Saffron sat in the front of Nick's car playing with the Radio, to find it was tuned into Country and Western music, Saffron sighed and folded her arms across her chest and stare out the window.
"So what's your home like in the UK?" Nick enquired humming to the tune.
"It's ok, I feel as though they treat me as a child, I'm almost nineteen for crying out loud" Saffron responded dramatically sighing and folding her arms again.
"Well you are classed as an adult Saffy" Nick said rubbing Saffron's left arm "I know what will cheer you up, breakfast!"
Nick took a quick glance at Saffron and found she had fell to sleep against the car window, Nick smiled and drove steadily to the diner, Nick pulled into a space and gently eased himself out of the car, closes the door quietly behind him, Nick walked towards the diner to find the rest of the team sat at the usual table waiting for him. Nick entered the diner and walked towards the team, he sat down and leaned against the back rest.
"Umm Nick where's Saffron?" Greg enquired looking around the diner.
"Nick where's my sister?" Sara asked as well.
"Saffron is safe, she's asleep in my SUV" Nick replied yawning himself "You know what I'm too tired for food, can I just go?"
"Not with my sister in your car" Sara responded standing up "Are you sure you should drive?"
"Yea Nick you look beat" Warrick said "We can reschedule, get him home Sara, give me your keys and I'll drive your car home, oh wait I've got to go pick Tina up, hey Greg be a mate"
"Sure thing, come on guys" Greg said helping an exhausted Nick out the diner "Umm guys where's Saffron? She's not in Nick's car"
"Shit!" Sara exclaimed running around the car park "Saffron? Saffy where are you?"
"I don't feel so good" Nick groaned before doubling over and empting the contents of his stomach just missing Greg's shoes "Ahh sorry man"
"I can't find Saffy Nicky" Sara said holding her tears back "Where's my little sister?"
Greg looked around the car park and noticed a young brunette leaning up against a tree, leaning Nick against his car Greg ran over towards the tree just getting there when he noticed it was Saffron looking green and covered in sweat.
"Hey Saffy, can you walk?" Greg enquired holding out his hand wincing at the touch of Saffron's hot hand "Come on girl, walk with me"
"I can't it hurts" Saffron groaned tears rolling down her cheeks "Pick me up Greggo"
Greg lifted Saffron up and hoisted her up and let Saffron wrap her arms around his neck and burying her face in his neck, Greg walked slowly back towards Sara who was wiping tears from her eyes.
"Sara I think we need to get Saffy and Nick to the hospital" Greg instructed "Sara come on"
Sara nodded and helped Greg lift Nick and Saffron into the car, Sara kept looking behind her car head rest to find the two people she loved poorly, Greg noticed and held Sara's hand
"Sara are you and Nick dating?" Greg enquired squeezing Sara's hand "You know you don't have to tell me"
"We are dating Greg, have been for three years" Sara responded sobbing loudly "I love him so much"
"Hey he will be ok, they both will" Greg replied soothingly "Heck if Saffy's anything like you she will come out of this fighting fit"
Sara smiled threw her tears and let Greg hold her hand while he drove to the hospital, once Greg arrived at the hospital he gently lifted Saffron from the car Sara doing the same with Nick, then both Sara and Greg made their way to the hospital entrance and towards the front desk, the receptionist took one look at both Saffron and Nick and directed Sara and Greg to a side room.
"What's going on?" Greg asked Sara "Have they just dumped us in here?"
"I don't know Greg" Sara replied stroking Nick's sweaty brow "I hope they are fine, it will upset me so much if they are seriously ill"
"I know it will, that's why I'm staying here" Greg replied hugging Sara gently.
Sara smiled at Greg and stared at the door jumping when it opened and a stout Doctor and Nurse entered, the Nurse taking Saffron and the Doctor taking Nick, Sara and Greg stood up and followed quickly, without words passed Greg went in the room where Saffron lay and Sara in the room where Nick lay being connected to many machines, each being explained to them but not registering in their minds.
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Six weeks later Greg sat beside Saffron's bedside stroking her hand, willing her to wake up from her coma, the coma brought on by a dodgy take away Nick and herself had eaten the first night they met. Greg didn't quite understand why he had spent most of his waking day at Saffron's bedside, but Sara knew to from the brief meeting six weeks ago, Greg had fallen for her sister.
"Come on Saffy" Greg pleaded "You have so many people missing you, needing you, I might as well say it I need you"
"Greggo?" Saffron asked coughing slightly, the tube still in her throat.
"Oh my god Saffy girl" Greg gasped kissing her hand "Hey"
Saffron smiled and tried to look around the room, without much success. Greg put his hands up in the stay position and walked out the room to then reappear two minutes with a smiling Doctor.
"Nice to finally have you in the land of the living" The Doctor said "Right when I say I'm going to pull this tube up and I want you to take in a deep breath and blow out as I pull, you got that of course you do"
As the Doctor pulled Saffron let a breath out before turning to Greg and saying.
"I was dead?" Saffron enquired coughing as her throat was dry "Bloody hell"
"You weren't dead, just very sick with food poisoning, well actually you and Nick" Greg explained sending a death glare to the retreating Doctor.
"Oh by the way Miss Jones your boyfriend here as been here everyday, now that's loyalty" The Doctor said walking away whistling to himself.
"You what?" Saffron asked loudly "Boyfriend when the hell did that happen? How long have I been out of it?"
"Umm six weeks" Greg replied looking at his hands "I was wondering whether you wanted to try the whole dating thing? What do you say?"
"I say that has got to be the worst chat up line ever" Saffron replied smiling "Greg I would love to, but I'm only eighteen you have got to be in your thirties, big age gap honey"
"I'm twenty-seven" Greg responded standing up and walking towards the door "You could have just said no"
Greg walked out the room leaving Saffron alone, Saffron watched as Greg walked away from her, wrinkling up her nose and biting her lip stopping herself from crying, Saffy sat up in bed placed her legs on the floor, which strangely enough felt like jelly, or was that her own legs? And stood up, wobbled for a few moments took a few steps before falling to the floor grabbing anything she could the steel bed pan hitting her on the head.
"Oh bugger!" Saffron swore loudly "So fucking stupid, could this get any worse?"
"Saffy are you ok?" Greg asked at the doorframe.
"What do you think?" Saffron replied tears in her eyes "Greg come here please, I like you an awful lot, it's just I've really only know you one day the rest of the time I was hooked up to that machine there, god that hurt!"
"Umm looked funny from where I was" Greg replied smiling at Saffron "Come on, let's get you a wheelchair and you can go see your sister and brother in law"
"Brother in law?" Saffron asked grateful she was sat on the bed "Can I just walk with your aid, my butt hurts so much"
"Want a rub down?" Greg asked flirting slightly.
"Yea if your offering" Saffron replied snorting with laughter at Greg's shocked face "Come on you daft sod"
Greg blushed as Saffron moved towards him and kissed the side of his face, he helped her up from the bed and walked from Saffron's room to Nick's with a big smirk on his face.
"Why are you smiling so much?" Nick asked his friend "Hi Saffy I'm never eating from that take away again"
"You and me both mate, oh ignore Greg it's just gas" Saffron said moving towards Nick's bed seeing her sister asleep "How long she been like that?"
"An hour at most" Nick replied "So apart from your butt being sore and your legs all over the place, how you feeling?"
"Ten stone lighter" Saffron joked "Seriously though glad we were at the diner and not at home, don't know how Sara would have coped"
"Sara's strong she would have coped" Greg remarked sitting on one of the spare chairs "You scared the hell out of me and Sara that night"
"Yea sorry couldn't be helped" Nick apologised.
"Why are you apologising? It was out of our control" Saffron said tapping Nick lightly on the hand "Any decent food around I'm starving"
Greg, Nick and Saffron erupted into laughter, even after what she had gone through she was still thinking about her stomach, once the laughter had died down and Sara had woke up Greg sat next to Saffron holing her hand, not being not seen by Sara and Nick, the four of them sat there talking about work and Saffron's next step in life and whatever it was going to be Sara, Nick and Greg would be there baking her up.
TBC
Many thanks to panthersrock08 for the title help, thanks mate! Hope you're enjoying this as much as I am writing it, please read and review, send me a message about anything in the story and I will gladly reply.
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