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Chapter 1: See you on the Other Side

I looked behind me. My three best friends and their family were standing there with tear in their eyes. They were crying. They were crying for my departure to a new place where I cannot contact them. They knew I was going to leave because my parents bought a new house. They knew I was going to leave because I have to go with them.

However, they don't know why I was leaving. I stayed in Amity Park for almost my sixteen years. We, three, plus Valerie were inseparable best friends. Valerie and I set aside our differences, and Valerie was over Danny and eyeing on Tucker. Danny and I were still best friends and hung out more. Tucker and I were game partners now. I chuckled before I go to sleep. Ah... how much we grew physically and mentally. I compared my fourteen year old self and my sixteen year old self. I almost burst into laughter when I imagined how I was kicking everyone's butt.

You, all, want to know why I was leaving.

Well, it started when it was just a normal high school day like any other day. I volunteered to help out carry the boxes from my physics class to the three doors down other physics class. My two best friends were carrying the heavy boxes while I was carrying the small box. We... I thought it was a piece of cake.

I was wrong.

Almost halfway there, I felt dizzy, and somehow, my right leg wasn't functioning. Everything, in slow motion, was getting darker, and I black out.

The only sounds I could hear were my best friends calling out my name.

I can't remember when I woke up, but I knew I was awake at night. I saw my surroundings and groaned.

I was in the hospital, and hospitals gave me a bad memory... you know... where the "doctors" were experimenting us like rabbits. Well... my two parents were beside me with my grandma. If you were wondering, my parents were now respecting my individuality like what my grandma does, but they still worry about me since I am their only child. The doctor came in and asked how I was feeling. I told him I feel a slight headache and pain on my head. I knew it was from the fainting, but I haven't felt my head bursting like that.

He told me this that I never wanted to hear.

"Samantha Manson. I afraid to say this... but you have a brain tumor that is growing rapidly unexpectedly."

I froze... no... everyone froze. I felt like crying. Why? Why is this happening to me? I gained friendships and acceptance, but...

...is this the price to redo everything I did?

I wanted to tell my friends about this, but... I'm afraid. For my whole life, I was afraid. I was afraid the reactions of my friends when I tell them the news. I don't even know how will they react to the news. I promised myself that I would not tell my friends this horrible news. I asked my parents and grandmother to not tell them or anyone about the tumor. They agreed, reluctantly, and promised, but they told me to write a letter to each of my friends of my last will.

"Where do you want to go the most? Any place where you to visit?" I thought for a moment of what my mom said. I can tell that her voice was about to crack into tears. My dad looked like he wanted to punch the wall and cry because I was dying before them. My grandmother had a few tears slip through, but she wanted to make me happy before I go. I thought about it and spoke.

"May you take me to Maine? Where grandpa was buried?"

So, you know why I was leaving. I didn't want my friends to know, but they will know sooner about my departure. I gave them the letters before I left to visit and be buried next to my favorite grandpa. I gave them a last smile and said my final words to them.

"See you on the other side, guys."