A few hours later all the paperwork had been completed and they were on their way to see Samantha.
Vivian looked out the window apprehensively, not quite knowing what to expect from Samantha. How were you expected to comfort someone who had been in that situation? She sighed. She was just going to have to do what she could. She prayed that Sam would be able to move on, and not have it plaguing on her for years. She didn't deserve that.
Once at the hospital Danny lead them up to Samantha's room, pausing outside the door he turned to the others. "She was pretty shaken up earlier and uhh...I don't think we should be crowding her. Jack, why don't you and Martin go in first."
They nodded, understanding Danny's reasoning. Jack gently pushed the door open walking softly in followed by Martin.
"Hey Samantha." he said quietly. She opened her eyes at the sound of his voice and smiled to see them.
"Hi." she said.
Martin smiled back. "How you feeling?"
"Honestly, I can't tell. So full of medication. Just wanna get out of here soon."
Jack nodded. There was a small silence, both Jack and Martin not really sure what to say.
"How's everything at work going?" she asked.
"It's good, you're lucky you're missing out on all the paperwork." said Martin.
"Yeah." Sam smiled. "Oh, how's Danny? He didn't look too good when I saw him earlier."
"He's okay. Been worrying about you." said Jack. "Don't think he's been sleeping much."
Samantha frowned. "Make sure he looks after himself ok?"
"We will." said Martin.
"Good." replied Samantha stifling a yawn.
Martin and Jack exchanged glances. "We should go, you look tired."
Samantha smiled weakly but didn't protest, she really was exhausted.
"Are Danny and Viv here?" she asked.
"Yeah, they'll be in in a minute. Get some sleep, ok?" said Jack.
She nodded. "I will. Thanks for coming."
"It's fine." replied Martin smiling. "I'll come see you again tomorrow."
"Okay."
They left the room, going over to Vivian and Danny in the hallway.
"How is she?" asked Vivian.
"She's quite subdued, but that's to be expected I guess." replied Jack.
Martin nodded. "She seemed quite tired as well."
"Did she say anything about what she remembered?" asked Danny.
Jack shook his head. "I don't think she wanted to talk about it."
Vivian nodded. "You want to go see her now?" she turned to Danny.
"Sure." he replied.
They went in, their smiles widening to see Samantha smiling at them.
"Hey." she said.
"Hey, how are you?" asked Vivian going over to the side of the bed followed by Danny.
She shrugged as best she could, wincing as she felt a twinge through her shoulder. "Okay, I guess."
Danny frowned at Vivian having noticed her wince in pain. "How's your shoulder? Do you need us to get the nurse?"
"It'll be fine." she said firmly.
Danny nodded.
Vivian looked at her concerned. "Sam, is there anything you want to talk about?" she asked, having seen the sadness in her eyes.
Samantha sighed, the closed off look Danny had seen on her face earlier coming over it again. She smiled softly at Vivian. "Maybe later?"
Vivian smiled back and nodded. She looked over at Danny, sensing that he wanted to talk to Samantha alone for a bit.
"I should get going, I promised I'd come back early at see Reggie today."
"Okay, say hi to him from me." said Sam.
"Will do. I'll come back tomorrow okay?"
Sam nodded. "Bye."
"Bye Viv." added Danny.
She smiled and walked back into the hallway.
"Honestly Sam, how are you?" asked Danny when the door was shut.
Samantha frowned slightly, "I don't know. It hurts...everything hurts. But then I just feel numb." She shook her head, unwanted tears coming to her eyes. "I just want to go home." she admitted.
"You will soon. You'll be back in time for Christmas." promised Danny.
"Okay." she said quietly, yawning again.
"You should get some sleep." he said.
"So should you." she smiled. "You look exhausted."
"I will." he grinned. "I'll see you later." He leant forward to give her a kiss on the forehead, but remembering her flinching away earlier thought better of it and settled for lightly squeezing her hand.
"Bye." she whispered, yawning.
She sighed, settling back on the pillows when Danny left. She let her eyes fall shut, drifting off into an uneasy sleep.
Danny closed the door to see the others worried faces looking at him.
"She's going to sleep." said Danny.
"Did she talk to you about anything?" asked Vivian.
Danny shook his head sighing deeply. His sigh was mirrored by Vivian. She wondered to herself, how long it would take Sam to talk about it. In a way she didn't want to know, she didn't want to know what could be so horrible that made her have nightmares, flinch away for peoples touch and cause that lost, scared, and pained expression to come over her face. But she wanted to help.
Martin frowned looking worriedly at the closed door. He wanted to help her, he just didn't know how he could. He wasn't as close to her as she was to Danny or Viv. But he liked to think that she could count on him, and that he would be there for her. He glanced at Jack who had an indistinguishable look on his face and idly wondered what Jack was thinking.
They all shared a sad look, before heading back to the car.
Danny came back in later that evening to see Samantha again and found her talking to the doctor.
"Hey." he said as he walked in. "How's everything going?"
"We're just discussing what we'll have to do for the treatment for Samantha's knee." said the doctor.
Danny nodded. "Will she be able to leave soon?" he asked, seeing the pleading on Samantha's face.
The doctor smiled, she knew how anxious Samantha was to leave. "Hopefully within the next 3 days, but you'll have to come back for physiotherapy for your knee."
"3 days, really?" said Sam her eyes widening hopefully.
The doctor nodded, "You seen to be healing fine. Of course there will be routine check ups and things." She paused. "Anyway. I'll leave you to it." She smiled and left the room.
"That's great Sam. You should definately be home for Christmas."
She nodded. "I can't wait to get out of here. I hate hospitals."
"Did you sleep much after we left earlier?"
"A little." she replied. "I still keep having dreams." she admitted.
Danny sighed, he wondered how long they would go on for. "What happened?"
She paused for a minute, briefly closing her eyes. Opening them she looked at him and shook her head. "I don't want to talk about it."
He nodded, he could understand. He just hoped she wouldn't keep it bottled up for too long. That couldn't be healthy.
