At home, I was trying to remember what Dr. Reece told me to do.

"How did things made out with Dr. Reece?" asked Dad.

"Pretty well. I told her I try not to think about that memory while going to English and she told me I can try to block things out," I said. "Barbara helped me to get through that. But I worry blocking things could make it worse."

"I think blocking things out would do you good," said Dad.

"Maybe," I said.

The next day, I'm very nervous about remembering Dr. Reece's advice. What if blocking out could get me upset even more? It's bad enough I'd be losing my best friend in a few months.

At school, Kaylee told me that Kayla couldn't come to school any longer due to health reasons.

"How does she feel about that?" I asked Kaylee.

"She didn't like that idea at all," replied Kaylee. "She hates to be cooped up in the house."

"I don't blame her," I said,

"Me, either. The doctors want her to focus on treatments and stuff. And, she could be in hospice care when her time gets faded," said Kaylee.

"What?" I asked.

"Yeah," said Kaylee.

That got me nervous even more.

After school, I was in tears while talking to Dr. Reece about what Kaylee told me.

"I'm so worried about Kayla," I said.

"I bet you are," said Dr. Reece.

"She hates staying at home though," I said.

"I'm sure she'd miss not being with you," said Dr. Reece.

"I sure do," I said. "All three of us were always together. We're like the three musketeers. And, now it would be the two soon."

"I know," said Dr. Reece.

"What I don't get is that doesn't bother Kaylee when she tells me any of that," I said.

"She probably wants to forget about it in school," said Dr. Reece.

"Maybe, but she's calm when she gives me details about Kayla," I said. "I'd be crying that if that was any of my siblings."

"I know you would," said Dr. Reece.

After we talked, I was still in tears.