I have known Wyatt for a long time.  I didn’t even know his name.  I would always call him “the tall redhead boy.”  I would always call him that.  I don’t know why.  I would just do it.  He was in the drama club with me because I was in the show “Annie” and he was too.  All of a sudden, the very next day, he was limping.  We didn’t know why he was limping, and no one said anything to me.  I was like “that’s kind of weird” because everyone’s talkative in the morning in Miss Simmons’ class.  So I got kind of concerned about it, and I waited for a few months or something, and all of a sudden my mom said, “Lauren, Wyatt has cancer.”  And I was like “what do you mean?”  He didn’t know how he got it or where he got it. When he said he only had like six months, it broke my heart.  Since he’s still here to this day, I told him, “You know what, you are fighting this and I’m helping you fight.”  He’s not going.  I’m not allowing this.  He is fighting.  I will ask my grandma every single time, “Say two prayers for him each night.”  After that, I went to my mom and I said: “Mom, my boyfriend only has six months to live.”  She was like, “I know.  I know.  I’m sorry.”  And I broke down into tears.  It’s hard because he didn’t ask me to homecoming, I asked him.  After he was in the hospital, I asked his dad, “Hey, can you put these headphones on? I need to ask you a question.”  So I asked him, “Can I ask your son to homecoming?”  He said: “Well, yes, you can.”  And I said, “Hey, Wyatt, I have a question for you.  How would you like to go to homecoming?”  He actually said yes.  I think he was going to ask me, and I think he was a little bit nervous to ask me, and I’d reject.  I would describe him as sweet, cool, and hot.  Generous, warm, cuddly.  A very good person to hang out with and date.  So yeah, he’s actually at home right now, and I’m just trying to think of some other stuff I can do to help get him over the urge to just fight. He inspires me by showing me what he likes to do.  Mostly, I can’t even explain how much he’s inspired me.  I’m even trying to write a book about me and him and our love story.  On that dress-up day, I was a soccer mom.  I literally went to the table and stuff and said: “Wyatt, I have a crush on you.”  He was like, “What? Let me get this straight.”  I’m like, “Dude, I want to date you.”  He was like, “What?”  I’m like, “Yeah.  I had a crush on you.  That’s why I didn’t tell him.  I was at lunch, staring off into space, and he didn’t know I loved him to pieces.