After a few weeks pass, you've been getting much sicker. آپ can feel it and آپ can see it. Whenever آپ look in the mirror, آپ see a pale face, small dark circles, and white lips. Your rosy cheeks have turned to paleness and nothing but paleness. You've been feeling much weaker and you've been sucking at باسکٹ, باسکٹ بال lately. Your coach notices and he talks with آپ about it.

Coach: So Jamie. How is it?
Jamie: ...you should know coach...I'm losing it.
Coach: What can آپ do Jamie? آپ need to rest. آپ can't play.
Jamie: What? But...but I love playing. I can't just stop.
Coach: Then at least آپ can take مزید breaks off than the rest of the team.
Jamie: ...even though it's not fair, I have to agree. I can't keep up anymore. I'm too slow.
Coach: It's ok. I understand...but the medicines the doctor gives آپ don't work?
Jamie: I...I couldn't get them.
Coach: Why not?
Jamie: The money...they were too expensive.
Coach: ...how much?
Jamie: A couple hundred یا thousand dollars...

****

Coach: Ok listen up everyone listen up.

All the girl باسکٹ, باسکٹ بال players surround coach. Meanwhile, آپ and Randy left already to just hang out together.

Coach: Ok آپ all know Jamie's problem. Well she has another one, financially. She can't pay for the medicine she needs and us as a team, I thought we could help Jamie out سے طرف کی selling candy یا what not. Sound like a good idea?
Girls: Yah!!

****

آپ and Randy are at his house and on his roof. آپ two are looking up at the sky, lieing down on the bricky roof. آپ lean on Randy's chest and آپ keep looking up at the stars. آپ lay your hand on Randy's chest and آپ close your eyes, feeling yourself relaxed.

Jamie: It feels nice.
Randy: *smiles* Your not cold right?
Jamie: No.

آپ hug Randy tighter and just then a phone call comes.

Jamie: Ugh...

Randy gets his phone from his jean pocket and he جوابات it.

Randy: Hello?
Lauren: Randy.
Randy: Oh. ارے Lauren.
Lauren: Randy...can آپ come to my house for a sec?
Randy: Why? I can't anyways. I'm with Jamie.
Lauren: Please...I...*cries* I can't take this anymore.
Randy: Are آپ crying?
Lauren: Please Randy I need comfort.
Randy: W-why me? Can't آپ call Jessica یا Tanya?
Lauren: Randy please...please...
Randy: I-I'm sorry Lauren. I can't...I'm with Jamie...h-hello? Hello?

Randy looks at his phone and Lauren just hung up on him.

Jamie: Why?
Randy: Nothing. آپ don't have to worry.
Jamie: Randy...
Randy: She wanted me to come over to her house.
Jamie: And آپ told her no?
Randy: Yah.
Jamie: Oh...did آپ know why?
Randy: No. But she was crying.
Jamie: What?
Randy: Yah...but I wanna be with you.
Jamie: *smile* Thanks...I needed that.

آپ give Randy a small kiss on his lips and آپ lean your head back onto his chest, feeling and hearing his دل skip a beat...