POV – Sky (During the night)
Sighing, I looked to Sophie as she slept on the small camp – type bed beside the crib where Savannah laid. It had taken her ages to fall asleep, constantly sitting up to check on our little daughter. I can't sleep, no matter how hard I try. Standing up from the chair, I walked over to the crib and looked down at the Savannah.
She was awake, looking up at me with her big blue eyes. "I wish I can pick you up and hold you" I whispered bending down to kiss her forehead. Savannah's still on a drip, monitors beeping away, no child should be like this let alone my little girl. I took her hand and stroked it gently, watching her slowly fall back to sleep.
"Sorry to disturb you Mr Hansen" Doctor Greydaly said quietly coming into the room. "Just coming to check on Savannah" I nodded letting him look at her. After about ten minutes, he picked up his notes from the bedside cabinet. "Well, her temperature has lowered from what it was, but is still high. And it seems that the rash is not spreading. Savannah is reacting well to the medicine" He said.
I breathed a sigh of relief; she's not getting any worse. "Thankyou Doctor Greydaly." I said smiling slightly. He nodded, excusing himself from the room.
"Please get better my angel, you're doing well." I sighed moving back and sitting in the chair. I sat there for hours in the darkness of the room before finally falling asleep.
In the morning
I woke up to see Sophie standing over the crib, tears running down her cheeks. "Baby" I said softly. Sophie jumped slightly, turning to look at me. "Oh, you made me jump" She said wiping her tears. "Sorry" I replied. Sophie nodded coming over towards me. I sat up more and took her hands.
"Doctor Greydaly come and checked on her when you were asleep. Her temperature goes down, still a bit high but it's gone down, and the rash is not spreading" I said. "She's not getting worse baby, if anything she's getting better" Sophie nodded sitting on my lap. I wrapped my arms around her and held her close.
"I hate seeing her in here, like this" Sophie sighed resting against me. "Me too, it's horrible. The worst bit is that we can't pick her up and cuddle her, comfort her" I nodded. "I'm so annoyed at myself" Sophie muttered.
"Why Baby, you've done nothing wrong" I replied. "I did not notice anything sooner, notice that Savannah was poorly." Sophie said. "Neither did I Soph, you heard what your mum said Meningitis can appear so quickly" I reassured kissing her forehead.
Sophie nodded, looking to Savannah as our baby girl started to cry slightly. "Shhh, my sunshine" Sophie said softly pulling another chair beside the bed and sitting down. Savannah babbled away, looking to her mummy. Sophie smiled slightly, taking Savannah's hand. "It's going to be okay" She said. I nodded. "It will be just fine"
There was a knock on the door. "Come in" I said and watched as Sam and Donna walked in. "How is she?" Sam asked. "She's not getting worse, a little bit better" I smiled faintly. "That's good" Sam said walking over to Sophie. I noticed Donna looking to Sophie then looking away. Sophie did not even seem to acknowledge that her mother was in the room.
Pov – Narrative
Sophie sighed to herself, knowing her mum was standing behind her but did not look around at her. She still felt angry at her after Sophie had that shouted rant at her the day before. "Hey Soph" Donna said softly coming to stand beside her daughter.
Sophie looked down at Savannah, pretending to not have noticed her mum say anything. Savannah showed a slight smile up at her mummy, making Sophie coo over her. "I love you my sunshine, you'll be alright" She smiled bending down to kiss Savannah.
Donna sighed walking over to Sam. "Sophie does not want me here, can we just leave?" She whispered. Sam nodded sadly. "Sorry Sophie, Sky, we need to get back to the Villa" he said, thinking of an excuse. "Okay then" Sky replied standing next to Sophie.
Sam and Donna went back to the car and started driving. "Why would Soph not talk to me, she just completely ignored me" Donna said. "I still don't understand why she blew up at me last night" Sam sighed, pulling to the stop on the car ferry.
"She's probably just scared for Savannah, and ended up taking everything out on you" He said. "Sophie's never been like this with me, sure, god have we had our fights but she's always came back and spoken to me" Donna muttered.
"She'll come back to you, just give her time" Sam replied. "She convinced herself that she can't trust me Sam" Donna said tears welling in her eyes. "Donna, honey, don't cry please. Sky said that Savannah's condition is improving and as she gets better Sophie will talk to you again" Sam said holding her hand as he started driving again.
"Soph" Sky said. "Yeah" Sophie said turning to him. "Your mum, why wouldn't you talk to her?" He asked. She sighed sitting back on the camp bed. "Surprised you didn't know, I really shouted at her last night" She said.
"Why?" Sky asked confused. "I don't know, I just blew up. Blaming her. Sky, I can't trust her anymore" Sophie said sadly. Sky didn't understand why Sophie blamed Donna for what happened to Savannah, but didn't say anything more, just sighed and put his arms around her.
