At 6:00 the four of them decided to go to dinner. Julie and Connie were
sobbing uncontrollably, Guy looked pale and sick, and Adam was way beyond
tears at this point. When they sat down at the Duck's table, Ken asked them
what was the matter. Guy, Connie, and Julie all looked at Adam.
"I've been fighting leukemia for the last month or so. That's why I haven't been on the ice lately. Today I found out.." Adam took a deep breath trying to compose himself. "I found out that it is consuming my body and if the chemo. treatments I've been taking don't work. I'm gonna...." He couldn't bring himself to say it. "Ummmm... well it's not gonna be good."
The whole team's appetite was gone. They all had a million questions, but they restrained themselves. Adam sat down and put his head in his hands and began to sob again. Julie sat beside Banksie and began to sob just as much as him. Guy sat down on a chair and Connie sat on his lap and leaned back against him and sobbed into his shirt. No one said a thing. They just sat there in awe.
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Connie and Julie slept in the boys room again. Saturday morning no one got up until about 1pm. Finally Banks told everyone they had to get up. Guy was the last one up. They all just sat there staring at each other. "So if I'm gonna like.... you know... can we make my last few days fun?" Banksie asked looking up at all of his friends.
"Adam, don't talk like that...you're gonna be fine! You have to be!" Julie bawled.
"But if I'm not I just want my last few days to be fun."
"Okay, so, what do you propose we do?" Connie asked.
"I dunno, anything would be better than sitting in here and being depressed for the rest of my life."
"Well, what can we do?" Connie asked. Guy hadn't said a word yet.
"Um, well, we could go see a hockey game..." Julie said trying to think of anything.
"How does that sound to you guys?" Banks asked.
"Sounds good," Connie said.
"Guy?" Adam asked looking at Guy who still hadn't opened his mouth yet. He nodded his approval and they walked out the door to Guy's car. They all climbed in, Adam and Julie in the back and Guy and Connie in the front. They got on highway 180 and Adam began digging in the seat.
"What is this," Adam said pulling a pair of lace pink underwear out of the seat. Adam held the underwear over the front seat. Connie blushed, Guy laughed and grabbed them and put them in his pocket.
"SEEEXXXXYYYY!!!!" Julie howled from the back seat.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
After the hockey game, they went to Lamonica's to get dinner. Guy had not said a thing to any of them all day long.
"Guy, what's wrong?" Connie asked taking his hand.
"Nothin'," he muttered.
"Oh, come on, I know you WAY better than that! Tell us what's wrong," Connie urged.
"It's really not a big deal."
"You're such a liar," Adam said.
"Come on, tell us," Julie insisted.
"You're gonna think it's stupid!" he said.
"We promise we won't," Connie said.
"Alright. This whole thing with Adam has me a lot more worked up than you guys because I knew somebody who had Leukemia."
"Who?" Julie asked.
"Well, you know how my dad died when I was 13... he died of leukemia."
"Why didn't you ever tell me?" Connie asked.
"It's not like you ever asked. I didn't want you guys to know anyway," he said looking down at the table.
"Why not?" Julie asked.
"I don't know, I just didn't," he said. He looked up at Adam who had gone very pale. Everything had suddenly become real to him. He realized that he actually could die which was something he'd never fully grasped before. "Adam don't worry. I think you're gonna be okay. My dad's case was more severe. The doctors didn't realize he had it until he started to get more ill more often, and by the time they discovered it he had no chance. They said he was too weak to go through chemo. and he chose to go," Guy said fighting back tears. They spent rest of dinner fairly quietly. After being there for no more than an hour, they paid for their meals and left.
"I've been fighting leukemia for the last month or so. That's why I haven't been on the ice lately. Today I found out.." Adam took a deep breath trying to compose himself. "I found out that it is consuming my body and if the chemo. treatments I've been taking don't work. I'm gonna...." He couldn't bring himself to say it. "Ummmm... well it's not gonna be good."
The whole team's appetite was gone. They all had a million questions, but they restrained themselves. Adam sat down and put his head in his hands and began to sob again. Julie sat beside Banksie and began to sob just as much as him. Guy sat down on a chair and Connie sat on his lap and leaned back against him and sobbed into his shirt. No one said a thing. They just sat there in awe.
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Connie and Julie slept in the boys room again. Saturday morning no one got up until about 1pm. Finally Banks told everyone they had to get up. Guy was the last one up. They all just sat there staring at each other. "So if I'm gonna like.... you know... can we make my last few days fun?" Banksie asked looking up at all of his friends.
"Adam, don't talk like that...you're gonna be fine! You have to be!" Julie bawled.
"But if I'm not I just want my last few days to be fun."
"Okay, so, what do you propose we do?" Connie asked.
"I dunno, anything would be better than sitting in here and being depressed for the rest of my life."
"Well, what can we do?" Connie asked. Guy hadn't said a word yet.
"Um, well, we could go see a hockey game..." Julie said trying to think of anything.
"How does that sound to you guys?" Banks asked.
"Sounds good," Connie said.
"Guy?" Adam asked looking at Guy who still hadn't opened his mouth yet. He nodded his approval and they walked out the door to Guy's car. They all climbed in, Adam and Julie in the back and Guy and Connie in the front. They got on highway 180 and Adam began digging in the seat.
"What is this," Adam said pulling a pair of lace pink underwear out of the seat. Adam held the underwear over the front seat. Connie blushed, Guy laughed and grabbed them and put them in his pocket.
"SEEEXXXXYYYY!!!!" Julie howled from the back seat.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
After the hockey game, they went to Lamonica's to get dinner. Guy had not said a thing to any of them all day long.
"Guy, what's wrong?" Connie asked taking his hand.
"Nothin'," he muttered.
"Oh, come on, I know you WAY better than that! Tell us what's wrong," Connie urged.
"It's really not a big deal."
"You're such a liar," Adam said.
"Come on, tell us," Julie insisted.
"You're gonna think it's stupid!" he said.
"We promise we won't," Connie said.
"Alright. This whole thing with Adam has me a lot more worked up than you guys because I knew somebody who had Leukemia."
"Who?" Julie asked.
"Well, you know how my dad died when I was 13... he died of leukemia."
"Why didn't you ever tell me?" Connie asked.
"It's not like you ever asked. I didn't want you guys to know anyway," he said looking down at the table.
"Why not?" Julie asked.
"I don't know, I just didn't," he said. He looked up at Adam who had gone very pale. Everything had suddenly become real to him. He realized that he actually could die which was something he'd never fully grasped before. "Adam don't worry. I think you're gonna be okay. My dad's case was more severe. The doctors didn't realize he had it until he started to get more ill more often, and by the time they discovered it he had no chance. They said he was too weak to go through chemo. and he chose to go," Guy said fighting back tears. They spent rest of dinner fairly quietly. After being there for no more than an hour, they paid for their meals and left.
