Here's chapter 10! Sorry, it's a bit fluffy but it's really to fill in the gap before the two finnishing chapters, which are coming next! Hope you enjoy and as always, rate and review!
Sam walked in the door to the ITU room her daughter was peacefully sleeping in, catching sight of Tom who had drifted off in one of the plastic chairs beside the bed. Sam laughed slightly at the awkward way her boyfriend had fallen asleep before shaking his shoulder lightly.
"C'mon lazy, time to wake up..." Sam said softly, making him stir slightly before his eyes fluttered open.
"Hey Sam... Is this for me?" Tom said, pointing at the bar of Galaxy, Ellie-May's favourite, in her hand. Sam laughed and pulled it away from his reach.
"Ehm, let me think about that..." Sam said sarcastically. "I think that would be a... No." Sam laughed, and Tom put on a mock-annoyed face and pouted, making his girlfriend laugh more, and causing her daughter to stir.
"Hey, babe... I brought you some of your things, and some Galaxy chocolate..." Sam said softly, stroking her daughter's hair out of her face.
"Thank you mummy... Neck hurts..." Ellie-May said, reaching her hand up to the neck brace that was keeping her neck securely in place.
"I know, baby... It'll be okay..." Sam said, sitting down next to Tom and chatting to them for a while until they were interrupted by a doctor walking in.
"Hello, Mr Kent and Ms Nicholls and hello, Ellie. How are you feeling?" Yet another doctor said, picking up the clipboard on the end of the bed and flicking through it.
"It's doctor." Tom and Sam said at the same time, before bursting out with fits of laughter.
"Neck..." Ellie-May said feebly.
"Well, the good news is that there is no lasting damage to the spinal cord, so that means that we can take that neck brace off. And we are also going to move you to a ward where you'll feel more comfortable." The doctor said, proceeding to remove the neck brace from the young girl's neck.
"Thank you." Tom said as the doctor left, sitting the back of the bed up to make his daughter more comfy.
"You know what; I think we should all go on holiday, somewhere sunny when we get out of here?" Sam suggested.
"Yeah, mummy! Because we don't get any sun here, it always rains!" Ellie said, a little more cheerfully now that she was going to be moved to a ward where she could see other kids.
"Yeah, I can have a look at some holidays tonight if you want?" Tom said, smiling at the suggestion. The three made small-talk for a while until they were interrupted by two porters walking in to take Ellie-May to a ward.
"I like it better here than in the other room..." Ellie-May said cheerfully. "The other room smelt like that stuff you use to clean the house when someone's been sick." She screwed up her face, making her parents laugh.
"Dettol?" Sam asked, still laughing at her daughter's facial expression.
"Where did we get this kid from?" Tom whispered sarcastically to Sam, making her laugh even more.
"Well, Tom... There are the birds, and the bees..."