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Pen continued to stare at the papers in her hand. Why hadn't Derek told her his mother had leukemia? More importantly why hadn't he mentioned he was the one paying for her treatments and radiation?

Quickly thanking the nurse she made her way back to Derek's room, just in time for him to wake back up.

"Hey Pen." he said, not noticing she had ever been gone, and glad she was still at his side.

"Hey Derek." she said in reply.

She didn't think he would keep something from her on propose, he never had before. But then again he hadn't even given her any signs that he knew about this. But he had to know, his signature was on the receipts for her treatments on that paper.

"Pen what's wrong with you?"

She really hated profilers right about then so instead of waiting like she originally planned she came right out with it:

"Why didn't you tell me your Mom had leukemia?"

"Oh that."

'Yes that! Why didn't you tell me?"

"I was I swear."

"When?"

"Later on if it got serious I was gonna tell you."

"And if it hadn't gotten serious?"

"I still would've have told you."

Pen still didn't really believe that because Derek and his Mom was close. If something was wrong with her Derek would have mentioned it. Leukemia was a serious thing, and the papers indicated she was in the 2nd stage.

"Derek what's the real reason?"

"That was."

"Derek." she warned. If Pen had any 'profiler' traits she could tell when Derek was lying.

He hung his head. "Your not going to be happy with me when I tell you this Pen."

"Tell me."

Pen didn't know why he was closed off about it. She and his mother were always very close. Even when Pen and Derek wasn't engaged or dating for that matter. It really hurt that he kept something this huge from her.

"Did you guys get into a fight?" Pen asked.

"No."

"She didn't want me to know?"

"No. It's not like that Pen."

"Then what?"

"As angry as your gonna be with me Pen, my mom doesn't know that you don't know. And this may have been the most selfish thing I have done my entire life, but I didn't tell you because I didn't want it to come in the way of our wedding."

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