Charity case

55

*Kellin*

Bella was sitting in the bed limply, looking almost life less as the doctor came over to me. I was sitting next to her in a chair, stroking the palm of her warm hands as she peacefully slept. There were wires in her scarred arms connected to a machine and bottles of pills next to her.

"Sir I'm afraid I have bad news. It would appear that too many harmful chemicals, too much blood loss and not enough body fat has lead to her ovulation cycle ending."

My breath hitched "she can't-"

"She can't have children. I'm sorry sir."

"Isn't there anything you can do? We were gonna have a family and-"

"Well there is a small chance but she'd have to put on about one and a half to two stone, stop the drinking and stop the self harm because the blood loss is affecting her system."

She won't do any of that.

"Okay thank you."

How are we gonna have a family?

**

Bella giggled as I twirled my finger in the palm of her hands. "Stop it tickles." she laughed.

"Fine." I pouted then moved my hands up to her waist. She began to laugh as i tickled all over her body. She looked so beautiful when she laughed, her nose crinkled up and her eyes squinted and she'd occasionally snort. Hypnotised by her perfection, I didn't realise that my hands were now cupping her cheek.

"Kellin?" she whispered, snapping me out of my trance.

I sheepishly smiled making her laugh again and peck my lips. I pouted when she pulled away making her laugh again "You want more? "

"You know I do babe." I laughed and she smiled then went silent.

After a second of silence she spoke again "When are we gonna... do it?" she whispered.

"Whenever you want, why?"

She gulped "I didn't really lose my virginity the way I said... I was ten and... it was with the guy who killed my dad."

I gasped and turned to see she was crying. I held her tightly and let her cry into my chest. "I'm so sorry baby girl. I swear that disgusting man will never touch you again and i'll wait as long as you want."

She sniffed and nodded "It's fine, i'm mainly over it."

After a while of silence, she spoke again "Will we ever have a family?"

"Do you want a family?"

"I want to make sure that a child never has to grow up the way I did."

"Well then one day we can have a family."

I looked down at her as she was curled up against my chest and smiled. She looked up and smiled back. "I love you."

"I love you too."

***

I stared at my sleeping angel, how would she react to the news? Better get it over and done with.

I gently nudged her shoulder so that she'd wake up. She opened her eyes then smiled at me.

"Hey babe, so what's going on? Do I have magic powers or something?" She giggled.

I sighed and looked down, hating to dampen her mood. She also noticed something was wrong and frowned.

"Kellin?-"

"You can't have any kids. We can't have a family." I whispered.

She went silent and then released a quiet sob "Why not? Am I too fat, too-?"

"It's because you're too skinny!" I hissed making her flinch.

"Sorry." She whimpered, making me feel horrible.

"You don't need to be sorry babe. We can do this together. Just put on a stone and stop losing so much blood and don't drink as much-"

"I can't." She whispered.

I sighed and placed my hand on her cheek "We can."