Unexpected

11.

Ashton

"Do you really think that now is the best time to tell them?" I asked Diana on the carride back to her house.

"It will never be a good time to tell them. It's better to tell them as soon as possible. Who knows how much time I've got left." She said in a sad voice.

"Don't say that."

"Say what? "

"That you don't have much time left. It's not true. Michael is the best oncologist i know, he'll be able to get you better in no time."

Diana sighed and put her hand on my knee.

We didn't say anything else. We both had to process the news that had been told to us. A lot of things would change from now on. I was ready but I wondered if Diana and her kids were ready.

We both entered the house. Calum already knew the news and hugged Diana very thight.

Becky

Ashton and my mom had come home much later than I that they would.

My mother called my brother and I to the livingroom. My heart was beating very fast when I walked downstairs. I was worried that she might be pregnant and I absolutely didn't want that.

Ashton and my mom were sitting at the kitchen table together while Calum stood in the kitchen.

My mom had red, puffy eyes. She had cried.

I sat down on the opposite side of the table and helped Jack to get on the chair next to me.

My mom cleared her troated and grabbed Ashton's hand.

"You guys both know that I've not been feeling very well lately." She said in a shaking voice.

I nodded at her. She was way to sad to be pregnant.

"Well..uhm..I have leukaemia." A few tears fell down her face when she said that.

I froze. That wasn't the news that I was expecting or wanted.

"What's that?" Aksed Jack confused about his mother crying.

"That means that mommy is going to visit the hospital a lot and might even stay there for a while. So that I'll won't feel sick anymore." My mom explained to Jack.

"Can I go play now?" He said after my mom had told him that.

My mom gave him permission to leave after she hugged him. I don't think that Jack understands exactly what it all meant but that was probably the best, for now.

I was still seated at the table with my head down. I didn't know how to process all this.

"Is..it bad?" I asked trying to hold my tears back.

My mom stood up and went to sit next to me. She grabbed my hands. "We've caught it in a early stage. I'll begin chemotherapy soon and that will stop it from growing further and will eventually stop it completely."

"What if it won't help?" I asked, lifting my head up to look my mother in her eyes.

"It will." She said without any hesitation.

I felt my chest getting tighter.

"I'm sorry." I said while I left the room. I needed a quiet place were I could calm down.

I walked towards the shed and closed the door behind me. I went to sit in the corner with my knees to my chest and my head down.

I finally let the tears out. My mom might not have been the best mother to me but I didn't want this. I needed her in my life.

Somebody knocked on door, waiting for a answer before they opened it.

"Go away." I said with an raspy voice.

But the door opened anyways. I didn't open my eyes to see who it was because i didn't want to know. I wanted to be alone right now.

The person went to sit next to me on the floor.

"Are you okay?"

I lifted my head to see who had said that. I was greeted by Ashton who looked at me with sympathetic eyes.

"I want to be alone." I said while i burried my head in between my chest and knees. I was trying to hide my tears for him.

"Are you sure?" He asked.

I shook my head and leaned against him. "Please don't leave. I don't want to be alone anymore."

Ashton

I put my arm around her. "I'm not leaving you, never."

She was crying into my chest. She had tried to act tuff for so long that she was at her breaking point. She needed to get everything out right now.

After a few minutes she stopped crying and pushed herself away from me.

"I'm sorry." She said whiping her tears away.

"For what?" I asked.

"For being such a dick to you. You didn't derserve it."

"It's okay, you needed you time to process all of the things that have been happening."

She sighed and got up. "I..i think that i still need some time." She said looking at her shoes.

I stood up. "And that's okay too."

She looked up at me and gave me a small smile."Thank you."

I opened my arms, i wanted to give her a hug.

But she took a step back and shook her head. "I'll accept the fact that you have a relationship with my mother but don't expect much more."

I nodded and put my arms down again. I knew that she wanted a hug but she just refused to accept that. She refused to believe that people could exactly love her and care for here.