The Big C. – By OliviasFiction-

Background Information – When Bella was fourteen, she developed Bowel cancer, she got treated for it, but they said it might come back. She was put on a course of tablets to take, but when she fell pregnant, she stopped taking them. Now the cancer has come back and it is more vicious than ever, feeding off Bella like her baby is. As the cancer starts to spread, time is running out for poor Bella, and her little bump too, and everyone is feeling her pain. Edward is deeply depressed, Carlisle is working his ass off, Rose is looking after Bella, Alice is away – taking a bit of a breather, not when she runs off with jasper -, Jasper is trying to keep spirits high, and Emmett, well… he's being his usual self. There's only one thing to do, but can they really change the human Bella they all loved so much into a monster like themselves? Will Edward kill the bump for Bella's sake? Or will it come to the worst? Keep reading to find out what happens in OliviasFiction-'s - The Big C.

Disclaimer- I don't own twilight or cancer, they belong to their rightful and unlucky owners :( **Sigh**

Chapter one

The truth hurts

"Time to check the bump!" Rosalie chanted, a smile plastered across her face, if I didn't know any better, I would have thought that she was some circus clown. She squeezed my hand and put her arm over my shoulder.

"Yey." I mumbled sarcastically, I was so annoyed with everyone's attention, it was just a freaking baby, I didn't need baby sitting! The worst thing about being pregnant with little EJ was that I had to have a scan every two days, to check that it was developing correctly and it wasn't sitting on any of my vital organs or trying to hurt me. He'd already broken some of my ribs.

Rosalie walked me down the hallway to Carlisle's office, where we would have the ultra sound. The bed was there, the only thing missing was the machine. Rose directed me to a chair and sat me down, making sure that I wasn't in any pain. She had become so kind to me since I told her I was pregnant with little EJ.

Carlisle entered the room with the ultra sound machine, wheeling it on one of Emmett's skate boards. Rose laughed half-heartedly and then helped Carlisle set up the machine.

It beeped a few times and then kicked into life, it was so noisy! Rose put her cool hands over my ears to help relax me and then moved one to my hot forehead. Esme then flitted in, followed by a rather depressed looking Edward, who was shuffling his feet. He looked up to me and smiled gently, even though I knew he didn't mean it as much as I hoped he did.

He walked over to my right side and started to fidget, he wasn't comfortable. He hasn't been since I decided to keep EJ. I sighed and lifted up my jumper for Carlisle to put the weird jelly stuff on my stomach, for the ultra sound.

"Everything looks okay, Bella. The baby looks fine, but I'm not sure about you." Carlisle said, after my rather boring, yet kind of exciting ultra sound. He cleaned off the gooey jelly and rolled my jumper back down.

"Do you mind leaving us alone?" Carlisle asked, but by the time the words had came out of his mouth, Edward was already out of the room, closely followed by Esme and then Rose. Carlisle turned to me.

"Have you been feeling okay?" He asked, well I was pregnant, so I was bound to feel a little crappy, but apart from that, yeah, I was pretty good.

"I guess, I mean, being pregnant is no picnic, especially with a baby that won't let me eat human food." I replied, EJ was being a right pain, I couldn't even have soup.

"Hmm, how about your bowl movements? How have they been?" He asked, well I guess this was an alright question to ask, not too weird. Hmm, let me think…

"Yeah, I've been passing waste frequently." I said. It was true; I had to pee all the time, maybe which was a normal thing about pregnancy?

"Hmm, I think I need to have a little look inside you."

----| About an hour later |----

The thoughts rushing through my head were so erratic, even if Edward could hear them, he wouldn't be able to understand. How was I going to be able to tell him this? It would tear him apart, not to mention what it's doing to me.

I walked into Edward's bedroom and sat down on his bed next to his legs where he was lying down. His body was tight and his eyes were closed. He wasn't even breathing. All you could hear was grunts from EJ and my breathing. Edward knew I was there, but he chose to ignore me.

"Edward" I breathed, his eyes opened wide and starred right at me.

"Bella" He replied, his voice was velvety and smooth as always, but he had a slight twinge of pain in it as well. I sighed as he managed to stand up on the bed and hop down from it, landing a few feet away from me. I shivered, he sighed.

"I think you better sit down." I croaked, my voice cracking at every word. He still stood there, I looked at him with hurt eyes and then he sat down next to me on the bed.

"What's the matter Bella? Why did Carlisle want to talk to you?" Edward asked, looking more concerned for me now, seen as though I looked hurt and sad.

"Edward… when I was fourteen, I got bowl cancer… I took tablets to make it go away, and they worked pretty well, but after you left, I stopped taking them… It's come back Edward… I've got cancer again." I wept, his mouth dropped and then quickly snapped shut again, his eyes closed and he hugged me tight. He hadn't done that for a while.

He kissed my lips and hugged me tight again, holding me for what seemed like forever, which I always wanted. His lips brushed mine again.

"Bella, my sweet Bella. How come you never told me?" Edward asked, his voice was still smooth put again, a twinge of pain echoed through it like an empty cave.

"Because I didn't want you to worry."

"Don't worry, it'll all be okay." He said with a fearful voice, his poker face was failing and his world looked like it had been torn apart, and that was just from the outside. I took one big shivering breath and then rested my head on Edward's hard shoulder. He raised his hand and then placed it on EJ's bump.

"Don't worry either of you, it'll all be okay."

-End of Chapter-

Hey everyone, do you like? It's quite powerful and emotional for me to write this, especially today. It is the anniversary of my grand father's death today marking four years since his passing. We also lost him to cancer. R&R would be appreciated. Thanks x

--Olivia x