Like Mother Like Daughter

Chapter 10

Daniels POV

I woke up to the faint sound of bleeping. I was lay down on my back facing the ceiling. I slowly opened my eyes to see tons of wires sticking out of me. I started to panick and look around. I saw my dad asleep on the chair next to me.

'Dad..' I said in the best voice I could. It didnt come out right though. It came out horse and painful. Dad woke up and looked straight at me, his eyes gleaming with delight.

'Daniel! Oh my god I was so worried about you!' Dad said as he hurried to my side stroking my hair. Normally I would find that really weird and uncomfortable but right now it was just relaxing. Just then reality hit me. Everything came back. Oliver, Alyssa, blood, torture.

'Dad..Where..wheres Lyss?' I found that I was struggling to talk. I could feel something being pumped into my body. I looked up to find a small blood bag just above my head with a pipe leading down to my wrist.

'She is in a room down the hall' He tried to force a smile to reasure me but it wasnt working at all.

'Whats wrong with her..oh god..Oliver..he..he..' I couldnt even finish the sentence without my eyes stinging with tears. Dad took my hand and he smile dropped.

'Son...Alyssa is in quite a state. The doctors are pumping a hell of a lot of blood into her seen as though she lost a lot when Oliver bit her. Shes unconcious at the moment but she is stable. The doctors say the next few hours are critical for her.' Dad gave me a sad and stressed look and I returned it.

'No..no I have to see her! I have to see her!' I say trying to rip the wires out of my arms and hands. It was no use because my dad held me down on the bed. He was strong. A lot stronger than I was.

'Daniel calm down! She is going to be okay! She is a fighter and you know that! Right now we need to focus on getting you better!' Dad said in a calm voice. I stopped struggling and he let me go and sat back in his seat.

'What happened to me?' I ask once I had my breathe back. My dad went back to stroking my head lightly.

'Well you have quite a bad head injury, concusion. Thankfully you didnt lose any memory which was possible. We think Oliver hit you in the head with a baseball bat. He stabbed you too. In the stomach. Which is why you've got blood going into almost any vein thats available.' He once again forced a smile. I heard myself say 'oh' but I didnt realise I had done. I smiled at my dad and rested my head on the fluffy pillow behind me. It felt strange, having my dad with me. It had been 12 years since I had him comforting me when I was sick or injured, and it felt so good to have him here I never wanted this moment to end.

'Your mum is with Claire and Shane. They are pretty traumatised by the whole thing. You know with their daughter fighting for her life and all but they are coping. She will be up soon, but for now you need to sleep.' Dad says kissing my head. I nod to him and slowly close my eyes for a more peaceful sleep than the last.

Shane Pov

I hated this. Seeing my daughter fight for her life in hospital. Ive only just got her back! I can't lose her again now! Claire was in tears most of the time and I had to fight to keep mine back to comfort her but I have to admit it was damn hard. When I was alone with Alyssa when Claire went downstairs to get a coffee or go home to change thats when I let my emotions run free. I cried my heart out to Lyssy. I knew she couldnt hear me because she was unconcious but I told her how sorry I was that I let this happen to her. I told her how much I loved her and how sorry and stupid I was that I didnt see her grow up. See her first school photo. Her first bestfriend. Her first boyfriend. Her first date. Her first piece of homework. All that junk.

'Shane' A voice said from behind me. I hadnt realised that I was crying. I was holding onto Alyssa's hand and weeping like a baby. I turned around to see a very upset and teary eyed Claire standing in the doorway. I got up and enloped her in a hug. She sobbed into my chest and we just stayed there for a few minutes. Hugging and crying together.

After our emotional hug we both sat down together with Alyssa and just looked at her. Looked at how fragile and vunerable she was. Just then the doctor came in and walked over to Alyssa's bed side. He gave us a small smile and said, 'Shes getting better, if we carry on pumping blood into her system she should wake up in no time. We are predicting she will wake up sometime tonight but when she does you cannot put her under any stress. If any stress or worry is caused for her there is a slight chance she will slip into a coma, but not much. When she wakes try not to talk about what happened to her. If she brings it up try changing the subject talking about future plans and so on' Once the doctor had finished talking and checking all of the monitors Alyssa was wired up to he gave us another smile and left the room shutting it behind him. Claire practically jumped on my lap once he left and cried happy tears. I heard her muffled voice say 'Shes going to be okay'. I nodded and stroked Claires hair. Claire got of my knee and went back to her seat next to me. We held hands the whole time and watched our beautiful daughter.

And hour later me and Claire were still holding hands with each other and Alyssa. Claire was nodding of with her head resting on my shoulder and I couldnt stop staring at my daughter. I knew she was going to be okay but not one bit of worry left me the whole time. Halfway through my thoughts Alyssa's hand lightly squeezed mine. I jumped up instantly which woke Claire up. She looked at me then down at her hand which was holding Alyssa's other hand. She was squeezing Claires hand too. Claire let out a small squeal and sat on the edge of her chair. We looked at each other with hope filled eyes. Suddenly Alyssa's eyes bagan to twitch and she opened them to reveal her beautiful chocolate brown, pain filled eyes.