It had been a painful few hours for Mr Self, whom had been sitting in the same seat since talking to his daughter and had been pondering the difficult predicament that he was now in. He prayed that Zosia came around, as otherwise he'd have to let Star down before he'd even began building the many long overdue bridges between her and her mother. A sigh escaped his lips, knowing that he should've told Zosia before this, as although it might have made her conditions worse, telling her now had done the same. Silently Zosia entered the room, and took a seat next to her Dad, some light smudges of mascara down her cheeks. Her inquisitive eyes studied his expression for a moment or two before she began to speak,
"I'm sorry," She began quietly, "I shouldn't have reacted like that, although I'm still angry - how could you do that..?" She questioned, but not pausing for him to answer. "However, you seemed to sort of have reasons for your actions.." She continued, a slight hint of reluctance in her voice, and Guy finally looked at her for the first time since she'd begun talking, "And you for once seem like you are genuinely sorry, so I'll help you.. But what exactly do I need to do?" Guy smiled slightly,
"Thank you Zoshie, I know that this can't have been easy for you, especially given your relationship with Colette.." He stopping himself, realising that she probably didn't appreciate him pointing out the obvious. "Well, all I was going to ask you was if you'd like to meet Star - since you are half-sister after all," His statement was met by a smile from Zosia,
"Of course! The boys have both spoken pretty highly of her - especially Arthur,"
Star's morning had been a blur, with occasion visits from coworkers, such as Fleur and Sacha, making it clear to her that the news of her accident had spread quickly - but this meant the suspicions and speculation had also been formulated surrounding the presence of Guy on the scene and the sudden reappearance of her mother Colette; yet to was clear to her that her father had somehow kept the whole situation under wraps, but it bothered her slightly, as she felt she had to put on a bit of a false act. She'd also had frequent visits from Dom to do her obs or for a bit of a gossip when he was on his break, as he'd promised to keep her up to date on gossip since he always knew everything one way or another. A head appeared around the curtain, but she didn't immediately look up, presuming it was a nurse or someone similar who'd been sent to check up on her, but a familiar voice caused her head to snap up,
"You alright love?" Colette asked her as she sat in the chair next to her bed. A smile lit up Star's face as she turned herself slightly, not moving too much so she didn't hurt herself, "Yeah, how are you?" She replied.
"I'm fine, last night was fine and Dom even cooked for me! I don't know what you did to them but it worked!" She quipped, knowing that before it would take everything to get him to cook usually. "I spoke to your Dad last night though, he told me about last night, and as surprised as I am at him, I wanted to know that I'm proud of you," she explained, taking hold of her daughter's hand.
"For what?" Star asked her, not seeing what it is she'd done that deserved such feelings from her mother.
"For agreeing to let him try and fix things; I know plenty of people would've taken the easy option and just let it be, but you've chosen to try and change things - take control," She explained, squeezing her daughter's hand, pleased that she was trying to sort things out even thought it was going to be difficult. Star nodded slowly, not feeling the need to say anything. They sat in silence for a few minutes, just enjoying each other's presence, when a nurse appeared around the curtain,
"Miss Sheward, Mr Self and Dr March are here to see you, shall I let them through?" The young, blonde nurse questioned. Star nodded slowly, and the nurse walked off again. Star looked at her mother for some reassurance, a sudden wave of apprehension hitting her. Colette gently squeezed her hand, and pushed a stray hair out of Star's face. Guy then entered the cubicle, and nodded to Colette. Close behind him was Zosia, who grinned at Colette and gave her a hug, pleased to see her in person for the first time in awhile, however the pair had spoken over the phone the previous evening so Zosia refrained from saying anything, not wanting to distract from the real reason she was here. She gave Star a shy smile, and pulled over a spare chair. Guy then broke the brief silence,
"Do you two fancy some drinks?" He offered, as the two girls nodded, and he then motioned to Colette, "Will you come and help me carry them?" He asked her, making a very lame excuse to leave the two girls alone. Colette nodded and walked off with him.
"It's nice to finally meet you," Star greeted, feeling a bit of awkwardness in the air, trying to sit up a little bit more. Zosia smiled warmly at her,
"Yeah, you too, I suppose these aren't the best of circumstances - especially with.." She hesitated for a split second, unsure of how best to refer to their father, "Dad making lame excuses like that so we're alone," She answered, shaking her head and laughing. "I warn you now, he doesn't get any better!"
Elsewhere Guy had lead Colette to his office before they went down to get drinks from the café.
"I figure they should have a bit of time alone," Guy explained, gesturing for Colette to sit on one of the sofas. "And we need to talk," He added. Colette looked over to where he was stood, confused by what he meant.
"What do you mean?" She quizzed, an edge of uncertainty in her voice as she spoke. Guy walked over a bit closer to where she was sat, and leant back against the small table and chairs opposite to the sofa,
"I mean.." He paused again and sat next to her, "Us," He finished, leaning in and kissing her in the heat of his thoughts. Colette pulled away from his grasp, as he'd also taken her hands. She stood up abruptly, as although there was part of her that wanted to, she knew it wouldn't end well.
"Guy.." She said softly, standing with her back to him, "I can't do this, not now.." She explained, trying not to cry as her emotions were hitting her as she remembered how they'd been before. She took and deep breath and turned to face him, "I can't," Colette echoed, "You made me all these promises years ago - and look where that got us," She concluded, fleeing from the office as tears were now streaming from her eyes. Guy sighed and choose not to follow her, knowing that it'd probably only make things worse. He made a dash down to the café for hot chocolates and also bought cookies for everybody. As he headed back up to the ward he thought through an excuse he could make as to where Colette was, as he knew she would probably want space. His eyes were met with the sight of his two daughter smiling and laughing with each other, and evidently getting on really well.
"Here you go," He said to them, passing around the drinks and biscuits. "So, how are you two getting on?" He asked them, wanting to make sure that they were getting on as well as he'd just observed.
"Pretty good," The two girls answered in almost perfect unison, causing them both to laugh.
"Where's Mum?" Star then inquired, realising that she hadn't come back with her Father.
"Oh," Guy hesitated for moment, unsure what to say, "She had to take phone call from somebody, so I don't know how long," He told them. "I'll go look for her," He added and walked away abruptly, causing the two sisters to exchange confused glances. However only moments later a slightly dishevelled looking Colette returned to the cubicle. Both girls were immediately suspicious, as he usually neat hair had become more of a mess, and there were still some faint lines of mascara on the woman's cheeks, even though she'd tried to wipe it away.
"Mum..?" Star said questioningly.
"Are you okay?" Zosia then chimed in. Colette made her way other to the spare chair,
"Yes, No, I don't know?" She answered honestly, unsure whether or not to tell them about what'd just occured. "If I tell you you're not to mention to Guy ok?: It's nothing really though, we went to his office to leave you to talk and he was trying to convince me to get back together with him, he tried to kiss me and.." She sighed, "I don't even know, I just can't; I won't put you two through it because it'll never work," Zosia shook her head,
"He never learns," She said simply. "I'm going to find him - visiting will be over pretty soon, and after that I doubt he'll come back," She continued, "It's been great though," Zosia concluded, pulling Star in for a hug and then hugged Colette before walking off in search of Guy, knowing he was probably lying when he said he was looking for Colette.