Finding The Truth

Chapter 14: Here We Go

Melody's POV

"I need some blood, sweetheart! We need to figure out which stage this is, so we know how to treat it!" Kate said to Liz. "Okay!" Liz said, still broken. She held out her arm, and looked over at me. "Need me?" I whispered. She nodded, and I got off my air mattress and sat with her. It was around six in the morning, so I was about to get up anyway. "I hate this! I hate being poked and pricked, I hate wanting to cry all the time...I just hate this!" she whispered, her voice cracking like she was about to cry again. "I know Liz, I know...I hate watching you go through this, I hate watching you cry...it hurts me, just as much as it hurts you!" I said, trying not to cry. "All done sweetheart!" Kate said with tears in her eyes. She had been listening to us the entire time! "It affects both patient and family, but the family gets affected more...especially the members who are the closest with the patient!" she told us, fighting tears. Then, Liz completely lost it. "I'm sorry Mels, I'm so sorry! I've put you through hell in a weeks time, and I'm so sorry for doing that to you! I'm sorry it's been hard, I'm sorry...for everything!" she said, between sobs! My aunt was holding her, and telling her it was gonna be okay! When Kate let go, Liz was still crying. "Calm down, it's okay!" I said, smiling. "No it's not! I feel terrible for doing this to you! I'm so sorry!" she said, still crying. She laid her head on my shoulder, and cried. "Liz, look at me...okay?" I said. She nodded and raised her head. "I...am right here, do not think for a split second that I'm not, because I am...always!" I began, wiping tears off her face. "I chose, to live through hell with you! I chose, the other half of my heart without knowing it the very first day of freshman year! I chose you, and every single thing that came with that decision! I promise....I'm not going anywhere!" I continued. She hugged me, and I hugged her back. "There is no reason to be sorry, for any of this...because it wasn't in your control! Yes, it's cancer...and yes, it's a bad type of cancer.....but that does not mean one thing, because I know you.....you are a fighter, and you will fight this...and you will win!" I said. She was sniffling, and when I let go...you could tell she had been crying just by looking at her. "And it's okay to be upset, it's okay to cry....I know how it feels, and locking it up doesn't make it any better, I promise!" I said. "I love you!" she said. "I love you too!" I said. "Hey guys.....woah, Liz are you okay?" I hear Tara say. "Yeah, I'm dealing...come here for a minute!" Liz said, sniffling still. Tara walked over and sat on the bed with us "Trust your sister, okay? Trust her advice, her judgement, and everything else she says...because she is the one and only person I have ever trusted, she's the one who's always been there for me....even when I didn't want her to be!" Liz said, grabbing my hand. By this point, I was crying. "She's given me lots of sweet and encouraging words this morning, and I could not be more grateful for those words!" she said. "I love you guys!" I said, crying. We all just sat there talking, waiting for the results that would determine everything! Mom and the twins came in there too, so everyone was together when Kate came back! About an hour later, she and Hope came in. "I'm afraid it's worse than we thought!" Kate said. Hope explained everything to everybody. "So what does that mean?" I asked! "It means....Liz.....you have CLL stage three! I am so sorry!" Hope said, holding back everything she had. I looked over at Liz, and she was in shock. I hugged her and she fell apart. "Don't leave me, please don't leave me! I'm scared...I'm really scared, and I need you!" she said, shaking...tears running down her face. "I'm not leaving, I promise I'm not leaving! I'm scared too...all of us are!" I said, crying. I looked over at Tara, and mouthed: "this is the same exact thing dad had" then she mouthed back: "yeah.....I know!" We both knew what it meant, we knew it was gonna get better...but then come back as stage four! "She's sixteen, you must've read it wrong...sixteen year olds can't get this!" my mom said. "I really hate saying this but yes they can...I am so sorry!" Hope said. I looked down at Liz, and she was so heartbroken! Her future was pretty much over, her life is at stake...and I felt horrible! "It's not where you come from, it's where you belong! Nothing we would trade...we wouldn't have it any other way!" Tara began singing, and I knew why. "You're surrounded by love and you're wanted, so never feel alone...you're home with us, right where you belong!" I continued, everybody joined me for the last line. They all knew that song, because Tara and I covered it! Liz smiled at me, for the first time in a long time! "There it is, there's that smile I missed so much!" I whispered. She laughed a little bit! "Thank you for singing that for me guys, it meant everything to me!" she said still hurt. "Alright so, what do we do...what's the plan?" I asked. "The plan is to put in a port and start chemo asap...time isn't on our side here!" Hope told all of us. "And, I get to be her nurse!" she smiled. "Awesome!" we all said. "Okay, I will go and tell Dr. Hahn to get an OR set for early tomorrow morning! Work for you guys?" Hope asked. "Yeah, absolutely!" Liz said. "Okay, perfect! I'll come back and check on you in a little bit!" she said, leaving. "I'm gonna go get something from the cafeteria, anyone wanna walk with?" I asked. "No, bring us something back though!" everybody said. "Okay! I'll be right back, I promise!" I said looking at Liz. I walked down to the elevators, and I completely lost it. I slid down the wall I had my back to, and I cried. "Dad, if this is your way of telling me you wanna meet Liz...don't do this to me, don't take her away from me....please! I'm begging you, not now! I love you, but please...not now!" I cried.

Tara's POV

"Wanna walk around for a few minutes?" I asked Liz. "Yeah, sure!" she smiled. I helped her up and we started walking towards the elevators. When we got like three feet away, I saw someone sitting on the ground crying. "Melody?" Liz said. We looked at each other, then took off running to her! Liz beat me to her, because she's a faster runner. "Melody!" she said, sliding onto the floor. I did the same thing, not as gracefully as Liz, but you know. She pulled Melody close, and both of us could tell that she'd been strong for way to long! "I don't wanna lose you Liz, I really don't!" she whispered, between sobs. Liz knew what it felt like, being strong for too long, so she sat there and helped her through it, just as Melody had done. "It's okay! I'm okay, and I'm gonna be okay! I swear! Remember what you said, about it being okay to cry...cause I do. Strong is a good thing, but not for too long!" Liz said. "If you wanna sit out here and cry, guess where I'll be.....I will be right here, the whole time!" she whispered. Melody nodded her head. "Okay, then that's what I'll do!" Liz smiled. "Me too!" I said. We sat out there forever! I somehow knew Melody would eventually break down, I sensed it! How I sensed it, I don't know! Can this get any weirder??