Everyone dies, someday and somehow. Sixteen year old Allie is dying of cancer. More than anything, she wants to be a normal teenager. But pretending is exhausting and the lies pile up. With a chance at first love and true friends, Allie must choose between maintaining the pretence or risking everything with the truth. Can Allie open her heart and embrace love? If you liked 'The Fault in Our Stars' by John Green or 'A Walk to Remember' by Nicholas Sparks, you'll love Awakening to Life.

What would you do.. If you knew.. you weren't going to make it?

{DISCLAIMER: this story was written 6 year ago! Contains horrible spelling and grammar - lacks answers to many questions (was one of my first stories)} I was warned that pissing off E.J, or also known as the ruler of Gates High School would lead to him getting revenge on me in public, but little did I know he didn't want revenge, but me... And little did he know, I am not that easy, because this girl bites!

There really isn’t any way to explain men...or, better yet, understand them. You can try and try, but, no matter what you do, in the end you’re always going to fail bitterly. Women are doomed to put up with men during their entire relationship, and wives, for an entire lifetime. But then again, they have to deal with us as well…so it’s not really fair to say that. And also, it’s like they always say, you can’t live with them, you can’t live without them. I know I sure can’t. Anyways…my name is Sarah Pearce, and this is my semi-dramatic, entirely irritating, sometimes nice, but completely crazy love story…