The next day had arrived. There was obvious tension between tom and nikki in the staffroom. Nikki picked up her post and sat in a different chair.
"you two okay, its pretty tense in here?"
"yeah fine, ive moved out for the moment"
"Why?"
"because my boyfriend/fiancé thinks im cheating on him" she said loud enough for everyone to hear
"well its not me who disappeared for hours on end yesterday and replied with the words I was out"
"so that automatically means im bedding someone else does it tom?"
"well if the cat fits"
"oh my god seriously…maybe its something a bit bigger then that tom?"
"you have two men yeah whatever"
"Shut it the pair of you!" Rachel said slamming a book on the table "personal lives out of school"
Nikki just sighed opening a letter from the hospital she read it, gathered up everything.
"Nikki?" Rachel asked
"I've got to go" Nikki aid as she legged it out the school to her car. Sian followed her.
"Nikki what is it?"
"I need to go to hospital now"
"Why?"
"I just do, im not cheating I swear on Evie and amys life im not…I was in hospital yesterday"
"nikki why don't you tell him"
"I cant" she cried "because he will want to know why"
"why were you in hospital"
"no wonder I cant get pregnant…category two cervical cancer" nikki burst into tears "he wont want me"
"you need to tell him"
"I can't…keep it to yourself please"
Sian nodded "Alright, but if you collapse or anything at school im coming clean"
"deal"
"Your not alone nikki, come and talk to me whenever"
Nikki nodded as sian shut the door. Nikki drove off.
Sian went upto the staffroom and over to tom.
"Nikki's not cheating" sian said
"how can you be so sure"
"because she told me what she was doing yesterday…I can't say she doesn't want you knowing, all im gonna say is you may want to fix the relationship"
"fat chance"
"fine that's your choice" sian said standing up
"just stay out of our relationship" tom said
"Nikki's my best friend like that's gonna happen" Sian sighed walking off.
Nikki was sat with the consultant as she began chemo and radio therapy.
...
The next day nikki was back at school, she'd started a routine of having chemo and radio therapy in the mornings before school. Nikki was in the staffroom she looked pale.
"nik you okay?" Rachel asked
"my heads killing, my tummy hurts and feel like throwing up"
"You look shattered"
"I am Rachel…"