Chapter 3: Visitors and "Get Well" wishes from the crew.

The next two days in sick bay had been a blur. Lisa had woken up, looking and feeling much better, but she remained quiet about what had happened to her because she was puzzled about it herself. She knew that she had been feeling sick for a very long time, but she wasn't sure what had caused it though. She hoped that Deanna and Dr. Crusher would be able to tell her soon.

Her father was just happy that she was ok.

Lisa was just glade that she didn't have to go to school for a week. Maybe more. She would have to stay in sickbay for a while, but that was ok with her.

At first, both Deanna and Dr. Crusher thought that she had an allergic reaction to something that she had eaten. But when the three of them had gone over the menus for the last four weeks, nothing really had popped out to them. And Lisa's test results kept coming back mixed. Causing even more concern for the good doctor.

Lisa, because of how was she was feeling, didn't really feel like eating much. This made Crusher even more upset. "I'm just not very hungry right now" Lisa said every time she was presented with food.

She pushed the food away from her.

Dr.Crusher inched it closer to her, "You have to eat something" she said in a worried motherly tone.

Lisa used the Force to push the food away from her again.

She really wasn't hungry then. Or now for that matter. She wasn't going to eat if she wasn't hungry. And no one was going to force her either. Not Dr. Crusher, not Deanna, not her father, no one.

She glanced up at Crusher, who was doing another medical scan. Crusher seemed puzzled by something that was appearing on her tricorder. She snapped the medical device shut, smiled at Lisa, who was beginning to feel afraid.

"What is it?" she asked.

Crusher didn't respond right away, making Lisa feel even more nervous. "It's nothing, I hope, But I will have to check something out," she replied, placing a calming hand on Lisa's shoulder. She smiled again and said "I will have to inform your father and Deanna about these test results," she said, walking back to her office.

On her way to her CMO office, Crusher passed by the android known as: "Data". "Good morning Data" she greeted, sitting down at her desk.

"Good Morning Doctor. I was wondering if Lisa would like to have a visitor" Data said evenly.

Beverly smiled, "I think that she would, yes, but I'll go and ask her anyways" Crusher got up and headed back to Lisa's bio-bed.

"How would you feel about having a visitor right now?" she asked.

Lisa perked up, "who is it?" she asked, knowing full well who it was. Crusher moved out of the way so that she could see Data. Lisa smiled, "Yea, I guess that I can see him" she laughed.

"Greetings, Lisa" Data said as he approached her bed. "I was wondering how you are doing this morning".

"I feel a bit tired, but other then that, I feel ok" came the reply.

"I have something for you" Data said, handing her a handful of "Get Well" wishes from the crew. Lisa's eyes began to fill with tears. "Thank You Data, this means a lot to me".

"Then… Why are you crying?"

"Why? Because I'm both happy and scared" she said. Data looked at her blankly. "Why are you both happy and scared?" he asked innocently.

She sighed deeply. "I'm happy because the crew likes me so much, but I am scared because I don't know what's wrong with me", she said honestly. Data reached out and hugged her. "I have heard from your father that this is how one helps a friend deal with being sad or scared" he said when he let her go. "It helps, yes, but so does listening, which you do very well". She paused a moment, then added "thanks again Data".

"You're welcome, I have to return to the bridge now, but I will return at a later time".

"Ok, thanks for coming to see me, oh and Data?"

Data stopped in his tracks; "Yes?"

"Can you make sure that the crew gets my thanks, and tell my dad that I want to see him when he can come by. I miss him" Lisa said, wiping her eyes. "I will do that, but you should rest now". With that, Data turned and walked out the door.

When Data returned to the main bridge, he had Tasha relay Lisa's message all over the ship, much to the chagrin of Captain Picard. He also relayed Lisa's message to her father. "I plan on seeing her" Cmdr. Riker said, his own fear creeping into his voice. "I miss her too, I just wish that we knew that was going on with her".

"She appeared to have recovered from having the breathing tube removed, sir, but she is unhappy about being separated from the crew" Data said.

"Yes, I know that she is, she misses her friends" Deanna said from behind them.

"And the breathing tube wasn't helping her any, when Dr. Crusher realized that, and how much pain it was causing her, she had to remove it" Riker added. He had hated the sight of Lisa, fighting for her young life not more then two days ago and having to breathe through a ventilator that didn't help her very much.

"The memory of Lisa looking like that, is it too much for you sir?" Data asked.

"Yes, it is" Riker said simply, "Data, you have to imagine, and that's my daughter. She's a part of who I am," he said, his voice cracking with emotion. Deanna came over and placed a hand on his shoulder. Data reached out and hugged him too.

Worf just looked at them funny as he entered the bridge.

"Commander Riker needed a hug" Data said simply. Both Deanna and Will put their hands up to their mouths, hoping to cover the fact that they giggling. Three seconds later, that all changed; "Commander Riker, Counselor Soong, please report to sick bay".

Riker turned to Deanna, "Why do I have this over whelming sense of dread?" he asked as they entered the turbo lift.

Many "I'm sorries!" for not updating sooner, I had so much going on at home.And now I have college classes three days a week now. I will try and update sooner! I have other chapters written. I just have to post them, which I will do as soon as I can! I hope that you enjoy this one though. Let me know what you think.

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