In the car ride home, Rachel just sat there, staring out the window. She didn't want to talk about. She didn't want to think about it.

Jake broke the silence, "Rach, don't get too caught up in it. The doctor said he wasn't sure whether it was just a production thing or not."

Rachel looked at him, "I know. I just can't stop thinking that it's something worse."

"Whatever it is, I promise I will be there for you." Jake said while he reached over to touch her hand. Tears started to roll down Rachel's face. She quickly wiped them away. She didn't want to cry because she knew when she started; she wouldn't be able to stop.

When they finally got home, Rachel walked into her room and shut the door. Jake realized she obviously wanted to be alone so he walked out to the kitchen, where Julie was sitting at the table drinking a coffee and reading the paper.

"Hi Jake. How did the ultra-sound go?" Julie looked behind Jake, "where's Rachel?"

Jake sighed, "The ultra-sound didn't go to well." He pulled out a sonogram of the baby, "They found this." He pointed to the lump on the baby's stomach.

Julie gasped, "Oh my god."

"The doctor said it might be just a growth thing, but there's a chance it could be cancer. He has never seen anything like this." Jake replied.

Julie grabbed the picture to have another look. She couldn't believe her eyes.

"Where's Rachel." Julie asked Jake.

He looked in the direction of her bedroom. Julie put the picture on the bench and walked towards the room. She slowly opened the door and Rachel was sitting on her bed looking out the window. She didn't move when Julie walked over to her. Julie sat next to her and Rachel fell into her lap. The tears didn't stop coming. Julie just stroked her head, trying to fight back the tears.

Rachel finally talked, "I didn't believe any of this would ever happen to me. I mean, how does a baby, that isn't even out of the womb, get cancer?"

"Honey, there's a lot of things in this world that can't be explained. This is just one of many, and you just have to fight through it." Julie replied, "Plus, didn't the doctor say that it might not be cancer? And just a growth defect?" She asked while looking at Rachel.

"Yes he did, but he also said that he had never seen anything like this before. And that's coming from a doctor who has been working with babies for 10 years." Rachel said through tears. She started to cry again just as Jake walked into the room. Julie hopped up, and Jake took her place. Rachel buried her head into Jakes body. She couldn't stop herself. Julie walked back out into the hallway and shut the door. Dave then walked into the hall,

"What's going on?" Dave asked Julie. Julie didn't say anything. She just picked up the picture and showed Dave the lump on the baby's body. Dave knew immediately what this meant.

"We have to be strong, for Rachel. And nothing is to be said to the other two." She ordered Dave. He nodded and grabbed Julie. They stood there hugging, nothing interrupting them.

-2 hours later-

Julie was in the kitchen cooking dinner when Jake walked out.

Julie turned around, "How is she?"

"She's asleep." Jake sighed. He walked over and sat on one of the stools at the kitchen bench, "Is there anything I can do?"

"No, don't be silly Jake, I'm fine," Julie replied, while stirring the mince for the lasagna, "I'm making Rachel's favorite, even though she probably won't want to eat." She turned around and looked at Jake. HE was just sitting there looking down at the table. She felt so stupid; through all this caring for Rachel, she didn't even take into consideration Jake's feelings.

She walked over towards him, "How are you doing, Jake?" She said while she sat next to him and rubbed his back.

"I'll be fine. I'm just worried about Rach. She's not coping well. I just hope for her sake it's not cancer." Jake replied. He was still staring at the table-top.

Julie sighed, "I do too, Jake. I do too. Crap; the mice." Julie said while she rushed over to the almost burning mince. Both her and Jake started laughing. Just as they were doing that, Rachel walked out.

Julie heard Rachel walking out into the kitchen, "Hi sweetie. Dinners almost ready, It will just be 5 minutes."

"Great, I'm starving. Listen guys, thanks for the support. Just can we keep it to ourselves and dad? I don't want Ben and Nathan knowing until we're completely sure what it is." Rachel said while she walked over to Jake.

He put his arm around her stomach, "Anything you want, babe," He looked over and Julie was nodding. "Do you want a drink?" Jake asked Rachel.

"Sure, water would be great," she replied while sitting down. Jake grabbed a glass and filled it with water He placed in front of Rachel. She reached up to kiss him.

"Thank you," she said with a smile.

When Julie had finally finished putting together the pasta, and plating it up, Dave, Rachel, Jake and Julie all sat down.

Just as they did this, Nathan walked in, "Hi guys," He said while he sat his keys down.

"Hi Nathan," everyone greeted him. They all looked at each other.

Nathan walked to the table where his food was placed. He sat down.

"Rachel, how did the ultra-sound go?" Nathan asked Rachel excitedly. Rachel looked at Nathan. Her mouth was open, but nothing was coming out.

Jake quickly interrupted, "It went great."

"Oh that's good. Can I see the sonogram?" Nathan asked. Jake looked at Rachel, although she was looking at her plate, playing with her food.

"Sure," Jake replied and took the picture out of his pocket. He handed it to Nathan. Everything was quiet. Nathan looked at the picture.

"Wow. This is amaz…" suddenly Nathans voice changed. He stopped mid-sentence. He looked closer at the picture. He couldn't believe his eyes. He sat the picture on the table and looked at Rachel and Jake.

"Is this for real? Am I seeing this properly?" Nathan asked them. Rachel nodded. Tears started to well up in her eyes.

"Excuse me," Rachel quickly said as she got up. Nathan hopped up and followed here. Rachel walked out into the hallway. She just stood there. She felt like crying but she didn't want to. Nathan walked out and stood in front of his sister.

"I'm sorry, Rachel. I was in complete shock." Nathan explained apologetically.

"It's ok Nathan. You didn't know and you were shocked, I expected that from you." Nathan sighed, Rachel held his hand, "The baby has a strange looking lump on its stomach. There's a chance it could be cancer but there's a chance it isn't. Just don't tell Ben or anyone else, yet ok? I don't want to get everyone upset and then go to my next ultra-sound and it be nothing." Rachel explained.

Nathan nodded, "Do you want to go back in?" He asked while pointing towards the living room. Rachel nodded and they both walked back in. Julie looked up at the two.

"Are you two okay?" She asked.

"Yes, were fine." Rachel replied smiling. She sat back down next to Jake. He put his arm on her back and she smiled at him. She was kind of glad Nathan knew, but she knew she didn't want Ben to know. She felt he just wasn't ready.

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