It was the next day, Jack had gone to the grocery store, Karen didn't want to go so she stayed at Jack's as will wasn't working that day he said he would go and see Karen.

Karen was sitting on the sofa playing with the necklace that Jack had given her when will came in.

'Hay' he said

'Hay Wilma'

'Are you feeling ok?' he said sitting down next to her

'I'm fine, let me guess Jack got you to come over?'

'Well he did, he is worried about you, and I wanted to come and see you'

'Why?'

'Cause your one of my best friends' will said looking at her

'Wilma, I know me and you have had are differences but your one of my best friends too'

'Really?' will said

'Yea, come here' Karen and will hugged, and then they both sat on the sofa in an embrace.

'God can you imagine if Grace or Jack came in right now' will said referring to the fact that they cuddled up

'They faces would be funny' Karen said

'You know that's a nice necklace that Jack got for you, that you brought' will said

'That's our Jack thinks of others, and likes to make them happy even if it's their money his uses' Karen said smiling

'I was thinking about Grace's birthday I know it's in three months time but what are you getting her?' will asked, Karen was silent, she wasn't going to be here for her birthday 'Karen' will said causing her out of her day dream 'You ok?'

'Oh yea honey I was just thinking what does she like?'

'I don't know she hard to buy for, but not as hard as Jack, his birthday is in a months time and even though he gives you a list he still is hard'

'Oh god I forgot Jack's birthday when is it?'

'A months time, oh my god Karen you forgetting Jack's birthday' will said pulling a face

'Oh I know honey it's just you know'

'Yea I do' will said just then he heard his home phone ring 'better get that' he said getting up and leaving.

'Oh my god' Karen kept thinking, Jack's birthday was a month yesterday, a month yesterday was the day that marked around a month till she was going to go. This couldn't be happening, to die leaving Jack was the worst heartache in the world but on his birthday she couldn't. She was going to see Lisa tomorrow anyways to see how things were progressing she wondered if there was a pill or something that would keep her alive longer.

The next day, Karen didn't want Jack or anyone going to the hospital with her, in fact she didn't even tell them it was the hospital she was going, after spending the morning persuading Jack to let her go out he did, she told him she wanted to get his present,.

When she arrived at the hospital she was told to wait until Nurse Lisa came and got her, Karen was sitting there shaking her leg from been nervous, when she heard Nurse Lisa call her, she lead her into a room.

'Hay Karen how are you doing?'

'Fine'

'Have you told them yet?'

'No'

'You surprise me, I though after a few days you would of done'

'No I can't, they are so happy carrying on'

'Ok well the doctor will be here in a minute'

'Aren't you staying?' Karen asked

'If you want me to' Lisa said

'Yea, please honey'

'ok' she said, as the doctor walked in, the doctor examined Karen, taking her blood, scanning her stomach and head, taking her heart beat rate, he was writing things down, then walked out of the room.

'Where is he going?' Karen asked

'To get your results from the computer' Lisa said taking her hand.

Half an hour later the doctor came back,

'Hello' he said shaking Karen's hand

'Hi' she said 'Is it ok if Nurse Lisa stays'

'Yea that's fine' the doctor said, 'Ok the results have come back….and Im so sorry Ms Walker'

'What, what's going on' Karen asked looking at Lisa then the doctor

'The results show that the cancer is spreading quiet fast, im so sorry' the doctor said, Karen sat there numb 'I'll leave you two alone' the doctor said walking out

'Karen' Lisa said

'Is there a pill or something that can help, make me live longer just for a day or something, I need to be there for Jack on his birthday' Karen pleaded

'I'm sorry Karen' Lisa said, at that Karen burst out crying she didn't want to die, but she had accepted that, but to die on Jack's birthday the one person she loved the most, the person she didn't want to leave the most. After a while Karen had calmed down,

'You ok?' Lisa asked

'Yea sorry…..I want to ask you something'

'Yea sure' Lisa said

'In my last few days how…how will I know that Im going to die, will I feel pain?'

'You wouldn't feel pain, you will start to breath irregular, get weak then just slip away…..in the last few weeks you will get weaker, but you will just slip away' Lisa explained.

Karen didn't feel like going shopping but she had to if she didn't walk in with bags Jack would ask questions, she knew she was going to die but when she heard it she still broke down. She just kept thinking to herself that it was a dream she would wake up from but of course she didn't, she had been to barney's and got Jack some clothes then she went to a H.S Samuel's and got jack a sliver bracelet, she got it engraved 'I love you jack, we will always be together'. Then she went home, to go and live the lie.