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Innocent Eyes – Childish Fears
Piper sat alone in her bedroom, the window was closed tightly shut but there was still a small draft blowing through any crack that was there. Piper must have been fourteen at the most; suddenly she saw a small figure appear in the doorway. She looked over and saw the familiar figure of her sister, Phoebe hovering in the doorway. Phoebe was twelve at the time, outside a thunderstorm was going on, the lightning cracked and the thunder boomed. Phoebe had always been scared of thunderstorms; she hated hearing the thunder and seeing the lightning. She clung to the doorframe and looked desperately in at her elder sister, Piper smiled and motioned for her to enter. Without a second thought Phoebe ran into the room and climbed onto Piper's bed next to her, Piper put her arm around her sister's shoulder supportively. Phoebe hugged into her sisters body and jumped every time she heard a crash of thunder,
"Its ok, calm down Phoebe," she said, whilst gently stroking her sister's hair.
"But the thunder… the lightning…" whispered Phoebe, she paused for a second and looked up at Piper, "What if they realise the woogy-man?" Piper smiled,
"Don't worry, the woogy-man can't get you… I'll protect you," she said,
"Promise?" asked Phoebe,
"Promise,"
"For ever and ever and ever and till ever is gone?" asked Phoebe,
"Forever…" whispered Piper. "Ever and ever," That night Phoebe fell asleep in Piper's arms, and awoke in them the next morning.
Phoebe sat outside Piper's hospital room, the nurse had ushered them out while the doctors worked to restart Piper's heart, and she had been in BF for fifteen minutes now. Paige placed a supportive arm around her sister, whose head lay resting in her hands. Phoebe pulled away and stood up, she walked over and tried to peer through the glass in the door. But a large blue screen had been placed over it; she paced up and down for a few seconds then turned to Leo and Paige,
"What's taking so long?" she demanded, "This is taking to long… she's in trouble, I know it, I just know it," she ranted for a few seconds then Paige walked up to her,
"Calm down sweetie," she said rubbing Phoebe's shoulder "They're probably just stabilising her, she's going to be fine,"
"But what if she's not… it'll be all my fault,"
"She's going to be ok, and its not your fault. Its that guy in the cars fault, he should have stopped or at least slowed down," said Paige supportively,
"But if Parker hadn't been in the road then she wouldn't have had to run out. If I'd gone for Parker myself I'd be laying there, not her!" she said, suddenly a doctor emerged from the room. The female doctor and no nurse soon followed him,
"What's going on?" asked Leo,
"We have managed to stabilise her, but this incident hasn't helped her condition," sighed the doctor. Suddenly a young nurse walked towards them, Phoebe recognised her as the nurse who was treating Parker. She walked over and whispered something in the doctors ear,
"Right away," said the doctor and then excused himself from the conversation. Phoebe moved closer to Paige,
"That's the doctor that's treating Parker, and the nurse that was watching over her. Something's happened… Piper!" she exclaimed,
"What, Piper's alright now," said Leo,
"No… Parker, she could feel everything that Piper just went through… I have to go," she said before rushing for Parkers room.
Phoebe headed straight for Parkers room and found the curtain pulled around her bed and various doctor and nurse silhouettes moving around, she tried to get past a nurse who blocked her way,
"Ma'am, you can't go n just now," she said holding Phoebe's arms back,
"I'm her mother! You have to let me through!" she yelled, "Parker!"
"Calm down," said the nurse relaxed,
"I can't calm down… that's my daughter let me the hell in!" yelled Phoebe,
"If you don't calm down you'll be removed," said the nurse,
"Remove this bitch!" yelled Phoebe as she drew her fist back and bounced it off the nurses' face, and she fell to the ground. Phoebe was surprised how violent and territorial she got when Parker was involved – she assumed that it was her maternal instincts showing, finally. She pulled the green and blue striped curtains back and looked in at her daughter. She was surrounded by various nursing staff and doctors, Phoebe looked up and down Parker limp body, there were more lines in that before, and she was wearing an oxygen mask again. Suddenly Phoebe was spotted by one of the nurses,
"Miss," she said as she walked over to her and placed her hand on her shoulder, "You're the mother aren't you?" she asked, Phoebe recognised the nurse as the one who had been looking after Parker,
"Yes," said Phoebe sniffing bad tears, "Can you tell me what's going on? She was fine… she was just fine,"
"Well her heart starting going into BF, and then before we could shock her, her heart… it was like someone was shocking her already but no one was near her with the de-fib… we couldn't figure it out," sighed the nurse,
"Will she be alright?" asked Phoebe, staring desperately at her daughter's lifeless body,
"Well, as soon as her heart rhythm was restored to normal she started acting fine… but now the doctors are just trying to figure out what happened to her," replied the nurse, "It's a mystery to us really, do you know anything reason for this… has she a history of medical heart conditions… anything you could tell us would help us,"
"I… I don't know… I… she just found me, she was brought up in a foster home…" said Phoebe ashamed of admitting that she didn't bring up her daughter by herself,
"Well… could you contact the foster parents… or get them here?" asked the nurse, looking puzzled for a solution,
"I, I don't know… they live in Jersey and I don't have a…" suddenly Parker's machine restored to a natural heart beat, Phoebe looked up hopefully,
"She's coming through…" she replied, "Once the doctors have finished making sure everything is in the all clear… you can see her properly," said the nurse reassuringly,
"Ok… thank you," replied Phoebe – just then Paige ran into Parkers room, Phoebe spun round when she heard her name,
"Phoebe," she said, "Piper's waking up… she's just coming out of things, Leo is with her now," Paige looked relieved, she glanced momentarily at Parker then fixed her gaze back to Phoebe, "Are you coming?" asked Paige, Phoebe looked from her sister to her daughter, once more she had to make a choice – Parker was coming out of it and she could speak to her later but this might be the only time Piper woke up that day.
"I…. I don't know," she whispered,
"Phoebe!" exclaimed Paige, "What is wrong with you? Piper might not wake up again today and you won't come and see her!"
"But Parker…" started Phoebe but Paige hacked her off,
"Parker is fine… all her wounds are superficial… and they aren't even her wounds all her pain is Piper's, you owe it to your sister to go and see her,"
"But she's my daughter…" sighed Phoebe, "I can't leave her… Piper wouldn't want me to,"
"Fine…" said Paige in an angry tone, and stormed down the hall to find Piper's room. Phoebe stood facing the door, she knew that she was desperate to see Piper and to thank her for saving her daughter, but at the same time she felt that she couldn't leave Parker. Suddenly from behind her she heard a faint voice,
"Mom…" it whispered, Phoebe spun round and saw her daughter staring up at her… she looked into those intense brown eyes and was for the first time afraid.