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I pace back and forth with my arms crossed, waiting for the phone call. I look over at Ashton. His head is in his hands. I'm trying not to cry yet. I don't know what the call holds. My phone rings and I look at the coffee table where it sits. Ashton looks at it, he picks it up and passes it to me.
"H-hello?" I say shakily.
"Y/n Irwin?"
"Yea"
"I have your tests results" I try to sallow the lump in my throat.
"It's not good news I'm afraid. You have stage 3 brain cancer.." my lips part. And the tears start to fall.
"I'm gonna email you with appointment details." The call was quick but it changed my life forever.
"Tell me..." Ashton says looking at me with tears in his eyes.
"Stage three" I choke out. I walk to him and we wrap our arms around each other. I can't stop crying.
"We're gonna get through this. We're gonna do it" he says rocking me back and forth. My breathing doesn't slow. This is the most heartbreaking news.

*the next day*
"Hey, are you guys ok?" Michael asks as him, Luke, Calum, Crystal, and Sierra come into the living room. I shake my head.
"I have some news" I say. I'm still crying it feels like I haven't stopped.
"What's going on babe?" Sierra asks sitting next to me. Ashton hasn't said anything since they've gotten here.
"Ash I can't-" I lean into his chest. he puts his arms around me.
"Ya know how she keeps getting headaches and we went and had a few scans done?" He says. They nod.
"No" Luke says holding his hands to his mouth.
"Please tell me it's not what I'm thinking" he says.
"We got the call yesterday to tell us she has stage three brain cancer." I cry even harder.
"No no no" Luke says.
"Oh my god" Calum says. I can hear Crystal sobbing.
"Can they do anything? Surgery? Chemo?" Michael asks.
"We're gonna find out tomorrow" I mumble. The rest of my life will be determined tomorrow. We spend the rest of the day together. No cancer. No problems. Just friends. We swim, we laugh, we cry tears of joy.

*two weeks later*
*Ashtons POV*
"Baby, it's 8 you gotta wake up." I shake her small body.
"Babe?" I ask. I roll her over, she still doesn't move. I stop and look at her chest. It's not moving.
"No no no no no" I start to cry.
"No baby no" I can't breathe. My world just fell apart.
"Nooooo" I moan out, laying my head on her body.
"Please no" I cradle her body and push her hair to the side.
"I love you" I choke out, knowing she won't say it back.

It's been two weeks. I feel so empty without her by my side. The fans don't know what happened yet. We have our first interview today.
"So our last question is for Ashton." The interviewer says. I've been so quiet this whole time. I don't wanna be out and about I wanna lay in bed with her in my arms.
"The fans have notice you're social media presence has been down, you seem upset in public, and you rarely stop for pictures, you also haven't been seen with your girlfriend for a while. What's going on?" They ask. Luke looks over at me and I look down.
"Uhm no one knew this but y/n was diagnosed with cancer almost a month ago..." the interviewer gasps and the fans in the room all go pale.
"Two weeks ago..." I choke back tears.
"She passed away in her sleep. She was in my arms the whole night and I know she's not in pain anymore" the tears have begun to fall. I look out at the fans, some crying, some just shocked.
"She was my world and this was the hardest thing I've ever gone through. I'm trying to be strong but it's so hard without her here" I rub my eyes trying not to cry anymore.
"I love her, I'll never love anyone like I love her" Michael puts his hand on my shoulder. And Luke places his hand on my leg. I put hand on top of Lukes. This is the hardest thing ever and I don't wanna do it anymore. I don't wanna be heart broken anymore it's too much. She was the love of my life.

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