What If?
Part Four
Life Or Death
Chapter One
Jess sat there in shock. She couldn't believe it. Why was she here? After two years. She finnally was able to speak.
Jess: Isabel? What are you doing here?
Isabel: I called your mum to see how you were, and she said you had been taken to hospital with nemonia. But when I got here they said you had been taken in with...with... With cancer.
Jess was silent. She had told her mum she had been taken in with nemoia to stop her from finding out. She didn't know what to say. Should she lie? Or should she tell her the truth? Isabel would understand, of all people.
Isabel: Well? Is it true?
Jess: Please don't tell my mum.
Isabel: So it is? Oh Jess, I understand why you didn't tell your mum, with the whole thing with Robbie, but why couldn't you call me?
Jess: I was scared.
Isabel: Oh Jess, how long have you known?
Jess: I've suspected for ages, but I didn't go to the doctors. I was to frightened that they would tell me that I did.
Isabel: Oh Jess! You know you should phone the doctor as soon as you even suspect.
Jess: I didn't want to be told the same thing as Kelly. I was so... so...
Jess broke down. She couldn't handel it anymore. She had tried to act like it was nothing for the past three weeks. But she couldn't do that anymore. She was petrified. She didn't want to die. It wasn't fair. Isabel walked over to her and gave her a hug. Tears started to trickle down her cheeks aswell. She knew why Jess was scared. They had both watched Kelly go through all this. No wonder she was scared.
Isabel: Come on, you know theres a strong chance you can get through this. All the drugs and medicines are much better now a days. There a very strong survival rate. Its around 55 I think.
Jess: Yeh, which means theres a 45 chance that I wont survive. And thats very high aswell. Kelly was your sister, how can you be so optomistic about this?
Isabel: Because, things get improved all the time.
Jess: I'm so scared...
Isabel: Hey, come on. It will be fine.
Jess: You don't know that. No one does.
Isabel stayed silent. She knew Jess was right. No one knew what would happen.
Jess: See, you don't. In three days, I'm am going to have a 4 hour oporation. In 4 hours, my life span will be decied. Its a matter of life, or death. And no one knows what the outcome will be. If it goes well, I'll be fine to live the rest of my life. But if it doesn't, I'll Have six months. Thats it. No ifs, no buts. Simple.
They starded at eachother. They both knew what she wassaying was true. It was truley, a matter of life, or death.