Abandoned
By: Andrew Markley
Chapter 10
We had finally hit the highway when Marissa first
said something the whole car ride. "Drew... I'm scared,
Kirsten might be in stage 3 breast cancer. What if she doesn't
make it? She's my best friend. I don't know what I would do
without her..." I could hear Marissa's voice start to
break and her eyes swelled with tears. I just pulled over the car
and held Marissa close. I made her feel safe, we sat there on the
side of the road for a couple minutes until she was okay. I asked
her if she wanted to just stop in Nevada tonight. She agreed and I
locked my eyes on the road trying to focus on my driving and not
the beautiful girl sitting next to me. Marissa had eventually fell
asleep leaning against the side of the car, so I turned on the
radio and quietly listened to Hits 1. When Marissa had finally woke
up she started to ask where she was, and then her memory jogged
back up and she looked over at me and smiled. She looked like she
was going to cry. So I pulled out my phone and dialed Logans number
and he picked up on the first ring. He said that he was sitting in
the hospital waiting room and that Kirstens cancer was spreading
rapidly and the doctors were doing everything that they could. I
quietly whispered to him that Marissa was really shook up by all of
this and Logan sounded like he was about to cry. I told him that I
had to go and he said "Alright, bye Drew. See you
sometime" I told Marissa what was going on with Kirsten when
we reached the hotel in Nevada. I picked out a nice hotel to stay
at and Marissa and I checked in and got our room key. When we
unlocked the door we put our bags in and she changed into some
shorts. After I told her what happened with Kirsten she had
mentioned that she was cold. So I took off my hoodie and grabbed
some sweat pants from my bag. She thanked me and then went to the
bathroom to change. When she had came back we layed down in peace
and eventually fell asleep to the sound of each others
heartbeats....