Alexander Hamilton POV
We all sat in silence as Laurens held on to Delaney's hand as Laurens started to drift off to sleep. "I am going to go let the others know what's going on can you watch Laney for me?" I asked Eliza as she nodded. I got up quietly and walked out.
Delaney Washington's POV
I laid in the hospital bed as I shifted my weight to my side. I took a deep breath as I opened my eyes. I opened my eyes all the way and I looked around my room. I saw Eliza asleep on a chair in the corner and I looked over to see Laurens with his head laying on the side with as he held my hand. I rubbed my eye with my free hand and tried to sit up. I coughed trying to clear my throat as I clutched my side gently as Laurens sat up.
"Laney what are you doing?" He asked half-awake as Eliza started to stir. "I was just sitting up. I need to move around a bit." I said as Laurens got up and a curl fell into his face. "Do you want some help?" Eliza asked as she got up slowly from her chair.
"I'm fine right now…" I said as I took a shallow breath in pain from my ribs and from the thoughts that have plagued me for the past four hours. I tried to look around my room to kill the tension and I saw the clock. It read seven thirty as I caught Eliza looking at me worried.
"Laurens do you think you could go get Alexander for us?" Eliza asked softly as he nodded and left us alone. "You okay? Eliza asked as she sat where Laurens sat.
"I don't know." I said as I brush my hair out of my face.
"What's wrong Delaney?" Eliza asked as I looked at the door. My head started to pound as I closed my eyes.
"I feel like Laurens feels sorry for me and that he has to be in my life. With Adams, then this. I feel like it isn't a real." I said as I felt Eliza pat my hand.
"Delaney, Laurens doesn't feel that way at all with you." Eliza said softly as I brushed the fallen tear off of my cheek. Eliza looked at me shocked. "Oh Delaney please don't cry." Eliza said as she tried to comfort me.
"I'm sorry, I'm a mess." I said as Eliza shook her head no.
"Laney, you are not a mess. You just have been through hell." Eliza said as I shook my head.
"Eliza I'm scared." I said as Eliza looked at me.
"Why is that?" Eliza asked as the door was knocked on and Eliza opened to revealed the guys and the rest of the sisters.
"Ah Dede you are awake!" Laf said as he hurried to my bed side and gave me a sloppy kiss on the cheek. I smiled and wiped it off as Peggy closed the door.
"How are you feeling Delaney?" Angelica asked as I shrugged my shoulders.
"I hurt and I am really want to fall asleep without being drugged." I said as I felt a stabbing pain in my side.
"Do you know who hit you?" Hercules asked as the others settled down.
"No, and I don't really care at this point." I said as I shook my head and gingerly touched my side.
"Guys I think that we should let Laney get some more sleep." Alex said as I started to lay back down. Eliza helped me lay down as the others go up to leave. Angelica helped cover me up as the door was opened and the others filed out. Alex stayed behind to wait for the sisters as the helped me settled down.
"I'll go see if Martha and George are back. You okay?" Alex asked as I nodded with my eyelids drooping. I closed my eyes and I started to drift off asleep as Alex kissed my temple and walked out quietly. I fell asleep and woke up to see Uncle George talking to the doctor.
"She must have moved around too much and pulled the stitches. She can go home tomorrow if the bleeding stops." The doctors said as I looked at him with my vison blurring and yawned.
"Uncle George?" I asked quietly as he looked at me and the doctor stepped out into the hallway.
"You gave me good scare Laney." Uncle George asked as I looked at him confused.
"What do you mean?" I asked as I started to doze off.
"You tore up your stiches and then you nicked you lung again." Uncle George said softly as I winced in pain.
"When did that happen?" I asked sleepily as Uncle George looked at his watch.
"Well you got out of surgery at one thirty and well now it is almost three thirty in the morning.
"Uncle George said as I yawned.
"Go back to sleep Lane okay? I love you Delaney Eloise." Uncle George said kissing my forehead as I closed my eyes and went to sleep. I woke up to someone walking into my room, I opened my eyes slightly and saw a nurse checking my medicine.
"Morning… What time is it?" I said softly as I groaned.
"Morning Delaney. It is almost nine forty-five, how are you feeling today?" She asked as I shrugged my shoulders.
"Hungry and wanting out of here." I said as she nodded and walked over to my side.
"Do you think I can check on your side?" She asked as I nodded yes. She lifted the blanket up and looked at my now purple and black side. I have stitches going down my entire side.
"Well they are not going anywhere. How does you head fell?" She asked as I nodded.
"It doesn't hurt as much as yesterday." I said as the nurse covered me back up.
"What would you want to eat?" The nurse asked as I thought for a second as I got the room phone and ordered my breakfast as I started to sit up as the nurse raised my bed so that I was sitting up, the nurse left me alone as I sat alone, waiting. I rubbed my eyes and my food got deliver to my room. I started to eat my yogurt as the door was knocked. The door was opened and revealed my Uncle George.
"Hey…" I said softly as Uncle George walked in and closed the door.
"How you feeling Lane?" Uncle George asked as he sat next me.
"I want to go home." I said as Uncle George nodded.
"Well, hopefully you will here in a few minutes." Uncle George said as I rubbed my eyes as someone knocked on the door and the doctor walked in.
"Ah Mr. Washington glad to see you it was like we haven't seen each other in six hours." The doctor said jokingly as he looked at my chart. "Well Delaney, you get to go home here pretty soon but we have to go over what you can and can't do." The Doc said as I nodded. "You cannot do anything physical such as running or jumping till your bruising. Now I am told you are a singer, is that correct?" The doctor asked as I nodded. "Well it will be up to you about when you are able to start singing again. I would just be resting for the next few days. No going to school for the next two or three days. Now you need to be careful with your bruises and be careful around lights given your concussion. Other than that I am prescribing you some pain medicine for your ribs." The doctor said as I nodded. "Well if your Uncle could come with me and sign your discharge papers." The doctor said as Uncle George nodded and placed a bag on my bed.
"You can change into comfy clothes." Uncle George said as I nodded and he walked out closing the door. I slipped off the blanket and took off my hospital gown. I adjusted my spandex shorts I had on and the strap of my sports bra as I changed into my black track shorts and I caught my reflection in the mirror over the sink as I looked at myself stunned at the damaged on my side, face and neck. I touched the bruises on my neck and face lightly as I slipped on my tank top and pulled my hair out of the ponytail. I brushed my hair out of my face and I slipped on my flip flops as I heard the door being knocked on.
"One second." I said as I folded my gown up and put it on the bed. "Come in." I said as my Uncle George walked in with a nurse.
"Let's get your IV off of you and then you can head home." She said as I extended my arm and she took the IV needle out of my forearm and wrapped in in bandage and I nodded. "Well I hope we don't see you in the near future." The nurse said as I smiled and walked out with my Uncle.
"Ready to go back to your own bed?" Uncle George asked as I nodded and got in the car. I put my seatbelt on gingerly. "Well let's get you home and get you settled in." Uncle George said as we drove home and sat in quiet. We arrived at home and we parked. "Alright let's head in." Uncle George said as I got out and walked inside slowly as I opened the door and saw Alex asleep on the couch with lumps laying around him. Alexander sat up with his hair falling into his face as he turned and face me.
"Laney!? Your home!" Alex said excitedly as the lumps on the floor sat up and turned out to be Laurens, Mulligan, and Laffy while the sisters started sit up.
"Hi…" I said softly as my ribs started to hurt.
"How are you feeling?" Herc asked me as I shrugged my shoulders.
"I need to get some rest." I said Eliza stretched her arms and started to stand up.
"You want some help upstairs?" Eliza asked as I nodded.
"Well I should be heading home. Come on Laf, Herc lets go. See you later Lane." Laurens said as I smiled at him softly as they hurried out. Uncle George turned to the girls as I started for the stairs with Liza.
"If you girls want you can stay here and keep Delaney company. I have some errands I need to run and Marth is at work." Uncle George said as Angelica nodded.
"Yeah we can keep her company Mr. Washington." Angelica said as Peggy finally sat up. I started to head to my room and walked in. I saw cards and flowers on my window sill and I smiled at the cards.
"When did you do this?" I asked Eliza got to my room.
"We stayed up late night. Your Aunt said that if we wanted to we could sleep in the living room.
"You guys waiting for me?" I asked surprised as I opened my pajama drawer and pulled out a pair of pajama shorts.
"Yeah, we all stayed in the living room and when we heard about you going into emergency surgery last night, we were all on edge. At one-point Angelica told Laurens that if he didn't calm down that she would have Hercules hold him down and she would give him some Benadryl she had in her purse." Eliza said as I giggled quietly.
"Want some help?" Eliza asked as I started to shake off my shorts. Eliza helped me pull up my shorts as I took off my shirt and started to climb into bed.
"Eliza did you tell anyone about what we talked about yesterday.
"No, that is between us." Eliza said as I reached for my bottle of pain meds to take.
"You want me to get you a glass of water?" Eliza asked as I nodded.
"Thanks Eliza." I said softly as she smiled at me and walked out of my room, she returned with Peggy trailing behind her. "Hey Pegs." I said softly as Peggy looked at me softly. "How are you feeling?" She asked as I shrugged.
"In pain but I am about to fix that." I said as I opened the bottle and took the pills and took a drink of water. I put my cup and bottle of pills on my side table and started to feel drowsy.
"Get some rest if you need anything, we are downstairs with Alex." Eliza said as I nodded and started to drift off to sleep.
"Welcome home Delaney." Peggy said as I fell asleep.