Chapter 1
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It wasn't a feeling that I feel quite often. It was the thing I feared the most, even though I had never really thought about it, no one ever does. But, now, the fear isn't what I would call fear. The feeling was more of utter surprise and, what only I could describe as, doom.
The words that rolled off the doctors tongue echo through my mind over and over, the words replaying every syllable.
I felt the air fill my lungs. I felt my head throb. I felt fear, nervousness, fill my chest. I felt the world spin as though I was a child that just got off a merry-go-round or I had just spun in circles for the past five minutes that I have been sitting still.
Until, finally, I feel nothing.
The emotions cease me. They are leeched out of me like I was being woken up from a terrible nightmare. The words still echo, softly, through my mind, but I ignore them.
The world around me seemed to go in and out of focus, black spots appearing and disappearing. All emotions, all feeling to the rest of my body, were gone. The only thing I felt was my mind, wondering.
Suddenly, all feeling is back. The numbness disappeared in a pool of strength. The fear, the ache, was now replaced with passion, with the need to continue.
The words that rolled off the doctors tongue, the words that just minutes before had hijacked my brain, are still there. But this time, they are encouraging me to do something. To do something with my life. To not sit around and allow myself to slowly fall into a world of hurt.
"You are diagnosed with cancer."
That was only the start of my journey.
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