The Only Girl In The World

Prologue

~Kaylee

Hi, I'm Kaylee Woods and this is the story of how I almost died.

It's not that sad really. Anytime I look back at everything that has happened, I can't help but laugh a little. It all seemed so crazy.

I was diagnosed with lung cancer when I was barely 15 years old. It got worse and I was on stage four already. I knew that I was going to die, and I accepted it. I knew there was no hope, I heard them. The doctors. They thought I wasn't listening but I was, and I heard them say that every breath I was able to take was a miracle. I heard them say my days were numbered. I heard them say there was nothing they could do for me anymore. It was too late.

At first, it hurt really bad, I cried all day and all night. I barely slept or ate. It was hard to accept the fact that I was going to die.

Die....Death...

I was scared. I was scared of those words, I was scared of what was going to happen.

Slowly, I started accepting the fact. I tried to think of death as the beginning of another journey. I thought of it as a chance to be with my parents again. And well it worked out, maybe a little too well. I was drowned in my emotions and thoughts so much that I became empty.

I distanced myself from the world. In a way, I guess you could say I was depressed. I was going to die, give me a break! A lot of things happened during that period and I wasn't myself anymore and I knew I could never go back. The world turned its back on me and I was going to turn my back on it too. I shut everyone out of my life. I already had a lot to deal with, and I didn't need more problems added to the ones I already had. I pushed everyone away from me cause I knew I was too messed up and I didn't want anyone to be involved in my shit.

And that was when the rumors started. Ladies and gentlemen, that's high school for you. They called me names, weirdo, freak. They even made one up that I wasn't human. I made up my mind from then that they were morons.

But I didn't care anyway, they stayed away from me like I wanted. A few times some people would try to talk to me but I never replied. Guess I just...listened and never really spoke. After a while, they got used to it, even the teachers, and I was left alone.

At that point, if someone had told me that I, Kaylee Woods, would be the most popular girl at school with a freaking boyfriend who I was in love with, surrounded by a group of amazing friends, I would laugh at them right in their face and call them crazy. And it was. It was all crazy.

Maybe before I wouldn't have said this, but it was because of him. I knew even if I had only a few months, weeks or days to live on this earth, I wanted to spend them with him cause he pushed on, he broke down my walls, and he never stopped loving me despite my sickness, through the hard times and everything. He made me feel special. He made me feel like...like I was THE ONLY GIRL IN THE WORLD.

This is my story.