Kiss and Cry Page #2

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- Who has to sit out.

- During gym class?

- Well, at least.

- You have that now.

How does this even work?

Yeah, works just like that.

Ew.

- Hey, Nuggy.

- You okay?

What do you think?

My problem's with breathing.

What's blood gonna tell you?

He's a little busy,

Car.

Do I at least get a lollipop?

- Carley, please!

- What?

I always used to get

a lollipop after a needle.

What do you say, Doc?

- You're gonna have.

- To schedule a follow-up.

For the results.

- How long does.

- That usually take?

Couple of days, usually.

Thank you.

See?

- And then things just.

- Kinda went back to normal.

- Well, normal for me.

- Homologous chromosomes.

First pair with each another

and then they segregate to...

Well thank you for

joining us, Ms. Allison.

I'm sorry.

I was skating over lunch.

Fascinating! When do you

find time to eat?

- Don't worry,

- I had a protein sh...

You're being sarcastic.

Mm-hm.

Great.

What are you doing?

I told you.

I'm in this class.

Oh, you're a stalker?

No, I'm not a stalker.

- I've literally been.

- n this class.

With you this whole time.

- I thought we were.

- Just messing around.

You're sitting in my seat,

so can you move?

Miss Allison?

- Is my teaching.

- nterrupting your argument?

I've literally been

sitting in this seat...

Okay, everybody, we can

thank Miss Allison

for the pop quiz

you're about to have.

Are you taking it correctly?

Yes, I'm taking it

as directed.

If taking properly,

problem is not medication.

It is skater.

For once, can you

just get off my back.

You know I have asthma.

Yuzuru Hanyu has asthma.

He also has gold medal.

What's your point, Shin?

Train harder, Carley.

Otherwise, the only way

you see Olympics is

when you watch

your friends on TV.

Ow!

The biology textbook.

Wow, this is so pretty.

Yeah.

Hold up.

What are you doing?

It's a surprise.

- Okay,

- I hate surprises.

- And most girls don't.

- Let guys blindfold them.

On a first date.

You don't trust me?

Nope! Not even a little bit.

I don't think you have much

of a choice, to be honest.

Oh. Okay.

Okay.

All right, watch your step.

- You okay?

- Yeah, yeah.

Okay. Whoa!

- All right, all right,

- all right.

I got you.

Keep 'em closed.

Keep 'em closed.

Open your eyes.

The cutest thing ever?

It's the cutest thing ever!

That was crazy!

Thank you.

That was so cool!

No problem.

Here you go.

- Thank you so much.

- Would I get one more?

- No worries.

- Thank you.

So what were you saying

about athletes again?

Look, I'm sorry.

- You know, I've.

- Never seen someone fly.

So close to the sun.

Oh, yeah, and thanks for

setting my car alarm off.

That was super smooth.

- Definitely did.

- That on purpose.

- Oh yeah? - Yeah, I thought.

- t looked cool.

- Yeah, you know, running.

- Away like a little girl.

Real cool.

- It's a nice.

- Picture in my mind.

- You know, I call 'em.

- Like I see 'em.

Look, my ex-girlfriend

was on the volleyball team,

and she didn't really

have time for anything

so I guess that's

why I said that.

She was also cheating

on me with Tom Hopkins

- because he had a.

- Driver's license,

But I guess it made

me kind of bitter.

So athletics had

nothing to do with it?

No, I was just

angry and bitter.

So I hear

you're also a singer?

Sorry, I'm auditioning

for the Berklee.

College of Music.

It's in Boston.

Wow, elite skating,

singing.

- You know, you're.

- Starting to make the rest.

Of us look pretty lazy.

You okay?

Yeah, uh.

You need my help?

No, no.

I'll be right back.

- Oh, my God!

- Carley!

An athlete's heart rate

should only be

around 50 beats per minute.

When the paramedics

arrived to take mine,

it was around 110.

- That's like the beat of.

- A really fast dance song.

At a nightclub.

Which explains

why I was so thin.

I'm from the

Oncology department.

After the CT scan

was completed,

the radiology department

asked me to come down

and take a look at it.

I was clearly able to see

what was causing Carley's

breathing problems.

I have, uh, I have a spare

inhaler in here.

Mrs. Allison, I'm sorry,

but that won't be necessary.

It's not asthma.

More tests to run,

but we have a little...

In a few seconds, they're

gonna come in and hug me.

Riley and Sam are gonna be

holding in their tears.

My dad's gonna hold my hand

and tell me everything's

gonna be okay.

Hey.

My mom

will kiss my forehead.

It's gonna be

okay. Shh.

It's okay.

And I'm gonna nod

and know they're only

telling me half the truth.

The truth is...

...the CT scan found a tumor

on the right side

of my trachea.

I have cancer.

It's a malignant

melanoma in your trachea.

It's extremely rare.

Only seven known cases

in medical history.

You, young lady,

one in a billion.

Wow. Lucky me.

Well, you are lucky

because we can remove it.

Not today, because the tumor is

right up beside your thyroid.

So we have to use chemotherapy

to shrink the tumor down

to a size where we

can get around it.

In the meantime, you

need this tracheostomy

so you can breathe.

Hey Nuggy.

How you doing?

Good morning.

How you feeling?

Hi.

Hi.

I'll take that one.

Wow, that's big.

Hi.

- No toys allowed.

- It's okay.

- It's so cute.

- Oh, tell me about it.

Let's go.

Come on, come on.

- But I'm her sister.

- Let's go.

No toys in the ICU.

It's just for my sister!

It's small! Man.

It's okay, you

don't have to hide.

I'm not wearing make-up

either.

Can I see it?

Oh, come on, I'm going

see it eventually.

I bought you this

giant, cute Panda.

How are you?

You have amazing handwriting.

Oh, you want to talk

about embarrassed, huh?

- That night.

- We brought you in,

Your dad said he'd call

my parents to pick me up

because my phone had died.

But he forgot.

Not that I can blame him.

- I tried to take.

- The train home.

And somehow ended up

on the wrong train

and ended up in the

middle of nowhere.

- And all the trains.

- Stopped running,

- So I had to knock.

- On this lady's door.

To use her phone at,

like, two in the morning.

She got scared, called the

cops, and I got arrested.

All right, not quite, but that's

definitely what it looked

like when cops pulled up

- to my house.

- With me in the back.

Right when all of my neighbors

were leaving for work.

It's okay, Carley.

How about this?

I'll make you a deal.

You show me your trach tube,

- and I'll show you.

- The scar I got.

When I sat on a broken

bottle in the sixth grade.

It's pretty gnarly,

you're going to love it.

A few weeks later

I started chemo.

Carley Allison?

- Hi, Carrie,

- I'm Sophie.

- I'll be taking.

- Your blood today.

It's Carley.

Now, did anybody

take your temperature?

Nope.

Great.

- Nobody took.

- Your temperature.

- Open.

- Close.

- How many chemo.

- Treatments have you had?

One.

- Any nausea?

- Yes.

Diarrhea?

Not since taco night.

Funny.

Any vomiting?

Nope.

How is it?

What?

My temperature?

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