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BPOV

I tried to force a smile, but it seemed like my face was frozen in place, like I couldn't get the muscles in my face to work properly. After a few seconds I managed to return a weak smile, the second it appeared on my face however I wish I hadn't even attempted it.

"Bella what's wrong, is something bothering you?" Edward asked with concern.

"I was actually hoping to talk to Alice for a second if you don't mind, and then I would like to speak with you also." I said, hoping that he wouldn't question me further just yet. I didn't need to worry about that however, because suddenly his eyes dropped to my arms and I saw a look of disgust as he saw the bruises that now covered my slowly dieing body.

"Bella…what in God's name have you done to yourself? You look like someone has been beating you!" he said horrified.

"No Edward, no one has been beating me" I laughed weakly at the thought. In a little while I am sure he would prefer the bruises to be from a beating…at least then he would be able to do something about it. "I just managed to run into a few walls and trip on some stairs…you know the usual." I said trying to convinsing. "After I talk to Alice I will explain everything, I promise."

"Okay Bells, Alice is up in her room." He said still staring at my arms.

He walked up the stairs behind and in a second I was grateful and regretted it at the same time. On the last stair I tripped and started to fall forward, I reached my arm out to catch my self, however there wasn't any need because Edward's arms wrapped tightly around me, catching me. Once I regained my balance he released his protective grip on me and glanced at my arms again. There, where his arms had wrapped around mine, were the faintest appearance of bruises starting to appear. Within an hour I am sure they will be just as dark if not darker than the rest of them on my body.

I turned and walked away from Edward not ready to hear his comment at the sudden appearance of the new bruises that started to appear on my arm. When I got to Alice's room I knocked and heard her small voice calling out for me to come in.

APOV

"Come in Bella." I called out in a soft weak voice after I heard her knock. I had a vision of her coming to the house today, and I knew she was going to tell the family. I knew this time would come, but I knew the pain my family felt for her when they found out was going to be almost unbearable to go through.

"Hello Alice, I was wondering if I could talk to you for a second." Bella said as she slowly entered my room.

"Of course you can, you can talk to me whenever you need to." I replied kindly.

"Alice, I can't delay this any longer, I know I have to tell your family what is going on. Things are just getting worse, and I need to tell them before they find out from someone else…but I don't know how to tell them." Bella said sadly. I saw tears starting to swell up in her eyes.

"Bella, just tell them the truth, it is going to be hard we both know that. But they will be understanding and we will all be beside you through this whole ordeal…right up to the finish." I said confidently trying to give her reassurance.

"Alice…do you think I should tell Edward first, or do you think I should tell everyone together?"

"I think it would be easier for you Bella to tell everyone together…I don't know if you will be up to telling your story twice. Once, I am sure, is going to be draining enough as it is." I told her.

"Yea…well I guess there is no use in delaying any longer is there. Alice I am so sorry for what I am about to do to your family." Bella was now almost sobbing uncontrollably at the thought of making "our" family sad.

"Bella…calm down, it isn't them you should be worried about. No matter what, I will be right beside you and so will everyone else." I got up off my couch and gave her a hug. When then turned to walk downstairs and share this news with everyone. Edward would finally know what it was I had been hiding from him for so long, and I was a little worried about the reaction he would have when he realized it was something this bad about Bella that I had kept from him for so long.

BPOV

I heard Alice tell everyone to meet us in the living room. Even though it was just above a whisper I knew everyone had heard her. When we got to the foot of the stairs I saw the entire Cullen family sitting, waiting for us to come in and talk. Rosalie was seated next to Emmet, Carlisle and Esme were sitting side by side on the couch. There was a space next to Jasper I was sure Alice would soon take, and Edward had a space for me available next to him. I, however, chose to remain standing and was surprised when Alice stayed by my side.

"And what do we owe the pleasure of this family gathering to?" Carlisle questioned with a curious twinkle in his eye.

"Bella has something she needs to share with us." Alice said looking straight out across the room at no one in particular.

"Well go ahead Bella, please continue." Carlisle said.

I looked at Edward after Carlisle had spoken to find a reassuring smile grace his face. I couldn't help but think that he thought this was going to be something good I was about to share with his family. I looked at him for a few moments longer memorizing his happy smile as I was sure I would never see it again after what I was about to tell him.

"Okay well………."I paused slightly trying to find the words I wanted to use " about a month ago when I went to the doctor after Carlisle told me to get checked just to make sure I wasn't coming down with something, the doctors ran series of tests. When the tests came back they showed something that I wasn't expecting." I took a chance to look out across the room, I notice that everyone's smiles had faltered slightly realizing what I was about to say was nothing to be happy about. I made up my mind right there that I couldn't look at them anymore or else I would never be able to finish.

"The doctor called Charlie and me back into his office to share with us the results of the tests. He told me that I had…" stopped when I heard Edwards's horrified whisper.

"…NO…" I looked up to see him staring blankly at Alice and I realized he knew what I was about to say.

"You had what Bella?" Carlisle asked me with concern.

"…he told me I had cancer." I said barely audible to my own ears, the Cullen's however had heard me perfectly.

I heard gasps circle around the room as what I had just said registered with them all. Carlisle dropped his head, Emmet and Rosalie were holding on to one another more tightly, Jasper got up and walked over to Alice and was trying to send out calm waves…Edward, however, remained frozen in place, unable to move or speak another word.

"How bad is it Bella?" asked Carlisle after regaining his composure.

"The doctors said I would have about 3 months if I didn't choose treatment and 6 to 9 if I chose treatment." I replied still watching Edward's hollow eyes.

"And what did you decide to do?" Carlisle asked the question that was on everyone's mind.

"I chose to take the treatments in case there was a chance that they would help make be better." I replied weakly. "They are slowing things down…but nothing is improving."

At this, Edward stood up from the couch and was glaring furiously at Alice.

"Alice…how could you not have told me this…this is what you have been hiding from me, didn't you think I had a right to know. You have known about this probably longer than Bella and you decided to keep this tiny bit of information from everyone…what the hell is wrong with you?" Edward screamed across the room.

Before Alice had a chance to answer I broke in. "Edward I told her not to tell you. I wanted us to be happy together for as long as possible. I know it was selfish of me, but I didn't want to have to look at you every day and see the look in your eyes that I see know." I said trying to hold back tears.

"And what look is that Bella?" Edward questioned me more kindly than he had previously been to Alice.

"Pity…sadness…guilt." I said not looking at him.

"Bells…you still should have told me." He didn't even sound mad at me, he sounded sad.

"I didn't know how to tell you, I didn't want you to feel sorry for me, I wanted us to still be happy together, not to sit and mentally count down the number of days we had left. I wanted it to be like it was before, to believe that we could spend eternity with each other." No longer able to control my tears I allowed them to stream from my eyes leaving a pool of tear drops at my feet.

Edward appeared to be at a loss for words so instead of speaking he chose to sit back down on the couch and stare at me with sorrow pouring from his eyes. I looked over at Jasper and couldn't help but think that he could try to do a little better job at sending out those calm waves he was usually so good at.

"Alice…" Edward asked.

"Yes Edward." Alice replied almost as though she knew what his question was already going to be.

"How is this going to end?" Edward asked not looking at her but instead staring at the floor.

"Edward…she is going to die." If Alice could have cried she would have been in hysterics at this moment, as would the rest of the Cullen's.

I saw, for the first time, sadness grace across Rosalie's face at my outcome. Emmet's usual cheery face was a complete blank. Carlisle held Emse closer as she was dry sobbing into his shoulders. Jasper held Alice right up against him. Edward however held his face in his hands not moving a muscle. Not crying, not yelling, not arguing, not even breathing. My worst fears had come true…Edward, my own personal angel, sat on the couch truly heart broken.

I didn't know how much longer I could take this silence. This is why I originally didn't want everyone to know. I knew this was how they would react. I would spend my last months on this earth being around people who did nothing but feel sorry for me. This was not what I wanted; this is not how it was supposed to end for me. I was supposed to be happy, I was supposed to be healthy…I was supposed to be with Edward forever.

Slightly frustrated at myself and everyone's reactions, I brought my hands up to my head and ran my fingers through my hair. I looked out across the room and saw a horrified look on everyone's face. I brought my arms down and looked at my hands and saw why they had those looks glued to their faces. There in each of my hands, I held a fist full of my hair. I slowly let my hands fall to my sides and watched as the hair slowly fell to the floor in slow motion. I looked up at Edward with an expression of sorrow playing across my face, and my heart broke into a million pieces when I saw the look upon his once angelic face. Never in my life, had I seen anyone look so sad.

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