Charlie looked across the table at the small balding man sitting opposite and tried to digest what he had just told her. "W...What?" she choked out. "Leukemia" he said calmly. Charlie looked down for a moment before looking at him again. His face was emotionless, showing nothing. Her eyes flicked to the desk in front of him covered in papers and pens that littered the desk.

Leukemia. The word circled around in her head, over and over. How could she have leukemia? It wasn't possible. He must have made a mistake. Leukemia? No, no that couldn't be right. She would know if she had it. She just had the flu that was all. That had to be all.

"Charlotte? Charlotte! Are you you okay?!" Charlie's mom yelled. She hated being called that buts nods. She's started thinking about what could happen in the future. What if I die. What who happened to my family, my friend? She thought

She realized that the doctor was speaking to her and she tried to drag her mind back to the present, back to what he was saying. "...on some antibiotics and I'll need some more blood samples."

She lifted her eyes to his face. It was still blank, still no emotion. He broke off seeing that she was looking at him. " Mrs.Wood?" Charlie's mom looked at him "I believe that we have caught it in time. If she starts using the medication right away we may catch it before it takes off."

Charlie's mom nodded. "Charlie?" Somehow she found the strength to nod her head in submission before he carried on explaining to her exactly what was going to happen. Long before he finished, her mind had wandered back to the never ending questions going around in her head. Somehow she always found herself coming back to the same one. Why me?

"Charlie come on. Hole out your arm." She gave the her arm and closed her eyes. Not looking a the needle that was about to go in her skin. She had never been a fan of needles.

The doctor goes out to check the blood samples. "Charlie. Everything's going to be okay. Don't worry." Charlie's mom said with tears in her eyes. "Okay mom." Charlie said hugging her mom.

An emotionless face came back. 'I swear he hates showing emotion' Charlie thought to her self. She chuckled softly at her thoughts. "Charlie has Leukemia. It is official now. You need to..." Charlie stop listening. Why me. Why not someone else. Kept running through her mind.