Liam POV:

When I saw Belle run out of the pool so suddenly, I needed to know what was wrong.. I'm her best friend. Niall must have felt the same because when I ran out, he was hot on my trails. Me and Niall then searched every inch of the house calling her name, but she never answered. A minute or so later, I heard a sound. I hit Niall to get his attention and steered us to the noise which was coming from the bathroom. We called her name one last time and heard a gasp. We knew it was her right away so I ever so gently, I opened the door.

What I saw, was something I wish I hadn't...

"What are you doing in here?!"


Niall POV:

After I ran out of the pool with Liam, we looked through the whole house for Annabelle. What happened to her to make her run out like that? We didn't hit her or say anything mean to her. All I know is that I wanted to know what was going on.. Now. Liam then tapped me on the back and pointed to the bathroom. I guess he heard her.. We walked over to the door and called out her name once more. I heard a gasp and so did Liam. We both looked at each other and then gently opened the door.

What I saw, just broke my heart...

"What are you doing in here?!"

Annabelle POV:

"What are you doing in here?!" I yelled. They never answered me. They just stared at me with open mouths and wide eyes trained on one thing. I looked down to see what they were staring at and it was all of the blood that I threw up. Whoops!

"What happened to you Belle?!" Liam AND Niall said at the same time. I could tell that this time, It would be a whole lot harder to get myselft out of this one... I tried to play it off as nothing and said, "Nothing, I just uhh... hit my mouth in the pool and it started to bleed..?" I tried to say, but it came out as more of a question. "Come on Annabelle! We know you're lying. No more secrets! We're your best friends!" Niall yelled. I guess this is it..

"Guys, I have to tell you something really important and it's really hard to say this, so please don't say anything until I'm done." I took a deep breath.. "I have cancer." Their concerned faces soon changed to surprise in a second. I rushed to finish.. "I have been having dizzy spells and I am throwing up blood about 3 times a day. It's gotten worse since I was first diagnosed. The doctors told me that I have about 3 years to live. I was diagnosed with cancer about a year ago, so I only have one left. I'm so sorry that you had to find out this way, but it is what it is, and their's nothing you or I can do about it." I finished. I looked at their faces and all I saw was..

Pain. Pain in their eyes. It broke my heart to see them like this and I wish I never caused this. Soon, I heard, "Why didn't you tell us" whispered by Niall.

"I didn't want this to happen" I said as I gestured to them when I said "this". "You guys mean the world to me and I was NOT going to let myself bring you down because of some helpless little girl who only has a year left of living." I said as the tears silently started to flow. When I looked up their faces were stained with tears too and that only made my heart shatter into more tiny pieces. "I wish you told me. Told us. Told anyone. We could have helped you instead of us being in the dark." said Liam.

"Like I said, there is nothing that any of us can do. It's final, but..." I trailed off while I took my finger and lifted both of their chins up to look at me. "That doesn't mean that I will stop fighting. I'll fight until I can't do it anymore." I said. That's when they broke down. They both pulled me into the biggest hug and silently sobbed in my ear. I smoothed down their hair and pleaded for them to stop crying. They needed to be strong. For me. If they weren't, I wouldn't be either. After a few minutes of sitting on the bathroom floor, I said," Let's go back outside. The rest of the boy's are probably wondering what we're doing." I got up and pulled them with me. I walked out of the bathroom with them trailing behind me. Before we reached the back door, I turned around and stopped them. "Hey guys? I need you to not mention this Louis. It has been a whole year since he hated me, but if I tell him, it know it will happen all over again. I'll tell him someday just not now okay?" I asked them. They nodded without saying a word and we then headed back outside. When we made our way back to the pool we were bombarded with the same question... "Are you okay!?" I answered, "Of course, I just uh..." I trailed off and looked at Liam and Niall. "felt a little sick and didn't want to take any chances of having it end up in the pool" I lied smoothly. "Okay, As long as your okay" Louis said as I jumped back into the pool.

That's the problem Lou.

I'm not okay.

And I don't think I ever will be...