Altered Affection/j.b. (COMPLETE)

Chapter Fifteen

       I called my mom as soon as we got home. She answered the phone and I immediately asked to speak to my father.

       "Ana? Is everything alright?" He asked, concerned. Tears blurred my vision and I sat on my bed, drawing my knees to my chest.

       "No, daddy. I went to the hospital last week for some tests. Leah said my left eye was red and looked wrong. We went this morning to see the results and they told me I have retinoblastoma." My voice broke every few words and I covered my eyes with my hand.

       "Aiyana, what does that mean?! What are you saying?" He said loudly.

        "It means they will have to operate and remove my eye. I'll have to use a prosthetic, but ultimately, I'll be blind in that eye. I'm scared and I know you're there for treatment, but I need you guys home. Please," I whispered.

        My mom came back to the phone and told me they were coming home the next day. I hung up and stared at the phone before clicking the Contacts icon. I called the most important people: Aunt Kaya, Aunt Sue, Charlie, Billy, Embry, and Emily.

         Kaya cried, promising that she would come for an emergency visit. I told her I wanted to see her before I had to schedule the surgery. Sue was speechless. In fact, I had to look at the screen of my phone to make sure the line was still connected.

        I could tell she was crying quietly, but she didn't say anything about that. She told me that she loved me and that she and Seth would come over soon. She needed to see my father anyway.

      Charlie and Billy sniffled a bit. I mean, I knew I wasn't dying, but I was sixteen and losing an eye, for goodness sake.

          They both told me to come see them soon. I hadn't seen Charlie since I moved back. I didn't want to deal with Bella either. I would have to go see Billy, but I knew there was a good chance he would pressure me about Jacob. Embry got mad.

       Not at me, but at the disease. He thought that only occurred in children between the ages of two and four, but apparently not. Emily tried to make me laugh by saying that now we would be more alike in some way. I was scared and nervous.

        I didn't want to lose an eye, but I would go with my parents soon to discuss my options with Dr. Cullen.

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           Word somehow got around to Jacob because he showed up at my house a few hours after I called everyone. Leah was asleep on my bed and I was sitting at my vanity, imagining what I would look like with a prosthetic.

       It was supposed to be very lifelike. I heard the knock on the door and when I looked back at my bed, Leah was snoring away. I giggled and jogged down the stairs. As I opened the door, I had no time to react because Jacob pulled me to him, hugging me tightly.

       I was still broken up about what I had found out two weeks earlier.

         But deep down, I knew Jacob and I were more alike than ever before. He was messed up inside, just like me. He lost his mother; I had lost my uncle and was going to lose my father. We had both been hurt in the past and recently.

       And no matter how much I denied it, in my heart I knew that I needed him. And I knew that I would put up with anything for this right here; this feeling of his arms around me and his breath on my neck as he buried his face in my hair.

       I lived for this and he did, too. What had Leah said? I was his imprint and that was the cause of my seizures and asthma, because I was away from him for so long and how much he denied me when I got back.

         "I love you, Aiyana. And I'm never leaving again. Not just because Bella is with someone else. Because I've loved you since we were kids and I was always meant to be with you, no matter what. I know that now."

        He pulled back and held my face in his hands, his eyes staring into mine. A tear slipped down my cheek and I smiled. I was home. 

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A/N: I'm ending this story with this last chapter. I need to focus on my other stories that I've been neglecting, but I feel like this was a good story and I'll leave my readers to their imaginations with the rest of Aiyana and Jacob's lives. (: I hope everyone enjoyed this story and that people enjoy it in the future.