Prologue

Terminal cancer.

 

Those words had been bouncing around in my head all day.

 

Fifty days, he had said. That was as long as they could delay it. I was only going to be alive for a little more than a month, I thought numbly, my legs dangling off the cliff I was currently perched on. My mom used to take me here when I was younger to watch the sunset. 

 

A wave of despair suddenly hit me. Before I could even process it tears started freely streaming down my face. Why would this happen to me? What had I ever done wrong? I’ve been a good child all my life! Right? Hadn't I?

 

Trying to contain the sobs from escaping my throat, I stood up on shaky legs and nearly toppled over the edge. My heart rate spiked for a couple of seconds as I regained my balance. I looked down to realize I was on the very edge of the cliff. Even moving my foot in the slightest would send me hurtling to the bottom.

 

The feeling of need suddenly overcame me and I wanted nothing more than to just let go of all my problems and just jump. All my worries could be erased with just one simple action. I wanted to feel the wind whipping my hair around my face as I fell. I wanted to feel the adrenaline pumping through my veins. I wanted to know the feeling of being suspended in air. Mostly, I wanted a way out. Out of this terrible fate that was planned out for me.

 

Just do it, a part of me cooed.

 

You’re going to die anyways. No need to delay it, I thought back harshly.

 

The idea was extremely tempting.

 

My tears had stopped falling and I was pretty sure the despair in my eyes had been replaced by a crazy look.

 

Here we go, I thought, making my decision. I moved my foot foward slightly, the gravel shifting and crunching under my foot. The noise was oddly comforting. My foot was now halfway over the ledge, only one slip up and I would be sent hurtling down towards the unforgiving waves below. 

 

I closed my eyes and let my shoulders droop, a sense of calm slipping over me as I counted down in my head.

 

Three…two…on-

Instead of the hard impact of my body hitting water like I was expecting, I was suddenly airborne, flying backwards, as another body crashed into mine and promptly landed on top on me, knocking the air straight from my lungs with the sudden weight. 

 

“What..the hell did you think you were doing,” a deep voice panted above me.

 

I looked up to meet a pair of hypnotizing green eyes.