Chapter 14:

Ezra's POV:

I'm in the office with Aria, when for some reason, Hanna bursts in. Me and Aria stare and we are both very confused.

Aria: Hanna, what are you doing here?

Hanna: You weren't picking up your phone so I had no choice.

Aria: What's going on? Why are you here?

Hanna: It's Ali, she's taken a turn for the worst.

I turn back to Aria and she has a blank expression on her face.

Aria: Ezra.

Ezra: Go. I have a free period, so I can take your lesson.

Aria: Thanks. I love you.

Ezra: I love you to.

Aria get up and just before she leaves, I say something to her.

Ezra: It's going to be ok, you know that right?

Aria: Don't make promises you can't keep.

Aria leaves and I'm sorting out some papers. God I hope Ali is ok. Soon, it's time for last lesson. I enter the classroom and there are only two people. A boy and a girl.

Ezra: Ahem.

The boy and girl carry on their make out session, so speak up.

Ezra: Excuse me, is your next class in here?

They finally break apart.

Boy: Yeah. We have English with that bitch, Mrs. Fitz.

My blood boils.

Ezra: Do you realize that I am Mr Fitz and that is my wife you are talking about? If you talk about my wife or any other member of staff for that matter, there will be serious consequences. Do you understand? NOW SIT IN YOUR SEATS.

Caleb's POV:

After Hanna rushed into Hollis to get Aria, I speed off to the hospital with them in the back. The journey is silent, and very intense. I can hear the two sniffling. I arrive at the hospital and they jump out the car without saying anything. I follow them inside. We arrive at Ali's room, and Emily, Aria, Spencer and Hanna are standing around her bed.

Emily: Please don't leave now. I need you. We need you.

I stand outside with Toby.

Toby: Do you think she'll go?

Caleb: Nah, Ali's a fighter. She wouldn't dare leave the girls.

Toby: It's been hard on them all so far, but this has tipped them over the edge. If she goes, that's it.

We stand in silence and then a doctor goes into the room. We follow, anticipating the news as much as anyone else.

Doctor: I have an update on Allison's condition.

Emily/Aria/Hanna/Spencer: Well?

Doctor: Allison has a tumor in her left breast, as you all know. That tumor has begun to expand. The only way we can stop it from getting too big is if we operate A.S.A.P.

Emily: Do it! I need my wife in my world.

Doctor: Since your down as her next of kin, we can go ahead, but there are some risks.

Emily: What?

Doctor: It could, I mean, she is going to have to have extra chemo therapy which will be 5 times stronger than the regular dose. Other risks are that it may giver her less time to live, but that all depends on how much we are able to remove.

Emily: Is the op life threatening?

Doctor: As far as we are concerned, no.

Emily: Ok. When will she go for surgery?

Doctor: We will prep her now and she should be out within 6 hours.

The doctor leaves and the girls start to chat amongst themselves.

Hanna's POV:

Me, the girls and Caleb went home. We thought there wasn't much point in staying at the hospital if Ali is going to be in surgery for quite a few hours.

Caleb: You ok?

Hanna: Yeah. I just wanna spend some time with the kids.

Caleb: Your mom has them, but we can pick them up if you want?

Hanna: Actually no. My mom only got them today and I don't want to seem as if I am taking them away from her because I am an overprotective mom.

Caleb: Come here.

We sit on the couch and I nuzzle into Caleb's neck.

Hanna: Caleb, what if she dies?

Caleb: I said this to Toby earlier, she is a fighter and she wouldn't dare leave you or her kids!

Hanna: You're right.

Caleb: Hey. Something else is on your mind, what is it?

Hanna: I don't know how to put it.

Caleb: I don't care how it sounds, just tell me.

Hanna: Well, I want to get my tubes tied.

Caleb: What?

Hanna: I am nearly 40 years old. I don't want to go through anymore trauma like we did with Dylan. I don't want to go through that anymore.

Caleb: If you want to get your tubes tied, then you do that! It's your body, who's stopping you?

Hanna: But what if we want another child in the future?

Caleb: We can always adopt. Ali and Emily did.

Hanna: I know, but it would be our baby. I mean, it wouldn't be half me and half you.

Caleb: It may not share the same DNA and genes as us, but it will be OUR child by heart.

Emily's POV:

After arriving home, I packed some stuff for the kids. I took them to my moms. I went back to the hospital and began to play the waiting the game. At the moment, I am sitting in a chair. I'm flicking through one of Ali's favorite magazines. There's something about my dance studio. Wait, my dance studio.

Emily: Oh my god.

I grab my pone and dial the number.

Studio: Hello, this is Emily's Dance Studio, this is Talia speaking.

Emily: Talia, it's me.

Studio: Emily!

Emily: Did you see the article in OK magazine?

Studio: No, I havent' bought my copy yet.

Emily: When's your next break?

Studio: In about 20 minutes.

Emily: Ok, go and buy it. I want you to photo copy page 32 and print out a couple of copies in COLOUR!

Studio: Ok.

Emily: Ok, I'll see you later Talia.

Studio: Bye.

Emily: Bye.

I end the call and smile to myself. I decide to go to the cafeteria to get a drink and something to eat. On the way back to the room, I walk past a children's play room. There's one girl in there, playing on her own.

Emily: He, are you ok?

Girl: Yeah.

Emily: You look upset, what's your name?

Girl: Demi.

Emily: That's a pretty name.

Hanna's POV:

It's been 4 hours since we left the hospital and still nothing. I've tried texting Emily, but she isn't answering and the hospital won't tell me anything because I'm not immediate family. It's 3:30 am and I'm wide-awake.

Caleb: Can you still not sleep?

Hanna: No.

Caleb: Talk to me Hanna. I know your stressed with Ali and you told me you want your tubes tied, but what else is it?

Hanna: Everything. I'm lonely Caleb. I feel so damn Lonely and you just aren't there to talk to. You're either with your guy friends or at work.

Caleb: Hanna. If I'm supposed to be going out with my friends, but you want to talk to me, I will cancel. You are more important. Family comes first.

Hanna: You promise?

Caleb: I promise.

Hanna: Can we watch the fault in our stars?

Caleb: We watched it like 2 days ago!

Hanna: And? I need to watch something emotional.

Caleb: Are you sure, I mean with the cancer story line and everything?

Hanna: I'm sure. I can handle it.

Caleb: Ok. Move and I'll put it in.

Caleb puts the disc in and then gets back into bed. It starts and then goes into actual scene.

Movie: Late in the winter of my 17th year, my mother decided I was depressed, presumably because I rarely left the house, spent quite a lot of time in bed, read the same book over and over, ate infrequently and devoted quite a bit of my abundant free time thinking about death.

I fall asleep around the part when it get's to Hazel calling an ambulance for Gus who had a malfunctioning G Tube. I wake up when I hear the bedroom door click. I open my eyes and see Caleb creeping out.

Hanna: Caleb, where are you going?

Caleb: Downstairs to get a drink, do you want one?