for him to come down stairs because he wants me to help him with something that I am guessing is important because he told me to come over right away because it was top priority.
"Hey Riley thanks for coming man, I really need your help with something." Ben said walking to the door and grabbing his coat.
"Yeah and what might that be?" I asked him not really caring because I was mad that something was more important then my birthday. Okay maybe that sounds selfish.
"I want to buy Abby something because we have been together for a year and you know I want her to know that I still love her." After he had his coat on he looked at me because I think that he wanted me to follow him. So I got up and walked out the door with him into the sunny afternoon.
"Yeah and what did you have in mind?" I asked him as we walked to his car.
"I don't really know this is where I was hoping that you would be able to help me." He said getting in the car and driving away.
"And what makes you think that I would know?" I asked him because I had no idea what woman would like especially Abigail.
"Well with all the woman experiences that you had I thought that you would know." He said laughing and I knew what was funning. I have never really had any girlfriends because I was too much of a geek and girls are not really interested in geeks these days.
It spend the whole day with Ben trying to find something for Abigail, in the end Ben decided that he would just get her a necklace.
I was now going through my fridge looking for something to eat because I was starving when I saw that my phone was blinking saying that I had a message. I was hoping that it was someone that had not forgotten that today was my birthday. When I pushed the flashing button I heard a message that I will never forget.
"Hello Mister Poole this Doctor Cowl, you were here a few days ago complaining about pain and discomfort and after studying the x-rays and your blood we have discovered that you have lung cancer. I'm really sorry about this but I will need you to come back for some more test to make sure that we are not mistaken about this diagnosis. If you have any questions please contact-" I never heard the rest of the message because I could not believe what I had just heard.
"I have cancer?" I asked myself looking at my hands as I sank down my wall and let my head fall against it, and let my tears escaped through my closed eyes. "Happy birthday to you Riley." I said and then I started crying not knowing what to do.
Ben POV:
"Hey what's wrong baby?" Abigail asked me while we were eating.
"What?" I asked her because I didn't hear what she said.
"I was just asking you what was wrong?" she said touching my arm.
"Oh I'm just worried about Riley he looked down today as if he was sad or upset." I said trying to remember if I had done or said something, but when I could not think of anything.
"I'm sure that he's okay honey." She said kissing me deeply. "And this is our night." She said placing both of her hands on my face as she kissed me again. Then it hit me.
"Wait!" I told her breaking the kiss.
"What?" She asked annoyed.
"Shit!"
"What?"
"It was Riley birthday today." I said felling horrible because I had never missed Riley birthday since we were friends because I knew that he had never had a birthday when he was a kid so I wanted to make up for all those birthday. Great job of doing so don't you think?
"Oh uh." Abigail said and then she walked to the door and grabbed her coat and gave me mine. "Lets go the day is not done yet, and we can swing by the store and get him a cake." She said giving me a coat and kissing me before walking out the door.
Riley's POV:
I don't know how long I was sitting there but what I did know was that my butt was numb. Looking at a picture on my wall I smiled. In the picture Ben, Abigail and I were all smiling and we all looked happy. That picture was taken after we found the treasure under church it had been one of the most beautiful moment of my life.
I have everything that anyone could ever ask for and now I am dying and it's not even my fault because I have never smoked in my life. How does that work? "Damn it." I yelled kicking my book away from me.
There was a knock on my door but I didn't have the mind to answer it so I decided that if it was important they would just come in but if it was not they would just leave.
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