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I updated! I hope you guys like it. In this chapter, I feel like they would be her closest friends so, enjoy :)


"Are you up? Can we come in?" Jake asks.

I nod and he enters the room followed by Alli, Adam, and Eli. I smile painfully and pull on the glasses I was given because my eyesight is going. Alli walks over to me tears already in her eyes and sits next to me on the bed, automatically reaching for my hand. I hold on tight knowing this will probably be the last time I hold my best friend's hand. Adam does the same, taking my hand as he sits next to me. Jake and Eli pull up chairs next to the bed.

"Hey guys." I breathe out.

"How are you doing Clare?" Eli asks thickly.

"I'm as good as it gets." I say simply. " Alli, will you turn on the T.V."

And so it was, the five of us stared blankly at the moving pixels. I did catch all of them at least once eyeing me as if in that second it was going to happen.

I turn to Alli and tell her I have to go to the bathroom. She nods and helps me up and into the bathroom. She closes the door after we both enter and keeps her back to me as I do my business. When I finish I stumble over to the sink where she grabs and steadies me. I was my hands with her balancing hold on me. I finish and turn around leaning against the sink, supporting myself as best as possible while trying to stop the room from spinning. It finally levels out just a little, so I turn back around and brush my teeth. I go to put on some mascara, but my hand is shaking so erratically that Alli takes it away and does it for me with a loving smile. We stay in here for a while and Alli puts on my makeup, then does my hair and I almost feel as if I am not dying. Alli steps back to look at her work, smiles and bursts into tears. She hugs me tight as she smears her own makeup. I hold onto her partly to keep my balance and partly to console her. She sniffles, and stands up straight, reaches over, grabs the cardigan off the hook on the door, and helps me put it on over my pajamas. She smiles, wipes her big brown eyes, fluffs her hair and loops her arm through mine. She opens the door and places her hand over mine on her arm while we go back to my room.

When we enter the boys are arguing in whispers, but they automatically stop and Eli stands instantly ending the conversation. They all look at me as if they want to cry.

"I thought something might have happened. I was about to come check on you," Eli says, staring intently at me. "You look like…like…you."

"Well who else?" I ask with a smile.

We end up playing LIFE with Alli helping me the whole time. I win the game. I retire first with nothing but a husband and a large amount of money. After the game the boys leave an it is just me and Alli. I turn the T.V. back on while Alli and I talk.

"So how is Dave?" I ask even though I just saw him a day ago.

"He is okay."

"You two doing all right?"

"He's been really sweet." She stops abruptly, "Clare how are you doing this? How can you act like nothing is wrong when I know that right now you want to rip your head open, because it hurts so bad? Or that you can barely see me even with those glasses. How can you be okay when you know that you are going to die?" All of what she says is true.

"Because, Alli, I knew something was wrong and the doctor only confirmed what God had told me. I have had all the time in the world and it is okay for me to go."

Alli's eyes started to gloss with water. "No, Alli, don't cry. Gather up your tears keep in them in your pocket and save them for a time when you are really going to need them. I am going, no changing that, and I want to go with peace and love. Don't cry for me anymore Alli."

She nods and hugs me.


I know guys short, but next one should be longer. The story is almost over and we all know how it ends. Anyway, thank you for reading.

R&R, pretty pretty please with cherries on top :)