Claire's Pov:

"No I didn't tell them but…"

"Thank you so much, I was really worried then" I said cutting him off

"I didn't tell them, BUT, I think that you should tell them, at least Shane"

"What? Why?" was he being serious? He knows how worried I am about telling them and here he is telling me to tell them! Did he hit his head or something? "Are you being serious?"

"Yes, I'm deadly serious" I flinched

"Shit! Sorry I didn't mean it like that, I wasn't taking to piss or anything"

"I know, its fine"

"I understand that it's going to be hard but as Shane said, he's their father and he has a right to know"

"But I can't, they'll hate me and I can't have that if I've only got a month left" I whispered

"Stop it!" he almost shouted making me flinch again, he'd never shouted at me before and to be honest, it was actually really scary "Stop saying that you're going to die next month like it's definitely going to happen, you're strong, there's a chance you're going to pull through this and beat the bloody cancer; so please stop" he whispered as if he were in pain, I didn't say anything

"I'm sorry for shouting at you Clairey it's just you're like my little sister and I don't want you to die"

"I'm sorry, but I don't know if I can tell them, especially IF I'm going to die; I can't have them hate me"

"I know you don't but Claire, put yourself in their shoes, how'd you think they're going to feel when they find out you've known all along and didn't tell them, how'd you think Shane's going to feel when he gets a phone call telling him that his wife and or children have died without any warning? What will that do to him? What if Shane had cancer and didn't tell you how would you feel? They all love you like family and none of which want to lose you"

"But what if they hate me?" I whimpered

"If they hate you then it's their problem but at least you told them, however, if you don't tell them Claire and you, the children or all of you die then they'll hate you because they weren't told, because they took you're last month for granted as they didn't know you were going to die. They won't get to say goodbye and that is why they'll hate you. Sure they'll be angry at first but they'll get over it and I'll be here for you through all of it"

"But…" I started but didn't know what to say

"I know how you feel about Shane and about how you've never stopped loving him, if you don't tell him, you'll never get to go back to that, you'll never be able to love again and you'll never be happy"

"I'm happy…" I started but he knew me too well

"You're anything but happy, you put on a facade for everyone to see so they don't worry about you but I live with you Claire, I comfort you after you're nightmares, I rock you bad to sleep and I sleep in you're bed because you're too scared to go to sleep on your own in case you have the nightmare about catching Shane with that girl or in case you die in your sleep; Claire, these things aren't happy, you're not happy. The only thing that makes you happy is Shane, I saw how excited and happy you were when you saw him again; you're face lit up and you looked genuinely happy, something I've never seen before"

I couldn't reply to that because he was right, everything he had just said was the truth

"I do want Shane back but I'm scared that if I tell him, I'll lose him forever" I cried and he pulled me into his chest

"You won't lose him Claire, he loves you too much to let you go again; but you have to tell him"

"Ok" I whispered against his neck

"What?"

"I said ok, I'll tell him; I'll tell them all"

"You will?"

"Yeh, I will"

"Do you want to do it now?"

"Err…I was thinking about doing it after the concert, let them enjoy tonight"

"Ok, whatever you want; I'll be with you if you need me"

"Thank you"

"No problems, it's what brothers do" he whispered and kissed my forehead making me smile.

"Now let's get you out of this stuffy room and get some food inside of you"

"Good because I'm starving" I said making him laugh

"When aren't you hungry" he replied and I hit him in the chest.

He helped me walk down the stairs, I was happy that I was finally going to be able to release this burden I've been carrying around for the past 6 months but it all ended when Michael spoke.

"You've got cancer and you didn't tell us earlier!" he screamed I'd forgotten about his vampire hearing, shit!