Waking up to the sunlight streaming through Stella's window as they had forgotten to shut the blinds, Michael slowly stretched out in the bed and then turned onto his side and watched Stella sleep. It was his favourite way to wake up in the morning and he was so glad she had giving in to his feelings for her and agreed to give it a go with him.
Slowly stirring herself from the sunlight as well, she stretches out and smiles before opening her eyes and seeing Michael awake.
"Hey you." She says with a grin giving him a peck on the lips.
"Hey yourself, how did you sleep?" He hugs wrapping his arm around her waist.
"Not too bad, could do with a bit longer, how about yourself?" she asks.
"Yeah I slept okay, it would've been worse if I slept alone last night." He says.
"Oh really." She says raising her eyebrows.
"Yeah really, we should start getting organised, Lawson will probably be waiting already." He says sadly.
"Yeah, at least she woke up, I know it's still early but it's got to be a good sign." Stella says.
"Yeah, well the quicker we get moving, the quicker we get there, I'm going to shower and then call Lawson and you can jump in after me okay." Michael says grabbing his clothes and heading to the bathroom.
Getting out of bed, Stella decides to have an apple with a cup of coffee, not having much of an appetite. Having finished her coffee and apple, she heads to her room and finds something to wear as she has asked to have the day off from work she decides to just grab a pair of jeans with her black boots and a top with her jacket and cap.
"You ready to take a shower so I can call Lawson?" Michael says walking out of the bathroom with his wet hair.
"Yeah, I should only be about 10 minutes." Stella says before walking into the bathroom throwing Michael one last smile.
Receiving a call from Lawson, Michael answers it "Hey Lawson, are you ready to go?"
"I'm just ringing to let you know that I am already here, she is up for visitors, I spent a little bit of time with her when I realised I should let you know, I caught the cab here." Lawson says.
"Oh yeah, okay well we will be there in about 20 minutes give or take." Michael says.
"Well Shannon will love to see you; I will see you guys soon." Lawson says.
"See you soon." Michael says before hanging up.
"Hey we ready to go?" Stella asks as she walks out of the bathroom.
"Yeah we don't need to pick up Lawson he is already there, apparently Shannon is up for visitors and she would love to see us." Michael says as Stella grabs the car keys and Michael locks the house door as they leave.
Getting into the car, Stella starts the car and heads towards the hospital and they have a light conversation happening when Michael's phone rings.
"Hey Josh, did you get the message last night?" Michael asks.
"Yeah I got it, so she is awake?" Josh asks.
"Yep, Lawson is with her now, apparently she is up to visitors, we are heading there now, why didn't you answer your phone last night?" Michael asks.
"I was busy with something; I will be there in about half an hour, so I will see you there." Josh says.
"See you then." Michael says hanging up.
"Josh coming to the hospital then?" Stella asks looking over at him.
"Yeah he will be there in about half an hour." Michael says and Stella nods her head.
Pulling up at the hospital they both turn off their mobile phones before entering the hospital.
"Hey Kerry, Leon, have you already seen Shannon?" Stella asks.
"Yeah we have, Lawson is with her at the moment, she is pretty tired and still has a headache but you can go in and see her before you all have to head out to work." Kerry says.
"I have the day off, Michael can go in first with Christian and then Josh with Dom when they get here, I want some time alone with her, so you guys can go back to base for a bit so you don't get sick of being stuck here 24/7, I will stay here until their shifts are over." Stella says as Christian heads towards them.
"Hey Christian, you and Michael can go in and see her, Lawson will come back to base with us, Stella is staying here the day as she has the day off." Kerry says.
"Okay cool, I am so glad she is awake." Christian says before walking off with Michael following behind him.
"So how is she?" Stella asks Stella and Lawson.
"Like I said she is pretty tired and she still has a headache but otherwise she seems okay, but she is probably feeling worse then she is letting on." Kerry says.
"But she is still the same old Shannon, still making fun of me and laughing so that is a good thing I guess, but she really wants to see Josh followed by you Stell, now that she has seen Lawson she is a bit more relaxed, but she is worried how you and Josh coped with it all." Leon says.
"Of course so she is definitely her normal self, here she is in a hospital bed yet she is more concerned about everyone else." Stella says and they all nod in agreement smiling at the statement just as they see Lawson walking out.
"Hey Lawson, we are going back to base and Stella is staying here today." Kerry says.
"Yeah, Christian filled us in when they came into her room." He says with a slight smile.
"Well at least we caught a flash of a smile, come on let's get to base, the others shouldn't be too far behind." Kerry says
"See you later Stell." The three of them say as they leave.
"Smell ya later." Stella says trying to lighten up the atmosphere and the three of them shake their heads and keep walking.
Sitting there waiting for the boys, she sees Dom and Josh come in.
"Hey guys, she should be ready to see you, just kick the two losers in her room out, I will be in there after you." She says.
"Thanks Stell." Dom says as Josh gives her a slight nod before they head towards the room.