Patricia cleared her throat, keeping her eyes down. She and Eddie had run around the house, telling everyone they needed to be in the living room in five minutes.

Now, as they all gathered around her, Patricia had no idea what to say.

Thankfully, Eddie saved her. "Yacker has some big news. Listen up." He gave her a reassuring smile and stood next to her.

Patricia took a deep breath. "I've got leukemia." She blurted.

Better to yank off the band-aid, right?

Jerome laughed. "That's a good one, Trixie. Are you pregnant, too?"

God, why did everyone keep asking that?

Mara looked up at her roommate. "Wait, Patricia…Are you serious?"

Jerome stopped laughing and looked at Patricia, as realization hit him.

Willow, ever the drama queen, started sobbing and muttering something about a horrible fate.

Joy had stopped crying, but her face was emotionless. She hadn't talked in a week, and up until now, people had thought she'd been taken away again.

Alfie, who looked even more depressed than when Amber left, sulked back to his bedroom, with Jerome right behind him.

Mara went up to Patricia and gave her a strong hug, trying not to cry. She knew the odds were not in her favor, unfortunately, or else they wouldn't have diagnosed one of her best friends with cancer.

After the hug, Mara staggered up to her room, Joy, emotionlessly, on her tail.

KT went up to Patricia.

"Look, I know we're not good friends or anything, but…I have faith in you. And I know you can get through this." She gave her a smile and then went upstairs.

Patricia tried not to cry. A girl that she barely knew had just said that she had faith in her, that she could get through this.

After all the things that happened to her that night, Patricia was sure that surprised her the most. That was, until, Fabian threw his arms around her.

It must've surprised Eddie, too, because he muttered,

"Did not see that one coming."

Despite the awkwardness, Patricia had to admit the hug made her feel better.

Fabian quickly released her, as if he just realized what he was doing.

"Uh, sorry." He went off to his room, too.

As Eddie and Patricia watched him go, they had to stifle a laugh.

Fabian always had a way of putting himself in awkward situations.

Eddie turned to her.

"So, Yacker, about that bucket list…what else was on it?"

Patricia tried to sound nonchalant.

"Oh, you know, the usual. Eat a three-foot long sandwich, chug a liter of orange juice in under a minute…" She paused. "Get you back."

Eddie, truthfully, wanted to run around in joy, set off fireworks, and have a parade.

But he tried to keep calm, and act cool.

He put on one of his best smiles.

"I think that can be arranged."

Thank you guys so much for reading and reviewing. I know this chapter was OOC and short, but I didn't have a lot of time to work on it.