Here's another chapter of Finding Holly.

Thanks for the reviews from last chapter. I appreciate it.

This is a shorter chapter than usual.

You'll find out more about what's wrong with Holly now.

Mike and Holly sat in the hospital corridor. They were there for Holly's appointment with the, he couldn't bear the word, cancer specialist. Apparently Holly's hormones were acting irregular because she had a tumour on her ovaries. Mike cringed every time the word cancer was mentioned. His Holly was in danger because of some strange lump. He didn't like the word tumour either.

"Are you ok?" Holly asked, squeezing Mike's hand.

"Shouldn't it be the other way around?" Mike asked, trying to lighten the situation.

"It's ok to be frightened." She told him.

"Are you?" he asked her.

Holly said nothing, just nodded slowly. Mike wrapped her in his arms.

A male doctor in a white coat with dark greying hair walked over to them.

"Holly Redman?" he asked. She nodded.

"Can my boyfriend come with me?" she asked the doctor.

"I can't see why not." The doctor smiled.

They followed him into a small room. There wasn't much in there, apart from a computer desk and a couple of chairs. Mike and Holly sat down as the doctor checked the details on his computer screen. He cleared his throat and picked up a folder with Holly's name on it.

"Ok, Holly. We're confident that we can remove the tumour with surgery." He said.

"That's good right?" Mike asked.

"That part is. But we will need to take preventative measures." The doctor nodded.

"Like what?" Holly asked, biting her lip.

"We're wary of trying chemotherapy. But we would like to use laser surgery." He added.

"What's that?" asked Mike.

"We would be inserting wires into Holly and using a tiny laser to burn the area where the tumour would have been removed. It's to prevent it returning." The doctor explained.

"Ok, so what happens now?" Holly asked the doctor.

"We'd like to make an appointment for this week for tumour removal." He replied.

"When do you do the other thing?" Mike asked him.

The doctor looked at Mike and nodded.

"That would be two weeks after the first operation." He replied.

Mike nodded and looked at Holly. She smiled weakly and shook the doctor's hand.

"Thank you doctor."

Mike and Holly held hands as they stood up and walked out of the room. They walked through the corridors in silence, only speaking once they reached the car park area. Mike was concerned for Holly. She seemed to think that her being ill would affect things between them.

"I understand if you don't wanna be with me anymore." She sniffed.

"What, are you crazy?" Mike gasped and pulled her into a tight embrace.

"It's a lot to deal with. You've had nothing but trouble cause of me." She added.

"Holly, I love you. There's no way I'm letting you go." He told her.

"Mike?" she whispered.

"Yes honey?" he replied.

"I'm scared." She whispered as silent tears ran down her cheeks.

"I know, but we'll be ok." Mike nodded, attempting to convince himself too.

They headed back to the apartment that they were staying in. After explaining things to Vince and Stephanie, it had been decided that Mike and Holly needed to take some leave due to the circumstances. They promised that no information would be leaked about Holly's condition and wished her good luck for her treatment. Mike went to make some dinner, while Holly went to the bathroom for a relaxing bath.

Mike chopped up some vegetables, opting to make a stir-fry rather than anything too heavy, given how sick Holly had been feeling recently. Part of him was deeply disappointed that she was not pregnant. It only served as confirmation that she was the woman he wanted to end up with. Marriage, kids, house in the country…

The awesome one was pulled from his thoughts by the ringing of his cell phone. He pulled it from his pocket and frowned as he saw the caller ID. It was Edge, although he couldn't know anything about Holly's illness, so Mike figure it was best to answer the call and act normal.

"What are you calling me for?" he asked.

"You've been missing in action, so has Holly." The Canadian's voice had a smug tone.

"And?" Mike asked, trying to stir the vegetables at the same time.

"You're keeping something from me." Edge replied.

"Oh? I didn't know it was a crime to have a vacation." Mike said.

"I don't trust you." Edge said.

"The feeling's mutual." The Ohio native told him.

"I will find out eventually." The Canadian spoke coldly.

"You do that. Maybe I'll have you arrested for harassment." Mike replied.

"I won't give up." Edge added, before hanging up.

Mike shook his head and carried on cooking dinner. Holly emerged from the bathroom several minutes later. She looked a little rough. Of course Mike loved her however she looked, but the stress of her illness was having its effect. Her skin looked paler and her eyes were slightly bloodshot from all the crying she had been doing recently. Her hair was just tied back in a ponytail, while she wore a big padded sweater to help ease the discomfort of her stomach pains.

"Here." He said, placing a bowl of stir-fry in front of her.

"Thank you." She smiled.

Mike began to eat his own dinner, feeling compelled to watch Holly like a hawk and make everything perfect for her. It was up to him to take the pressure away from her.

"Was that someone on the phone?" she asked as she ate.

"Nobody important." Mike replied.

He wasn't important. That man was going to leave Holly alone, even if Mike had to get into a physical fight with him. The Canadian obviously had no idea how ill Holy was, so Mike had to protect her and make sure there was no stress. The less her stress was, the better her recovery would be. The Ohio native couldn't bear to look at the possibility of long-term illness or death. The doctors wouldn't know the extent of the tumour and it's complications, until they had removed it.

"I love you Mike." Holly smiled as she put her empty bowl on the table.

"I love you too Holly." He told her.

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