I must have fallen asleep in Jac's chair, because the next thing I knew Jac was bursting through the door, rather noisily, with all 3 bags of my stuff from Keller. Talk about making an entrance! I was nicely asleep in the chair, and I'm never asleep.

"mmm...what?" I mumbled raising my head. Jac said something but I'm not quite sure what it was.

"mmm" I muttered, rubbing my eyes. I am so bad when I've just woken up, but clearly I needed the nap.

"Hey, sleepy head." Jac smiled. She put my stuff down on the sofa opposite her desk and came and stood in front of me.

"Your chair is so comfy!" I yawned, stretching and then slouching in her chair. It really was a very comfy chair.

"How long have you been gone?" I asked. I wanted to check how long, because I know if I sleep to long during the day or too close too my bed time I won't sleep over night.

"45 minutes ish" Jac replied. I nodded, I'd had a fair nap then, but it shouldn't interfere with my sleep schedule.

"But I thought Marie-Claire..." I added, coming to my senses. I was a little confused. I swear Marie-Claire said she was going to bring my stuff.

"I bumped into her in the stair well and offered to bring it up for her, but I asked her to drop by after her shift." Jac smiled. She knew how to keep me sweet, even if I did catch her snogging my daddy!

"Thank you!" I replied.

"I also asked Zosia to drop by..." Jac added.

As soon as she saw my expression she knew she had made a mistake. In my eyes anyway, and that is how I wanted her to feel.

I glared at her.

To be fair to her, she was making an effort with both of us, even if her and Zosia only had about 8 or 9 years between them, we could both potentially end up with Jac as our step mum. I suppose daddy could have chosen worse, but I don't know if I want a step mum, and it will just make Zosia resent dad more. Those 2 when they get into a fight, its a life changing experience when they properly go at it. I'm surprised daddy hasn't had a heart attack because of all the stress Zosia has caused over the last few years. I still remember what Zosia was like when she found out about daddy and Aunty Colette. I wonder if she will let me call her mum? its unlikely, and its unlikely to happen anyway, but our mother died before I could remember, I know it upsets Zoisa that I cant remember Ma, but I was a baby. Zosia practically raised me to be fair to her, and in all fairness to Jac, she was trying her best, but you can try to hard sometimes, as long as she doesn't turn into crazy ice queen Jac if she ends up as our step mum because I have been on the end of that and it is genuinely terrifying.

"Don't get me wrong, I love my sister, but if she can't bat an eyelid when I have life saving surgery, I don't really want to see her at the moment." I muttered, scowling.

Jac raised her eyebrows but nodded, she understood what it was like to have family issues. The government should use her as their poster campaign for kids raised in foster care, because someone along the line did something right with Jac. I know what I want to be when I grow up. When I grow up, I want to be Jac Naylor.

I stood up and walked around Jac's desk and stood infront of her. I liked to think we were close, and I hoped she thought the same thing. I loved her hair, and I loved playing with it. She very occasionally sit on the floor in front of me in her office, and let me sit on the sofa and play with it while she did all her paperwork. Zosia didn't know how close me and Jac where, I know she doesn't like Jac, and I don't want her to find put about me and Jac anytime soon because I have been pretending I hate her in front of Zosia since forever, and I don't want my sister to feel betrayed or disowned.

"You're on the mend now, you do trust me enough to come to me if you have a problem?" Jac asked, I did. She knew I did, but she knew that my sister would always be the first person I go to, and she would never replace Ma. Zosia made that one perfectly clear when her and Jac had their last altercation.

"...yes..." I replied. It was a strange question, and not one you have with a teenage girl, how else could I respond?

Jac put her arm around me, and I let her hug me. She kissed my forehead and ruffled my hair a little. It made me giggle a little.

"Are you feeling alright? You do look a bit flushed." Jac asked, studying my face.

"Yep..fine!" I lied, my chest was hurting, and I felt really hot. I'd be fine.

"You're burning up." Jac said. The disadvantage of her being one of the world's leading surgeons was the fact that I couldn't fake being ill to get out of anything, but I couldn't hide anything either. That was also the thing with my dad and my sister. It was a nightmare growing up and having to do PE at school.

"I'm going to give you some ibuprofen, it'll bring your temperature down, and make you more comfortable." Jac told me.

"Fine." I agreed. I hated taking tablets, but I'd had to get used to it recently because of my heart.

"Come on then you, before someone else decides to need medical attention and steals that bed with your name on." Jac smiled. I was happier being up on Darwin, because it meant if anything went wrong, I was in the right place.

Jac picked up my bags and I took my teddy out of the one of them. It was toothless from how to train your dragon from build a bear. I know Zosia tried so hard to get it for me for Christmas because she knew how much I wanted him, and she managed to get him for me.

We walked out onto the ward together, Jac was walking with my stuff over her left shoulder and I was linked on her right arm.

"Sleepover time is it?" Ms Afanga commented as we walked past the doctors station. I could see her point. I was in a onezie and cuddling a teddy and Jac had the bags. I hated hospitals, and everyone always tried to make it feel less like an institution for kids.

"Nope, unfortunately. Nice to have someone to carry the bags though." I smiled, I saw Jac raise her eyebrows, cheekily, behind me.

I also caught sight of a few of the junior members of staff who had heard my comment. They didn't know who I was. They had been shocked into silence, waiting for Jac to have a go at me. I heard the staff fall silent as I walked past, as if to say 'who is this girl, who dares cheek Jac Naylor'.

"More like musical wards at the moment for this one." Jac smiled, completely fakely at Ms Afanga.

Jac showed me to my bed. I was on the main ward, in the bed facing the nurses station so I could be kept an eye on. Jac said goodbye for now, and said she'd come back later with cake. So I was happy with that.

I took my ibuprofen, which was slightly stronger than the stuff you can get over the counter, so it kicked in pretty quickly.

So again, I was left on my own, playing on my 3DS. That's quite normal for me.

Half an hour or so later, Daddy came to check on me.

"Hello darling." Daddy said coming and sitting on my bed and hugging me.

"Hi daddy." I replied, hugging him back.

"I'd have come earlier and you know I would have if I could but works been manic." Daddy explained. I understood his work was very important.

"I hear you and Jac have been bonding today." Daddy smiled at me. News travels fast around here.

"Well she knows me inside out, she had my chest open on the operating theatre 3 days ago." I smiled. Daddy smiled, he loved my naive sense of humor.

We chatted for a few minutes, about nothing important. I kept checking behind daddy, and I realized I was waiting for Zosia to come. I don't know why, but I wanted her.

"Did Zosia mention if she was coming to see me?" I asked. I really wanted her now, and I didn't know why.

"Sorry darling, I haven't seen her." Daddy replied. It wasn't unusual that him and Zosia wouldn't see each other for 3 or 4 days even though they worked in the same hospital together.

"No surprise there." I sighed.

"Hey, darling. I love you but I'm going to have to shoot off." Daddy said, he had an errand to run on the way home, and it was getting late, it was already getting dark outside.

"Okay, love you too daddy. night!" I said, he kissed me on the forehead and hugged me once more before leaving.

Jac bumped into daddy on the way out of the ward and she got in the lift with him, she must have walked him to the car because she was back on the ward within 10 minutes. I really don't want to know anymore than that.

Jac was dropping in on me every half an hour or so to check on my temperature, it was gradually coming down. She started me on some antibiotics just to be on the safe side.

A couple of hours later, Marie-Claire appeared. I looked out the window, it was dark. It's hard to keep track of time when you're sat around doing nothing all day.`I looked at the time on my 3DS. It was nearly 9 pm. I don't know how it was, but it was.

"Hey sweetie" Marie-Claire called.

"Hey!" I smiled.

"I've brought my iPad, we can watch The Fault In Our Stars." She laughed, she knew I loved that film.

"Yayy!" I replied. She had also bought popcorn.

She put the iPad on its stand close to the end of the bed, and set the film off. We both sat up on my bed and watched the film together. I still found I was watching the corridor for my sister. About 45 minutes later something caught my attention.

I saw Zosia walking up the ward out of the corner of my eye. She was looking for me. It had taken her a few hours, but she was here. I couldn't help but smile.

I looked at her but didn't say anything. I patted the space next to me, but she didn't sit there. Instead she sat down behind me, and pulled me into her lap. I lent back and relaxed, she kissed me on the side of my head, above my ear.

"I love you." She whispered in my ear.

"I love you too." I whispered back.