A/N: Sorry for the cliff hanger! Here we go, you will finally find out what's wrong with Bella! Thank you all for your reviews! I appreciate them a ton! Enjoy, and please review!

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Edward's Point of View

I sat there trembling, waiting for what Carlisle had to say. It wasn't going to be good, I knew that much. If it was a simple flu, or cold, or something like that, he would have just told me in front of Bella…but no! He had to call me out into the hall, and push my worry even further when he informed Charlie and me to go sit down. I took a deep breath trying to calm my nerves…it didn't work. I sat back, ready to hear what was wrong with my love. Charlie spoke.

"Well…what did the blood tests show?" He asked, he sounded…scared, yet hopeful.

"Bella has leukemia." Carlisle spoke slowly, and as kindly as he could. I could see he was frustrated, he loved Bella too.

"No." Charlie said.

"She can't. She just can't. Just the other day she was fine. This can't be. You must have mixed up the blood tests!" His voice was rising with each word, and although I didn't say those things, I was thinking them too.

"Charlie, I'm so sorry, but it's true. I've looked Bella over quite thoroughly, and I double checked to make sure I was looking at the right blood test results. Bella has leukemia. There are several treatments we can start though…" Charlie broke him off.

"But none that will completely cure it, right!?!" He was upset, and rightfully so. He could see that he wouldn't have his beautiful daughter in his life for much longer.

"That's true, however the sooner we chose a treatment, the longer Bella will have." I had stayed quiet the entire time, not able to speak, through the terror and pain that was coursing through me. Charlie looked like he was about to break down, but he stayed calm.

"What are the options for treatment?" Charlie inquired.

"Well there's chemotherapy, which uses very strong anti-cancer drugs to kill the leukemia cells. There's also interferon therapy, which will keep the leukemia cells from reproducing so quickly. Radiation therapy, where we would expose Bella to high-energy radiation to kill the cancer cells. And there are also stem cell transplants, and surgeries that can be done." Carlisle informed Charlie. All I could think was that all of these treatments would put Bella in more pain.

"Have you told Bella yet? I think she should have some say in which treatment she gets." Charlie was speaking calmly, and I have to say it was a little unnerving for me. I guess some people deal with things differently than others. I expected him to break down, but I guess I was wrong…or maybe this is just the calm before the storm.

"I have not. I thought I should tell you first." Carlisle responded.

"Well, I appreciate that, but I think Bella should know." Carlisle and Charlie stood up to go tell Bella. I still couldn't move. Carlisle motioned for Charlie to go ahead, that he would be there in a moment. Carlisle walked over to me. I couldn't even look at him.

"Edward?" I pulled my head up slowly to look at him. His eyes were filled with sorrow.

"She needs you." Carlisle said slowly, reassuringly. I nodded and stood up. I still hadn't spoken.

"Edward, are you going to be able to comfort her, because she's really going to need you now, more than ever, and you haven't spoken one word since you found out."

"How could this happen?" I finally spoke. Carlisle pulled me down back to the chairs to sit down.

"Sometimes these things just happen, and there's no rhyme or reason."

"But she's so…" I trailed off and put my head in my hands.

"I know." Carlisle spoke quietly. I stood up slowly, it was time to face Bella, and I needed to be strong for her. Carlisle and I walked towards her room and saw Charlie standing outside. The three of us peered into the room, watching Bella laughing about something the nurse had said to her. I felt my heart break. Carlisle pushed us in.

Bella greeted us cheerily as we walked in the door. Apparently the drugs had kicked in. I tried my best to put a smile on my face, and as looked over to Charlie and Carlisle they also had fake smiles plastered on their faces. I walked over to Bella's left side, and took her hand in mine. Charlie went to her right and held her other hand. Bella's smile disappeared, and was replaced with worry.

"What's going on?" She asked, so innocently. Carlisle was the one to answer her.

"Bella, we got the results from your blood results."

"And?" Bella's voice was so quiet, barely even audible.

It was time to tell Bella, and I didn't know how she was going to respond.

A/N: So what did you think? What will Bella's response be when she finds out?


By the way, all of the information about leukemia in this chapter came from
I am no expert on the disease, and there are many different types of leukemia, however I'm not going to decipher which type she has. Please excuse any medical mistakes I may make.

Shel