AN-the end is comnig soon... I promise... It's not that long, I'm sorry... i've been bsuy.. so yeah... don't hate me... happy chapter this time! yay!
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Carmen woke in pain. She screamed out loudly and shook. Sweat dripped from her body and fell to the white linen sheets that lined the bed she was in. A flustered Lena came in completely calm and wiped her face with a cool rag.
"shhhh Carmabella. You'll be okay" Lena mumbled and held Carmen as tears of her own fell into Carmen's quickly thinning black hair. Kostos stood in the doorway, his normally tall self almost crumbling as he saw the decay of Carmen.
"Lena, I think it's time that we call Bridget and Tibby." Kostos proceeded carefully with this. He did not want to upset Carmen, who was getting sicker by the day from the cancer, nor did he want to upset Lena, who was already showing some problems from her pregnancy. Lena nodded in agreement, and pulled the phone close. After releasing Carmen, who had fallen asleep again, she picked up the receiver and dialed the New York number, collect.
Tibby knew who was calling before she answered. And she knew the reason why. The second she answered the phone and heard Lena's small quivering voice say "Carmen and I need you here, bring Bridget with you." She answered "We're on a plane" and hung up. She grabbed Bridget and left a note for Brian and they each packed a small bag. They waited in the terminal for three hours to catch their plane into Athens. And in that three hours they hadn't spoken a word.
Nicholas Tzeranis paced anxiously and waited for the results back. If they came back positive that meant the last three months of joy with the woman he fell in love with was about to end. If they were negative that meant he could spend more time with her. He remembered the first day he had received the results of her cancer. It was malignant and spreading through her back. She cried on his shoulder and fell asleep on him for that whole night He had held her as she received chemo, and now, despite what his colleagues said about becoming too attached to a patient, he was waiting for the test results to see if she was in fact dying.
Bridget and Tibby waited in the hospital wing with Lena. Tibby had thrown up before hand, and now she was regretting going in to see Carmen. Carmen's pale body had frightened her. She ran out of the room and threw up the disgusting hospital food into a small basin that a nurse handed her. Lena sat between Tibby and Bridget and held both their hands. She squeezed them when Nicholas came back through the hallway holding a sealed yellow envelope. He stopped in front of them and looked into their tear stained red eyes, hoping his did not look the same. They stood up as he slipped the results out of the envelope and looked them over. The three words he said sent Lena into a dead faint on the plastic covered couch, and Tibby and Bridget sobbing rushed to collect her. " She's in Remission".
Carmen heard the sobs from the hallway and could not distinguish from joyful, or terrified. She couldn't understand what was going on. These days she was sicker than ever, all day now, and she was quickly gaining back the weight the chemo had dropped from her. She gasped when she realized the signs. She counted the days since her and Nicolas ahd last been together. That one sparkling dazzling night they were together. She added the numbers and realized what had actually happened that night.
"Nicholas" Carmen cried afraid of what he was to tell her.
"You're in remission" Nicholas cried before swooping down on her and planting a large kiss on her lips. She smiled when he released her lips, and she looked him in the eye.
"I may be in remission, but I'm also pregnant" She smiled. Nicholas' eyes opened wide and he leapt in the air. He went to shout into the hallway, but Carmen stopped him, and told him that she wasn't entirely sure. For this, Nicholas kissed her again. Once the congratulations of remission to Carmen wore off, Nicholas lay beside her in the hospital bed and held her close. Her head rested on his chest and she heard his murmur of "I love you" mixed with his heartbeat.
"I love you too" she said slowly as she drifted off into a deep medicated sleep.