“Kit, what are you hiding,” Bete started, half serious and half jokingly. Kit grabbed a bread roll and a pat of butter.

“I’m not hiding anything Bette, I just want some food before I start going on about everything now can I butter my bread or not?” Kit responded a little agitated. Tina put her hand on Bette’s arm.

“Babe, just let her have something to eat. I’m sure Kit will tell us what is going on,” Tina comforted. Bette looked on more worried than ever when her cup of coffee arrived with the rest of their drinks.

Will walked into her room. She was grinning happy that Shane and Carmen had had such a nice time and thinking how silly Shane had looked with foam all over her new coat. I’ll have to get her over to a dry cleaner so she can get that coat cleaned for her next date, she thought. She reached for the light on the wall of her bedroom when she heard a low shuffling from the dark. She turned to look but saw nothing but blacknesss and the the palm of a hand as she was forced backwards onto her bed.

The waiter cleared their plates and Kit smiled. “Now that was some good chicken wasn’t it,” she laughed as she stared back at her dinner guests. Tina nodded her head in agreement over the salad she had just consumed. Bette decided she had waited long enough.

“So? What’s up?” Bette asked. Kit relented. She sighed and spoke with her hands.

“Now before I say anything it’s just a possibility at the moment. They don’t know for sure, yet, ok?” Kit explained. Bette’s eyebrow raised a “they”. Who was this “they” Kit talked about? “Well,” she started very relunctantly, “I’ve been seeing a few doctor’s and they think I might have some sort of cancer.” There, she had told them. Now, to her, it had felt more real. She had told her closest person in the world that she had a disease.

“Kit, why didn’t you tell me?” Bette asked. Tina looked on very sympathetically as Kit looked for support. She couldn’t tell if Bette was upset with her or the situation.

“Well, I didn’t think it was anything. I just thought I had the flu or something so I thought I’d go get checked out, maybe get a prescription or something but they kept asking me to come back so, I went.” Kit explained.