-six-

The week passed in a blur for Sam, she could barely concentrate but she forced herself to, but she knew she'd have to tell her friends soon, they were starting to notice. She needed to speak to someone else first... and had to wait until Saturday to do it.

"Just going out to the shop to get a few things, I'll be back in a bit mum!" Sam called and she walked out of the door before Rose could say a word. As she walked toward the shops she could see Bex standing there waiting for her.

"Hey…" Sam said as she walked over to her.

"Hey, you alright? You sounded worried on the phone…" Bex said, looking at her.

"Uh… it's complicated…" Sam looked back at her and they both walked into a nearby newsagents.

Both girls looked around the shop, Sam getting loads of sweets and chocolate, Bex just waiting patiently for her friend to talk.

"Can I trust you with something…?" Sam spoke finally once they'd paid for everything and they walked out the shop.

"Yeah sure." Bex nodded.

"And you promise not to tell anyone? Not even Finn?"

Bex thought for a second before reluctantly nodding. "Yeah…"

Sam nodded slightly and looked ahead of her. She was trying to force the right words into her head and force herself to say them. But what right words were there for 'I've got cancer and there's a huge chance I ain't going to make it to my 18th birthday.'

"Sam…? Is everything alright…?"Bex tilted her head slightly.

Sam felt tears prickling her eyes and she shook her head.

They both stopped and Bex hugged her.

As soon as she did that, her resolve crumbled. "I've got cancer…" Sam sobbed, hugging back.

"What…?" Bex froze and looked at her. "Please tell me you're joking… Th-this is some kind of stupid wind up of your brother's right…?"

Sam shook her head. "No… And they definitely think it's terminal… I had to go for more tests yesterday… I should get the results Monday… Until then I'm on like 6 different tablets…" she said, her tears still falling.

Bex just hugged her friend again and she could feel her own eyes stinging. She wouldn't cry though… her friend needed her to be strong for her, because she sure as hell wasn't strong at the moment. "Maybe it's not… maybe you'll be fine… you can have an operation to get rid of it and you'll be fine…"

"It's on a certain part of my brain and they might not be able to operate…" Sam said quietly.

Bex winced. She'd lost her grandfather to several brain tumours and a stroke. There was no coming back from this… She fought to keep her voice strong. "You can't think of the negatives… Think about the negatives it will drive you mad."

Sam nodded and wiped her eyes, calming herself down; she didn't want her mum to worry.

"C'mon, I'll walk you back, and then I can either stay with you or make myself scarce and go annoy Finn for a bit." Bex said, linking their arms together, giving Sam no other option but to let her walk with her.

The pair walked back to Sam's, Bex had managed to cheer her up, making her laugh.

"Hey promise me something." Bex said as Sam went to her door.

"Sure." Sam looked at her, her hand on the door handle ready to go inside.

"Make sure he's the 2nd to know."

Sam nodded and walked into her house, shutting the door behind her, ready to spend the rest of the day with the curtains drawn in the living room and curled up on the sofa with her mother watching DVD's.

Bex sighed heavily, running her hand through her hair and she took out her phone, only then realising she was shaking. She called Finn and started to walk. "Finn meet me at the park… I could do with one of your hugs right now…"

"What's wrong? Give me 10 minutes." He said.

"Ugh.. Just… stuff I can't explain… "

"And a hug from me will make it better? I feel special." He smirked.

Bex let out a small laugh. "Don't get your hopes up too high..."

"Damn." He laughed and set off toward the park.

He soon saw her appear, they both hung up on each other, walked across until they met in the middle in a hug. "You're shaking." He commented. "You sure something hasn't happened?"

"Yeah… I'm sure." She nodded, starting to calm down now.

Finn wasn't convinced, but he didn't push her. If it was something he needed to know she'd tell him in her own time.

A/N: Chapter 7 will come to me soon, I jus need to re-watch last weeks episode while trying not to cry and from then on everything depends on Wednesday 25th's episode