Twists of Fate
Chapter 1- Fear (Tim's POV)
Author Notes- Okay, so its up to you guys if there's more of this story or not. See I never liked the and everything worked out for the best stuff, so I always seem to warp things. (I know, I'm messed up) everytime I see the Longest Day I think, what if it hadn't turned out so well? And this idea has been rolling around for a while so I finally decided to jot it down and post it. Any mistakes are mine as I don't have a beta reader for this area. I hope you like it.
Randy sits across from me and I can tell his mind isn't on the scrabble game. Not that I could blame him. The phone rings and Jill answers quickly.
"Hello?" There was a brief pause. "Oh, Al. Look Al, Tim and I are fine. Please don't call here ever again." She hung up and shook her head. "What is wrong with that man? Where did he get this insane idea about me and a milkman?!"
"He spends to much time at the state fair." I reply. The phone rang again then.
"Al..." Jill started.
"Tell him he's fired." I broke in.
"Please don't -- Oh, hi Doctor Kaufman... Yeah, huh?..." I watch her face change and I know. "Yes, I understand, thank you."
"Honey?"
"Randy, you need to go in tomorrow and get the lump removed." He nods, refusing to meet anyone's eyes. Jill starts in again. "Don't worry though, there's still a really good chance its nothing. Just a lump. They just won't be able to tell until they take it out."
"Yeah, don't worry, it'll be nothing." I say watching my son shift his weight. "I'll call your school and let them know you won't be there."
"What are we going to tell the boys?" Jill breaks in suddenly.
"I'll tell them." Randy speaks for the first time since we've gotten the news. "I'll tell them after dinner."
"Honey, you don't have to...."
"Mom, I need to tell them." We share a look over his head and I nod slightly.
"All right honey. I'll go up and start getting dinner ready." Jill leaves and I sit with Randy for a minute.
"You okay?"
"Yeah. I mean like you said, its probably nothing." There's something in his voice that tells me he doesn't believe it, but now is not the time for me to try and persuade him. "Dad?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you think I could be alone for a little bit?"
"Sure." As I leave I can't believe this is happening and I slowly trudge up the stairs. I'm at the door when I can hear the scrabble pieces being slammed to the ground.
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Dinner had been tense and I think Mark and Brad knew something was up before Randy asked to talk to them. I honestly didn't mean to eavesdrop, but once I heard Randy start talking, I can't get my feet to move. I'm hidden behind one of the walls so they can't see me, but I can see and hear them.
"So what's up?" Brad asks.
"Tomorrow, I have to go to the hospital." Randy blurts out.
"What why?" Brad sounds upset, and I can understand why, he and Randy have always been close.
"The extra blood they took, the doctor thought she felt a lump, I have to go get it taken out tomorrow."
"What does that mean?" Mark asks in a small voice.
"Well it could be nothing." Randy replies.
"Or?" Brad prompts.
"There's a slight chance it could be cancer." And as long as I've been alive, I have never heard anything as horrible as the silence that over took the room.
"I'm sure its nothing." Brad said in a strained voice.
"Yeah, I mean....its gotta be nothing." Mark agrees. Randy doesn't speak.
"We'll make sure to wait for you here at home." Brad says. "Will they let you come home afterwards?" Randy shrugs. "Well either way, we'll see you tomorrow."
"Okay." Randy says softly. "I just wanted to be the one to tell you guys what was going on. I-I think I'm gonna go to bed now." I quickly move to make sure they don't realize that I'm there. Randy walks by and goes into his room. If he saw me, he didn't let on. I waited for a ten count and walked in Brad and Mark haven't moved and neither acknowledge my presence. This was going to be hard on the entire family. No doubt about that.
Chapter 1- Fear (Tim's POV)
Author Notes- Okay, so its up to you guys if there's more of this story or not. See I never liked the and everything worked out for the best stuff, so I always seem to warp things. (I know, I'm messed up) everytime I see the Longest Day I think, what if it hadn't turned out so well? And this idea has been rolling around for a while so I finally decided to jot it down and post it. Any mistakes are mine as I don't have a beta reader for this area. I hope you like it.
Randy sits across from me and I can tell his mind isn't on the scrabble game. Not that I could blame him. The phone rings and Jill answers quickly.
"Hello?" There was a brief pause. "Oh, Al. Look Al, Tim and I are fine. Please don't call here ever again." She hung up and shook her head. "What is wrong with that man? Where did he get this insane idea about me and a milkman?!"
"He spends to much time at the state fair." I reply. The phone rang again then.
"Al..." Jill started.
"Tell him he's fired." I broke in.
"Please don't -- Oh, hi Doctor Kaufman... Yeah, huh?..." I watch her face change and I know. "Yes, I understand, thank you."
"Honey?"
"Randy, you need to go in tomorrow and get the lump removed." He nods, refusing to meet anyone's eyes. Jill starts in again. "Don't worry though, there's still a really good chance its nothing. Just a lump. They just won't be able to tell until they take it out."
"Yeah, don't worry, it'll be nothing." I say watching my son shift his weight. "I'll call your school and let them know you won't be there."
"What are we going to tell the boys?" Jill breaks in suddenly.
"I'll tell them." Randy speaks for the first time since we've gotten the news. "I'll tell them after dinner."
"Honey, you don't have to...."
"Mom, I need to tell them." We share a look over his head and I nod slightly.
"All right honey. I'll go up and start getting dinner ready." Jill leaves and I sit with Randy for a minute.
"You okay?"
"Yeah. I mean like you said, its probably nothing." There's something in his voice that tells me he doesn't believe it, but now is not the time for me to try and persuade him. "Dad?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you think I could be alone for a little bit?"
"Sure." As I leave I can't believe this is happening and I slowly trudge up the stairs. I'm at the door when I can hear the scrabble pieces being slammed to the ground.
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Dinner had been tense and I think Mark and Brad knew something was up before Randy asked to talk to them. I honestly didn't mean to eavesdrop, but once I heard Randy start talking, I can't get my feet to move. I'm hidden behind one of the walls so they can't see me, but I can see and hear them.
"So what's up?" Brad asks.
"Tomorrow, I have to go to the hospital." Randy blurts out.
"What why?" Brad sounds upset, and I can understand why, he and Randy have always been close.
"The extra blood they took, the doctor thought she felt a lump, I have to go get it taken out tomorrow."
"What does that mean?" Mark asks in a small voice.
"Well it could be nothing." Randy replies.
"Or?" Brad prompts.
"There's a slight chance it could be cancer." And as long as I've been alive, I have never heard anything as horrible as the silence that over took the room.
"I'm sure its nothing." Brad said in a strained voice.
"Yeah, I mean....its gotta be nothing." Mark agrees. Randy doesn't speak.
"We'll make sure to wait for you here at home." Brad says. "Will they let you come home afterwards?" Randy shrugs. "Well either way, we'll see you tomorrow."
"Okay." Randy says softly. "I just wanted to be the one to tell you guys what was going on. I-I think I'm gonna go to bed now." I quickly move to make sure they don't realize that I'm there. Randy walks by and goes into his room. If he saw me, he didn't let on. I waited for a ten count and walked in Brad and Mark haven't moved and neither acknowledge my presence. This was going to be hard on the entire family. No doubt about that.