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Everyone looks up when i enter.
Faith looks at me. I run over to her, and sit in front of her. I open my arms and she crawls in to them. "I'm sorry sweetie...but i meant what i said. We are going to fight this. Daddy and I are NOT going to loose you. We wont." I whisper in her ear.
I wont. I wont. I WONT!
Faith only pulled away when the doctor entered, ten minutes later.
"I see you have told her." She says. "Good. now we can start treatment..."
"Acually, she wont need treatment from you." I say.
The doctor looks at me. "Excuse me?"
"We are turning to Jenny House for her treatment...we like the feel of it better. We'll be checking her out this after noon." Jake says, something in his voice daring her to challenge him.
"O-Okay then. The Jenny House is a very respected place. Iwish you guys luck. May god be with you...I'll discharge her." The doctor says, and then she disapears.
"Mommy...whats Jenny House?" Faith asks.
"Its a...hospital, only smaller and daddy and i think it will make the treatments less...bad.."I say.
"Oh...is the medicene like when you give me that yucky grape couph medicene?" She asks.
"No...its different." I say.
I shudder, remembering what the chemo had dome to her hair. I finger my baby's brown curls. The chemo would take those.
"Oh...can we go now?"
"Sure sweetie.." I say.
Jake packs her stuff, well i help her get dressed in the bathroom.
When we go back to the room, the rest of the Quints and the rest of Lily and Oliver's kids were there.
The doctor reapears. "Mrs. Ryan, there is someone here to see you...come on in."
"YOU!" I yell at Luann.
"Hey Miles! Long time no see!" Luann says. "Aww...hey Sophie...the last time i saw you you were a tiny baby..."
I walk forward, and smack her in the face. I go to hit her again, but Jake runs forward and slides his arms around my waist, pulling me back.
"DONT YOU DARE TALK TO SOPHIE! HOW DARE YOU!" I scream at her.
"MILES CALM DOWN!" Jake yells.
"Yea Miles...calm down!" Luann says.
I break apart from Jake, and am about to connect my fist with Luann's face, when i am pulled back again.
"YOU EVIL BABY STEALING BITCH!" I yell. "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING HERE!"
"Jeez Miles, havn't you ever heard of Forgive and Forget?" Luann asks.
"HOW DARE YOU EVEN IMPLY THAT I FORGIVE YOU YOU EVIL WITCH!" I scream, trying to pry myself out of my husbands tight grasp on my waist.
"You know...I should be going...see you around, Miles..." She trails off, and turns and leaves.
I contiue to try and break Jake's grasp as i yell, "OH DONT YOU JUST WALK AWAY YOU BITCH!" She just continues walking. "LET...ME...GO!" I yell, still trying to get Jake to let go of me.
"MILEY RAE RYAN! CALM YOUR SELF DOWN!" Jake says. I stop fighting him. He lets go of me cautiosly.
"I HATE HER!" I screech. "I hate her, I hate her, I hate her, I hate her, I hate her, I hate her, I hate her!" I yell, beggining to cry.
"I know, Baby. I know," Jake says as he wraps me in his arms.
"Mom...w-who was that...how does she know me?" Sophie asks.
I turn in Jakes arms, and look at her. "T-Thats my cousin...Luann. When you were little...when i was pregnant with the Quints, s-s-she kidnapped you." I say.
"O-Oh." Sophie says
"Mommy said bad words!" Karlee exclaims.
"yea! Daddy has said those words before..." Kate (Lily and Oliver's daughter)
"Oh really?" Lily asks, looking at Oliver.
""You guys...all of you are never to repeat those words." I warn.
"But you said them Aunt Miley.." Emily says.
"But...I was really mad...and...adaults can say them...kids cant...excuse me.." I said. My cell phone rang. "Miley Ryan here." I say.
"Hey Miley, It's Katie O'Roarke. I'm just letting you know, that everything is set for Faith. We are all set for her." Katie says.
"Great. Ummm...we will be ther in about 20 minutes. Thanks so much Katie." I say.
"So problem. I'll see you soon. Bye."
We hang up, and then i say "Time to go."
Jake takes Faith in his arms, i grab her bag, and Karlee's hand, and the rest of our family take the hands of the rest of the quints, and sohpie and Emily walk a head of us together.
We get to the car, and make sure all five of the kids get buckled in.
"Daddy...can I go With Emily?" Sophie asks.
"As long as its okay with your aunt and Uncle." Jake answers.
"It's fine, it's fine, Come on, Soph." Lily says.
Sopie runs and gets in the car beside Emily.
I get in the passenger seat of the car, and we begin driving. All is quiet in the back seats...not a normal occurance.
I look back at them. in the seat directly behind us are Faith and Karlee...those two had always been very close. Faith's head is resting on Karlee's shoulder. In the way back, Audree, and Kellie have small tears in their eyes, and Derek is staring angrily out the window.
My heart breaks. Sophie must be taking this hard too...Jake and I always treasured the fact that our children were all so close. Faith getting Leukemia would effect them too...obviously not as much as it will effect Faith, but it will effect them a lot.
Before I realize it, we are parking in front of Jenny House. "Miles...we're here." Jake says, resting his hand on my shoulder.
I look at him. I know he knows how scared I am for our baby...I've told him about mom.
I give him a tiny smile, and get out of the car. I open the back door. All five of them are looking at the building that will be Faith's home for who know how long. Faith looks at me. She is closest. "I'm scared, Mommy." She says softly, as beside us, our family begins to get out of the other cars.
I hold my arms out, and she slides in to them. "I know Baby. So am I." I whisper.
"We all are." Jake whispers.
She lets go of me, and picks up her teddy bear, then Jake picks her up.
I get the other four out of the car. Kellie and Derek run to Dad, so I take Audree's and Karlee's hands, and we walk in to the building.
Now, i see a few kids walking around here and there, and some parents. Katie is waiting behind the desk. She sees us and walks over.
"Hey Miley, Jake. And you must be Faith." she says. Faith shyly nods. "Hi Faith, my name is Katie. Welcome to Jenny House." She says."I hope you and I can be friends. Do you think we can?" Katie asks.
"Ok." Faith says.
"And you all must be her brother's and sisters?" Katie says.
"Yep...this is Audree, Karlee, Kellie and Derek. And thats the Quint's older sister, Sophie." I say. "And the rest ore their grandparents, aunts and uncles and cousins." I say. "We have a big family.." I say.
Katie smiles. "Well thats okay...more love right." She says. I really like Katie."So...Faith would you like to go see your room?" Katie asks.
"Yea!" Faith agrees. She squirms, and Jake puts her down. Katie offers her her hand, and Faith takes it.
We follow her down a hall, and she stops at a room. She opens the door. "Here is your room, Faith," Katie says. Faith walks in. There are two beds, two dressers, a tv...you can see a door to a bathroom. One of the dressers has stuff on the top. "You'll have a roommate, Faith. I hope thats okay?"
"Thats okay. How old is she?" Faith asks.
"12. Her name is Kayla. She in therepy right now, but she should be back soon." Katie says. "You can put your stuff here, then I'll take you to meet your doctor." She says.
Faith does, and then goes and takes Katie's hand again. We follow her down some halls, then she stops at an office. "Meg," she says, knocking on the door. "I have your knewest paitent."
The door opens. A tall, dark haired woman stands there smiling. "Faith, Miley, Jake, this is Megan Charnell. she'll be Faith's doctor."
I shake her hand, "Nice to meet you, Dr. Charnell." I say.
"Like wise, and please, call me Meg...even you, Faith. I like first names better." She says.
Faith smiles at her.
Maybe this place will make this easier.
A few hours later, Lily and Oliver left to get their kids home and to bed. Dianna had taken their kids home, but had told Jackson to stay. He was close with the kids, as with Dianna. And Daddy took the other four quints home (despite them begging us to let them stay). Sophie had REFUSED to go home until Jake and I do. And Jake's parents had also gone home.
So all who was left is Me, Jake, Faith, Sophie and Jackson.
Faith had given the place her approval, and she loved Katie and Meg already. She also liked her roommate, Kayla. She was a bright, funny girl. Her Mother was supposed to come tonight. I swear though, there is somthing about that little girl that reminds me of someone.
Jackson had gone with Sophie to look at the rec room they had, and I went to get Faith food.
Comming back up the hall, I see some one i NEVER expected to see here..."Mikayla?!" I ask in disbelief.
"Oh...Hey Hannah...Miley?" She ask.
"Yea...Just Miley. W-What are you doing here...I havent heard anything about you in a while." I say. Its true...about two years ago, Mikayla had dissapeared from hollywood.
"My daughter...Kayla. She has Leukemia." Mikayla says. "What are you doing here?"
"My daughter Faith, just got diagnosed with Leukemia...she your daughter's roommate. Jake is with her now." I say.
"Oh. I'm sorry, about your daughter." She says.
This was noway the Mikayla I remember. "T-Thanks. I'm sorry too...is Kayla's father around?" I ask.
"Oh...he doesn't know about her. Her father...her father is your ex boyfriend.. ...Jackson."
I stare at her. "J-j-j-j-jackson?!" I ask. "Mikayla...the Jacksannah thisg was posed...hes my brother. And you have to tell him. He'd want to know." I beg.
"I was going to...eventually. I-Is he he.." She trails off.
"Mom...Uncle Jackson won a elephant for Faith!" Sophie says running off.
"Cool...honey why dont you bring it in to her. I need to talk to Jackson." I say.
"Okay." She says, and goes in the room. Jackson appears a minute later. "Hey Miles...Mikayla!" Jackson exclaims.
"H-Hey, Jackson." Mikayla says.
"Jackson...Mikayla has to tell you something." I say.
"J-Jackson. Kayla is your daughter." Mikayla says softly.
"Popstar say what?" Jackson asks.
"Popstar say that her daughter is yours." I say.
"B-b-but...no! Huh...How come you never told me?" He asks.
"B-Because...I-I-I didn'y know how. But we can tell her...after tomorrow. She has chemo tomorrow...shell be really sick. So we'll tell her after." Mikayla says.
"Oh god...I don't believe thi." I say.
"Dont believe what?" Jake asks, comming out. "Hey Mikayla!" Jake exclaims.
"Hey Jake." Mikayla says.
"Whats up, honey. What don't you believe?" Jake asks.
I look at him. "My brother has a daughter...with Mikayla...Kayla is Jacksons daughter." I say.
"Wow." Jake says.
Wow is right.
4 hours later, Jake and I arrive at home. We stayed with Faith until she fell asleep.
Sophie had fallen asleep on the way home, so Jake carries her in to the house, and in to her room.
Downstairs, I talk to my dad. "I don't know what to do, daddy." I say softly. He wraps his arms around me.
"Just be strong baby. Thats all you can do. Be strong for her." He whispers.
Once he leaves, I check on the kids. All are sound asleep. I go to shut Karlee's door and go in to my room when i hear a faint voice. "Mommy?"
I stop, and go back over to the bed. Karlee is staring up at me with her crystal blue eyes. "Yea baby?" I ask, sitting on the edge.
"Mommy,is Faith going to die?" She asks.
I look down at her. "No, honey. Faith isn't going to die. Daddy and I won't let her." I say.
"Okay. Because I'd be really sad if she did. Shes my bestest friend." She say.
"We'd all be really sad...thats why we aren't going to let it happen. ow, get some sleep." I say. I bend down and kiss her forehead. "Goodnight." I say.
"Goodnight Mommy." she says.
I get up and walk out of the room. I see Jake, sitting on the bed, waiting for me.
I'm able to make my way over to him, before i collapse in to sobs. He doesn't even bother trying to tell me it will all be perfect. He just holds me as i sob.
Soooooo...i just had to throw in that Mikayla twist...review review review!!!!
---JEEEEEEEEEEEN
