Chapter 1
A/N: this story is for my best friend/sister who has recently gotten the shingles over Christmas break, so this is for her. In this story me and my bestfriend/sister (liz) are in the story, she is Riley, and I am Hannah, so hopefully you all like it, and please leave a review their greatly appreciated. I don't own twilight or the characters, just Riley and Hannah.
thanks again,
TriciaMarie23
Hannah's POV
While listening to music as I do my homework, my twin sister walks into our shared bedroom and says,
"Hannah can you please turn the music down, I Have a splitting headache." As she walks over to her bed and lays down.
"Riley, you know I work better with music," I replied back as I turned to face her from my desk.
"I know you do, but I have a major headache," my sister told me as she covered her face with her arm.
"Ugh fine, I'll just go downstairs," I told her as I grabbed my science book and homework.
I walked out of the bedroom and slowly closed the door, then headed downstairs to the kitchen table to finish my homework.
DOWNSTAIRS
I walked into the kitchen and set my books down a little too hard, startling my older sister I said, "Sorry."
"It's okay, what's wrong?" my sister Bella asked.
Sighing I said, "Nothing."
"Hannah, talk to me, what's wrong?" My sister asked.
"It's just Riley," I answered her, as I opened my science book.
"What's wrong with Riley?" Bella asked me.
I looked up at my sister and said, "She's having another one of her headaches."
"Alright, I'll go check on her," My sister said as she got up from the table.
"Okay," I replied.
A few minutes later Bella came back down and said, "Riley is asleep, so if you go back upstairs
make sure you are quiet."
"Okay, I will." I told her.
I then, went back to my homework. A few minutes had gone by when I had finished up my science homework. I stuck my papers in my book, and headed up the stairs, and quietly opened the door. Walking into my shared bedroom with my sister Riley, I see her asleep on the bed. So I quietly go over to my bed and put my science book back in my book bag, and set it on the floor. I decided to go ahead and grab the book I'm currently reading, called Dark Secrets, and walked out of my bedroom as I shut the door quietly.
I walked back down the stairs, and into the living room, and went over and sat by my older sister and curled up next to her, and started reading my book. "Riley still asleep?" my sister asked me.
I looked up at her and replied, "Yeah she is, out like a light."
"Poor kid, how long has she been having these headaches now?" Bella asked me.
Sitting up, I said, "I don't know really a while now I think, but I think their getting worse though, she never said. She can't stand the slightest noise, says it bothers her."
"Must be getting migraines then, I'll let mom know when she gets home, she can't keep going on with these headaches it's not healthy." Bella told me.
"Okay," I replied.
I got back into my position next to my sister and continued to read my book. While my sister was watching something on the TV, I felt her playing with my hair, like she usually does when I'm curled up next to her. About a half hour later my twin sister Riley walks down stairs and into the living room and sits down in the recliner.
"How are you feeling Riley?" Bella asks her.
"Like utterly crap," Riley answered our sister as she rubbed her hand over her forehead.
"I'm going to go and get you some ibuprofen," Bella told her as she got up, and headed towards the kitchen.
Riley just sat there and laid her head back and closed her eyes. A minute later Bella comes back with a glass of water and a couple ibuprofens, and handed them to Riley. "Thanks," Riley said.
"Hey, Bells'?" Riley asked.
"Yeah Riles?" Bella replied back.
"Can you get me a cold wash cloth please? My head feels like it's going to explode." Riley asked her.
"Yeah sure hun, anything else you need?" Bella replied back as she headed back towards the kitchen.
"Uhm, no, I don't think so," Riley answered her, as she closed her eyes.
"Okay, I'll be right back hun," Bella told her as she headed back into the kitchen to get our sister a wash cloth for her forehead.
While we were waiting for our sister to come back with the wash cloth, Riley doubled over in pain. "Riley, what's wrong?" I asked her as I got up and walked over to her.
My twin sister, who was in pain, couldn't say much. "What's wrong?" Bella asked as she walked in and seen our sister doubled over in pain.
"I don't know, after you walked out, she bent over like this, I tried asking her what was wrong, but she won't say anything like she's in too much pain or something." I answered her.
Bella went over to Riley and bent down and said, "Riles, sweetie, what's wrong? What hurts?"
"M-my head, h-hurts so b-bad, and m-my ear, so m-much pain," Riley answered her through clenched teeth.
"Alright, sweetie, here's the wash cloth. Let's get you over to the couch and lay you down, and put this wash cloth over your head," Bella told her as she helped her up, and helped her over to the couch.
Once Bella got Riley over to the couch, she looked over at me and said, "Hannah, I need you to go get the phone for me, I need to call mom."
"Uhm, yeah okay," I replied as I went to the kitchen, and grabbed the cordless phone. Grabbing the phone, I head back to the living room, and handed my older sister the phone.
I walked over to where my sisters were, and just stood behind Bella as I watched my twin sister in so much pain, you could tell she wanted to cry, but was trying to hold it in. While Bella was on the phone, I heard the front door open, so I went over to see who it was.
Once I got to the foyer, I seen my older brother walking in the door, and I said, "Hi Emmett."
"Hey Hannah Banana, where's everyone at? Emmett asked as he took off his shoes.
"Bella is with Riley in the living room, Riley isn't doing so well," I told him as we headed towards the living room.
"What happened?" Emmett asked.
"I-I don't know, she was complaining of headaches for the last week or two I don't know, and now she says her ear hurts." I answered him, as we walked towards Bella and Riley.
Just as Bella was getting off the phone, Emmett bent down near the couch and asked, "Riley, kiddo, how are you?"
Riley looked over at our older brother and said with tears in her eyes, "Em', my head hurts, it feels like it's going to explode, and my ear, it hurts soo bad."
Emmett looked at Bella and asked, "Did you call mom and dad?"
"Yeah, I just got off the phone with mom when you walked in the door," Bella answered him, and then continued, "She's on her way home."
I went and sat on the opposite couch, feeling absolutely helpless. Once I sat down I pulled my legs up to my chest and wrapped my arms around them, and laid my head on top of my knees. I then feel someone sit down next to me and say, "Han, are you okay?"
I looked over and seen my older sister, and said, "Yeah, I'm fine."
"Are you sure?" Bella asked me, while she was rubbing my back soothingly.
"Yeah," I answered with a slight sigh.
A few minutes later we hear the front door open and our mom say, "Kids, where are you?"
"In the living room mom," Bella answered as she stood up to meet our mom.
"What happened?" Mom asked, then seen Riley lying on the couch.
Bella followed our mom over to where Riley was at, and said, "Her headache seems like their getting worse, and now she's complaining of an ear ache."
"Give her any ibuprofen?" Mom asked as she bent down to take a look at Riley.
"Yeah, I gave her four of em about an hour ago," Bella told her.
"Riley, sweetie, has your headache let up some any?" Mom asked Riley.
Riley look over at mom, and said, "Sort of, not much. It really hurts mom."
"I know baby, are you feeling dizzy at all?" Mom asked her as she pushed back some of Riley's hair out of her face.
"Just a bit, when I move, the light also bothers me, and sound, I can't stand sound," Riley answered mom.
Mom bent down to help Riley and said, "Why don't we go on up to your room, where you'll be more comfortable, it sounds like you're having a migraine."
Riley started to sit up, but then laid back down and said, "Mom, I can't, my head hurts too bad, the room is starting to spin."
Mom looked over at Emmett and said, "Emmett, can you carry her up to her room please?"
"Yeah sure mom," Emmett said as he got up and went to go and pick Riley up off the couch, and went and carried her up to our room. Our mom went and followed Emmett and Riley up the stairs to help Riley get comfortable.
Bella came back over and sat down next to me, and I leaned over on her and rested my head on her shoulder, and asked, "She'll be okay right?"
"Of course kiddo, like mom said it's probably just a migraine," Bella answered me as she rubbed my back.
"Okay," I replied then just focused my attention to a spot on the floor.
A few minutes later Emmett came back down and sat on the other side of me, and said, "She should probably go see Carlisle, just to make sure everything is okay. Especially since she's been having them for what almost two weeks?"
"I agree, and now she's getting an ear ache? Yeah I agree she should go see Carlisle, maybe we could talk to mom into taking her to go see him." Bella replied back to him, while she was playing with my hair.
"Hannah, has she said anything besides her head hurting?" Emmett asked me.
I looked over at him and said, "No, she hasn't. I'm not even sure how it all started. But if it's been almost two weeks ago, that's when we had our finals. I know she's been stressing over that." I answered my older brother.
"That's right; we did have finals about two weeks ago. I do remember her getting stressed out about it." Bella also put in.
"I bet that could be the reason for her headaches, but as for the ear infection. I have no idea," Emmett said.
"Might be getting sick? But I'm not exactly sure," Bella also said.
"No, I don't think she's getting sick, who knows. We'll see what mom has to say when she gets back down here." Emmett said.
Looking up at both my siblings I said, "Since she's going to need to be practically in the dark, and no noise at all, where am I going to sleep tonight?"
"You can sleep with me tonight hun," Bella answered.
"Okay, are you sure?" I asked her.
"Yes, I'm sure, just don't kick me. You have a habit of kicking people in your sleep." Bella replied while giggling.
"I can't help it, I don't do it on purpose," I told her as I laid my head back down on her shoulder.
"Kiddo, I was kidding, I know you can't, no worries," Bella told me as she wrapped her arm around me.
"I know," I replied back with a sigh.
We all just sat in silence until our mom came back down the stairs into the living room, and said, "Alright kids, your sister has fallen back to sleep. Just make sure you keep it down," my mom then turned to me and said, "Hannah, try and stay out of your room for a while, just until Riley wakes back up ok?"
"Yeah, okay," I replied back to my mom.
"Mom, Bella and I were talking, and we were thinking that maybe you should take Riley in to see Carlisle, and figure out why she's been having these headaches." Emmett spoke up after mom came in and sat down on the couch.
"I will, we'll see how she's feeling when she wakes back up," Mom replied to Emmett.
I went ahead and got up, went to the kitchen to get something to drink. After I poured myself a drink I went back to the living room, and sat back down in my spot. I then asked, "When's daddy coming home?"
"Well sweet pea, he should be home within the next hour in a half, maybe two hours. He's bringing pizza home with him." Mom answered me.
"I'm going upstairs to my room," Bella said as she stood up off the couch and walked towards the stairs.
"Make sure your quiet," Mom told her.
"Yeah, mom I know," Bella replied back as she headed up the stairs.
I then finished off my drink and placed my cup on the coffee table, and lay down on the couch and started to slowly drift off to sleep. Before I could fully fall asleep, I felt someone place a blanket over me, and then I was out.
About an hour later, I get woken up by my mom, "Hannah, sweetheart, time to get up, your father's home, and he brought home pizza for dinner."
"Okay, I'm up," I told her as I pulled the blanket off me, and sat up.
"Bout time your awake, thought you would never wake up," Emmett said with a smile on his face.
"Ha ha ha, very funny Emmett," I told him as I stuck my tongue out at him.
I got up off the couch and walked towards the kitchen to see my dad placing the plates on the table, I walked over to him gave him hug and said, "Hi daddy."
"Hi baby, how's your sister?" My daddy asked me as he hugged me back.
"I don't know I just woke up, she's still upstairs asleep I think." I told him.
"Why don't you go see if she's awake and if she is, ask her if she's hungry. But if she's still sleeping don't bother her." Daddy told me.
"Okay and I won't." I told him.
I walked out of the kitchen, and towards the stairs. As I walked up the stairs I passed Bella in the hallway, and she asked, "Where are you going?"
"Daddy asked me to check on Riley to see if she's awake or not." I answered her.
"I don't think she is, but you can still check," Bella told me as she continued to walk down the stairs.
"Okay," I responded back.
I walked towards the end of the hall and turned to my left and cracked open my bedroom door to see if Riley was awake or not. Once I had peeked in and seen Riley still asleep, I quietly closed the door, and went back downstairs. Making my way back down to the kitchen I went over to my dad and said,
"Riley is still sleeping."
"Okay hun, thanks. Go ahead and fix yourself something to eat." Daddy said as he grabbed a beer from the fridge and went into the living room.
I went ahead and fixed my plate with a few slices of pizza and a few chips; I went to the fridge and grabbed a dr. pepper. I went into the living room, and found a spot on the couch by Emmett and went over and sat next to him.
Halfway through dinner, my twin sister Riley, walks down the stairs, and says, "Mom, I need you."
"Sure thing darling," Mom said as she set her plate down and got up to go see what my sister wanted.
Once I finished eating, I got up and took my plate into the kitchen and stuck it in the dishwasher. I walked by my mom and my sister on my way back to the living room and I stopped when I heard my sister mention she found bumps by her ear. So I went over and asked,
"You found bumps? What kind of bumps?"
"Hannah, don't worry about it, just go back into the living room with everyone else, alright?" Mom told me.
"No, I want to know," I told my mom stubbornly.
"Hannah Alexis, do as I say now," My mom responded using my full name.
"Fine, whatever, nobody tells me anything anyways." I responded as I headed back into the living room angrily.
As I walked back into the living room and went to sit down in my spot again by Emmett, my older brother said, "What's wrong squirt?"
Not bothering to answer I just shrug my shoulders and look at the TV screen, not really bothering to pay attention to what's on. Then my brother tried again,
"Han, what's wrong? What's bothering you?"
"Nothing! Okay, just nothing!" I said as I stood up and just ran up the stairs to my room not bothering if I knocked into mom and Riley or not.
About five minutes later I hear a knock on the door, and I said, "Go away!"
"Hannah, let me in," I heard my older sister respond back.
"No, just, just go away," I told her as I buried my face in my pillows.
"Hannah Alexis, let me in please, don't make me go get dad," Bella said through the door.
"Fine," I said as I got up and unlocked the door, then went back to the bed and laid back down putting face in between my pillows.
I heard my sister walk in and shut the door behind her. She then came over and sat on my bed next to me, and rubbed my back soothingly, and asked, "Hannah, what happened?"
I just laid there a few minutes with my sister rubbing my back. I then finally turned around laying on my back and said, "After I took my plate and stuff to the kitchen, I overheard Riley telling mom that she found bumps by her ear. So I asked them about it and mom said not to worry about it, and to just go back to the living room with everyone else. And Emmett made me mad because he kept asking what was wrong."
"I'm sure it was probably nothing to worry about Hannah. If it was something to worry about mom and dad would have done something." My sister told me.
"Yeah, but there could BE something, she's having a lot of headaches, and her ear hurts, now she's getting bumps. What if it's like brain cancer or something? One of my best friends from school, her mom had brain cancer." I told my older sister as I was trying not to cry.
"Han, I promise, that nothing is bad is going to happen to Riley. I'm pretty sure it's not brain cancer." Bella told me as she laid down beside me, and brushed the hairs out of my face.
"Can't Carlisle see her?" I asked my sister.
"I'm sure he could, but its up to mom and dad to take her to him. Let's just wait and see what happens, I'm sure if the bumps Riley found, get any worse, then mom and dad will be taking her in to get it looked at. But I promise Han, Riley doesn't have brain cancer. I know your best friend's mom did, but honestly, Riley doesn't have it. I'm sure of it." Bella said, trying to reassure me.
"What if you're wrong and she does have brain cancer? It would be like the end of the world!" I hysterically cried to my older sister.
My sister leaned down towards me and gave me a hug and said, "Hannah, Riley doesn't have brain cancer, she'll be fine. Whatever she has, which could be absolutely nothing, she'll be fine."
"Alright, she better be." I told her as I leaned in closer to my older sister.
We both laid there in the same position five minutes later when we heard a knock on my bedroom door. My sister said, "Come in."
My bedroom door opened revealing my older brother, who walked on the other side of my bed and laid down beside me and got in the same position as my older sister, putting me in the middle. My brother then said after a minute of silence, "Hannah, I'm sorry if I upset you, I didn't mean too. I just wanted to know what was wrong."
"It's okay, I just over heard mom and Riley talking. Riley told mom that she found a bump by her ear, and I asked them about it, and mom wouldn't say." I told my brother.
A few minutes later, we hear our dad yell up the stairs for our sister, "Bella the phones for you."
"I'll be down in a minute." Bella replied back, then she turned to me, "You going to be okay no kiddo?"
"Yeah, thanks," I answered her.
"Okay good, I love you kid," Bella told me as she gave me a hug and kissed the top of my head.
"I love you too Bells'," I told her as I hugged her back.
My brother and I just layed there after our sister walked out of the bedroom to go see who was on the phone. I turned to my brother and said,
"Emmy?"
"Yeah squirt?" Emmett replied back.
"I'm sorry I yelled at you," I told him with tears in my eyes.
"Hey, don't worry about it, no biggie," Emmett told me.
"Are you sure? I feel really bad about it now," I told him as I felt the tears roll down my face.
"Hannah, listen, you shouldn't have to feel bad. If anything I should feel bad about pushing the question on you. You didn't do anything squirt. And you can't help but feel emotional and sensitive to things like that. But I'm not mad at you for getting upset at me. If anyone is sorry, I should be sorry for trying to push you." Emmett told me.
I sat up and he followed suit, "Are you sure? It's okay, I forgive you."
"Yes, I'm sure. Now how bout we go downstairs and get us some ice cream? Dad had bought a whole new tub of ice cream." Emmett said as he got up off the bed and held out his hand to me.
I grab his hand and he pulls me up off the bed, and I said, "Yeah! Let's go get ice cream, and I wanna apologize to mom too."
"Alrighty, lets head 'em on out," Em' said as we walked out of my bedroom and down the stairs towards the kitchen. I walked over to my mom and I said,
"Mom, I'm sorry, I overheard Riley tell you she found a bump by her ear, and I was being nosy, and I'm sorry."
"Its okay baby, I understand. I am however going to take your sister in tomorrow to see Carlisle to figure out what's going on." My mom told me.
"Oh, okay. Do you mind if I go with you guys tomorrow?" I asked my mom.
"I don't see why not," My mom answered.
"Okay, again, I'm sorry," I told her again, as I gave my mom a hug.
"It's okay baby really," My mom said as she gave me a hug.
After I let go, I went back to the kitchen where my older brother was making two bowls of ice cream for me and him. I then went and go the syrup out to put on top of the ice cream after we put the ice cream and syrup up, we went and sat at the table and ate our ice cream.
A/N: Thanks again for reading, and if you could so kindly please leave a review, and any mistakes are mine, thanks again for reading.
TriciaMarie23
