Wow did I forget about this story. I didn't remember till I got like 17 emails from fan fiction about Me Against the World being up again. And then WHAM it hit me. I have a story on here too. Odd how things work. Also I changed the beginning chapters so that Kimmi and Phil are friends and there is no Lainey. OK? Good!

Around five o'clock Emma had left and the family was sitting at the table while Howie served the meal. "Meatloaf?" Phil asked disgusted. "Why do we always have to have meatloaf?"

"Well I think that it looks good Dad," Lil said. Phil made a sucking noise. "And what is that supposed to mean?"

"You're a suck up."

"I am not!"

"Now kids, stop this now," Betty said calmly. "We have something very important to tell you." The twins stopped bickering for a moment and waited for their mom to go on. But her eyes welled up with tears.

"What she is trying to say," Howie began to say, but he soon broke down too. Phil and Lil exchanged worried glances. "Excuse us. We need to talk in the kitchen." They left leaving Phil and Lil alone.

"What do you think that was about?" Phil asked.

"I don't know. But it must be bad," Lil said. "They were crying and everything."

"It can't be that bad. Howard cries a lot," Phil said taking a stab at his meatloaf and shoving it into his mouth.

"Well when have you seen Mom cry?"

Phil stopped chewing. "Good point. But I'm sure we can take it."

"Phil, I'm scared."

"Like I said, nothing to worry about."

It wasn't till fifteen minutes later when their parents returned red eyed and still sniffling. "Kids we don't know how to explain this to you," Betty said. "But your father…he…" She stopped to cry again. "He has cancer." Lil's lip started to tremble and Phil looked like someone had just shot him.

"Is Dad going to die?" Lil asked as a tear spilled from her eye.

"The doctors say I have up to next September," Howard said looking at his feet. Lil jumped up from her chair and hugged her Dad. Betty also joined the hug. Phil just sat there with the same expression. 'This can't be real,' he thought. He slowly got up from his seat and walked to his room. The rest of his family was to focused in their embrace to notice the he was gone.

Phil POV-

I can't believe this is happening. All the times I wished that my parents were dead or gone…. and now it is finally coming true. I don't know what to think. This is my entire fault. People always say be careful what you pray for. But who would have thought that God would listen to me now? This is all my fault. I don't know what to do or what to think. How could of this happened.

Lil POV-

This isn't happening. This isn't happening. This only happens on TV, not to real people. Oh God why me? Why Dad? Why my family? What did we do to deserve this? I don't understand how this could have happened. Maybe he got it from those cleaning toxins. Maybe if I had offered to help out once in awhile he wouldn't have to suffer. Can you even get cancer from that? I know. This is all a bad dream and I'm just going to wake up in the morning and we'll all laugh about it. This isn't real, it's only a dream… Is it? Oh I hope it's only a dream.