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The very short monologue of a young teenager who is facing death.

note: actor can be either gender. Male : Kellin  Female: Copeland    : Change words to fit gender= Boyfriend/Grilfriend, ect.

 

Copeland: You've never known how this feels. You've never had to, and I hope you never will. To be terrified every waking moment, but you're not allowed to show that, oh no, they all still think you're okay! They think that you've been cured. Why? (slowly) Because that's what you told them, so they'd stop asking when you'll go, so they won't worry. No, you're not friends with them, but when people believe that you're dieing, they kind of just...stop. No more laughing, no more teasing or joking around. Just the silence of...(searching for the word) Regret. They don't like how they've acted, and like a bad dog, they hang their heads and whimper apologies.

       As of now, I've only got the rest of the day. I told the principal at my school that I'll be gone by tomorrow, and to try not to hold an assembly. I never did like attention drawn towards me. I've written letters to my aunts, my uncles, my cousins, my friends, my bo- (stop, mid sentence, somber look on face/realization) My boyfriend, Kellin. I never told Kellin that I was going to die today. Maybe I should have, but it's too late now.  There's nothing I can do about it anymore. (pause) What's he going to think? That I didn't care enough to confess? That maybe, I didn't love him anymore? No, no, no! He knows I love him more than anything, doesn't he? (a quiet knock on the hospital room door; it is Kellin (boyfriend/grilfriend)  I didn't expect you'd come. I wouldn't leave without you. I wouldn't leave without you. Remember, I'm the one who's dieing. I have to show you something. Is it important? Come with me.

He takes me out into the garden in the middle opening of the hospital. We look up at the sky, and the last thing I remember is feeling.....complete.

Author's Note

I know it isn't that great, I wasn't aiming for anything special with this piece. I ran out of somewhere to go. The small bits of italic dialogue are unnessisary and pretty much unincluded.