A/N: This chapter comes to you all earlier than I thought! Only because...well, just read!! As always, thanks for all my reviews!!

~August 5th, 2011

The short ride to the hospital was completely silent. I rode in the back with Audrey while Carlisle and Edward were up front. Everyone else stayed back at the house, the girls promising to watch over Jasmine while we were gone.

Audrey didn't say anything the entire time. She just sat there, staring out the window watching as drove past the trees, into town and eventually arrived at the hospital. Being as Carlisle was one of the chief doctors, he was able to just take Audrey to the back.

"What are we doing Carlisle?" Audrey seemed a bit anxious as he led her towards the exam rooms.

"I just want to run some tests Audrey, to make sure that everything is ok. Now, come with me please. You two" he turned towards me and Edward "You two stay right here. We'll be back soon."

Once it was just Edward and I, I turned to ask him the question he was already expecting.

"I couldn't get a read on her thoughts Jasper. It was like she had completely shut down everything. The only thing on her mind was Jasmine, nothing else. No indication as to what she was feeling."

"I just don't understand. It was almost like she was hallucinating or something. She kept saying that he was in the room, that he was going to get her. But, there was obviously no one in the room. And she was terrified Edward, you should've seen her." I shook my head, trying to stop the image of Audrey of coming into my mind. I failed and Edward caught a glimpse of it.

"If anyone can help her Jasper, it's Carlisle and you know that." I nodded at him but I wasn't really convinced.

Thirty minutes later, both Audrey and Carlisle emerged from the exam room.

"Edward, can you take Audrey to my office? I need to speak with Jasper for a few moments." he stopped talking but I could tell he was still thinking because Edward suddenly got a serious look on his face.

"This way Audrey." he wrapped an arm around her shoulder and led her to the office.

"What is it Carlisle. What do we need to talk about?"

"There's something I need to show you." he motioned for me to follow him into the room, to the little side room where there were scans up on the board.

"I'm afraid this isn't good news." he looked over at me, his wise eyes full of concern. "Jasper, Audrey is sick. Very sick."

"Sick? What do you mean?" I looked at the pictures in front of me but nothing made sense. I had no experience in the medical field.

"You see this son?" he pointed to something and I nodded "Jasper, it's a tumor. I half expected it. Tumors tend to cause hallucinations. Especially when their on this particular side of the brain. I'm so sorry." he sighed, running his hand through his hair. Almost as if he was disappointed, frustrated.

"What else aren't you telling me? This...you can fix it right? Make her better?"

"I'm afraid not. The tumor is a very peculiar location. It's virtually impossible to operate on it."

"But you've been a doctor for centuries, surely there is something you can do!" I raised my voice. "Please Carlisle....can't she get treatment? Something?"

"We can attempt some form of treatment, if she wants it of course, but I'm worried that it will only prolong her life for so long. She will only get extremely ill as a result from it."

"We have to tell her!" I cut him off "We have to tell her, and tell her that I will change her." I nodded. It was the only logical thing to do. If this tumor was already killing her, then changing her was the only thing we could do for her.

"Jasper, you need to calm down. You can't just barge in there and tell her that. She will surely be shocked by this news. You have to give her time. You can't just throw all this information at her. Besides, you know that you cannot simply change her. She has to want it."

"Why wouldn't she!" I began walking towards the door "She's dying Carlisle. And I'm not about to lose her. Not when I just got her." I walked down the hall towards Carlisle's office, walking in to find Audrey and Edward just sitting there, making idle talk. The moment I saw her, I felt my dead heart break. She didn't look it but, she was sick. Before any of us could speak, Carlisle came into the room as well, shutting the door slowly behind him. He nodded at me to take a seat. I took the one next to Audrey and just sat there.

"Audrey." Carlisle sat in his chair across from her "I just looked over the scans that I took of your head. And..." he shot a quick glance at me "I'm afraid that I don't have good news. Audrey, you..."

"You don't have to say it Carlisle." Audrey's voice was tiny, tired "I know about the tumor." she sighed. All three of us just stared at her, looks of concern and shock on our faces.

"What do you mean you know Audrey? How long have you known?" Carlisle looked even more concerned.

"About a month or so after Jasmine was born, I started getting these intense headaches among other things and Ben made me go get checked out at the hospital. That's when they told me that I had the tumor. But, it was in the very beginning stages so I got a few months of treatment before they told me that I was fine, that it wasn't affecting me anymore. But..." she took a deep breath "They said there was a good chance that it could come back someday. It could be a month or ten years, they didn't know. They said that if it did ever come back, there wouldn't be anything they could do for me. That it would just have to run its course..." she stopped as her voice cracked and she started crying uncontrollably. I was up out of my seat in instant, grabbing her so I could hold her in my arms.

"Why didn't you tell me Audrey?" I held her as close as possible to me.

"I didn't want to worry you." she sobbed "When they told me that the tumor wasn't affecting me anymore, I figured I didn't have to worry about it anymore. Only if it came back was I going to tell you."

And that's when something dawned on me.

"Alice knows doesn't she?"

"I told her not to tell you. Don't blame her for anything. She called me as soon as I got sick the first time...and we had a very long discussion about things."

"What things?"

"Anything and everything. Mainly how I didn't want her to tell you. I know how you get." She tried to make light of this situation. I however didn't find anything funny about it.

"Well Audrey, the decision is up to you." Carlisle called our attention back to him "Do you want to receive treatment? Or do you just want to wait this out?"

"Well, um…I don't really now. Can I have time to think?"

"Of course Audrey. But, the sooner you decide, the better your chances are of survival."

"I understand Carlisle. Tomorrow, I'll let you know."

"Good. Now, let's get back home everyone." He and Edward left the room first, giving Audrey and I a few minutes alone.

"You aren't mad at me are you?" she whispered, leaning back against me, shutting her eyes briefly.

"No. I just wish I would've known from the very beginning. But, that's then and we need to focus on the now and what you want to do Audrey?"

"I don't know." She pulled herself closer to me "I'm scared Jasper." She confessed. "If I get treatment, there's a good chance that I will get really sick and it might not even be worth it. But if I just wait it out, who knows how long I'll have? Months, weeks? I don't see which one is the lesser of two evils." She shrugged.

"Audrey, there's always the other option."

"What? You know of some magic cure?"

"No. But…" I pulled her slightly away from me so she could see me better "There's always the option of becoming one of us? Think about it Audrey…if you're changed, then everything will be fine."

"Jasper" she frowned "You know it's not that simple."

"Well, will you at least promise to think about it?" I asked with hopeful eyes.

"I will think about it, I promise. Can we go home now? I want to see my baby and go to sleep."

"Of course, come on." I stood carefully, setting her on her feet. She grasped my hand tightly as we walked out of Carlisle's office and back out towards the front where they we waiting for us.

"Audrey?" I called her as we walked. She turned and smiled up at me. "I love you. I'm going to be with you every step of the way." I kissed the top of her head.

"Thanks Jasper. I love…" she stopped talking and moving suddenly and her grip loosened on my hand. Her eyes rolled in the back of her head and before I knew it, she was falling to the ground. I caught her quickly, perhaps too quickly and held her tightly in my arms.

Both Carlisle and Edward came running back towards me, Carlisle yelling at the nurses for things and directing me into one of the rooms.

"What's wrong with her Carlisle?" I looked at him and then back down at Audrey who was still unconscious.

"I don't know son. But it seems that maybe the tumor is taking quicker affect than we thought it would."

"What do we do?"

"We have to wait Jasper. She didn't tell us what she wanted. We're going to have to wait to see if she wakes up."

"Don't say if!" I snapped at him "She's going to wake up…I know she is!"

I slumped in the seat that was beside the bed, grabbing her hand and holding it tightly as Carlisle began to put an IV in her arm.

"Please Audrey, please wake up. Wake up so you can tell us what you want." I practically pleaded with her.

There were no ifs, she would wake up. Audrey wasn't going anywhere. Not if I had anything to do with it.

Well, I don't know about you...but that was way unexpected!! Talk about bad luck!! God, and she KNEW! Sigh.

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