Shalimar sat silently on Jesse's bed and listened as he and his wife Melodie told her that Melodie had cancer. Shal didn't know what to say. Melodie started to cry and Shal reached out for her. Mel sat down on the bed next to Shal and let the feral hold her. "I just don't know what to do."
"We'll get Adam to re-run the test for one," said Jesse, almost angrily. "We don't even know for sure if the test results are accurate."
"Shal, please help me explain this to him," whined Mel, "I have been feeling bad for weeks now, that's why I went to the doctor in the first place."
"Mel," said Shal, "First off you might be right, the results may be right, but Jesse could also be right. We need to get Adam to re-run the test. After all, your other doctor doesn't know you're a mutant, right?"
"True."
"Then let's find out for sure before we jump to conclusions, ok?"
"Ok," smiled Mel, "But before I drop this, I need you to promise me something Shal."
"Name it."
"If I die, will you help Jesse raise Alex."
Jesse's face looked like he wanted to scream and cry all at the same time. Shal's heart and head were pounding a mile a minute. Shal was pregnant with her first child, she was without the father of her child and now she was being asked to be a mom to someone else's kid.
"Shal? If you need to think about," said Mel.
"No, I'm sorry I can't," said Shal as she stood up and left Jesse's room. Mel and Jesse looked at each other in shock.
Shal walked down the hall toward her room. She kept brushing tears away as they fell and brushed by Brennan in the hallway. She faintly heard him call out to her as she closed the door behind her and slid down to the floor, finally letting the tears fall.
Her mind was racing with all that had happened to her that week. It was as if someone opened the floodgates in her mind.
That Monday she had gotten a letter from her ex- fiancée Kristoff, the baby's father, saying he wasn't mad at her for calling off the wedding. He knew she couldn't live a lie. She was having a major hard time keeping up the lie. She had almost convinced herself that the lie she told was true. Then Wednesday morning she was confronted with the truth and was forced by Emma, her so-called best friend, to tell the truth.
Therefore, she told everyone, including Brennan, that he was the father of her baby, not Kristoff. Kristoff had known all along, it had been his idea to lie, to protect Shalimar. Brennan was shocked, but not mad.
She had made it clear during Christmas that she did not intend to take Brennan back.
All this and to top it off, she had just been told that one of her closest friends could be dying with cancer. 'Why did I tell her no? She needs me to be strong and be there for her. I have to go make this right with Mel.'
Shalimar gently knocked on Jesse's door and waited till he opened it. He looked at her and she could tell he was angry, "Jesse, I can explain."
"I don't want to hear it. I never thought you could be that cold."
"Let me talk to Melodie, please, I have to explain."
"You've hurt her enough," he said closing the door. Shal turned away from the door and headed back toward her room. She turned back and headed to his door opening it without knocking.
"Shal!"
"Shut up, I'm here to talk to Melodie."
Mel was sitting on her and Jesse's bed, "Shal, you don't have to apologize to me, I should have never asked you to do raise Alex."
"Mel, please let me explain. Jesse knows almost everything about me, but one. My mother died with cancer."
"Shal, I'm sorry I never knew," said Jesse.
"Shal, I would have never ask if I had known," said Mel.
"I know, but I need you to know that I have thought about it and while I hope you never die, I want you to know that I will be here to help Jesse with Alex if you do."
Melodie started crying, but this time it was because the fear of leaving Alex with no mother, was now gone. Shal sat on the bed next to her and held her close. Jesse sat down, next to Shal, "Thank you Shal."
"You're welcome, it's what big sister's are for."
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