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Prompted by guest- there's a reason why the Roscoes are always over protective of Jason. Not only is it because he is the youngest and diabetic but he also battled leukaemia at 5 years old. So when Jason starts getting symptoms again, the Roscoes begin to reflect on Jason's battle at 5yrs old and will Jason end up relapsing and having to battle cancer all over a again.

chapter 20-can lightning strike twice?:

23rd September 2001

"Right come on then you two, up you get", Sandy said walking into the twins room. She opened the curtains and then looked over to a sleepy Robbie who dragged himself out of bed, his power rangers pyjamas all creased. She then looked over to Jason and her smile faded. Jason looked like he was ill, again.

He was pale and hadn't even bothered to sit up in bed, instead he just buried himself in the covers. "You alright Jason?", Sandy asked the small boy. Jason nodded but didn't say anything. "Come on Jason, I'll race you downstairs!", Robbie said as he bounded back into their room and climbed on top of Jason.

"Robbie just be careful", Sandy said still worried about her youngest. Despite being only five, Jason seemed to be ill a lot of the time. Not major illnesses but infections that usually passed within a couple of days. "Alright Robbie, I'm getting up." A sleepy Jason rose from the covers and Sandy smiled at her son. "I'll race you", Robbie said leaping off the bed and darting the stairs. Sandy watched as Jason heaved himself out of bed, straightened out his top, rubbed his eyes and walked downstairs.

This left Sandy in the room on her own. She was worried about Jason, he was always tired, looked pale and always seemed to be ill. She was contemplating taking him down to the doctors, just to check that everything was alright because Sandy had a feeling, a feeling she chose to ignore.

"No Joe give it to me!", a 9 year old Freddie shouted as he chased his 12 year old brother up the stairs. "What are you two arguing about?", Sandy asked walking out of the twins room. "He's nicked my colouring pens", Freddie whined and Joe put the pens behind his back. "No I haven't." Sandy smiled knowing that Joe had them. "What's behind your back, Joe?"

"Nothing", Joe replied. "Are you sure?" Sandy asked knowing that Joe was lying. "Yeah he does, they're behind his back !" Freddie exclaimed. "Hand then over" Sandy instructed. Joe sighed and reluctantly handed over the pens to Freddie. "Thank you", Sandy said before walking downstairs.

Robbie and Jason sat happily watching postman pat in the living room, that was until a 7 year old Ziggy came in." Why are you two watching this, this isn't 7 year old tv", he moaned. "Yeah well it's 5 year old tv" , Robbie replied not taking his eyes off the screen. Ziggy just groaned and flopped down on the sofa.

Jason was knackered. He felt ill, and was tired. All the little boy wanted to do was go back to bed and sleep, but he couldn't be bothered to move from the living room floor. He slowly rested his head down on Robbie's shoulder, as his eyes began to feel heavy. The small boy slowly fell asleep, something his body was craving.

"Right okay then, thank you." Sandy had just got off the phone to the doctors after insisting she needed to book an urgent Saturday morning appointment. She'd been able to get one and all she had to do now was get the twins dressed.

"No grange hill's on now and I want to watch it!" Joe shouted from in living room as he wrestled with Ziggy for the remote. No one had even noticed that Jason was asleep and getting paler by the second." Watch it Ziggy, you've just kicked Jason!" Freddie shouted. Ziggy stopped fighting and turned round to find Jason asleep on Robbie.

"You alright Jase?" Ziggy asked. Robbie looked at Jason and realised he was asleep. "Jason, wake up", Robbie said shaking his brother but Jason didn't wake up. All 4 Roscoe boys had stopped what they were doing now and were looking at Jason. "What's going on in here?" Sandy asked after hearing the noise from the kitchen. No one spoke until Sandy spotted Jason on the floor.

"Jason." Sandy went over and kneeled by her son. "He's asleep", Robbie said poking Jason's head. "Yeah I can see that Robbie and don't poke his head" , Sandy brushing Jason's blonde hair out his face." Right I need you lot all ready in 45 minutes", she said picking up the small who was gradually waking up. "Why?" Joe asked.

"I just do, so go on make sure you're ready and Joe, you can help me with Robbie", Sandy said as she walked out the room carrying Jason with Robbie right behind her. Joe groaned but followed his mum and younger brothers upstairs.

45 minutes later and surprisingly the Roscoes were ready." Right come on then you lot, in you get", Sandy said as the boys all got into the car and Sandy did up Jason and Robbie's seat belts.

Sandy had managed to get all her son's into the doctors surgery and she'd even managed to get all five of them, into the doctors office." Right then Mrs Roscoe, what seems to be the problem?" The doctor asked. "Right well, Jason recently seems to be ill a lot, he's always tired and pale, and he seems to be short of breath", Sandy explained.

Upon hearing this the doctor became concerned. He wasn't an expert but from what Sandy said, it sounded like Jason had acute lymphoblastic leukaemia." Mrs Roscoe I'm going to get an immediate referral for Jason to the hospital", the doctor said while typing into his computer. "The hospital, why?" Sandy asked alarm bells ringing in her head.

"Mrs Roscoe, I don't want to worry you but from you're saying it sounds like Jason may have acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. It's a cancer in the white blood cells, it is aggressive and progresses rapidly which is why Jason needs immediate attention." Sandy just stared ahead, tears in her eyes. Her baby couldn't have leukaemia, he just couldn't. She swallowed the lump in her throat, she had to stay strong, not just for Jason but for the whole family.

"Okay then, what do you want us to do?" Sandy asked as she kissed Jason, who was sitting on her knee. "Here's the referral letter", he said handing the letter to Sandy. "If you make your way to hospital now, go to the children's ward and hand that in at reception they will sort you out." Sandy smiled and nodded, before gathering all of the boys leaving the room.

"Mum the turn off for home was back there", Freddie said confused to why Sandy had driven past the entrance for their street. "We're not going home, Freddie" Sandy said, Jason still on her mind. "Where are we going then?" Joe asked annoyed that instead of going out with his mates he was being dragged out by his mum. "The hospital", Sandy said regrettably.

When Sandy said this 4 of the boys snapped to attention, Jason was asleep in his seat. "Why?" Ziggy asked. Sandy just sighed and didn't answer Ziggy's question, truth be told she couldn't answer Ziggy's question.

After what seemed like a lifetime of driving (it was really only 15 minutes) Sandy arrived at the hospital. She bundled everyone out, all of them apart Jason bombarding her with questions. She picked up Jason then walked into the hospital with her sons. She rushed her way to children's ward, she going so fast that Joe had to grab Robbie's hand so they didn't lose him. Finally they made it to the children's ward.

The next few hours were a blur to Sandy. They'd handed the letter in at reception, been seen almost immediately by a consultant, Jason had had a bone marrow biopsy, the consultant had spoke to her alone, told her that her son had acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, he explained all the risks, told her the treatment, she told the rest of the boys, they all seemed concerned and now here she was sitting by Jason's bed, in a hospital knowing that his small live was about to change.

The next 11 months were tough for all the Roscoes, not just Jason. He'd gone through induction where he had to have many blood transfusions and he was vulnerable to infection. He'd been thought chemotherapy, which killed the leukaemia cells in his bone marrow. Most of it was done by medication however he'd had to have a central line in his chest, something Jason hated. Because of the chemo Jason was always tired, he threw up often and had even lost his hair. He'd then been through consolidation, which killed all the cancerous cells and now he was going through maintenance to help him recover and get well again.

As Jason was going through this, the Roscoes realised just how much Jason meant to them. The brothers realised just how much they loved Jason, and they promised to look out for him for the rest of his life.

23rd September 2015

Jason woke up, like he did everyday. He went downstairs and ate his breakfast, like he did everyday. He said morning to his family, like he did everyday. He went to go and see his girlfriend, like he did everyday. Like for most 19 year olds, everyday was just a day but for Jason today was special. Maybe not special in a good way but it marked something, it marked 14 years since he first started his battle with leukaemia.

Jason remembered how scared he was, and how scared his family were. He never wanted to go through that again, but for Jason things weren't looking good. He got himself dressed and headed downstairs just like he would do any other day, except today he felt different. He felt tired and a bit ill but he just shrugged it off as a cold.

"Morning", he said to Joe as he walked into the kitchen. "Alright Jase?" Freddie asked as he walked into the kitchen noticing his brother looked tired. Before Jason even had the chance to answer, his nose started bleeding. "Whoa Jase!" Freddie shouted grabbing a tea towel and holding it to Jason's nose. "Is it heavy?" Joe asked bringing over some tissues. "No, not that heavy", Freddie said still holding the tea towel.

"Freddie just leave it", Jason said trying to jerk his head away. "Jase stop it", Freddie putting his hand round Jason's head to stop him. "Right there we go, I think that's about done", Freddie said. Jason pulled his head away and walked out of the kitchen. "What about your breakfast?" Freddie asked. "I'm not hungry!" Jason shouted before walking out the door.

"What's his problem?" Joe said, slightly bemused by the whole situation. However under that, he was worried. Nowadays Jason always seemed to be tired, a bit out of breath and he looked pale; now he'd just had a nose bleed. Joe knew something was wrong, his big brother instinct told him. What worried him though, was the fact that what Jason was going through now seemed very similar to what he went through 14 years ago.

"I don't know", Freddie replied, he too was worried about Jason. He was only 9 when Jason was diagnosed but he was old enough to understand that leukaemia was serious. He hated watching his little brother suffer, it broke his heart and now Freddie had a feeling that he was going to have to watch his little brother suffer all over again. However now, they didn't have their mum to get them through it.

"I'm gonna get him a doctors appointment, fast", Joe said and Freddie nodded agreeing with what Joe said. "I'm gonna go ring Ziggy and Robbie, tell them that Jason's out and about", he said before leaving the kitchen to let Joe phone the doctors.

Robbie was on his way to price slice and then to see Holly when his phone rang saying he had a phone call from Freddie. He contemplated not answering it, but then he decided to and he was glad he did. Robbie was shocked when Freddie said they think Jason had leukaemia again, it scared him. At 5 years old his twin brother was fighting for his life and all Robbie could do was watch.

Even though he was only 5, he Robbie knew that what was happening with Jason was serious and he hated it. It felt like he was missing his right arm. At school, all his friends used to ask him where Jason was, Robbie just told them that he away. It was the only thing that worked. Now the fact that Jason could face that battle all over again made Robbie feel sick, he'd promised Freddie to look for Jason and that's what he was going to do.

Holly watched Jason from her window as he walked up to the front door of the block of flats. She smiled knowing that today was their special day. However when Holly saw Robbie her smile turned to a frown. "Jase, wait up!" Robbie shouted as he spotted Jason near price slice. "What?" Jason asked clearly not sounding impressed.

"Joe needs our help with something back home", he said hoping that his lie was convincing. Jason groaned knowing he was supposed to be with Holly. "How long's it gonna take?" He asked. "Not long", Robbie replied casually. "Come on then", Jason said off Robbie right behind him.

Holly was puzzled, she'd just watched Robbie talk Jason away from he flat. The only thing that crossed Holly's mind was the fact that Robbie could have told Jason about the affair. She panicked and rang Robbie hoping he'd answer but he didn't, Holly didn't dare ring Jason. She'd just have to find of later whether Robbie had ruined it all.

"Freddie, were back!" Robbie shouted through the house as he and Jason arrived home. He'd noticed that Jason was pale and had been breathless, and this was something that scared him. The pair walked into the living room to find Joe and Freddie in there talking.

"Right you come on", Joe said to Jason. "What?" Jason asked confused by the whole situation. Robbie had told him that Joe needed his help, not that he was going anywhere. "Wait, what?" He asked really confused. Joe stopped and turned round to look at his brother; as he did he couldn't help the look of hurt that crossed his face when he saw how ill Jason was. "The doctors", Joe replied, "we need to get going."

Jason couldn't believe what he hearing, first of all Robbie had lied to him and now he had to go to the doctors when there was nothing wrong. "But I don't get it, there's nothing wrong with me." As Jason said this he started to get breathless and go quite pale. "Jase, sit down", Freddie sitting Jason down. He kneeled down and looked Jason in the eyes.

"Look I'm not gonna lie to ya Jase, but we think that you've got leukaemia again." Jason couldn't believe it, this wasn't happening, he wasn't relapsing he just had a cold. "No", Jason replied tears spilling down over his eyes and rolling down his cheeks. "That's why we're gonna go to the doctors and get this sorted, yeah", Freddie said and Jason nodded. He wiped his tears away, he wasn't going to beaten, he'd beaten leukaemia once and if he did have it, then be could beat it again.

Jason sat in the hospital waiting room waiting for the results of the biopsy. Just like last time the doctor had referred him immediately to the hospital which for Jason basically meant he had relapsed. Joe, Freddie and Robbie had all came along and Jason knew that Ziggy was on his way. "It'll be alright Jase", Joe said placing his arms round Jason's shoulder. Jason just hoped that he was right.

"So Jason looking at your biopsy results we can confirm that you have got acute lymphoblastic leukaemia again", the consultant said and Jason's world froze. This could not be happening again. He felt Freddie's hand squeeze his thigh and he knew that Joe and Robbie were looking at him with pitiful looks on their faces.

"Now I understand that this isn't the first time you've been diagnosed with leukaemia, therefore we are going to have to be careful with your treatment", the consultant said and Jason nodded swallowing the lump in his throat. "What do you mean?" Joe asked wondering what else they would do for Jason. "I mean a transplant", the consultant said.

"A transplant!" Robbie blurted out. "Yes, now one of you could be the donor or we could put Jason on the donor waiting list", the consultant said. "Yeah, course we would", Robbie said confidently knowing that all of the brothers would be up for it.

"Right well Jason, you know how this works. We're going to start induction then chemo, now if the chemo doesn't work and i have a feeling it won't work, then we will start the process for the transplant", the consultant explained and Jason nodded. "But for now, we're going to start the induction process."

Jason couldn't believe what was happening, he wanted his mum more than anything. To tell him that everything was going to be okay and that she was right beside him, but she wasn't and Jason just had the support of his brothers. He knew they'd help him no matter what.

Later on that day Jason was in hospital. Joe, Freddie and Ziggy were with him while Robbie went to go and get Jason's things from home. Ziggy couldn't believe this was happening again. He was only seven at the time and he didn't really know what was going on. He knew Jason was ill but it wasn't until he got older that he realised just how ill Jason had been. Ziggy felt sorry for Jason, he felt sorry that Jason had to go through this all again.

Robbie was walking through the village when he heard someone shout his name. He turned round to find out that it was Holly, he walked over to her expecting to have a nice conversation except what he got was something else. "Alright Holly?" He asked. "What have you told Jason?" She asked clearly annoyed. "What?" Robbie asked, confusion evident in his tone.

"You've told Jason haven't you, that's why he walked away!" Holly shouted and Robbie had to search his brain to try and work out what she was talking about. Then it clicked, that morning. "Oh what this morning, that wasn't about us", Robbie said and Holly frowned. "What was it about then?" She asked determined to find out.

"Look Holly, it's got nothing to do with you and it's pretty private to Jason." Holly scoffed, "yeah but i'm his girlfriend I think I have a right to know." Robbie sighed, "I don't think you do. Look it's Jason's business so if he wants to tell you then he will." With that Robbie walked off not wanting argue any more with Holly.

Over the next few months Jason went through induction and chemo, however it was clear the chemo wasn't working. He'd lost his hair, always felt ill, Holly had been to see him a bit but Jason knew it was hard for her, his brothers were constantly there not that Jason was complaining but something this time felt different, and Jason knew it was because he knew he was having a transplant.

The consultant had already spoke to them and they'd decided that Robbie was going to be the donor despite Joe and Freddie both objecting. So now Robbie was going to be under general anaesthetic, getting a litre of bone marrow from his hip for Jason. Jason couldn't believe what Robbie was doing for him, to Jason it literally made him the best twin brother he could have ever wished for.

Robbie was lying in the bed next to Jason getting ready to go through to theatre. He wouldn't show it but Robbie was nervous, he was nervous and scared but not just for himself; for Jason too. His twin brother had been through so much and Robbie just hoped that this would be the last thing.

"Jase?" Robbie asked. "Yeah", Jason replied weakly. "I love you." Jason smiled, "I love you too Robbie." Joe, Freddie and Ziggy walked in ready to wish Robbie good luck. "Alright then Rob this is it", Joe said as doctors came in the take him away. As Freddie, Joe and Ziggy wished him good luck Jason just watched. "Robbie, wait!" He shouted. The doctors stopped the trolley so Robbie could look at Jason. "What?" Robbie asked. "Good luck", Jason said. Robbie smiled, "like I'm gonna need it."

Three days later, Jason and Robbie were both recovering from a successful transplant. It had gone well, no issues so the Roscoes were happy with. All of them knew that Jason was going to take a while to recover and they didn't know how Jason would be. However one thing that they did know was that Jason would never be alone, he'd always have his brothers.

Wow! This took me forever to write, it has over 3,600 words! Anyways thank you for reading, please review and if you have any suggestions feel free to leave them :)

Next chapter prompted by Sophie- New year, when Rick is bullying Jason only this time he gets violent and Robbie walks in on them.