Adam and Julie wearily woke up the next morning. They woke to the sound of
Guy humming a Lifehouse song in the kitchen.
"Morning sleepy heads, how about some coffee?" Guy asked bringing to cups of steaming coffee over to them. Julie sat up feeling a little stiff, but the coffee was worth it. Guy made the best coffee. Adam slowly got up.
"What time is it?" He asked looking for the digital clock which was always being misplaced in their room.
"It's about 8:30, but classes don't start until 10:00 today," Guy said. "Do you want eggs?"
"We actually have more than just chips and soda in our dorm?" Adam asked weakly trying to get off the bed.
"Well do ya?" Guy smiled as he cracked an egg into the frying pan.
"Yea."
"Yea. Where is Connie?" Julie asked looking around.
"She's in my... pants."
"No that was yesterday, Dumbass, remember?" Adam said standing up laughing.
"Ohh yeah... she's still asleep in my bed." Guy said pointing to the lump in his bed.
"Oohhh that's why your so happy-go-lucky this morning?" Julie asked walking into the kitchen. Guy nodded.
Adam walked over to Connie and began to wake her up. She groaned Guy's name and pulled the pillow over her head.
Julie grabbed some toast, buttered it, and then gave it to Guy.
"Thanks," he threw it on a plate and threw some eggs on them. "Connie!! Your eggs are ready." Connie poked her head out from under the blankets.
"GO AWAY!!" She crawled back under the blankets. Guy pulled the blankets off Connie. She was lying sprawled on the bed with nothing, but one of Guy's old shirts on. "Uhhhhhh!!!!!" she groaned and rolled over and hit Guy's side.
"Come on Sunshine... it's time for breakfast and school is gonna start in like an hour." Julie said grabbing Connie's wrists and pulling her to her feet. They all ate breakfast in a bit of a hurry and the girls left for their room to get their clothes.
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Adam returned 2 weeks later for his 3rd session of chemo. With Julie and his parents at his side he walked down that dreaded hallway again and straight into the radiation room. By now he knew the procedure. He was already on the table before the doctor could say a word.
After the the chemo. that day Mr. and Mrs. Banks went into a small room with Dr. Barnes and Adam. Julie sat on a bench out in the hallway and waited for them to come back out. After about 20 minutes, Mrs. Banks came flying out the door crying and screaming. 10 minutes later, Mr. Banks and Adam came out looking very upset. Adam was silent most of the ride home.
"What's wrong Adam?" Julie asked as she helped him out of the car.
"It's the chemo. It's not helping. I mean it did the first time and a little the second, but this was completely useless."
"Oh, Adam." Julie helped Banks back to his room and he flopped down on the bed and began to talk about what the doctor had said. She told him that it had spread and that it was continuing to do so at an alarming rate.
"She said that we'd do a few more sessions of chemotherapy, but if that doesn't work then we just have to face the inevitable." A tear ran down his cheek. He tried to wipe it away before Julie saw but she caught it.
"When you say 'the inevitable', you don't mean..." she looked at him and knew that he did mean it. Death. She sat there with him both of them crying softly on each other's shoulders. Guy walked in and saw them crying.
"What's wrong?" Guy said very concerned.
"It's spreading...." Julie said in between breaths.
"But I thought that you said the chemo was working," Guy said getting a sinking feeling in his stomach.
"It worked the first two times but since then it's spread," Adam said trying to stop crying. There was a knock on the door.
"You're gonna hafta come back another time," Guy called.
"Guy, it's me. Let me in," came Connie's voice from the other side of the door. Guy walked over and unlocked the door.
"Hey, guys," Connie called brightly, but upon seeing the looks on their faces her attitude quickly changed. "What happened?" she asked terrified of the answer.
"Um, the chemo isn't working," Guy said.
"Oh my God!" Connie whispered.
"Morning sleepy heads, how about some coffee?" Guy asked bringing to cups of steaming coffee over to them. Julie sat up feeling a little stiff, but the coffee was worth it. Guy made the best coffee. Adam slowly got up.
"What time is it?" He asked looking for the digital clock which was always being misplaced in their room.
"It's about 8:30, but classes don't start until 10:00 today," Guy said. "Do you want eggs?"
"We actually have more than just chips and soda in our dorm?" Adam asked weakly trying to get off the bed.
"Well do ya?" Guy smiled as he cracked an egg into the frying pan.
"Yea."
"Yea. Where is Connie?" Julie asked looking around.
"She's in my... pants."
"No that was yesterday, Dumbass, remember?" Adam said standing up laughing.
"Ohh yeah... she's still asleep in my bed." Guy said pointing to the lump in his bed.
"Oohhh that's why your so happy-go-lucky this morning?" Julie asked walking into the kitchen. Guy nodded.
Adam walked over to Connie and began to wake her up. She groaned Guy's name and pulled the pillow over her head.
Julie grabbed some toast, buttered it, and then gave it to Guy.
"Thanks," he threw it on a plate and threw some eggs on them. "Connie!! Your eggs are ready." Connie poked her head out from under the blankets.
"GO AWAY!!" She crawled back under the blankets. Guy pulled the blankets off Connie. She was lying sprawled on the bed with nothing, but one of Guy's old shirts on. "Uhhhhhh!!!!!" she groaned and rolled over and hit Guy's side.
"Come on Sunshine... it's time for breakfast and school is gonna start in like an hour." Julie said grabbing Connie's wrists and pulling her to her feet. They all ate breakfast in a bit of a hurry and the girls left for their room to get their clothes.
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Adam returned 2 weeks later for his 3rd session of chemo. With Julie and his parents at his side he walked down that dreaded hallway again and straight into the radiation room. By now he knew the procedure. He was already on the table before the doctor could say a word.
After the the chemo. that day Mr. and Mrs. Banks went into a small room with Dr. Barnes and Adam. Julie sat on a bench out in the hallway and waited for them to come back out. After about 20 minutes, Mrs. Banks came flying out the door crying and screaming. 10 minutes later, Mr. Banks and Adam came out looking very upset. Adam was silent most of the ride home.
"What's wrong Adam?" Julie asked as she helped him out of the car.
"It's the chemo. It's not helping. I mean it did the first time and a little the second, but this was completely useless."
"Oh, Adam." Julie helped Banks back to his room and he flopped down on the bed and began to talk about what the doctor had said. She told him that it had spread and that it was continuing to do so at an alarming rate.
"She said that we'd do a few more sessions of chemotherapy, but if that doesn't work then we just have to face the inevitable." A tear ran down his cheek. He tried to wipe it away before Julie saw but she caught it.
"When you say 'the inevitable', you don't mean..." she looked at him and knew that he did mean it. Death. She sat there with him both of them crying softly on each other's shoulders. Guy walked in and saw them crying.
"What's wrong?" Guy said very concerned.
"It's spreading...." Julie said in between breaths.
"But I thought that you said the chemo was working," Guy said getting a sinking feeling in his stomach.
"It worked the first two times but since then it's spread," Adam said trying to stop crying. There was a knock on the door.
"You're gonna hafta come back another time," Guy called.
"Guy, it's me. Let me in," came Connie's voice from the other side of the door. Guy walked over and unlocked the door.
"Hey, guys," Connie called brightly, but upon seeing the looks on their faces her attitude quickly changed. "What happened?" she asked terrified of the answer.
"Um, the chemo isn't working," Guy said.
"Oh my God!" Connie whispered.
