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Adventure American Teens & Young Adult

Nathan sits in his doctor office as he waits for his test result, his mom tries to assure him ,everything would be fine, he force a little smile and nod. The doctor returns with the test results ,he took a deep breath and said here is the results of the test carried out on Nathan,his mom takes the results paper from the doctor, she looked at her son and asked if he was ready to see,he smiles and said yes, when they opened the results ,they both wore a sad look,the doctor told them Nathan had just a month left to live,his mom asked if anything could be done, the doctor told her the cancer in Nathan body could not be treated anymore. When they got home,he told his mom not to cry,he makes a joke, his mom asked him how could he joke about such serious issue, he smiles and tells her,he still had a month. At night Nathan wrote all the things he wants to do before his last days, he told his best friends about it,at school when the school bullies tries to harass him ,Lisa defended him,she asked the bullies if how they would want to treated after knowing they had a month to live, she told them Nathan had just one month to live and he should be treated with much love, everyone present in the locker room felt sad after they heard this, Nathan asked his friends why they told Lisa about his death ,his friends told him they were helping get closer to his crush, they didn't thought Lisa will tell the whole school. When Nathan got home,Lisa came to pay him a visit, she said she was sorry for announcing his condition that way,he smiles and thanked her for defending him,she told him, he could see her as a friend,she said after hearing about his illness, she felt sorry,Nathan smiled and told her ,he doesn't need anyone pity,he said everyone would die one day,the only different is that he would be going earlier. Lisa asked if he had plans for things he wants to do before his time comes,Nathan picked up his note book were he listed all the things he wants to do.first on his list was to be the male lead in Romeo and Juliet, lisa told him he has to audition for the character, at school Nathan pass the audition and was chosen as romeo,during the rehearsal he fell I'll,the director insist Nathan should be replaced but he refused, the day on the Romeo and Juliet play production came,Nathan acted as romeo while lisa was his Juliet. After the play,lisa asked how he felt acting as romeo,he told her romeo and Juliet really loved each other, he wish he could die with his Juliet ,but too bad he won't get her before he goes to the afterlife, lisa asked him who he likes,he asked if she would help him get the girl,if he tells her she nods,he smiles and said in a sweet voice"what if you were the one ?would you date me? She replied yes,he told her, he had a crush on her since 4th grade,he tried everything then to get her attention, but he wasn't lucky, he told her ,it seems death is helping achieve what he never thought he could,she ask if dating her was on his to do lists,he replied yes. Nathan and lisa started dating, everyone at school treats him well,even the school bullies became his friends, he told Lisa that the third thing on his list was the kiss,lisa asked him to close his eyes for 3seconds,when he was about to open his eyes she gave him a surprised kiss,she asked if he likes it ,he blushed and said the only thing he liked was the taste of her strawberry lip balm. He decided to go camping with lisa and his friends, they all went to the zoo together, he went fishing with his grandpa, Nathan also joined his mom and grandma in the kitchen to prepare the dishes for thanksgiving, when they were all gathered,he stood up to make a speech, he told them this was the last thanksgiving he would be celebrating with them,little rose asked why he said so,he told her,that he was going on a long trip soon and he doesn't want anyone feeling sad about it. Lisa parents invited him over for dinner, her dad asked if nathan had any interest in playing golf,nathan said he had always wanted to play golf,lisa dad asked if he would want him to tutor him,nathan said yes,lisa dad taught him how to play golf and also how to drive,when he got home he met his mom knitting a coat for him,he asked if she could teach him,so he could knit hers,so she would always remember he would be with her when she feels cold and alone,he hugged his mom and told her not to worry about him when his gone. Nathan and his friends went on a Friday road trip,went clubbing ,he even visited the cinema with lisa,they ate popcorn and cried when watching a sad movie,he organized a costume party for his school mates,had sleepover with lisa and his friends, they all went on a double dating trip,he went to dance lessons with lisa and attended yoga classes with his mom. At night his mom put him to sleep as usual, she told him she would miss this when he's gone,he smiled at her and said she could put his cat to sleep every night,he made her promise to look after herself when he's gone,which she did. At school,lisa asked if he had anything left to do on his list,he brought out a photo of him and his father at Kauai island at Hawaii, he told her he wish he could spend he's last days at the beach with her,lisa booked a plane tickets for the two of them to Hawaii,they arrived at Kauai island, nathan went hiking with lisa,they went surfing, they both went on a twilight tour,watched a movie,went on a date. At the beach ,lisa asked why he wanted to come to the beach,he told her he wanted to spend sometime alone with her,he wants to be in a place were there is no worries, no pain,no sadness, a place were he won't be scared to closed his eyes and journey to the world beyond, he asked lisa to tell his mom he loves her and help him apologize to her for been a sick boy,he told her he was tired,she asked if he wanted to sleep?nathan replied yes,she made him lay his head on her laps and told him to sleep,so the pain could go away.

March 05, 2021 08:40

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Adebiyi Ayobami
12:27 Mar 10, 2021

Ohhhh i very much like this story it almost removed tears from my eyes keep it high

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Maryam Usman
22:19 Mar 11, 2021

Thanks

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