You have a close friend. You recently discovered something about them that changes the way you look at them either for the better or the worse. Either they have a traumatic childhood or they suffer from a disease that is going to kill them, or they have depression or they've been lying to you about something quite serious. anything you can think of. Describe your reaction emotions.
I ask this since there is a similar situation in my story and I want examples. :)
Honestly, if one of my close friends had some fatal disease, I probably wouldn't change. I'd obviously be a bit nicer and stuff and be someone they could talk to, but if they had a fatal disease then they'd probably have everyone around them treating them differently (like giving them pitying looks, doing whatever the ill person wanted, excusing them from basic things because they "don't want them to get hurt", etc) and that kind of sounds like hell to me. I'd want to be a constant in their life, so I probably wouldn't really change
I am currently dealing with this in my life right now, but not with my best friend.
My mother. She has been diagnosed with terminal bone cancer. She has about a year left to live.
That thought is always present in my mind, doesn't matter if I'm with her or away. My guilt grows with every extra hour I spend away from home–away from home. Time is precious. It's so fucking precious. I've caught myself watching the time more at school.
I've quit my soccer team. I sometimes don't want to participate in afterschool clubs and activities because they keep me away.
I want to stay by her side.
My grades have been slipping. I want to kill myself but I can't. I'm going to take a gap year and delay my going to college so I can stay and help my father and brother. I have made plans for before and after she leaves.
