A/N: Yes, too long since I last updated. I suck. We've established this. Now...on with the chapter!

Chapter 13:

"Bella." Dr. Nichols said as he came into his office where Bella and I were waiting for the results of the match test. He sat down at his desk and looked at the both of us. "I'm sorry to say that Edward is not a match to you."

Bella sighed. I could hear tears in her voice. I held my hand out for her to hold but she shook her head and shifted away from me in her chair. Bella had told me that she'd try to forgive me and that was more than enough for now. I wouldn't push her into a relationship that quick. I knew she'd take her time and do what was right. Even if that was leaving me.

"A-are there any other options?" Bella asked, fighting tears.

Dr. Nichols thought for a moment. "There is one other treatment but it also has a really long waiting list."

"Just tell me, please. I'll go on the waiting list if I have to." Bella told him.

"It's cord blood. You know, from babies' umbliacle cords when they're born. That blood is strong in stem cells which can help you."

Bella put her head in her hands. "How can you just ask some random stranger, 'Can I have your baby's cord blood?'."

"Well, if you know someone who is going to have a baby, that would be easier to ask." Dr. Nichols's said.

Bella shrugged. "No one I know is having a baby right now."

But someone I know is...I though to myself. "Wait." I said. "What about Tanya?"

Bella gave me a look. "You really think she'd help me?" She scoffed loudly. "I don't think she'll go for that..."

~*~ Later that Day ~*~

"Please Tanya..." I pleaded on my knees in front of her. "Please. You'll be saving a life."

She glared at me and crossed her arms over her chest. "I don't think it would bother me if that whore died."

That outraged me. I stood up and started pacing out of anger. If I didn't I might've done something I would regret. "Tanya, do you know how much of an arrogant, self-centered, bitch that makes you sound?" I threw my arms up in the air furiously.

She stood up, one hand on her slightly round middle, the other on her hip. "You know, I could just run away and you will never see your baby again! Do you want that?"

I ran my hands through my hair. The bitch was good at blackmail. "No, I don't want that." I looked into her eyes. "Please, Tanya." I begged. "I'll give you anything you want, within reason."

She thought about this for a second. "Ten grand." She said with an evil smile.

"Of course. I'll get you the money as soon as you give the cord blood." I was smiling. I would have to sell basically everything I had and maybe move in with Em and Rose, but I could get the ten thousand dollars. I would do it for Bella.

She shook a newly painted and manicured finger at me. "No, not from you. From her."

"Why her?"

"Because I want to make the bitch suffer. I'll start by cleaning out her bank account." She sat back down on the bed and flipped on the TV.

I sighed, left the room, and pulled out my phone.

"Bella, I'm so sorry." I told her. "She said the only way she'd give the cord blood is if...you pay her ten thousand dollars." I ran a hand through my hair again.

"I don't have that kind of money!" I heard her sigh loudly. "I'll go on the waiting list. It's my last option..."

I rack my brain. "There has to be some other way. I don't want you to have to wait for treatment."

"Edward, I'm not any more special than anyone else with lukemia. I will go on the waiting list like everyone else does."

I check that I'm out of earshot from Tanya. "What if I gave you the money to give to her?"

She gasped. "Edward, no! I will not let you do that."

"Why not? I can get the money. Bella, I want you to get treatment as soon as possible."

"No. I do not want you to give me the money. I won't accept it."

I sighed. I knew she'd say that. "You'd think with all the attention she'd get, Tanya would be more than willing to do this." Then I think about my words. "Wait a second! That's it!"

"What is?" Bella says.

"I can just tell her about all the attention and she'll do it in an instant! That's the kind of self-centered person she is!" I was proud of my new revelation.

"Do you really think that will work?" Bella asked.

"I'm positive." I said with a smile.

A/N: I'm sorry. It's short. It's crappy. It's gonna get better...I think.

Please Bear With ME!

-Kelli