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Today, was a normal day at JFK. Or atleast we all expected it to be. Everyone was tired, The scary ghetto kids walked around in their posses, All the popular ones stood in a huge circle blocking the hallway that my locker is in, and I pushed through them all to get to it. Just like every day. But something was different. The teachers all had a different look on their faces. When we walk into homeroom, The TVs are always on, and Kennedy Live comes on, about 3 minutes after homeroom starts. Kennedy live is like, a TV show where the seniors make the announcements, tell the weather, the sports, how they're gonna beat all the freshman up, and they talk about how sexy they are.
When it came on, The announcements were made by Bernie Zipperadge (sp?) and Nolan Morales. Both seniors, that everyone in school knows. Bernie is the President. He's pretty cool. Nolan is different. I was excited he was doing the announcements today. He has the biggest personality that you'll ever see in a person and He's one of the nicest seniors you'll ever meet. He's like 5'3 at the most. He's in chorus with me, and on the first day Mrs. Lyons said "He's a horrible singer but he has a huge personality to make up for it." She was right. When me and my big brother Christian walked around school, he stopped us to tell us about how fun all the musicals are, and how you should join every club and get involved (and he's in most of them) and he said how there's no better place to be than JFK. He made me feel good because, everyone knows that I was so scared for school, and he kind of comforted me about it. He's so loud and never has anything pessimistic to say.
Anyway, So he came on Kennedy Live. After the last announcements, he had something to say. The camera zoomed in on him, and a few of us giggled because his eyes are just so big and acne-free and it's just cute. So he said "As many of you know my name is Nolan Morales, but Most of you do not know that" ...And I was waiting for him to talk about a club that he wants everyone to join because he's just like that. and he said "Most of you do not know that like last week I was diagnosed with MDA, a form of Lukemia" I was in such shock. How could something so horrible happen to such an amazing person? He's nothing but nice to everyone and this is what he gets? He doesn't deserve this at all. Everyone was dead silent, but you could hear kids in other classes crying. I didn't cry because I was too shocked. He said that he's gonna be getting 8 days straight of Chemotherapy, a day to rest, and then he's getting a bone marrow transplant. After the surgery he's going to have to spend a few months in an ISOLATED, AIR FILTERED room. I don't know about you all but I like my room, but staying in my room with nobody around for months, I CANNOT DO. If he gets exposed to any bacteria or anybody a simple little cold can really affect him. He seemed so optomistic about all of this though. He was like "I know I can get through this. This will be my last day here but I know the Class of 2005 won't let me down. They're more than my friends, They're my family." My heart totally went out to him. He's like 17 and he has his whole life ahead of him and he has to get this? WHAT THE HELL.
Everyday I see him and his girlfriend holding hands in the hallway. Today, everytime I saw him, she was clinged on to him so tight. I feel horrible for her because, She knows shes not gonna see him for a long time after today. I mean if I knew I wouldn't see Kenny and he had Lukemia I would just die of depression.
And his sister, Sam, she's a freshman, and in a few of my classes. She's SO nice. I didn't even know she was his sister until today. There's a few Morales' in 9th so I wasn't sure. After Nolan made that speech, She was screaming and crying in the bathroom. Literally, Screaming at the mirror.
Well, I couldn't think of much else but Nolan lying in a hospital bed with one of those non fashionable hospital gowns on today. I felt like I just couldn't walk through the hallways smiling because it just wasn't the right time. And everyone knew it. I felt/feel so horrible, There had to be something I can do. So Me, Stephanie Bennett, and Kelsie decided we're gonna hold a fundraiser for him. Seriously, If I don't do something to help, I'll be so depressed. I need to be a part of him getting better. I need to.
School isn't gonna be the same without Nolan Morales.