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Chapter 8

PPOV

I hated that I couldn't do anything, I couldn't help my soul mate. I knew that when she did dye, so would I, this was how the imprint worked.

I had managed to avoid phasing as much as possible and when I had to I would sing songs in my head that would hide any thoughts about Bella. She would be the one to tell Jake, not me.

I didn't like the fact that Cullen had to be her doctor, but it was a bit too late to complain now.

Before we left the hospital I pulled Cullen aside and asked him, "How long have we got left if she doesn't do the chemo? Don't you dare think about lying."

"I wouldn't like to say it could be anything from a week to a year"

As much as I wanted to push Bella into having the chemo, I knew deep down that she wouldn't want to go through that for the third time, two was enough for anyone.

BPOV

My worst fears had been confirmed there was no other treatment that could save me and I certainly wasn't going to through another round of chemotherapy just to be told at the end of it that it had not done anything. Fate had decided to be cruel to me, especially now that I was surrounded by such great people.

I didn't know how I would tell Dad and Paul that I couldn't go through chemotherapy, that instead I would give up and use what time I had left to do as much as possible.

Still I continued on as I always had, my Mum always said I got my stubbornness from my Dad, once I'd decided on something I stuck to it like glue.

As the days went past I could feel my strength leave my body, I came increasingly tired, as my organs where slowly shutting down inside of me.

I refused to give in. It wasn't until one afternoon in P.E we had to do 1000m round the track that anyone other than Paul noticed that anything was wrong with me.

My breathing was getting heavier; I could feel a strain on my chest as my legs slowed down to a stop, as I bent down to gain my breath. Everything went black.

I could hear a voice whispering in my ear, "Come on Bella, wake up".

Then there was an annoying bleeping sound that kept going off, ringing in my ears.

As I opened my eyes I became aware of a dazzling light.

Looking around I saw Paul sitting by my side on a wooden chair at my head side. The room had plain white boring walls that you could quickly get bored of. It was a typical hospital room.

PPOV

Things with Bella and I had been going so well, yet I didn't want to tell her about the whole 'I change into an over grown dog' thing. She was in a bad enough way lately as it was without dumping that bomb shell on her.

Sam being the interfering guy he was, always trying to look out for his pack, had decided that it was about time I tell her about our furry problem. Obviously I couldn't tell him the real reason why I didn't want to tell her, that was for her alone to share with others as she pleased. Sam had therefor gone ahead and organised a bonfire on the beach for this Friday, much to my dismay.

Jake seemed to be relieved with the idea that Bella would finally be in the loop, him and the rest of the pack where fed up of hiding a part of themselves to her.

It was on Wednesday afternoon in P.E, one of the few lessons I actually shared with Bella that I noticed that she was getting very short of breath running around the track.

I was a good half a track ahead of her and knew that the best way to get closer to her was by running faster than what an average human male would run and still try not to arouse suspicion within those that did not know of the pack.

I increased my pace gradually, but I was still quite a distance away when I heard Bella's breathing become ragged. Looking over to her I saw her bend over, I decided that I didn't care whether or not I got detention, so I did a human sprint cutting across the grass field to get to her.

Before I could get there she dropped to the ground overcome with obvious exhaustion.

The coach immediately blew her whistle, signalling for the class to stop, as she ran to where I was bent over Bella.

I could hear Bella breathing now, so I knew she was alright. She had just run out of oxygen for a minute or so, causing her to faint.

"Do you know what happened?" Coach asked.

"Not sure, but I think I should take her to hospital to get her checked out", I wanted someone who knew what they were doing to check Bella over, not some coach that knew very little first aid.

I gently lifted Bella into my arms, before carrying her off to my car.

"Is she alright?" Jake asked. "Do you want some help?"

It wasn't that I didn't trust Jake; I knew he cared about his little cousin. It was the fact that if I let him come I knew he'd want answers. Answers that I didn't want to give him; Answers that I knew he would get eventually, just not from me.

"No I'm fine, she must have been pushing herself to hard", I said hoping that Jake would believe me. Luckily for me Jake hadn't been paying much attention to his cousin running earlier or he would have seen that she was never running that fast to begin with.

I gently put Bella in the passenger's seat of my Toyota Hilux, before rushing to the hospital.

As soon as I got Bella inside the reception Dr Fang came out and told me to place her on a bed in a room to the side.

I was surprised he didn't make me leave the room as he checked her over and connected her to a heart monitor. He was obviously more aware of my anxiety than Jake was.