The Girl Next Door

          Sam is falling in love. That's something that people long to do at one point or another. Problem? She's falling in love with her best friend Jesse who is being treated for cancer. Jesse had it all; he was the star of the baseball team, all the girls liked him, class president, and everyone knew his name. Now he only is told to have 7 months left to live. Sam stays over there most nights, but his mother isn't approving of it lately. Jesse swears to his mother there is nothing going on and they are just friends because he doesn't know how Sam really feels about him. Maybe she's just scared that the feelings won't be returned, or maybe she's scared because she knows how little of time they have anyways. She doesn't want to admit he's dying, but he's becoming more accepting of his short time left. He's fighting, but there isn't much more he can do.

          It leaves you wondering what it would take to make Sam tell Jesse before it's too late. If she really loves him, wouldn't she want him to know? Or would it just hurt to much to let him know with such short time left? They've been friends since they were 2, and have always been neighbors. Maybe she's just afraid that if she tells him and the love is unreturned, it will crush her always. I feel like she should open her eyes and realize this before it's too late. I think that i'd rather know if he feels the same way, then live the rest of my life never knowing the truth.
         
          "And I've been up for days, I finally lost my mind and then I lost my way. I'm blistered but I'm better and I'm home. And I will crawl, theres things that aren't worth giving up I know. But I won't let this get me I will fight.You live the life you're given with the storms outside somedays all I do is watch the sky."

          I chose this quote because I think it reflects both Jesse and Sam. He's stuck in his bed all day, just left to think about life with the time he has left, he's still fighting this cancer everyday. It also reflects Sam because she's not giving up. She really believes that he will get better and that he won't die. She doesn't want to believe that he only has 7 months of life left and she will fight right along with him through all the struggles they are about to overcome.