Part Three: The Crab Constellation

Rated: T

"Ms. Tennyson, listen to me," Daniel begged her, coming to her desk during recess. His eyes were full of tears. He wore all white; his fraternal twin Didi wore all black.

"Julie Tennyson is in danger, there's a lump in her left boob. Please warn them, if they can catch it right now they can save her," there were tears in his eyes.

Gwen nodded, knowing that the twins were each gifted with second sight. Daniel, in white, saw the bad things of the future while Didi, in black, saw the good things. They were both purely human.

Immediately she had her cell phone out demanding Julie go to Cooper and have a mammogram, specifically of the left one. She shut the cell phone and set it down, laying her head in her arms on the desk. If Julie died it was game over. Ben would completely absolutely lose it; he would become worse than Ghostfreak. They would have to kill him and then Kenny would have lost both parents in a matter of hours between them. Christ, what had that family done to deserve such a possible future?

"Ms. Tennyson," Didi began, "this might not be the best time to tell you but there's a baby in your tummy…"

Gwen groaned, feeling like a terrible person because she was suddenly happy at such a bad time. Her cell phone rang and she instantly had it open only to have Julie freaking, howling, in her ear.

"Cancer!" was the one word she could make out clearly and she thought she heard, "Stage two!"

"Julie, Julie," she broke into the conversation, "Calm down okay? You caught it early enough and alien medication works a lot better than human. Don't worry about anything today okay. I'll call Ben and have Kevin grab Kenny. You are going to get through this. What's Cooper saying about this?"

"Double e-emergency mastectomy, in an hour. He's really panicking, doesn't want to take chances."

"Good." Gwen nodded, "I've got to let you go now okay? I gotta call the boys. Will you be alright with just Coop?"

"Y-Yeah, yeah."

"Alright. Call if you need to talk. Bye."

"Bye."

She hung up, feeling like a terrible person for doing so, but immediately dialed for Ben. As soon as the C-word was out of her mouth in conjunction with Julie's name his phone disconnected. She then called Kevin and he agreed to pull Kenny out but to not tell him what was going on.

"She's gonna be alright." Didi informed her as soon as she was free, "It hadn't gone anywhere but her boob."

The redhead gave a sigh of relief and, as a thank you, wrote them both passes for ice cream sundaes from the school café.

When the class came back in she stood before the class and told them, "Guys, something big's happening in my family so I'm really distracted and as such it isn't fair for me to try to teach you so the rest of the day is a free day."

They did not cheer, noting her grim vibes, but each quietly began reading and doing homework instead of playing or coloring. She blinked in surprise, before smiling thankfully and repaying them by adding a few more points towards a party day on the behavior chart before retreating to her desk and waiting for any news. Just because Didi saw that the cancer didn't hurt Julie doesn't mean that something else wouldn't go wrong.

Two hours later her phone rang again, and this time it was Ben, "She's clear." She let out another sigh of relief, "Gwen, I gotta ask a favor."

"Anything."

"Can Kenny spend—?"

"You don't even have to ask Ben; we can handle him."

"Thanks."

"No problem. Take care of her okay?"

"I will. Be safe alright."

"Course, same to you two. Bye."

"Bye."

"Is everything okay?" Tina, an elfish girl, asked softly.

Gwen smiled, "Yeah, crisis averted."

"Good." Tina turned to her classmates, whistling loudly to gather their attention, "Everything's okay! Time to have fun!"

And the class began playing and coloring as they usually would on a free day.