Lilian yawned, staring up at the ceiling of the hospital room, bored out of her mind. There was nothing good on television, she had finished the book Trish and Lita had bought her, and her roommate, a twenty-two year old with a surgically repaired broken leg, was fast asleep. Lilian felt bad for the girl, who had been shoved down the stairs by her boyfriend in a fit of rage, but kind of wished that her roommate was awake so they could talk.
Lilian glanced down at her hand, glaring at the pink cast that was encased around her broken right thumb and hand. Okay, so maybe she had let her temper get the better of her when she was fighting Sable. Still, despite the pain of a broken bone, it had felt awesome to knock out the bitch who had tried to kill her and her friends, the bitch who had killed her husband, the bitch who had tried to violate…
No, she wasn't going to go there. Lilian closed her eyes briefly, trying to get the image of Sable harassing Rob out of her mind. She opened them again, staring up at the ceiling again. Absently, she touched the bandage on her head, rubbing the white gauze covering the stitches she had needed to close up the wound as a result of the accident cause by Sable. Luckily, she hadn't needed those stitches redone after fighting with Sable. Also, the laceration on her face, thanks to being pistol whipped, hadn't even needed stitches. However, her concussion had been jarred, causing the doctor to make the decision to keep her for a few days of observation.
The little blonde yawned again, glancing over at her roommate, hoping that the young lady had suddenly woken up. Lilian sighed, bummed out she still remained sleeping. It turned out that her roommate had been a huge fan of wrestling since she was about four, and was a huge fan of Lilian's. When she had seen the plethora of WWE superstars enter the room, she had been in absolute awe, especially when all of them had agreed to sign her cast. She had also looked like she was going to faint when Shawn signed her cast. The two ladies had spent hours on end talking about wrestling, and Lilian had even opened up to her roommate about the problems she had with John when she learned the young lady was a victim of abuse.
"Hey, girl, how are you doing?" Lilian's head snapped toward the door, a huge grin spreading on her face when she saw Rob entering the room, obviously hiding something.
"Whatcha got? Something for me?" Lilian asked eagerly, trying to see what Rob held behind his back.
"Yeah, you and Lisa, but looks like our friend is asleep," Rob said, brandishing two milkshakes, handing one to Lilian and setting one aside when he saw Lilian's roommate was fast asleep. "Maybe she'll wake up soon."
"Maybe," Lilian agreed, happily taking a drink of the chocolate shake Rob had brought. "God, that's good."
"So, has a doctor been in to see you today?" Rob asked, settling down next to Lilian and gently touching the cast on her hand, stroking her hand gently, afraid to hurt her.
"Yeah, he came in to do some more tests for my concussion," Lilian said, setting the shake down for a minute. "He said I'm making good progress. I haven't had a headache in a couple days and my hand is doing better, so I'll probably be released tomorrow."
"Cool," Rob said, grinning at her.
"But, apparently I need to take better care of myself. I lost weight while I was with John, and the doctor wants me to regain that weight, if not more. He even wanted to set me up with a nutritionist, but I put down my foot there."
"Well, looks like you're off to a good start," Rob replied, shrugging his shoulders as he gestured to the shake she was nursing.
"I can't wait to get out of here," Lilian said with a sigh. "They sent a freaking shrink in here to talk to me cause I beat the shit out of Sable."
"What?" Rob asked incredulously. "Why?"
"Well, apparently, they think I have some anger issues. I insisted I don't but I don't think they believe me. I felt kinda bad cause the shrink kept shuddering during our little chat."
"Well, I guess she wasn't used to someone who is 5'5'' and barely breaking 100 pounds," Rob told her with a confused shrug.
"The shrink was a guy," Lilian replied, deadpan. Seeing the shocked look on Rob's face, she started snickering, Rob joining in when he realized Lilian was joking. "So how is everything in the outside world? I'm going out of my mind in here. I'm about to start counting the little holes in the ceiling tiles," Lilian said, adjusting a little bit so she could look at Rob better.
"Well, things in the WWE are the same. I got my ass handed to me by Kurt, Shelton, and Charlie at Raw last night since you weren't there. That should really heat things up for Wrestlemania in two weeks. Hopefully you'll be there next week so we can finally build the angle to the point where you, Charlie, and Shelton are officially banned from ringside… of course, we know where that will go."
Lilian snorted, shaking her head. "You mean to tell me that three world class athletes can't defeat you when I'm with you? That's a real confidence builder."
"I know," Rob replied, smiling as he remembered the sound of Lilian's name being chanted throughout the arena. "But people wanted you to come out. As soon as they started beating on me, the fans were chanting for you."
"For real?"
"I swear," Rob replied, holding up one hand in defense. "It looks like you're well loved."
"Well, that's a nice feeling," Lilian said, smiling. She looked at Rob, her smile softening as Rob reached a hand up, gently stroking her cheek, being careful to avoid the cut on her face and the fading bruise on her jaw.
"You are so pretty," Rob whispered, carefully taking hold of her broken hand, continuing to stroke the side of her face. Lilian merely looked at him shyly, her eyes shining as Rob's lips slowly came towards hers. She closed her eyes, waiting eagerly for his lips to brush hers…
…but it never came. Stephanie bustled into the room, whistling cheerfully as Rob and Lilian quickly pulled apart at the intrusion, both blushing slightly. She entered the room, oblivious to the disruption as she set down a bouquet of flowers near Lilian's bed and walked over to Lisa's bed, stopping her whistling when she saw the young woman was asleep. Stephanie turned her attention back to her friends, watching as Rob dropped his hand from Lilian's jaw with a shake of his head.
"Hey, guys," Stephanie said softly, not wanting to wake Lilian's roommate. "What's new?"
"Not much," Lilian said, shrugging. "I'll probably be released tomorrow, thank goodness. I'm going absolutely stir crazy in here."
"Well, that's good," Stephanie said with a small sigh, settling down in a chair next to Rob. "We really miss you."
"Yeah, I miss you guys too. Plus, I need to explain what my role is for Wrestlemania. You hear anything about Sable and what's gonna happen to her?"
"Well, last time I talked to the lawyer, apparently she confessed to setting up the attempted murders of Lilian, Lita, Trish, and Rob and giving John the sleeping pills that caused him to crash his car. She also admitted to holding you two hostage and… uh, attempting to sexually assault Rob." Stephanie said the last part quickly, feeling horrible when Rob's cheeks flushed. "So, she will be going away for a very long time," Stephanie concluded. "She agreed to a sentence of eight consecutive life terms with no chance of parole. They are just waiting to finalize everything in court. That should be happening sometime next week."
"She agreed to that?" Lilian asked incredulously. "That's a shitty deal."
"Well, considering the D.A. was pushing for the death penalty, I'd say Sable got off pretty well," Stephanie replied, folding her arms. "She can rot in prison for the rest of her life as far as I am concerned. They have the doctors and facilities available to get her the help she obviously needs."
Lilian shook her head, leaning back. "So, is it possible that this nightmare is finally over this time?" she asked, looking at Stephanie and Rob.
"I think so," Rob said. "As soon as you get out of this hospital and your head and hand are better, you can move onto new and better beginnings."
"I like the sound of that," Lilian said with an approving nod. "New and better beginnings. It kinda fits perfectly with the story of my life." Stephanie and Rob nodded their agreement, smiling at Lilian before quickly settling into a quiet albeit somewhat heated discussion about baseball.
The little blonde in the bed watched, tears shining as she watched her two friends… no, her two family members talk. It felt good to have a real family with her.
End part 16… Katy, please put all knives and instruments of torture away!