CHAPTER ONE - SOMETHING DIFFERENT

"I have leukemia." Three words have never had such an impact on my life before. I'm Aria Richter, I'm sixteen, and yes, I have leukemia. It's really screwing things up, too. My perfect relationship with my perfect boyfriend gets a lot less perfect. My incredible friendship with my two best friends starts crumbling before my very eyes, and everything that I loved about my life has pretty much disappeared. Can everything go back to normal? Or are some changes really for the best?