A/N Thanks guys for the reviews...Bless you guys...Enjoy these next two chapters x
Smiling as he woke up but not yet opening his eyes, Charles stretched. He felt human again after finally sleeping in a bed. He moved onto his back and opened his eyes.
Thinking that she was awake already "Good morn..." He turned to an empty space next to him.
He started to panic thinking she had fallen down the stairs "Oh good God." He quickly scrambled to his feet and got his dressing gown on. He didn't look to see that Elsie was fast asleep on the floor and he rushed out the door closest to him.
"Elsie! Elsie where are you? Oh God where on earth are you" Charles was really panicking now he reached the sitting room and it was empty he checked behind the chairs and she was nowhere to be seen. He stood in the middle of the room in a blind panic.
"Elsie what on earth is going where are you" Charles pleaded he started to get emotional now and tears were forming. He started to think that she was unwell in the night and was taken away but as he was fast asleep he didn't hear her, but that couldn't be could it?
"You idiot! You stupid, stupid idiot! How could you fall asleep like that. You stupid, stupid man" he was berating to himself but sank down in one of the chairs at a complete loss of what to do.
Stirring slightly she flickered open her eyes. Elsie had succumbed to sleep eventually. She tried to call out a further few times as loudly as she could but Charles was well and truly asleep. She looked up towards the bed and could see that it was morning, the curtains were not very heavy and were letting in the morning light.
"Charles!...Charles are you there?" Elsie called out. He surely couldn't still be sleeping. He wasn't answering so he must have left the room, this confused her. She knew he would never have left her there so she came up with the fact that he must have left in haste to find her after realising she wasn't next to him.
"Oh great...how long am I going to be here for" she huffed frustratedly.
Charles went back to the makeshift bedroom they were occupying, he really was perplexed as to where she got too he frantically thought back to earlier thoughts on if she had fallen somewhere. But she couldn't walk? She was beginning to get some feeling but how could she move far? He would have heard her surely? These thoughts were whirling around his head. He pushed open the bedroom door wondering fleetingly if he imagined it and she was indeed still in bed.
"Oh thank goodness! I was beginning to wonder when you would come back!" Elsie said from her side of the bed on the ground.
"Elsie? Is that you...?! Where are you for heavens sake? I'm going mad here" Charles said looking round the room he still couldn't see her.
"I'm down here..." She said chuckling.
"What on earth?...Oh my goodness" He leapt around the bed from his side realising quickly his wife was on the floor.
"Good morning Charles..." She said smiling up at him.
"Oh Elsie, my darling...I'm so sorry...Sweetheart how did you get down there? What a stupid question…How did I not even realise?"
Tears were forming in Charles's eyes he was genuinely upset as he bent down to lift his wife off the ground.
"I tried to turn but I must've been too close to the edge and well...I fell out!" Elsie could see the funny side of it, she wasn't injured or didn't feel any pain despite the fact it could have been worse. "I did try calling out for you but you were fast asleep, and! Before you start Charles, I'm not injured and I don't blame you for not hearing me, you've been very tired my darling." She rested her head on his shoulder
She reached up with her left hand and stroked his face "Thank you for rescuing me though." She said smiling at him.
"I feel wretched Elsie, now knowing that you were on the floor all night long uncomfortable and cold...I'm so sorry" he put his cheek against her forehead and gently lowered her to the bed. He held her hand as she got comfortable.
"Just come cuddle me you daftie"
He promptly went to the other side as his tears threatened to fall, slipped on to the bed and tucked his arm around her and pulling her tightly to his side.
As I said before in my last footnote...This actually happened to me when I got home from hospital...My mum came to my rescue in the morning despite the first initial worry she was in hysterics! We both were! Any way enjoy this and the next chapter...Love you guys x
