I can't believe him
Betty stared intensly at the piece of paper.
"So what does this mean?"
"I don't have cancer, but it can still be fatal"
Her eyes began to well up.
"But I have a larger chance of survival. Something like 9/10" Phil quickly added
"Well thats good then isn't it" said Howard
"I still want to speak to Lucy"
"Well that's understandable mom" said Lil "Come on Phil we should go out for a while."
Phil nodded and left with his sister. They headed next door to the Pickles. Hoping Tommy would be in.
"Err hey guys. I'm just heading out to see Kimi" he saw the look on the twins faces "Is there something wrong?"
"I need to tell you something Tom" said Phil
"I'll go see Kimi. Explain all this. will you be ok bro?"
He nodded and entered Tommys home. Tommy looked at Lil. She began to cry as she walked away. He turned and entered his house.
"What's wrong Phil?"
"I'm ill"
"What do you mean a cold or something?"
"No I'm seriously ill. It could be fatal"
Tommy was just shocked he sat down next to his friend.
"What is it?"
"When I was showering, I found a lump"
"CANCER!" he shouted. He looked at his friends face "sorry"
"It's ok man. My mom was worse" they shared a small laugh
"So..."
"TOMMY I DON'T WANT TO DIE" shouted Phil as he began to cry
"Hey, hey man" he put his hand on his friends back "You wont die. I won't let you"
Phil turned and smiled at his friend "It's not cancer, but it is still bad. It's called Benign or something"
"What is the differance?"
"Well Benign doesn't kill of health cells or spread as cancer would, but can still be fatal"
"But not as bad as cancer?"
"No"
"Well that is something to be happy about right?"
"I hate how you can do that?"
"What?"
"You always see the best of something, I mean you still feel sorry for Megan"
"Not so much anymore, but I guess I get that from my Grandpa"
"How is he?"
"Well he is with Grandma Lulu in England I think, but that ain't important. How many people know?"
"Outside my family and Susies Mom only you. Oh and Kimi once Lil tells her"
"How are you coping?"
"I'm ok, kinda getting used to the idea of dying"
"Your not gonna die Phil"
"Why should I fight it Tom? I'll die at some point why don't I just die now?"
Tommy hit Phil across the face "DON'T TALK LIKE THAT!"
"WHY? I GOT NOTHING TO LIVE FOR. I MAY ASWELL LIVE IN A HOLE AND WAIT TIL THE DAY I DIE" he began to leave
"PHIL!"
He finally turned around "WHATEVER YOU SAY WON'T CHANGE MY MIND"
"I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU THINK, WE ARN'T GOING TO LET YOU THROW YOUR LIFE AWAY!"
Phil just looked at his friend and left. Tommy turned around and kicked the sofa. When Dil came down
"What was all that about T?"
"Phil is....dying and he won't let anyone help"
=====Lil POV=====
She was walking towards Kimi's home, but Kimi was already on the way.
"Hey Lil, were you coming to see me?" she said in her cheery way
"Err yeah we need to talk, can we go to your house?"
"I was supost to meet Tommy.."
"He's with Phil, they're talking about this"
They started walking back to Kimi's home. Kimi was still a little confused and worried
"Ok what is up?"
"Can we talk at yours you'll need to take a seat. Is Chuckie there to?"
"Yeah he's practicing some riffs in his room"
The rest of the walk was silent. Kimi got her keys out and opened the door
"Hey Chuckie are you in?" shouted Kimi
"YEAH DOWN IN A MINUTE"
Kimi looked over to her best friend who was getting teary. She felt uneasy, this had to be bad news. Chuckie was soon down the stairs and jumped over the back of the sofa and sat down.
"What's up?"
"Lil wants to tell us something"
"Oh Ok what is it Lil?"
She sighed and turned to her friends "It's about Phil. He has something?"
"Rabies?" Chuckie said jokingly. Lil looked at him. He could see the look in her eyes "sorry"
"Is it something serious?"
"Very. He has a....lump"
"What? You don't mean...."
"Cancer? No he has Benign it's like cancer, but he has less chance of dying. Which is good I supose" Just then the phone rang
"I'll get it" said Kimi. She got up and ansered the phone
"Hey Dil, tell Tommy I'm sorry I havn't been over Lil has been telling us about Phil.....WHAT?" she took the phone away from her mouth "Dil says Phil has left very angry and he's worried he'll do something stupid"
Lil's eyes opened and her jaw dropped. She got up and ran out of the house.
"Sorry Dil I'll speak to you later" She hung up and chased after her friend followed by Chuckie.
They couldn't catch up with her. Even though she lost her shoe on the way she kept running. They arrived at the DeVille home and lIl burst in to th ehouse and up to her brothers room. She saw Tommy knocking as hard as he could against the door
"He took a load of pills from the bathroom and locked the door after him" Tommy said when he saw Lil "Would your parents be pissed off if I kicked the door down?"
"Not in this instance"
Tommy walked back and with all his might kicked thee door. It didn't budge. He tried again, still no luck. Finally he walked back and threw himself at the door, dislocating his shoulder in the process. This time the door opened taking the door frame with it.
"PHIL!" Lil screamed seeing her brother unconcious on the floor, vomit coming from his mouth and lots of empty bottles of pills.
Then Chuckie and Kimi came in and saw what happened. Chuckie rushed over to Phil, picked him up and took him to his van. Kimi rushed over to Tommy who hadn't stopped screaming since he knocked the door down. Lil followed Chuckie and got in his van and they drove to the hospital.
"What's wrong Tommy?"
"I think I dislocated my shoulder"
She looked down at his left shoulder and nearly threw up. It was twisted and tangled behind him
"This is gonna sound weird, but could you twist it back around?"
She closed her eyes as she took his limp arm and pulled it back around. She twisted his shoulder back into the socket. He screamed at the top of his lungs
"Sorry. Sorry"
"Don't worry Kimi" he said gritting his teeth "If it hurts It's better" he tried to smile
She got up and picked up all off the pill bottles.
"Come on we better take these with us"
They got up and headed to the Pickles home. Noone but Dil was in. They crossed the street quickly and knocked on the Charmichael door. Susie came out
"Hey guys whats up?" She looked at the bottles in Kimis arms "What are they?"
"Phil took all these he's in hospital please give us a ride" said Kimi
She was shocked and grabbed her car keys and they jumped into her car.
They were soon there and they rushed inside. Kimi was still holding the bottles. They saw Lil crying her eyes out with Chuckie with his arm around her trying to comfort her.
"Lil! Chuckie!" Kimi shouted out. They both looked up at her as she rushed over still clutching the bottles. "Where's Phil?"
"He's somewhere getting his stomach pumped. Why did you bring those?"
"I thought that maybe the doctors would want to know what he took"
Lil looked up from Chuckie's chest and gave a smile.
She turned away from Chuckie and hugged Kimi as hard as she could. Making Kimi drop all the pill bottles. Tommy sat next to Chuckie
"So how is she taking this?"
"She hasn't stopped crying since we arrived" he looked at her and sighed
"You still have feelings for her then"
"Huh? Don't be crazy. We gotta be here for Phil"
"Yeah your right" Tommy looked up at Susie who seemed more upset than anyone. She noticed him and tried to smile. He looked at her and smiled. Then remembered his shoulder
"AHHH!" he grabbed his shoulder and got up. "Sorry guys I'm gonna have to see some one about this"
"Ok Tommy we'll see you later" said Susie as Tommy walked away clutching his shoulder. Lil looked at Kimi
"Go with him I'll be fine"
"Thanks Lil" she got up and ran behind Tommy and took his hand
Lil turned around to Chuckie "I don't supose you want a hug?"
He smiled as he took her in his arms. She began crying again as she saw Tommy and Kimi walk away
About 2 hours later a doctor came to the group
"Lillian DeVille?" he inquired looking at each of them
"That's me how is he?"
"Well I'm glad to say you got him here in time and we were able to pump his stomach"
"That brilliant can we see him?"
"Just one at a time I'm affraid he has to get some rest."
"Lil you go" said Chuckie
"Thanks Chuckie" she blushed a little and left with the doctor
Chuckie watched her walk away as he sighed
"So you still have feelings for her then?" said Susie not really looking anywhere
"I thought it was just a little crush. It would go away soon, but it hasn't. If anything my feelings have gotten stronger"
She sat next to Chuckie and put an arm around him "If it helps, she feels the same"
Chuckie was shocked and stood up. "What?"
"She has had a crush on you longer than you have had on her"
"Don't be stupid" he said turning away
"It's true, but if I were you I'd leave it for a while"
"At this moment in time it would be wise to forget about this"
=====Lil POV=====
She walked into the large room and saw her brother with a large tube sticking out his mouth. She shuddered. It was like looking at herself.
"I'll leave you to it" said the doctor before he left
Lil walked over to her brother and sat down. She looked at him. His chest slowly moving up and down. A beep from the other side of the bed in rythm with his heart was naking her feel uneasy
"I hate you" she said gently "How could you do this to yourself?"
He suddenly began coughing and startled Lil. He slowly opened his eyes, temporarily blinded by the bright hospital lights. For a moment he thought he had died.
"Mwhh?" he strugled to say. He noticed the tube in his mouth and pulled it out. "Lil, where am I?"
"Your in hospital" she said emotionless
"Are you mad?"
"What do you think?" still no emotion
"I'm sorry"
All of a sudden the emotion came back to Lil "Why Phil?"
"I was dying anyway, so I thought..."
"Your not dying, this can all be cured"
"Maybe, I just don't want to be the one in ten"
"If you had killed yourself you would have been"
He looked away from his sister "I'm scared Lil"
"So am I"
"Your not dying though are you?" he said looking his sister directly in to her eyes. She began to cry
"If you do die. I will lose a part of myself"
"What do you mean?"
"How would you fell if it was me not you?"
"I dunno, I'd be worried. Scared..."
"So why can't I feel that for you then?"
"Your right I'm sorry. Have you called Mom and Dad?"
"Left a message on the answering machine"
Just then Betty nad Howard burst through the door
"PHILLY!"
"They got your got my message then?"
"What did you do?"
"I took an overdose"
"Why honey?"
"I thought if I was going to die I may aswell decide when I die"
"That is the most inconciderate thing I have ever heard!"
"You have to understand son, If you died then we would never have a chance to see you go to college, get married have kids. Your sister would become an only child. All your friends will lose someone very important to them"
"You still may not"
"But we want you to try."
"Yeah your a DeVille. DeVilles never give up. Or take the easy option"
There was a quiet knock on the door as the doctor entered
"I'm sorry if I am interupting, but Phillip needs to rest. He'll be fine to go home tomorrow so com back then"
"Ok thanks doc. Now Phil, will you promise us you will never do anything like this again?"
He looked at his hands "Ok I promise, I am really sorry for what I put you through"
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So this was another sad chapter, poor Phil. So what could happen between Lil and Chuckie? hope yur enjoying please R/R
Betty stared intensly at the piece of paper.
"So what does this mean?"
"I don't have cancer, but it can still be fatal"
Her eyes began to well up.
"But I have a larger chance of survival. Something like 9/10" Phil quickly added
"Well thats good then isn't it" said Howard
"I still want to speak to Lucy"
"Well that's understandable mom" said Lil "Come on Phil we should go out for a while."
Phil nodded and left with his sister. They headed next door to the Pickles. Hoping Tommy would be in.
"Err hey guys. I'm just heading out to see Kimi" he saw the look on the twins faces "Is there something wrong?"
"I need to tell you something Tom" said Phil
"I'll go see Kimi. Explain all this. will you be ok bro?"
He nodded and entered Tommys home. Tommy looked at Lil. She began to cry as she walked away. He turned and entered his house.
"What's wrong Phil?"
"I'm ill"
"What do you mean a cold or something?"
"No I'm seriously ill. It could be fatal"
Tommy was just shocked he sat down next to his friend.
"What is it?"
"When I was showering, I found a lump"
"CANCER!" he shouted. He looked at his friends face "sorry"
"It's ok man. My mom was worse" they shared a small laugh
"So..."
"TOMMY I DON'T WANT TO DIE" shouted Phil as he began to cry
"Hey, hey man" he put his hand on his friends back "You wont die. I won't let you"
Phil turned and smiled at his friend "It's not cancer, but it is still bad. It's called Benign or something"
"What is the differance?"
"Well Benign doesn't kill of health cells or spread as cancer would, but can still be fatal"
"But not as bad as cancer?"
"No"
"Well that is something to be happy about right?"
"I hate how you can do that?"
"What?"
"You always see the best of something, I mean you still feel sorry for Megan"
"Not so much anymore, but I guess I get that from my Grandpa"
"How is he?"
"Well he is with Grandma Lulu in England I think, but that ain't important. How many people know?"
"Outside my family and Susies Mom only you. Oh and Kimi once Lil tells her"
"How are you coping?"
"I'm ok, kinda getting used to the idea of dying"
"Your not gonna die Phil"
"Why should I fight it Tom? I'll die at some point why don't I just die now?"
Tommy hit Phil across the face "DON'T TALK LIKE THAT!"
"WHY? I GOT NOTHING TO LIVE FOR. I MAY ASWELL LIVE IN A HOLE AND WAIT TIL THE DAY I DIE" he began to leave
"PHIL!"
He finally turned around "WHATEVER YOU SAY WON'T CHANGE MY MIND"
"I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU THINK, WE ARN'T GOING TO LET YOU THROW YOUR LIFE AWAY!"
Phil just looked at his friend and left. Tommy turned around and kicked the sofa. When Dil came down
"What was all that about T?"
"Phil is....dying and he won't let anyone help"
=====Lil POV=====
She was walking towards Kimi's home, but Kimi was already on the way.
"Hey Lil, were you coming to see me?" she said in her cheery way
"Err yeah we need to talk, can we go to your house?"
"I was supost to meet Tommy.."
"He's with Phil, they're talking about this"
They started walking back to Kimi's home. Kimi was still a little confused and worried
"Ok what is up?"
"Can we talk at yours you'll need to take a seat. Is Chuckie there to?"
"Yeah he's practicing some riffs in his room"
The rest of the walk was silent. Kimi got her keys out and opened the door
"Hey Chuckie are you in?" shouted Kimi
"YEAH DOWN IN A MINUTE"
Kimi looked over to her best friend who was getting teary. She felt uneasy, this had to be bad news. Chuckie was soon down the stairs and jumped over the back of the sofa and sat down.
"What's up?"
"Lil wants to tell us something"
"Oh Ok what is it Lil?"
She sighed and turned to her friends "It's about Phil. He has something?"
"Rabies?" Chuckie said jokingly. Lil looked at him. He could see the look in her eyes "sorry"
"Is it something serious?"
"Very. He has a....lump"
"What? You don't mean...."
"Cancer? No he has Benign it's like cancer, but he has less chance of dying. Which is good I supose" Just then the phone rang
"I'll get it" said Kimi. She got up and ansered the phone
"Hey Dil, tell Tommy I'm sorry I havn't been over Lil has been telling us about Phil.....WHAT?" she took the phone away from her mouth "Dil says Phil has left very angry and he's worried he'll do something stupid"
Lil's eyes opened and her jaw dropped. She got up and ran out of the house.
"Sorry Dil I'll speak to you later" She hung up and chased after her friend followed by Chuckie.
They couldn't catch up with her. Even though she lost her shoe on the way she kept running. They arrived at the DeVille home and lIl burst in to th ehouse and up to her brothers room. She saw Tommy knocking as hard as he could against the door
"He took a load of pills from the bathroom and locked the door after him" Tommy said when he saw Lil "Would your parents be pissed off if I kicked the door down?"
"Not in this instance"
Tommy walked back and with all his might kicked thee door. It didn't budge. He tried again, still no luck. Finally he walked back and threw himself at the door, dislocating his shoulder in the process. This time the door opened taking the door frame with it.
"PHIL!" Lil screamed seeing her brother unconcious on the floor, vomit coming from his mouth and lots of empty bottles of pills.
Then Chuckie and Kimi came in and saw what happened. Chuckie rushed over to Phil, picked him up and took him to his van. Kimi rushed over to Tommy who hadn't stopped screaming since he knocked the door down. Lil followed Chuckie and got in his van and they drove to the hospital.
"What's wrong Tommy?"
"I think I dislocated my shoulder"
She looked down at his left shoulder and nearly threw up. It was twisted and tangled behind him
"This is gonna sound weird, but could you twist it back around?"
She closed her eyes as she took his limp arm and pulled it back around. She twisted his shoulder back into the socket. He screamed at the top of his lungs
"Sorry. Sorry"
"Don't worry Kimi" he said gritting his teeth "If it hurts It's better" he tried to smile
She got up and picked up all off the pill bottles.
"Come on we better take these with us"
They got up and headed to the Pickles home. Noone but Dil was in. They crossed the street quickly and knocked on the Charmichael door. Susie came out
"Hey guys whats up?" She looked at the bottles in Kimis arms "What are they?"
"Phil took all these he's in hospital please give us a ride" said Kimi
She was shocked and grabbed her car keys and they jumped into her car.
They were soon there and they rushed inside. Kimi was still holding the bottles. They saw Lil crying her eyes out with Chuckie with his arm around her trying to comfort her.
"Lil! Chuckie!" Kimi shouted out. They both looked up at her as she rushed over still clutching the bottles. "Where's Phil?"
"He's somewhere getting his stomach pumped. Why did you bring those?"
"I thought that maybe the doctors would want to know what he took"
Lil looked up from Chuckie's chest and gave a smile.
She turned away from Chuckie and hugged Kimi as hard as she could. Making Kimi drop all the pill bottles. Tommy sat next to Chuckie
"So how is she taking this?"
"She hasn't stopped crying since we arrived" he looked at her and sighed
"You still have feelings for her then"
"Huh? Don't be crazy. We gotta be here for Phil"
"Yeah your right" Tommy looked up at Susie who seemed more upset than anyone. She noticed him and tried to smile. He looked at her and smiled. Then remembered his shoulder
"AHHH!" he grabbed his shoulder and got up. "Sorry guys I'm gonna have to see some one about this"
"Ok Tommy we'll see you later" said Susie as Tommy walked away clutching his shoulder. Lil looked at Kimi
"Go with him I'll be fine"
"Thanks Lil" she got up and ran behind Tommy and took his hand
Lil turned around to Chuckie "I don't supose you want a hug?"
He smiled as he took her in his arms. She began crying again as she saw Tommy and Kimi walk away
About 2 hours later a doctor came to the group
"Lillian DeVille?" he inquired looking at each of them
"That's me how is he?"
"Well I'm glad to say you got him here in time and we were able to pump his stomach"
"That brilliant can we see him?"
"Just one at a time I'm affraid he has to get some rest."
"Lil you go" said Chuckie
"Thanks Chuckie" she blushed a little and left with the doctor
Chuckie watched her walk away as he sighed
"So you still have feelings for her then?" said Susie not really looking anywhere
"I thought it was just a little crush. It would go away soon, but it hasn't. If anything my feelings have gotten stronger"
She sat next to Chuckie and put an arm around him "If it helps, she feels the same"
Chuckie was shocked and stood up. "What?"
"She has had a crush on you longer than you have had on her"
"Don't be stupid" he said turning away
"It's true, but if I were you I'd leave it for a while"
"At this moment in time it would be wise to forget about this"
=====Lil POV=====
She walked into the large room and saw her brother with a large tube sticking out his mouth. She shuddered. It was like looking at herself.
"I'll leave you to it" said the doctor before he left
Lil walked over to her brother and sat down. She looked at him. His chest slowly moving up and down. A beep from the other side of the bed in rythm with his heart was naking her feel uneasy
"I hate you" she said gently "How could you do this to yourself?"
He suddenly began coughing and startled Lil. He slowly opened his eyes, temporarily blinded by the bright hospital lights. For a moment he thought he had died.
"Mwhh?" he strugled to say. He noticed the tube in his mouth and pulled it out. "Lil, where am I?"
"Your in hospital" she said emotionless
"Are you mad?"
"What do you think?" still no emotion
"I'm sorry"
All of a sudden the emotion came back to Lil "Why Phil?"
"I was dying anyway, so I thought..."
"Your not dying, this can all be cured"
"Maybe, I just don't want to be the one in ten"
"If you had killed yourself you would have been"
He looked away from his sister "I'm scared Lil"
"So am I"
"Your not dying though are you?" he said looking his sister directly in to her eyes. She began to cry
"If you do die. I will lose a part of myself"
"What do you mean?"
"How would you fell if it was me not you?"
"I dunno, I'd be worried. Scared..."
"So why can't I feel that for you then?"
"Your right I'm sorry. Have you called Mom and Dad?"
"Left a message on the answering machine"
Just then Betty nad Howard burst through the door
"PHILLY!"
"They got your got my message then?"
"What did you do?"
"I took an overdose"
"Why honey?"
"I thought if I was going to die I may aswell decide when I die"
"That is the most inconciderate thing I have ever heard!"
"You have to understand son, If you died then we would never have a chance to see you go to college, get married have kids. Your sister would become an only child. All your friends will lose someone very important to them"
"You still may not"
"But we want you to try."
"Yeah your a DeVille. DeVilles never give up. Or take the easy option"
There was a quiet knock on the door as the doctor entered
"I'm sorry if I am interupting, but Phillip needs to rest. He'll be fine to go home tomorrow so com back then"
"Ok thanks doc. Now Phil, will you promise us you will never do anything like this again?"
He looked at his hands "Ok I promise, I am really sorry for what I put you through"
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So this was another sad chapter, poor Phil. So what could happen between Lil and Chuckie? hope yur enjoying please R/R
