Matt cracked his eyes open, and rolled over to look at his phone; its incessant ringing had woken him from his slumber. Seeing that it was Steven calling him, he woke with a start. He reached out and grabbed his phone. "Hello?"
"Matt. We have a situation." Fury was clear in the scot's voice "I need you in my office. Now. I don't give a shit what you look like, this is important."
Matt began to worry, knowing it took a lot to piss Steven off. "Let me get dressed, the press will have a field day else."
15 minutes, 1 shower, 2 cuts and a broken bowl later, matt left his flat, and drove over to BBC Cardiff HQ, where Steven held his office. He was greeted by a pair of stone-faced policeman. He panicked, thinking that he must have done something daft. "I'm not in trouble, am I?"
"No sir, but Mr Moffatt requested that you be looked after."
"Well, thankful for small mercies then?" Matt half smiled. The policeman to his right grimaced. "In this case sir, it is a very small mercy." Matt's face fell, remembering the gravity of the situation. They walked up to the office, Matt becoming more concerned with every step.
When they finally reached the office, they knocked and entered. Steven, ashen faced, directed Matt to a chair, and gestured for the policemen to leave. "Matt. Glad that you made it. Filming is halted for a week." A mixture of emotions flew across Matts face
– confusion, concern, anger, and pity. "What? Why?" The look on Stevens face was enough to confirm Matt's suspicions – that something had happened to one of the cast. "Matt… I'm sorry. But I can't tell you that much about how or why, but I can tell you that Alex is hospital. I'm on my way to visit her now. You're welcome to join me. After all, you'll be a great comfort for Salome. But I warn you, she's not a pretty sight."
"It's ok, I don't care what she looks like, she was there for me when I had my accidents, I want to be there for her." The passion filling his heart was obvious to everyone in the room. "I'm going to call Arthur, Karen and Jenna once we're there." stated Steven, with equal emotion.
Walking after him, Matt asked "What about Florian? Does he know?"
"He does" was the scots cold reply.