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....