You and only you

Chapter 12

Veronica's POV:

As I walk into the doctor's office, I begin to wonder how things are going with Dan and Phil at the hospital. I decide to text Dan to make sure he's ok. I know that he was nervous to go see Phil again.

Hey how's it going with Phil? Just thought I would text you to make sure everything was ok.

I click send as soon as a nurse comes out from the back, "Veronica Miller?" I stand up and walk over to her, "That's me." She starts to walk into the back and I follow her.

She leads me into a room and tells me to take a seat. "The doctor should be in shortly." She smiles at me and walks out closing the door behind her. I pull out my phone and check to see if Dan texted back. When I turn it, I see a text from Dan that is a paragraph long. The first words I see are "No, not good at all."

As I begin to enter my password to get into my phone, the doctor walks in. I quickly turn it off and stand up from my chair. I walk over to the doctor and shake his hand. "Hey Veronica! How's it going?" I give him a little smile, "It's going good." He smiles, "Well that's good. Why don't you take a seat." I walk over and sit in the chair I was just sitting in.

"So what seems to be the problem?" I take my bag off of my shoulders and set it down in the chair next to me. "Well I've been having some pain in my abdomen and it's becoming unbearable. I can't eat or drink without it hurting." He gives me a look of concern. "Hmm well that isn't good. I think it would be best if we did a cat scan just to make sure everything is ok."

I give him a small smile trying to seem calm even though I'm screaming inside. "Ok sounds good." He gets up and walks out of the room. Once he leaves, I start to cry.

"Ok Veronica, calm down. Everything is going to be fine." I told you to go in sooner but you didn't listen. It's too late now. I shake my head, "No! Everything is fine. Its going to be fine." I wipe away my tears and try to look decent.

The doctor walks in shortly and tells me he's ready for me. I get up from my chair and follow the doctor through the corridor. "Everything will be fine, I'm sure of it." I turn to him, "Yeah, I hope so."

He tells me to go put on a gown and I do. I'm shaking violently. I wish Dan was here, he always knows what to say to make me feel better. I return to the room and go and sit down in a chair. "Alright if you would just come and lay down on this mat and we can get started."

I do as he tells me and prepare for my decent into the glowing tube. The mat slowly begins to slide in and I close my eyes as the light is quite bright. I lay there motionless as the light seeps through my eyelids.

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When the mat finally slides out, I open my eyes and sit up.

I hop off and go over to where the doctor is standing. He seems to be looking at a bunch of things on a computer, so I go and take a seat. He finally looks away from the computer with a shocked and upset look on his face. He takes a look at me and then back at the computer then at me again.

My heart drops to my stomach. Something was wrong. "I'm so sorry Veronica. I'm so very very sorry." I swallow hard. "What? what is it?" he continues to look at me.

"You have liver cancer."

The words hit me like a ton of bricks. He walks over to me and bends down and grabs my shoulders so he is looking me straight in the eyes. "Hey, don't worry we can cure you. I will do everything I can to make sure you survive this."

I feel a tear trickle down my cheek. "Ok." I walk into the other room and get changed into my clothes and walk back to the room I was in before.

I take a seat as the doctor begins telling me what we need to do to get me cured. "Maybe every two weeks you should come in to get your treatment. If it starts to hurt really bad just take this, they should help calm the pain but if they don't make sure you come in immediately.

I nod and put the bottle in my bag and walk out of the room. I get to the street and hail a cab. I hop in and start making my way back to my flat. Now for the hard part. Telling Dan.

A/N: Hey guys, I'm super sorry for the sad chapter. This was really hard for me to write, but I'm hoping all of you are enjoying this! Thanks for reading.