Sorry, for not updating this in a long time I've just come back off a week of activities and haven't had the time to write although I started this before I went away.
This chapter is rated T as it mentions cancer, if you or anybody in your family are affected by it I'd ask you to please not read any further. It's the Adam/ Jessica prompt and it was requested for Ellzlovcasualty. The prompt was: Jessica's took to hospital after feeling ill but she doesn't expect to receive the news she does. I've decided I'll do chapter 15 separately.
The Secret Life Of Casualty.
Chapter 14
She'd started to feel sick, after spending Friday night with her ex - husband Adam, she'd stayed the night at his house. He'd been planning on asking her how she felt, if they were to get back together, give their relationship another go but Jessica rushing off to the bathroom ruined the moment. Adam followed her, wanting to check that she was alright.
He knocked on the door and waited for an answer. "Are you OK?" He asked, slight concern in his voice.
Jessica was doubled over the toilet bowl, trying to keep herself from throwing up again. But she was unsuccessful as another bout of sickness took over her.
"Jess?" Adam asked.
"I'm fine " She replied weakly, grabbing some toilet roll and wiping her mouth. He kicked the door in, took one look at her and moved her hair out of her face as he rubbed her back.
"Better?" He questioned.
She shook her head as Adam decided to take her to hospital for a check over.
Lifting her in to his arms, he pocket his wallet, house keys, car keys and phone and with a struggle, with her in his arms, he opened the door and lowered her gently on to the back seat, re-arranging their son's blanket around her.
Zooming off down the road he soon reached the hospital and opened the door looking around for someone to help him get her inside. Zoe. The doctor and nurse were friends. Grabbing a wheelchair they lowered her in to it and walked in the direction of the hospital.
Having had blood taken, a urine sample and was now resting Zoe come to the conclusion that she was pregnant, but the test was negative.
In the cubicle, Jessica looked up at Adam, fearfully, as he caught that look.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
She was ashamed, scared. She felt Adam join her on the bed and reach for her hand. "Talk to me?" He suggested, but she simply shook her head.
In her office, Zoe was sat at her computer and had Google open, her long fingers making sped of the words as she typed.
The truth was, Jessica couldn't bring her to confide in her ex. Taking her face he cradled it gently between his hands watching as she was sick on his jeans. She looked at him and he put down a kidney dish, in case she was sick again and went to change his jeans.
While Adam was out Zoe left her office and headed back down to the cubicle as she opened the curtain, her high heels making a loud sound against the marble floor. Jessica crumbled as the younger but more experienced medic told her she had breast cancer, she'd found a lump a few weeks ago while in the shower and hadn't told anyone believing, that it would just go away. But she knew it wouldn't and that made her vulnerable as she'd watched her mother, as an only child, suffer the horrible side affects of breast cancer such as loss of appetite, throwing up, mouth ulcers and losing her hair. Jessica hoped that she wouldn't lose her hair. Zoe then got up, handed her some leaflets, told her to come to see her in her office if she wanted to talk more and then she stood pulling the curtain back and leaving Jessica to rest, drawing the curtain back around she turned to see Adam, whose mouth hung open in shock.
"What?" He asked, unable to believe what he'd just heard.
I really, really enjoyed writing this. Next prompt: Linda visits Jessica in her hour of need but does not expect to find what she does, who will the nurse listen to her friend or on/ off boyfriend? Prompted by Ellzlovzcasualty.
