Adronitis [Ruby Rose Fanfic]

Chapter Twenty Three

Ruby and I had arrived at Evans two hours ago.

What I didn't expect to walk in on when I arrived were a couple of people sitting in a circle drinking cans of beer.

I questioned Evan what was going on and he just gave Ruby and I a beer and told us to sit down.

So here we were, tipsy like the rest and soon to be drunk.

I leaned into Ruby and whispered to her "Do you find it weird that he won't tell us what's going on and keeps handing us beer?"

Ruby snickered at me "No. I get invited to this kind of thing all the time, so relax. But there could be some sort of catch because a lot of the time there is so keep a look out or something"

I sighed. That didn't help much.

Evan left the little 'friendship circle' as you could call it, for about 20 minutes and I was beginning to get worried.

I told Ruby that I was going to the bathroom and left to go to the kitchen.

I found Evan sitting on a bar stool behind the kitchen island with his head in his hands.

I quietly walked over to him and put my hand on his shoulder "Evan.." I whispered to him.

He looked up at me and I was shocked.

His eyes were bloodshot and his cheeks were puffy and red. He had been crying.

"Evan..what's wrong?" I frowned. Now I was seriously worried.

He sniffed and wiped the tears from his eyes. "Nothing, it's fine, Megan"

"No it's not. What happened?"

He gave me a sad smile "I don't know how to tell everyone"

"Tell everyone what?"

He didn't say anything, he broke down crying into my shoulder and I wrapped my arms around him.

A few minutes later he stopped crying and let go of me.

He sighed and said "I'll tell you but I don't know if I can tell anyone else"

I nodded at him, he knows that his secrets are always safe with me.

He looked straight into my eyes and frowned "I.."

"It's okay Evan, I'm here" I reassured him.

He sniffed again and then he said the words I wish I would never hear him say.

"I have cancer"

My whole world stopped around me and I stood there in shock.

"Evan.." I whispered.

He licked his lips "The doctor said its Leukaemia. But if I start chemo soon maybe I can stop it"

I was the one crying by now "Evan, you'll be okay, alright? You're going to beat it because you're a fighter and I believe in you"

He gave me a long lasting hug "No one else knows but you. Please don't tell Ruby"

"I won't, I swear it"

"Thank you"

I pulled away from him "Do your parents not know?"

"No, they don't"

I frowned at him "You have to tell them, Evan"

"I will, soon. Please let me do this at my own pace"

I nodded my head at him understandingly.

Evan got up and took out two beers from the fridge and handed me one "Okay, let's go back in there and pretend that everything's good, yeah?"

I nodded and he went ahead of me. As I looked at him I couldn't help but be so worried about my best friend with a small chance of a happy life.

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Well, shit ;-;

I literally decided this as I was writing it so yeah o_O