Don't Let Go

Like a princess, one day Samantha is awakened with a kiss from her crush, Cameron. Someone dreamy and gorgeous which, of course, can’t be any good for her. Samantha finds herself torn by her painful fate when she finds out she doesn’t have long to live. The reality of every moment she spends with Cameron is that her heart races and her life shortens. This painful truth brings her closer to Cameron’s best friend, Yael, a nice guy who hides a big secret. It’s a secret that turns Samantha’s short life into chaos: to choose friendship over love, or to choose life over death.

Proloque: August 20, 2010
Prologue August 20, 2010   “Cameron, where are you going?” she asked as he quietly made his way ...

Boring Life: February 7, 2009
February 9, 2008"Hey, Sam!" the two of them greeted as I got closer to the building. "Hi," I answered back, trying my best ...

First Signal
One more reason to hate school was because of those never-ending classes I had to endure. They were a punishment to all of us sp ...

Awakening
The room was left empty in minutes. Slowly I got up and turned to find Cameron silently analyzing the pen I had lent him. Immedi ...

Aftermath
As grateful as I was to God for giving me the opportunity to experience my long overdue first kiss. More importantly with the bo ...

Heart Struggles
"Can we go to the other side? I don't want to deal with Aubrey right now." I begged Tanya. She glanced in their direction and si ...

Agony
"Sam, why are you so tired?" Tanya asked concerned to see how worked up I was getting.I never really thought about how out of sh ...

First Impression
When I was fourteen I fell in love, so much in love that it hurt.So, in love that the sky was clear and sunny, even when it wasn ...

Waking Up
"Samantha, Samantha..." Barb shook her head with disappointment. I said nothing and just let her do her job."Didn't I tell you l ...

Nightmare
 I was afraid of knowing, of finding out the reason of a torturous pain. And this time God finally decided to agree with me ...

Reality
After a few hours of more checkup, I stopped fighting Barbara and let her do her job. I was too drain to fight for what was kill ...

Hits
Taking a deep breath to keep myself calm and in controlled. I pushed the doorbell of Rocky's house. Trying to forget the sad atm ...

Eye Opening
Convincing Rocky to keep my condition a secret wasn't as difficult as I thought. Thanks to everyone that looked my way and whisp ...

Tensions
First class was the usual torture. This time we spent all morning talking about The Charge of the Light Brigade by Lord Alfred T ...

Confessions
The sun was bright, it hurt my eyes. The wind was still cold because it was the begging of March, but not too cold to freeze me ...

Feelings
Seating next to Rocky; breathing in the cool air of March. I sighed trying to stay calm. As time passed, the pain was more real ...

Confrontations
Giving up on torturing myself with ideas and things I couldn't control. Locking myself in my room, turning off my phone. Losing ...

Courage
Letting my mind free and sing to "Savin' Me" From Nickelback. Mimi kept licking my face, she could sense my struggle and for wha ...

Chances
"Samantha Collins?" Cameron asked fighting a smile that melted my heart.I knew better than him that I couldn't be sexy or girly. ...

Realization
I had to really work on keeping my heartbeat normal, although Cameron standing next to me wasn't helping at all. While we waited ...

Opportunity
The movie ended and though I tried to keep my mind out of what Rocky said. Of course, Cameron was not the kind of person that wo ...

Evil Prince
Cameron was slowly sending me back into that dream. The dream my life was before I found out anything. A fantasy that I didn't w ...

Friendship
Hating to have to go back home and explain why was looking so shitty, I walked around the park. Trying to make sense out of an o ...

Moving On
Sunday was a perfect day. I could sleep all day and no one would really mind, especially my parents. Just with Mimi's company, t ...

Restart
"Do I look weird?" I asked Tanya feeling everybody's staring in my direction. My hair had changed, but makeup wasn't allowed in ...

Opening Up
Quietly walking behind the new counselor, I noticed the resembles he had with Cameron. Although his hair was shorter and neater, ...

Behind the Mask
Checking my new schedule, the only change I had was physical education. Now instead of it was Nutrition or Cooking. One good thi ...

Low Hit
My cooking class felt refreshing and calm as I walked in. Mrs. Torres, my cooking teacher looked very motherly like. She handed ...

I Don't Need You
Time kept moving. Slowly I got back to my normal rhythm. Cameron and I didn't share a word if not necessary. In a way, I kept my ...

Confident
"Are you okay? You look kind of pale." Yael asked I hadn't said a word the whole trip to the hospital. Luckily, he carried a ban ...

Promise
It was a Saturday and apparently, Doctor Jackson had his days off which was kind of surprising to me. I had never had checkups w ...

Relief
"Samantha, honey, come eat!" my mom shouted in a very sweet voice, while I was spending a Sunday at home with Mimi and her watch ...

Actions
I stopped right at the entrance of Rubi's; from the outside, I could see Cameron and Aubrey working on something. I was kind of ...

My Turn
"Aren't you in the middle of something?" I asked, for once my voice sounded normal when I talked to him. He gave my sister a qui ...

Outcome
"Samantha Collins, are you out of your mind?! Why are you going along with his bullshit!" Tanya shouted angrily. It was refreshi ...

Motives
Before getting in Cooking Class I did a quick run to Mike's office. Not only I ended up as Cameron's partner. He wasn't serious ...

Executioner
The day was ending, the sun was almost setting. My heart once again was struggling to keep its pace. My ears burning with heated ...

My Choice
With the Spring Dance closing by, my mom was the enthusiastic one. Dazzling because I was going. She picked me up after school t ...

Closeness
The Spring Dance was in full motion, it was hard to believe but I was excited at this point. Tanya, Rocky and I decided to get r ...

Gift
Boys Like Girls was taking over in the background, the dance floor was filled with crazy dancers. I could also see the teachers ...

Face Off
The night was going great, nothing of what I actually expected. We danced, we took pictures, we sang along, we laughed and enjoy ...

Crossing Lines
The night was going great, nothing of what I actually expected. We danced, we took pictures, we sang along, we laughed and enjoy ...

Spring Break
"Samantha, get the hell up!" Aubrey shouted after a loud bang behind my door. Her hysteric voice made Mimi bark loudly. The danc ...

Life Wonders
While pretending to be asleep, at some point I did. When I opened my eyes again, we were already parking at the beach house or b ...

Stop Fighting
For once I found myself enjoying my time with Amy and Ivonne. They weren't as vain as I thought they were. Actually, Ivonne was ...

Doubts
"What's wrong?" Cameron asked, his arms still around my waist.His chin resting on my head. We stayed in silent, sinking into the ...

Guard Up
Depression was as bad as my heart disease. My eyes hurt from crying so much, my face hurt from trying to play hero. Half of my b ...

Hopeful
Spring Break was over in a blink of an eye, the bruise on my face was almost gone, and my heart was at its regular rate or so it ...

Hurt
Getting late to class was not comfortable for anyone, especially the first day after Spring Break. Not that the teachers would s ...

Worries
"It feels like a long time since we don't come here," Tanya commented, slurping on her strawberry smoothie. I drank my apple jui ...

His Demons
Finally, I could let all my frustration out. Mike listened to my story carefully, from the sushi rolls to the nights in the hosp ...

Pleads
My once in a lifetime love begun and ended on the same day, instantly. Shaded by the lies of an obsessed sister. The scars and i ...

One More Time
My once in a lifetime love begun and ended in the same day, instantly. The happiest moment of my painful life was overshadowed b ...

Facing the Past
School was a torture the whole day. The gossip about Yael's fight with Cameron ended up giving Cameron a three-day suspension. T ...

Breaking Free
I was over the moon knowing that we were finally falling into place. Every minute I spent with Cameron went so fast, but to get ...

Strength
"I can't imagine a Cameron like you describe it," Tanya said her voice not covering the surprise it caused her to hear everythin ...

Fears
Dragged by Tanya's curiosity. She drove all the way to the Derwood Auto Shop, which she wanted to do only for one reason. Miles. ...

Guilt
The perfect feeling of being in love and being loved back to me was an amazing miracle, but to Cameron, it didn't feel perfect a ...

Trash
As always. My weekly routine started with a regular visit to Doctor Jackson's office. Spending the first three hours of my day d ...

His Love
The pain on my face was nothing compared to the painful disappointment killing me deep inside. It was at times like this, that I ...

The Beginning
"Why are you so quiet?" Cameron asked while walking me home, in the end everybody found out that Cameron and I were going out. T ...

Regret
I woke up in a hospital bed again. This time it looked more serious, I needed help to breathe and thanks to a ventilator, I coul ...

Ending Soon
I woke up in a hospital bed again. This time it looked more serious, I needed help to breathe and thanks to a ventilator, I coul ...

My Love
"Hey," Cameron greeted softly, making my heart jump with joy. But it hurt.It was painful and sweet at the same time. Just seeing ...

Our Future
I knew that God could see the good and bad in people and that he had his ways of punishing the bad, I hoped that God saw the goo ...

Ready to Fight
"Are you ready?" mom asked while drying my hair after a quick shower. She had been crying, I could see it in her bluish eyes. A ...

Last Wish
The operating room was white and surrounded by machines. All types of monitors, cameras, and light, a lot of light, all on top o ...

Hope
  SIX HOURS LATERCameron's POVDoctor Jackson walked out of the operating room. Just by the look on his face, I knew th ...