All Chapters of No Time for Forever: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

The next day, he spent half the day with Jason, playing video games with him. I tried using the VR with them but it sort of made me dizzy.  When I talked to him about buying stuff for him, he told me it makes him happy because he doesn’t have any siblings and his cousins, well, they don’t get along like I do with mine. He rarely sees them because they’re always jetting off to some island or to another country.  

After Thanksgiving, I felt closer to Raiden than I had the past few months. His mom and I had become textmates and I would often schedule a weekend with her and Raiden. I feel that Raiden is happier lately too. I guess his gripes about not being able to spend time with his parents are somewhat resolved though his dad is still often away on business trips. At least he gets to spend more time with his mom more. Unlike my relationship with my mom, it seems they’re very distant and less expressive about their feelings. His parents are huggers but they rarely show emotions, from what I have observed. Before I knew it, it was already the Christmas season. One time, on the way home from school, I asked

It’s already New Year’s Eve and still no calls from Raiden. It seems that everyone was right from the very start. Why would someone like him be with someone like me? Why would Raiden Patterson be interested in a nobody like me. I was way over my head and I’ve been had. Maybe he’s with Taylor in Paris right now, and they’re just laughing at me because I fell for their bet. I wonder who won. I just hope Raiden has the decency to tell me what’s going on but apparently he doesn’t.

The next few weeks was torture. I barely can keep my promise to him that I will be with him every step of the way.  His parents had put Raiden on the distance learning program that the school offers. They were traveling all over the country and abroad looking for specialists. If the hospital is nearby, I am able to accompany him but most of them are either out of state or out of the country. Sometimes he would disappear for weeks at a time. The longest was over a month when they went to Asia for a stem cell treatment being offered there. It was a longshot, the doctor said but it might help. When he came back, he looked a lot better than he did the previo

I called Michelle when I got in my room. I asked her if he wanted to hang out tomorrow or the next few days and get some back to school outfits. I need a distraction since Raiden’s not gonna be here for the rest of the week. “Mark texted me earlier this evening asking where you were. I told him that you&rsquo