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I HAD BEEN dreading this moment ever since I knew it was a possibility. I didn't want anything to happen to Leah, she was the only sibling I had left after Kayla passed and she was all mum had. But more importantly, I did not want to have to lose Alexis after I just got her.
I had spent a huge amount of time researching SCD and how to treat it but each time it always led to a negative finding. The older you are, the riskier it is to have a successful bone marrow transplant. The odds were against her and that, that just broke me because I loved her. And to make matters worse, I didn't tell her I loved her when she said it to me.
Sighing, I opened the door Dr. Dave had pointed me to and saw mum sat next to Leah who was stretched out on the small hospital bed.
"Hey!"
"Hey!" Leah smiled, "how's your girlfriend holding up?" she asked.
My mum rolled her eyes at her statement. "Stop trying to rail your brother up," she chastised her.
"Gee I
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"Wake up, wake up.""C'mon, wake up."The annoying voice kept saying and soon the person was poking me in a very painful manner."Wake up before you're late for your first day back at school," the voice said once more.I groaned and pulled the covers over my head. "Leave me alone," I whined.The poking seized and soon I was drifting off to dreamland as though I hadn't just been disturbed a few minutes ago.I was abruptly pulled from my sleep when I felt cold water sipping through my duvet and soaking me immensely, leaving me shaking uncontrollably."What the hell!" I exclaimed as I hurriedly ripped off the duvet and tossed it to the floor.Who pours icy cold water on someone early this morning?The person was laughing uncontrollably and I turned to find none other than James, my annoying older brother.He was bent over clutching his knees as he doubled over with laughter, "I told you to get up, didn't I?" he said in between
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