true love never dies

Chapter 8

"What type of medicine? Is she ill?" Evie asked. I looked over at Mal again and saw her eyes half open she looked into my eyes and gave a small sad smile and nodded, it meant I could tell them the truth.

-Jays p.o.v-

I looked over towards our new siblings and took a deep breath.

"Mal has medulloblastoma, it is a type of brain cancer. It gives her really bad headaches if she doesn't take her medicine everyday and even then sometimes it doesn't help to keep the pain away." Evie looked terrified and Carlos looked sympathetic for Mal.

" Oh my.. I-I'm so sorry I didn't know.." Evie stammered. Mal just gave her a small smile and shook her head.

"It is not your fault, you did not know, and I did just have an episode in front of you and you are my new siblings so you have a right to know what kind of freak for a sister you have to live with from now on." she said with a self discriminating smile. I looked over at Mal sharply, and with a look that said to stop it and it was not her fault.

"You know that having cancer does not make you a freak right? I have read about different types of cancer and that one is kind of hard to diagnose and one person can not do anything about having cancer, I don't think you are a freak and I would love to have you as my sister." Carlos said he had not said much since arriving at our house but to hear a "stranger" telling my sister what our own parents could not was such a relief. Evie just nodded along with Carlos' words and let out a few tears.

" I know we are basically strangers to you two, but we would love for you to be able to find comfort in us and we in you. I think we only will have each other to rely on from now on." Evie carefully said as she crouched down next to me and Mal. We all looked at eachother and came to the same conclusion, we would only have each other from now on and that was okay for we were family.

-End of flashback-

"Oh my dear sweet innocent little sister, always so shy to show how good you are at something." I said with a dramatic gesture. Everyone looked at me then Mal snorted and started laughing which in turn set off the others. I just gave a fond smile, Mal really needs to laugh more she is always so cautious and scared that if she does something she will get worse. I really hope when we go for the checkup she will be showing signs of improvement. But I still worry.

"When do you have to leave for your next class?" Ben asked. We all looked at each other and then at the clock, we had about 10 minutes before the music class would end.

"We don't have to leave just yet, can you sing your song Evie? Please please." Mal turned her puppy eyes towards our other sister. She was so weak for the puppy face and Mal knew it, I bet she did it just to get all the attention away from herself. We could see Evie's resolve fading the longer Mal stared at her with a sigh she relented.

"Alright, alright just please stop with the puppy eyes you know I'm weak for them." Evie said as she picked up her violin from the protective case.

"But only this song then we leave for the next class, got it?" Then she started playing a song that she and Mal has been working on for a while...

You and I

We're like fireworks and symphonies exploding in the sky

With you, I'm alive

Like all the missing pieces of my heart

They finally collide

So stop time right here in the moonlight

'Cause I don't ever wanna close my eyes

Without you, I feel broke

Like I'm half of a whole

Without you, I've got no hand to hold

Without you, I feel torn

Like a sail in a storm

Without you, I'm just a sad song

I'm just a sad song

With you I fall

It's like I'm leaving all my past in silhouettes upon the wall

With you I'm a beautiful mess

It's like we're standing hand in hand

With all our fears upon the edge

So stop time right here in the moonlight

'Cause I don't ever wanna close my eyes

Without you, I feel broke

Like I'm half of a whole

Without you, I've got no hand to hold

Without you, I feel torn

Like a sail in a storm

Without you, I'm just a sad song

You're the perfect melody

The only harmony

I wanna hear

You're my favorite part of me

With you standing next to me

I've got nothing to fear

Without you, I feel broke

Like I'm half of a whole

Without you, I've got no hand to hold

Without you, I feel torn

Like a sail in a storm

Without you, I'm just a sad song

Without you, I feel broke

Like I'm half of a whole

Without you, I've got no hand to hold

Without you, I feel torn

Like a sail in a storm

Without you, I'm just a sad song

I'm just a sad song

She finished and we all were silent, it was so good and her voice was so clean. But us siblings knew the truth behind the song. Evie had written it on Mal's behalf as she often had to stay at hospital because of the cancer where she had trouble sleeping, so Evie had recorded it so whenever Mal had to stay for a long time she could always listen to her lullaby and know that we all loved her and would be there after she had gotten some sleep.

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Not super long or maybe the best update but here you go. After years of waiting I hope you still enjoy this story, please leave a comment and tell me what you think :) 

/ImNotPerfec.