Alexa & Katie (2018)2018 May 2026

The story begins three months before graduation. Alexa, now completely in remission, is hyper-focused on the future. She has been accepted into a prestigious summer internship in New York City, a dream she’s had since before her first round of chemo. Katie, meanwhile, is grappling with the reality of staying behind to help her mom at the Wired Giant and attending the local community college to save money.

The diagnosis was behind them, the hospital stays were a memory, and senior year of high school was finally here. Alexa and Katie stood in front of the familiar full-length mirror in Alexa’s room, adjusted their graduation caps, and shared a look that said everything they couldn’t put into words. Alexa & Katie (2018)2018

The blowout happens in the parking lot. Katie finally admits she’s jealous—not of the internship, but of how easily Alexa seems to be moving on from the "bubble" that kept them together during the cancer years. Alexa realizes that while she was fighting to get her life back, she forgot that Katie’s life had been on pause right along with hers. The story begins three months before graduation