Chapter 14:
Of cause Clarisse couldn't fall asleep. She didn't toss and turn but just lay and looked at Joseph and let her thoughts wander a bit.
Back to a couple of hours ago.
"Your majesty, your majesty" Scott had immediately gone to the waiting room where the queen and Charlotte were waiting while Joes family were with him, when he had heard the noise and beeping from Joes room.
"What is it Scott? What is wrong?" the queen asked a bit panicked.
"I don't know, but you better come".
The three of them left the waiting room and reached Josephs room. His family was standing in chock outside and the doctor and some nurses were going in and out. Some beeping and noises could be heard from inside but no one but the staff was allowed to go in.
"Wha what happened?" Clarisse asked.
Joe's brother in law Jason was the only one who could think straight and answer so he said "we don't know. We were just sitting and talking quietly around Joe and suddenly all the machines went wild and started beeping. We called for the doctor immediately and he sent us out here".
A million thought s ran through Clarisse's head. Was she really about to lose him now. This couldn't happen. She had to do something. And then it hit her. Even with all the power she held as Queen of Genovia she was powerless in this situation. She just had to have faith in the doctor and nurses and in God that he wouldn't take Joseph away from her.
When she came back to herself again she looked at Maria and saw that she was heartbroken. It hadn't been that long since she lost her Phillipe so she knew how the woman felt. She walked over to her, put her arms around her and comforted her.
The doctor had been going in and out of Joe's room and one of the times little Josephine had stopped him, handed him something and said something to him. But none had registered that.
At some point, it felt like hours, but really was just minutes the doctor came back out and had given them the good news, that Joseph was stable and calm again.
The family agreed to go and sit in the waiting room for a bit but Maria and Clarisse insisted that they stayed just outside Joseph's door.
"And what a good idea that was" Clarisse said to herself.
After a while of just lying there, she got an idea. She kissed Josephs hand and said "I will be right back". She got out of the bed and walked to the bag Charlotte had brought from the palace.
She found what she was looking for.
She took off her night shirt and put on the black one she held in her hand.
She immediately felt a sense of calmness when she had put it on.
She walked back to the bed and lay down as she had before. As close to Joseph as possible and intertwined their fingers and just let the calmness of his black shirt and his smell infuse her.
"I love you my darling and I am sorry about everything that has happened today. When you wake up I will make it up to you. I promise" and with that she closed her eyes and fell asleep.