I went to see a doctor the next week. They found lumps around my neck, and I told them that I had been getting nose bleeds frequently. They sent me to the hospital to get some blood work done. That's where I am now. Sitting in a waiting room. "Rosemary Hathoway-Mazor?" a nurse asked.

I stood up, " that's me" I said.

"come with me please" I followed her down a hallway, "the doctor will see you now."

We went into a bland office, don't they usually tell you what's wrong with you in those little exam rooms? Why am I in a office? OH MY GOD! AM I PREGNANT WITH ADRAINS BABY? This can't be happening….

Before I can ask what's wrong with me, the doctor excuses himself. Man, it must be bad, twins? Triplets? OMG! What if I turn out like the octomom? Dimitri would never like me if I was pregnant.

I'm practically shaking in fear when he comes in. He passes me a brochure and tells me what's actually wrong with me. Then he asks, "Do you have any questions?"

When I shake my head no, he tells me to go to the front and start making appointments. But I just sit here. I can't believe this. It can't be right. They must have messed up the tests. Yes that's what happened. But, inside I know it's not true. I started sobbing. I can hear the doctor trying to console me, but there's no point, I'm too far gone now, I've reached the point where I can no longer breathe and am hysterical.

When I finally calm down I realize I need to tell someone. I call liss, and when she picks up I say, "hey liss, I'm at the hospital can you come get me?" then without waiting for her answer I hang up. Then I go outside and curl up in a ball on a bench and wait for her.

Christian's Pov

I was getting ready to go to Lissa's house. I haven't been able to see her lately, because she's been hanging out with rose. The thing is, my cousin knows I like Lissa and she still hogs her. Ridiculous. I decided to wear a simple white tee with my leather jacket. After dabbing on some cologne, I head over to Lissa's house. After she lets me in she goes to get something to drink from the kitchen. Then her phone started ringing. "who is it?" she yelled from the other room. I checked the screen and groaned internally when I saw the name, "rose" I yelled back.

"Answer for me?" she asked, "my hands are full"

I clicked accept and before I could say anything she whispered, ""hey liss, I'm at the hospital can you come get me?" then hung up. I immediately jumped to my feet and called for liss, "LISS! ROSE IS AT THE HOSPITAL AND NEEDS YOU TO COME GET HER!" I hear a crash and liss tears out of the kitchen, grabs her keys and is out the door, before I can register what happened. Then I tear after her. What's wrong with rose?

We're driving about 20 miles over the speed limit when I reach over and grab her hand, "liss, calm down, rose is ok right now, and nothing's going to happen to her. She's at a hospital, and we won't be any use to her if we get pulled over. So slow down." Her speed slows to the speed limit.

When we get to the hospital, I'm out of the seat before the car has come to a complete stop. Rose is curled up in a ball sobbing on a park bench. When I get to her, she looks at me and went into hysterics. "I called liss for a reason" she spits at me.

"I was with her, and I was worried." I said as soothing as possible.

"I didn't want family to know yet," she whispered looking very pitiful.

Then liss appeared behind me, she collapsed beside me and started sobbing too, "Rose what's wrong?" she whimpered, "I hate seeing you like this." She hands Lissa the crumpled piece of paper. Lissa gasps and hands it to me. When I have it I recognize it's a brochure, I gasp at the words in bold on the front.

Acute lymphocytic leukemia

Then it hits me my cousin, who might as well be my sister, has cancer. I grab her and let her sob into my shoulder. I grab lissa to the other shoulder and we all hug and sob. We stay like that for a solid ten minutes, until Liss leaves to make schedules for Rose's chemo. I just hold rose. Its all going to be different now.