(Poppy's POV)
I only got a few more hours sleep before it was morning again...I wanted to get to the hospital as soon as I could. I got dressed in some black skinny jeans, a maroon t-shirt and my converse. I didn't nothing with my hair except brush it. As I grabbed my coat, Lara called me through to the kitchen where my medication was lined up on the counter.
"I don't need it today, I feel fine" I told her "I just wanna go"
"You feel fine because of the medication, when it wears off we'll be back to square one...Take it and we'll stop at mcdonalds drive through for breakfast?" She bribed me
I didn't want to give in but I had a thing for Mcdonalds lattes and those breakfast wraps were irresistable.
"Done!" I said, taking my medication with the glass of water and heading back for the front door with Lara not far behind me.
I climbed in to the passenger side of Lara's silver range rover and we set off. I pretty much ran through the hospital to Rachel but not before I bumped into Adam.
"Hey careful trouble" He said
I didn't stop to say hi and just carried on round to Rachel, she was sat on the edge of the bed looking loads better...I handed her a bag with some clean clothes in, just a pink jumper and her jeans. I sat beside her and she put her arm round me hugging me softly.
"Are you alright?" I asked
"I'm fine, What about you? You look tired..." She said
"Yeah I'm fine...Lara and I were just talking most of the night" I told her
"Okay...How are you feeling? With the new medication? How are doing with that?" Rachel asked
"Fine, Lara's keeping me on track so you don't have to worry...Just look after yourself for once in your life" I smiled
"Well it looks like they'll let me come home today, So I can look after you..."
"I don't need looking after..." I smiled
"Tough. I'm doing it anyway" Rachel smirked "For the rest of your life"
Lara and Adam came in together, Adam returned to his seat next to Rachel and Lara came a bit closer too.
"I'm going to get home..." Lara said, then she turned to me "I'll see you next session. Or if you need me before give me a ring"
I smiled and nodded softly. Lara turned and left us alone again. It took about another hour before Sam came in and finally allowed Rachel to go home. Adam wanted to drive so I ended up in the back of the little blue audi...
"How did the police find us?" I asked
"I don't know" Poppy replied "Just lucky I guess"
(Rachel's POV)
It was good to be home again and I was looking forward to getting back to work as well. Poppy had gone upstairs and as I walked into the kitchen Poppy's school bag was laid on the kitchen table with her stuff spilling out onto the wooden table. I picked it up putting her stuff back in when I stumbled across an essay, On Romeo and Juliet. Written on the top in red pen was...
96 Percent. A*
It was definitely Poppy's...It had her name on and it was her hand writing. The marking was Tom's writing too so there was no way it had been tweeked. I just couldn't believe it...She'd been through so much and we were just getting her back on track. I found myself feeling a sense of pride, this just proved she was trying her best and us being here for her was working...
Adam looked across at me and I went over showing him the essay...
"Have you seen this?" I asked
"No" He replied taking it "What is it?"
"It's a piece of Poppy's english coursework, her essay on Romeo and Juliet..."
"A*?" He asked
"Yeah...We must be doing something right"
"Turns out there's no end to Poppy's talents..." Adam commented
"What's that mean?" I asked, a bit confused
"Rachel the police didn't find you by luck...Michael Vale remembered a lake where Gary used to take them both...Poppy mapped it out, asked him loads of questions and narrowed it down to Helmsley forest and then she hacked into your computer to find the caravan on google maps. Chris told me when we were alone with Sam..." Adam told me
I stood there for a minute taking in the news. It was Poppy that had fought to get to me? If it wasn't for her getting the police there it'd have been a lot worse. All this time she'd pushed me away...
"Poppy! Can you come down please!?" I called
Adam and I stood together and the essay was behind us on the kitchen counter. I kept my face serious as she came in looking at us, she seemed nervous.
"Something you want to tell me?" I asked, keeping a straight face
"Umm I don't...think so...I don't think I've done anything wrong..." She said and I could tell she was thinking about it as she spoke.
I picked up the essay and held it out.
"Why didn't you tell us?" I asked
"I was going to...I was on my way to show you when Mr Mead told me what happened. It didn't really seem important after that..." She said
"Of course its important, this is really important" I said "I'm so proud of you darling! I'd be proud in normal circumstances but to see you turn it around after everything..."
I held out my arms and she happily melted into them, Adam came up behind her hugging her and making a Poppy sandwich. She seemed so happy and as I stuck the essay to the fridge with magnets Adam hoisted her into the air and she wriggled, laughing.