What Was Lincoln A Promise

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Sometimes in life you make promises. You may keep or break these promises. A promise is a devotion or dedication to someone or to do something and should never be broken. Imagine getting lied to, It wouldn’t be that bad if you believed that there was a possibility that it wouldn’t come through or get carried out but a promise should mean that there is no chance that it won’t come through or it won’t happen. Lincoln Beckham, a seventeen year old who made a promise to his best friend Juniper Parks were close friends since as far back as they could remember. They grew up together and after Juniper’s grandpa, whom she loved very much passed away, didn't know what to do. So Lincoln made her a promise that as long they had each other, they would be okay. But one day …show more content…

Lincoln claimed,
“I’d rather be dead than know that Juniper died because I couldn’t keep my promise.” His brother looked at him with amazement.
They kept driving and driving to different places until he was about to give up. All the places they went to had told them, “Matching someone with her size is no problem at all, it's just that she has such a rare blood type that it’ll be hard to find that." Lincoln and Juniper were around the same size and that made it easy to believe but he was told that only one in a 100 babies are born with that type. Lincoln starts to feel dizzy after knowing he can't help his best friend. He has searched everywhere and nobody will help him out. The anxiety finally gets to him and he passes out.
"We're going to have to get a blood sample from you, okay?" the nurse asks as Lincoln starts to wake up.
"Okay, just make it quick please."
"You were out a long time bro." Aj says while Lincoln looks very confused, "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, I just want to help juniper out, she needs me. I made a promise and I have to keep it." Lincoln

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