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A/N: My computer is broken. This chapter was written on my phone so none of the formatting came over when I copy and pasted it. I went back through and tried to fix it but I may have missed so parts.

CHAPTER 21

BPOV

I sat in the car outside of their house for a minute. I was just trying to wrap my head around it all.

Jasper is dying.

I feel like if he gave modern medicine a chance it may save him. I wonder how many opinions he got.

I sent a text to Carlisle for him to meet me at my house as soon as he could. I wanted him to know what was going on and to see how he could help! I also sent a text to everyone else inviting them all over for dinner as well.

Alice wasn't alone anymore and I wanted her to know it.

When I got home the twins and Edward were in the basement tinkering around with the instruments. "Hey guys!" I said when I reached the landing at the bottom of the stairs. Before I could say anything else Edward rushed me, concern.

"What's wrong?"

I laughed a little because I thought I'd pulled it together before I walked into the house. I guess not

"Everything is fine. Can I speak to you upstairs?" I asked Edward and he nodded. I turned to the twins. "Everything is fine. I promise!" They also nodded but I don't think they believed me.

We went up our room and I closed the door before I sat on the bed"What's wrong?" He sat next me as he asked looking confused and scared.

"Jasper is dying."

"Huh?" His head pulled back in shock.

"Yup. He has an inoperable brain tumor and has three months to live."

He sat on the edge of the bed and dropped his head. "Damn"

"Yeah, I invited everyone over for dinner so we can discuss ways to help them. Alice has been carrying this information all by herself for the last three months."

"Wow. That explains a lot then. I would most likely beg you to leave me if something like this was going on. I wouldn't want you to have to see me suffer."

My words echoed Alice's from earlier. "Never. I'd never leave you Edward."

"I guess he's been trying to force her into it. It was crazy because when this whole thing started with the other women he had no real reason. Then as time went on he made up more and more reasons, that still didn't make much sense."

"It's senseless. He loves her so much! It was hard to watch them."

"I can't even imagine."

The doorbell rung soon after we we began talking. We both went down to open it and at the same time the twins came upstairs. At that point I gave Edward a look that hopefully told him that we shouldn't tell them just yet. JJ and janice didn't even know.

Before he opened the door he turned to them. "Hey guys, go into the kitchen and get Grandpa a cold glass of juice." They agreed speculatively but went into the were smart kids.

He opened the door for Carlisle as they walked away. "Hey Dad." Edward said as he surprised him with a hug.

"Hey son, What's going on? I came over as soon as I got your message Bella."

" I'll tell you after the kids see you. We can go into the studio after they're done with you."

Just then they came back into the room. Anthony was walking very slowly while holding a glass filled to the brim with whatever they decided he wanted. Renee was walking behind him with her arms held over her chest as she pouted.

"Hey guys!" Carlisle exclaimed in excitement as he took the glass and drank 3 inches off the top so it could be carried.

"Hey Grandpa, Do you like the way that taste?" Ant asked excited as Renee rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, I guess. It was good." He turned to his still sulking granddaughter. "What's wrong Baby Girl?" .

"Anthony, poured too much then wouldn't let me carry the glass. He just wants to do everything on his own and I can't stand him! " I rolled my eyes. I think she will be becoming a woman soon. She hasn't been herself at all and she's been getting an attitude about petty things. Renee was always laid back and would let Ant be himself but now his quirks annoyed her.

Anthony shrugged his shoulders and went upstairs to his room. My baby hated confrontation, he would just laugh it off or walk away.

Carlisle said something to placate her and we went downstairs to Edwards makeshift studio for some privacy. We sat on the stools he had in a soundproof area. I took a moment to look around and thought of all the sex we'd had in here hoping that this memory wouldn't spoil all of the others. Selfish I know...

"Whats going on Bella? You scared the shit out of me." Carlisle looked very concern.

"I'm sorry, The reason I asked you to come over before everyone else is because I wanted to give you a heads up about the news I had. Hopefully you could help."

He nodded and waited for me to continue.

"Jasper is dying."

"What exactly do you mean Bella?"

"She means he has a brain tumor and we were hoping you knew a way to help."Edward explained sadly.

He shook his head at the shocking news but didn't say anything.

"He has an inoperable brain tumor. They said chemo would give him a bit more time but he refused because he didn't want the chemo to make him even sicker. He didn't want be be sicker just to stay alive but not live." They both nodded, I guess they agreed with him. "I think it's ridiculous and that he should give his family as much time with as possible." They both shrugged.

"Bella, I wouldn't want you guys to see me like that." Edward said softly.

"Yes dear, Chemo does so much damage to the body. I'm sure he has weighed all his options. This is not an easy decision to make." Carlisle said sadly.

There was a gentle knock on the door and Edward got up and opened it. There stood Alice and Jasper, She was red faced but he was smiling slightly.

"Hey guys!" He waved as he entered the room and leaned on a wall. Alice went over with him and wrapped her arms around his waist.

"Hey, So, I'm sorry about your diagnosis. Could you tell me more? Bella only knew that you had a brain tumor." He was right into doctor mode.

"It a Grade IV Glioblastomas." He said in a foreign language. Carlisle's shoulders fell and his eye become mournful. shit...

"Damn Jazz. When did they tell you?"

"Back in May."

"How in the hell have you been sitting on this all this time. I know a Surgeon at Hopkins that could've helped us. I'm not sure what he could do this far along."

"Yeah well, I spoke with four different doctors and none of them could help me. I didn't want to burden any of you guys. I didn't even want to burden Alice. I wanted her to have an out. "

"You just made her miserable." I said cutting my eyes at him. He huffed in response.

"It's not too late to call him if you want me to."Carlisle said bringing us back to his attention.

Jasper looked optimistic as he spoke "I am willing to talk to him, but if his side effects are anything like what the others were talking about I can't. I don't want to die like that. I don't want to die at all."

We didn't want him to die ether.

Everyone came to dinner and after we sent the kids away He and Alice broke the news. Carlisle, Esme, Emmett, and Rosalie they were all shocked and very upset. Rosalie, she was heartbroken and royally pissed off.

"Why the fuck didn't you tell me Jazz? you are my baby brother." she cried over her baked salmon in toasted garlic butter sauce. I wish we would've waited until after she'd ate, now I know she won't eat for weeks. He didn't respond, in my opinion he didn't have a good answer.

She turned to Carlisle. "Our Grandpa on your dad's side had Tumors. Many of them but the brain tumor was the one that killed him. What can we do?"

"I am calling a friend Rose but there is no guarantees. Do you know what kind of tumor your Grandfather had? It may help to have your family history ready."

"No, but I'll ask my Mom." she went to pull out her phone but Jasper interrupted.

"Wait Rose! They don't know yet!"

"Well you have a week and I am calling them. They deserve to know and they could help. I remember him having a couple surgeries over the years before he died." He nodded but didn't look happy.

She was right and he knew it.

EPOV

After dinner the fellas all went into the living room to watch the Baseball game as the women staying in the dining room. We made the kids clean up.

"So bro, how much poon were you in dragging in? I get it knock down as many as you can while you still can!" I cringed at my dumb ass brother.

"None man." Jasper said quietly as he sipped his beer.

"Huh? You pulled chicks all the time man!" I was also confused by his statement because he was a savage when we went out.

"Yeah well, I could never seal the deal. I was trying to give Alice a reason to leave me other then the tumor since she was so hell bent on watching me die. Then I ended up pussying out before I could too far." He said this with eyes trained on the TV.

"Well that is awesome considering it was a shit idea!" I said as the others agreed with my sentiment.

"What would you do? Really, Edward. Would you want Bella to watch to get sick or worse? There are some days where I am going off the handle and this was what they told me would happen. I can't fucking control my reactions. The littlest or even nothing has become a thing and I could blow up. This has been going on for a while and I am surprised you guys didn't notice." We did, but I just thought it was life getting to them.

He had migraines like a year ago and then he and Alice were 'having problems' I just figured he was having a hard time. I just nodded in response because I should have inquired further than the simple 'hang in there'. I was trying to be supportive but let them have their privacy.

We were all silent for a moment, lost in thought when my brother struck again. "I would've been able to do it." He said with a big dumbass grin.

"You are an idiot." Jasper said with a smirk.

"Seriously, I love Rosie but my dick loves everyone. You could get it too." He said as he made a kissy face at him. We laughed at his antics, he made me think of my son and how he was all the way across the country. I would have to tell him, and the other kids, this heartbreaking news soon.

"You okay?" Jasper asked me and I looked up to find all of their eyes on me.

"Yeah, just thinking about Masen. I wish he didn't turn out so much like you." I said as I threw a pillow at Emmett. He laughed but Jasper just nodded in understanding.

"How's he holding up?"

"Two weeks in and he is already over whelmed." I laughed. I loved his panicked text messages over everything and nothing. " He's mostly worried about that damn girl." Although I can't say that I disliked Angela. I also cannot say that I like her.

She was a good smart girl but I think she is biding her time to break up with my son. I don't think I could handle another heartbreak for the kids anytime soon. Makenna's drama is enough for me and Kedi with her shit is getting on my nerves too.

She came to see him while we were laid over in New York. You could see it then that she wasn't as into him as before.

He saw her before I did. She was walking towards us with another girl and you could tell by the way she walked that she was older. She was more comfortable in her skin than the average 18 year old.

This girl was taller than Angela and had a bright pinkish red dye job. S I could see from this distance that she wore red lips with heavy black eye makeup. They exchanged some words before they got to us and both burst into laughter.

My idiot son didn't think not once that they may have been laughing at one of us. He was too excited to see her. So excited in fact that he was almost bouncing on the heels of his feet. When she got close enough, in his mind, his quickly walked up to her and scooped her up off the ground into an embrace .

"God, Goldi I have missed you!" He told her as he kissed her passionately, he kissed her. Though she reciprocated, she obviously was not as into it was he was. I looked away to the friend and introduced myself to her.

"Hey, Edward, Masen's Dad. How are you?" putting my hand out to shake hers

She made face, laughed a little and extended her hand to mine. "Maria, it's a pleasure to meet you. I am well. Didn't enjoy riding the train and the nasty ass taxi all the way here but she didn't know her way and didn't want to come alone."

I nodded not knowing how to respond to her unpleasantness. After a second of giving them space for PDA I cleared my throat to bring them back to reality.

"Oh sorry Dad!" he said as he put her down with a big grin on his face

She let go of him and came over and gave me a big hug. I pulled back to see she was tearing up a bit.

"What's wrong sweetheart?" I asked her, about to call her Mom.

"Nothing, you guys just make me miss home." she sniffed. I stepped away from her and let Masen held his crying girlfriend. As he pulled her away I saw Mariah roll her eyes.

"Hey, So, where are you from?" I asked politely. I was trying to figure out what I didn't like about her disposition.

"Jersey."

"Oh… OK, didn't go far from home huh?"

"Nope." She said with crossed arms and a huff.

"Well, What's your problem?" I asked straight out. I want over her shut she seemed like a spoiled brat and I hate

She dropped her arms " Nothing, I'm just over their little high school relationship. Ya Know? These things never last past the first semester and I feel like they are wasting each others time." She said with her chin jutted out.

"Well, as you and I obviously know. Most times they do not last but why not just be happy and supportive to your new friend. What will it hurt?"

"Well Daddy dearest, I will try my best to be 'supportive' but as a heads up my friend over there already has eyes for others . So, the sooner they break up we could can be free to have as much fun as we want." She said the word supportive with air quotes like the bitch I was learning she was.

I lifted an eyebrow at her. "She is cheating on my son Maria?" I asked her straight out. Masen was a dog sometimes but he was still my son and if she was hurting him I was going to let him know.

"Ugh! I wish but she'd never want to hurt her precious Masen." Something about her and her words I didn't trusts.

I changed the subject because I wanted Masen to have more time with Angela and that meant I had to keep talking to Maria.

The entire visit with them was strange to me but he had a nice time with Angela so who am I to complain.

"Yeah, that man is going to have a problem if he keeps falling heads over heels every time a pretty girl smiles at him."

"He loves hard." I said in defense of my son. As I laughed at Carlisle's truthful statement.

MPOV

It was almost 12:00am when my phone woke me out of a deep sleep. It was a FaceTime call from my dad. I answered without moving from my spot in my bed.

"Dad! It's 3 hours later here remember." His red eyes went wide as I guessed he remembered.

"I'm sorry son! We've been drinking I hadn't even looked at the time."

At that point he turned his camera front ways and turned around the room as everyone said hey to me. I laughed at them.

They were all drunk. My parents and my aunts and uncles were laid about the living room giggling.

"Why are you in my bed already? It's only about midnight there?" My mother asked from somewhere off the screen that was back on my Dad.

"I have conditioning in my morning."

In response, uncle Emmett pulled the phone from my Dad.

"Did they do the tryouts for the other sports yet? Did you try football?" He asked excitedly. He played college football and was not happy when I choose Lacrosse.

"I missed it they did it over the summer. I was waiting on my trial."

"Damn bro!" I laughed again. I didn't tell him that I didn't want to play football and wouldn't have tried out regardless.

The phone made more rounds. Aunt Alice, my Mom, and Aunt Rose were cuddled up under a blanket on the couch.

"Hey honey!"

"Masen"

"Hi Mase"

They all said at the sometime. I waved and they asked about campus life and Angela. As I was answering I noticed Alex huff.

I huffed as well but told them to hold on while I put on my Nike slippers and grabbed my keys and headphones. I put them in and walked down the hall to the common area.

"What was that about?" Aunt Alice asked looking less drunk than the rest of her crew.

"My roommate's a dick. Sorry, a butt head."

She laughed but it didn't really reach her eyes. I really looked at their faces. Something was off.

"You guys OK?" I asked softly. They nodded but looked off into different directions . "What's wrong? Really?" They had no poker face.

"Jazz?" They looked expectantly in his direction. Then the phone was moving without me seeing anyone.

I didn't complain because I figured he came and got the phone and was now in the garage.

He pulled the phone up so that I was looking at his face. He was sitting on something.

His face was somber as he spoke. "How are you son?"

"Good, how are things with you guys?" I knew he was stalling. I remembered then that he and Aunt Alice had been going through some hard times. Damn, I hope they aren't getting a divorce.

" Well, I for one am not doing all that well." He drained the rest of his beer. " I have a brain tumor Mase."

"..." I just stared at him through the screen. My brain randomly went to a memory of when we all went to the volunteer firefighters carnival when I was a kid.

He'd won the shootout game against Uncle Emmett and in his excitement jumped up right into a hanging prize rack.

It Knocked him out clean. An ambulance had to come and all.

"It's ok bud." I hadn't even noticed I'd gotten emotional until he spoke. I sniffled and wiped my face with my shirt.

"I'm sorry. Are they gonna take it out?"

He shook his head. " it's inoperable. They are giving me a couple more months to live." I could hear him open another bottle.

"Oh my god, should I come home?" I really wanted to. I wanted to spend time with him while I could.

"What about school? I'll see you again and soon. I promise. It's ok Masen! I'll be fine whatever happens I'm fine. All of you will be fine too. Calm down."

I was trying. I hated being so far away from them. "How do you know? I wasn't planning on coming home until thanksgiving. That's 3 months away. What if don't get to spend any time with you before…?"

He was silent for a moment as he drank more of his beer. " I don't know Mase but I do know that I want you to do well in school. If I die tomorrow I want you all to have the best future possible and leaving school or worrying about me isn't how you do that. I love you son!"

"I know… I feel like I'm gonna miss my chance to be there with you."

" you won't miss anything you are supposed to see. I gotta get back in there bud your aunt is watching me through the kitchen window like a creep. Remember you can call and text me whenever you need anything."

"Ha! When I need anything? You are the one dying. Whatever. I love you too uncle Jazz! Tell my Dad I'll call him after conditioning."

He agreed and hung up the call. I stayed on the couch, my head spinning.

Life was so fucked up! My uncle was one of the best people on this planet, people like him don't deserve shit like this.

I called Angela looking for someone to talk to but the call when to voicemail. About two minutes later she sent me a text.

"-Hey babe! At a party with Mariah. It's really loud I'll call you when we leave.-Goldilocks"

Perfect.

Just as I was about curl deeper into my ball of depression someone came and sat next to me.

Shit no you again