Plot+Outline

Plot Outline Chris is an average 19 year old man, living in the era when the //fountain of youth// becomes mainstream and the idea of living forever becomes a reality. Chris, a very technologicly inclined young man, wants to become a big name and make a difference in the buisness world. He's only afriad he won't have enough time! Against the wishes and better advice of his family and friends, Chris spends his entire savings to drink the exilir of youth, intenting to greatly extend his life. The story takes a turn when Chris' best friend falls ill to cancer. His friend, a very religious man is the one person Chris cares most about in the world. Neither man could afford the treatment; Chris having just spent all his money on eternal life. Chris begs him to drink from the fountain of youth, but because of his belif that man was not meant to live forever, Chris' offer is refused. His friend is rapidly taken by cancer, and Chris spends every waking moment by his side, seeing the man he had most admired slip away. Chris finds himself helpless, desperate and feeling forlorn. When his friend falls into a coma, Chris searches everywhere for a light, and finds himself turning to faith to pull him through. Meanwhile, the negative affects of the fountain are becoming apperent, and Chris is coming closer and closer to losing his best friend, and his mind. Chris begins to see truth in his friend's words of wisdom warning him against the fountain. He begins to believe that God wouldn't want this, and when his friend drew his final breath, Chris' mind was made up. In the end of the story Chris takes his own life, after having lost all strength and will to live.