I was in tears when the others found me in the mall bench out of the movie exit.

"Are you okay now?" asked Kristy. "We didn't notice that you left until now. We just figured it out what was bugging you."

"I wish it didn't have to bother me," I said wiping my eyes. "Especially since I got terrified about Kayla's leukemia could come back again."

"I know," said Kristy. "I bet it's very hard to ignore that."

I just nodded. When I got home and got up to my room, I opened the card from Vanessa saying 'Dear Mary Anne, I decided to make you something very special because you are a great person to me. I also made you something to you when you deserved it when you saved her. I hope you'd enjoy it. Your client, Vanessa.' That was sweet of her. When I unwrapped the gift, I noticed it was a book and when I opened it, Vanessa made ten pages of poems dedicated to Kayla. That made my tears starting to roll down while I was reading them. I would keep this for the rest of my life. I can't wait to show it to the other girls at the meeting. Kayla and Kaylee would love to see this.

I was still in tears after I read the last page. I went to the phone to dial Mallory's number and Mrs. Pike answered.

"Hello," said Mrs. Pike.

"Hi. May I speak to Vanessa?" I asked.

"Sure, Mary Anne, hold on," said Mrs. Pike.

That was when Vanessa came on and said, "Hi, Mary Anne."

"I just wanted to thank you for the gift. I loved it especially with the poems dedicated to Kayla," I said.

"I'm glad you did so you can keep your best friend in memories even if you ever lose her one day," said Vanessa.

"I'll keep it forever and ever," I said.

After we finished chatting on the phone, I almost started crying and went back to my room.

"Mary Anne?" asked a voice.

It was just Dad who came in to be with me.

"Are you okay, honey?" asked Dad as he sat on the bed with me.

"Look what Vanessa made me," I said getting the book of poems to show it to him. "She made these poems that are dedicated to Kayla."

"Wow," said Dad after he read them. "That was very thoughtful of her."

"Fearing Kayla's illness would come back just bothers me. But I am glad Vanessa made the poems to keep Kayla in memories forever no matter what happens to Kayla," I said wiping my tears. "I already called her to thank her."

"I'm glad they all did something special, just for you," said Dad.

"I know," I said trying to smile a bit. "I'm just scared her illness could come back anytime."

"I know, sweetie," said Dad comforting me.

"We went to see A Child's Wish, but I left in the middle of the movie in tears since it was a cancer movie. I couldn't last long especially it reminded me of Kayla since she had cancer herself," I said.

"I bet," said Dad as I hugged him while I was still sobbing. "I just want you to be happy."

"I can't imagine losing her," I said.

"I know it can be hard," said Dad.

I'm grateful to have friends and family to support me through hard times worrying about Kayla. That night, I fell asleep at nine since I was a bit tired.

"She's already in bed?" asked Sharon.

"She was just tired that's all," replied Dad.

In the middle of the night, I was tossing and turning in bed while moaning. It was based on the cancer movie only Kayla was in it, not Missy.

"No, no," I was calling out. "No, no."

"Mary Anne," said Dad as he came in to me. "Mary Anne, it's okay."

"No, no. No, no," I continued.

"Mary Anne, wake up," said Dad shaking me gently as I woke up. "You were having a bad dream."

"It was based on that cancer movie only Kayla was in it as the main character," I said.

"Oh. It'll be alright, honey," said Dad.

The next day, I got up feeling tired, so I took a shower and felt much better after that. I looked outside and it was snowing light. Unfortunately, we lost power about two hours later. What else is new? Worst of all, I was freezing. I had my sweatshirt on.

"The wires aren't working properly," said Dad who had a flashlight.

Just terrific, I said to myself.

"We can turn up the heat," said Sharon.

"Sounds good, it's cold in here," I said.

That's what she did. Luckily, Dad had the fireplace going, so I sat near there to keep myself warm while I was reading. However, I was still cold. At least I'm sitting near the fireplace. That's all I care about.

"I'm going to make hot chocolate. Would you like some so you can warm up even more?" asked Dad.

"Yes please," I smiled as I got up to get one.

Luckily, it did warm me up even more. I wasn't cold as I was before, but left my sweatshirt on just in case I get cold again.

"When the power is expected to return?" I asked.

"Probably not until tonight," replied Sharon. "Good thing Dawn and Jeff left last night before it started snowing."

"I agree with you," I said.

Later, I couldn't breathe and rushed up to get my inhaler.

"I should go see if Mary Anne's okay," said Dad.

In my room, I was looking for the inhaler, but couldn't find it. Then, it hit me. I went to my nightstand drawer and took it out to use it. Then, I noticed it was empty. Uh-oh. That was the first time it has happened. Luckily, I remembered that I got my second one in my purse and went there to get it out in a hurry to use it.

That was when he came in and said, "Are you okay?"

I just nodded while I was using my inhaler. I was also trying not to cough. I felt better ten to fifteen minutes later.

"Are you alright now?" asked Dad.

"I'll be fine. Thank goodness I had two inhalers because one of them was empty. I had kept my spare one in my purse," I said.

"I agree it was a good thing," said Dad.