_Jade_

Today was the eve of mine and Karkat's one year anniversary, and boy was I beyond excited! I planned to go out with one of my closest friends, Rose, to go shopping for something for me to wear, since Karkat had insisted that we were to make this a night to remember.

The details right around here are foggy to me, and my recollection isn't as great as I'd like it to be. But nonetheless, I continue relaying the scenes to Dave.

I did have this one dress that was gifted to me, I called it the '3am' dress, since the sparkles on the fabric reminded me of the sky around that time. In fact, actually, I had a lot of dresses! But Rose suggested we go find me one that was unique to the stopped at many outlet malls, finding almost nothing, until we came to the last store. There was a stunning dress that was all golden. It had a Victorian-esque feel to it, what with all the frilly bobbles and lace and the very poofy bottom, that flared out a lot, 'extenuating my figure' according to Rose. On our way back to my house, though, my phone buzzed with a reminder; "HOSPITAL APPOINTMENT DON'T FORGET! :D" and I smacked my forehead with the palm of my hand, having completely forgotten about it!Frantically, Rose sped down the highway and to the hospital, wherein we waited half an hour until I was called back by Doc Scratch, the same doctor I've been seeing since I moved here. I needed some tests done on me since I had been reporting suspicious symptoms of a common type of disease. Bloodwork and urine samples were all that was needed, so it was all relatively done and over with.

My recollection stopped about there, and I looked to Dave-or who I assumed was Dave-out of habit, even though all I saw before me was a plane of blackness. There was a small silence, filled by the mechanical beeping of my heart monitor. Dave spoke then, clearing his throat.

"Well, I can't really fill you in on what happened at the hospital or anything, none of us were there. But…" He trailed off, which worried me a little bit.

"But what?" John asked before I could. I could hear Dave shift on the bedside, clearing a little uncomfortable.

"Alright, I'm telling you now though, Harley, this may be a little hard for you to take in since you don't have your memory and all. Just trust me on this, okay? I'll tell you what happened after you got back from the hospital."

_Dave_

"Karkat! Th'omeone'th at the door!" Sollux called down the hall to the frantic teen, who came racing through the dark hall.

"And you couldn't have answered it!?" He was pulling on a shirt while running, flinging open the door. Sollux and I moved to stand behind Karkat, Rose and Jade were back and Jade didn't look good at all. "Harley? You don't look good, you okay?"

Before Jade could answer, Rose pushed her way inside, dragging the shaking girl after her. "Jade is not feeling one hundred percent tonight, I advise you leave her alone unless explicitly told otherwise by her or myself." She sat her down on the couch and wrapped a blanket around her shoulders. "Karkat, fetch her a glass of water if you will, Dave and Sollux, I require you elsewhere," She motioned for Karkat to go away and beckoned Sollux and I down the hall, towards the spare bedroom. I heard Karkat grumble under his breath, but he obliged and left the room. Sollux and I followed Rose down the hall and she closed the door once we got inside the room. "Sit," She commanded and pointed to the bed. We wasted no time finding a place on the bed to sit.

"As you have observed, Jade is not in the best of health at the moment. Her and I have just returned from a check-up she was scheduled for this afternoon, wherein there was a troubling discovery made by her doctor-" She stopped for a breath, "-not only has she contracted some unknown disease of a fatal caliper, but said disease has now mutated into a string of cancer. A cancer, might I add, that no one on earth has ever seen before. As of the moment, the doctors have agreed to not retain Jade for testing immediately, and they have also agreed to let her stay out in the public, even though the have no knowledge if this cancer is contagious or not."

"Wait wait wait, hold the phone Lalonde." Sollux interrupted, "You mean to tell u'th that Harley'th gonna die? And that the doctor'th ju'tht 'let her go'?"

"Preciseley. But what I am also saying is that we cannot tell Karkat she has cancer under any circumstance." Rose replied.

"Why is that, exactly?"

"Have you not noticed the particular sign our friend Karkat just happens to brandish upon his garments? The same sign that he also claimed whilst he was an alien race oh so long ago?" Rose heaved a sigh and placed her hands on her hips. "He gave her cancer!"