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I had huge writers block with how I wanted the interaction
between Bella and Edward to go.
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Just a little heads up, there is some bad language in this chapter!

Here goes...

Chapter 4: The Truth

Edward let me in but remained silent. I figured Rosalie and Alice must have left. It took a minute before either of us said anything.

Edward sighed, "What did you want to talk about?"

I scoffed, "You really don't know why I'm here? I want to know what's wrong with you."

"Oh, I've been sick. Sorry I haven't been in contact. I didn't feel well enough to sit on my phone."

I rolled my eyes, "I'm not talking about why you weren't at college. I mean, why have you been off with me since you come back from Paris?. Before saying you haven't, I'm not falling for the lies anymore. You all know something, and I'm out of the loop, so whatever it is just cut the crap and tell me."

Edward took a deep breath, "Bella, it's nothing important."

"Well if it's not important, you can tell me. Please just tell me."

"Bella -."

I cut him off before he could tell me any more lies, "No, don't try and worm your way out of this. Either tell me or…or…" My heart was racing, I wasn't sure if I wanted to go down the route I was heading. I tried to stop my mouth, but word vomit happened, "Or our friendship is over. For good. I can't have a friend who lies to me and thinks it's okay."

"What? Bella, you don't mean that."

He stepped towards me, but I moved away. I was too angry to be near him. "Yes, I do. Stop it. Don't try and change my mind. This is it, Edward. Either you're honest with me or I'll leave, and that will be it."

Edward frowned, but seconds later a look of anger washed over his face, "Fine then go. I didn't ask you to come here. I didn't ask you to still be my friend."

"Really? So you'd rather lie and lose your best friend than tell the truth? Please, Edward, just tell me the truth. That's all I want."

"Fine. You want the fucking truth. I'm sick."

"Edward, I don't mean this week I mean-"

"Neither do I. I mean I'm sick. I've been sick for a while. It's a little thing called Testicular Cancer. Pretty rare for guys my age."

I stared at him, "What? No. I'd know if you had it…"

"Testicular Cancer. You can say the name. While we're on the subject of being honest, I never went to Paris. I was having Chemotherapy."

I was frozen. I felt miles away from Edward even though were stood a few feet away from each other. How could he have kept something like this from me? There was a silence between us. I was trying to figure out what I had just been told.

I gulped back the tears, "Why didn't you tell me? I'm guessing the others know so why not me?"

"Because I didn't want you to know."

"Why? How could you lie to me and keep up a pretence of being in Paris? How could you look me in the eye and pretend everything was fine?"

Edward furrowed his brows, "That doesn't matter. Just leave it now. You know the truth, you should be happy."

"How could I be? I want to know why you lied." Edward didn't respond. He kept his eyes to the ground. "Tell me, Edward."

"Because…"

"Because what?"

"Because how could I tell you?"

"What? You can tell me anything. I'm your friend. I wouldn't change the way I acted around you."

"I don't care about you acting different Bella. I care about not talking to you."

I shook my head, "What do you mean? I wouldn't stop talking to you about this."

"I was scared, Bella. Imagine if this cancer doesn't go away. I would never talk to you again. I was terrified. I still am. Looking into your eyes and telling you that I might not be here next year hurts so much. I couldn't say goodbye when you're the one person I don't ever want to say it to."

I couldn't help but feel anger towards him for what he was saying, "What? So you would have just let me find out if it went wrong? Let me go about my life thinking everything is okay and then one day not having you there. How could you be so selfish?"

"What? I wasn't being selfish. If I was being selfish, I would have thought about myself and not you."

"You were selfish because you took time away from me. If I lose you, you have taken the time we could have spent together away from me. You didn't give me the chance to do everything I would want to do with you if I knew you wouldn't be here in the future." A small tear managed to break free and roll down my cheek. I couldn't stop the many that followed it. I sat down on the couch and just cried,

"Bella. Bella, please don't cry. I'm sorry." Edward knelt down in front of me. "Please look at me."

I heard him sniffle. Uncovering my eyes and looking into his I could see the pain he was feeling. "I just…I thought you would have told me. I would have been there for you. Helped you through this. Been the person you needed."

"I know Bella, but at the time, I was scared. I'm still scared. I didn't want you to feel the pain I felt. I didn't want to ruin things for you."

"You wouldn't ruin anything Edward. You would have received my support."

He shrugged, "I just couldn't tell you. I'm sorry but I couldn't. I didn't want to hurt you."

I wiped away my tears and took a deep breath, "Well what now? Are you still doing chemotherapy?"

He shook his head and moved to sit next to me, "No. I've finished. I find out in a few weeks if it worked."

"What if it didn't? Then what?"

"We'll weigh up my options. See where we go from here."

I took Edwards hand, "Well, I want to be there. Please? I want to celebrate with you if it's good news, or be your support network if it isn't." Edward sighed, "I know you probably don't want me to Edward, but I want to be there for you. Please let me."

He nodded, "Okay. But I don't want any of the pity shit. I get that from the others, so I don't need it from you."

I rolled my eyes, "What? I was already planning the pity party in my head." We both chuckled, and he pulled me in for a hug.

"Knowing you, you probably would make a dick move like that."

"Hey." I nudged him, "On a plus side, at least the chemo didn't make you lose your porn star locks."

Edward laughed, "Very true."

I smiled, "Thank you for being honest. I'll help you through whatever is thrown at you."

"I know. I'm sorry I didn't tell you. It was stupid."
"I'm just glad you told me now." We both sat in silence for a minute. It felt good to actually have a comfortable silence between us. It was the first time since before the summer that it was as if things were getting back to how they were.

Then the realisation of what I had been doing before turning up at Edward's had hit me. "Uh, Edward, I know we've just had a cute moment, but I kind of have a date waiting outside."

Edward looked confused, "What?"

"I met a guy, and we were on a date tonight. He brought me here."

"Oh, sorry to take up your time."

"Shut up." I giggled, "I wanted to come here and sort things out. But I should probably get back to him."

Edward nodded, "Of course. Maybe you can come over tomorrow, and we can discuss everything, and whatever questions you have, I'll answer."

"Perfect. I'll be here at twelve as long as I get some lunch."

"We'll see."

I smiled and gave him a hug. "Thank you. For being honest. Get some sleep. and I'll see you tomorrow."

"Yes, mum." Our hug lasted a few seconds. I gave him a peck on the cheek before heading back out to Carlisle.

Carlisle was leaning on the car waiting for me. "How did it go?"

I nodded, "It went well. Really well."

"Did he tell you what was wrong?"

"Yeah, just some silly stuff." I didn't think it was my place to tell Carlisle what was going on with Edward.

Once he had made his way back into the drivers side, he looked at me, "So, where did you want to go now?"

I shrugged, "I'm kind of tired."

"Did you want me to take you home?"

I looked over at Carlisle, "Do you mind?"

"Of course not."

Carlisle drove me to my home. He kindly walked me to the door.

"Carlisle, I'm sorry this date wasn't what either of us planned. I'm sorry most of my time was spent with Edward."

He shook his head, "Hey, it's fine. I'm sure we'll do it again so we can make up for it then."

I chuckled, "Of course. Thank you though; I had a lot of fun."

"Me too." Carlisle placed a soft kiss on my cheek, "Go get some sleep. I'll text you in the morning."

"Okay. Thank you again." I smiled at him before going inside.

The night was pretty successful. Edward and I made up, and the time I spent with Carlisle was pretty fun. After getting into bed, I sent a thank you text to him, and a see you tomorrow text to Edward before settling down and drifting off to sleep.

THE TRUTH IS OUT!

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