A/N: ALL QUESTIONS ANSWERED HERE! Last one for a while!

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EPOV

I know I shouldn't be following Jasper as he picks up Alice, but I need to find Bella. Something in my gut tells me that someone at Alice's will know where Bella lives. Jasper did tell me that Alice lives with Angela. So I figured that she would for sure know where Bella is.

As my luck would have it, no one is home at the apartment over the garage that Jasper picked Alice up from, which is why I'm at the front door of the main house.

The maid that answers the door tells me that Bella lives here and takes me to her room. When she closes the door, I look around. It is homey and feels like Bella. The sight of the puke basin by the bed makes my heart leap right out of my chest. It only hits home the fact that Bella really is sick.

I hear movement behind a closed door and I assume that it is a bathroom. I take a seat in a chair that's near the bed but has a good view of that door.

When it opens up, my heart stops and I forget to breathe.

"Hello, Bella," I say. My eyes are transfixed on her. She looks so beautiful, even in her frailty.

"Edward?" she says.

"Do you know this man, Bella?" asks a woman who is standing behind her.

Bella nods her head, "Yes, Kate. It's ok." She never takes her eyes off me and my heart soars.

I watch as Kate helps Bella get into bed. "Do you want anything?"

"No, I am fine, thank you. If I need you I'll call." Kate gives her a pointed look. "Seriously, Kate, I will."

Kate stares for a second and then nods her head before she makes her way out of the room.

Bella starts to fiddle with edge of a blanket. "What are you doing here, Edward," her words are nothing more than whispers.

"Trying to make things right between us," I tell her. Her eyes snap to mine. "I didn't do the right thing when I saw you. I froze Bella."

"It's ok, I understand why you did," she interrupts pulling the hood of her hoodie over her bald head.

I couldn't watch her cover herself up; I walk over to the bed and sit down next to her. I pull the hood down, "You don't have to do that. You are still as beautiful as I remembered."

She snorts, "I call bullshit Edward. You have no fucking clue."

I don't recoil from her anger, she is scared. I can see it in her eyes. "Then tell me Bella. I want to know." I reach over and twine my hand in hers. "I want to be there for you."

For a brief second I see hope flash in her eyes, before she narrows them.

"You want to know, Edward?" I nod and she continues. "Fine, I was diagnosed with leukemia or acute myelogenous leukemia to be precise, about a month after you left. I've been getting chemo on and off since then. I had to quit school when I became too tired to go to class. I watched as my hair fell out and moved in with my best friend."

I feel my body rock as her words pour out. Luekemia. Just like Lizzie. No, I can't think like that. This is Bella. She's a fighter.

Tears are falling like rivers down her cheeks. I grab a Kleenex from the bedside table and wipe her face. I want to ease her pain and suffering. I want to be there for her.

She tells me how Alice's parents have been helping her with everything, even providing Kate for her.

"Not what you wanted to come back home to see is it, Edward?"

I smile, "All I wanted to come back to was you, Bella."

A/N: He knows, you know... what do you think? Smooth sailing? See you later tonight..until then.. Thoughts? Comments?