Roxanna and Randy had been sat in the waiting room for about 20 minutes and were starting to think that the receptionist had forgotten about them...

"Let me go talk to her." Randy groaned, slightly pissed off by the whole system.

"Excuse me, did you find out when Roxanna could see Lily?" Randy asked as calmly as he could.

"Oh that's what I forgot to do, I'll do it in a minute." the receptionist replied, stuffing her face full of biscuits, continuing to play 'Space Invaders' on her computer.

"I don't think you quite understand..." Randy breathed, annoyed at the lack of urgency.

"Sorry?"

"My girlfriend is literally tearing her hair out. She's worried out of her mind about her friend and all you can do is say 'I'll go in a minute'? Lily might not have 'just another minute' now get of your backside and see what's happening!" Randy ordered, walking back to the relatives room.

"Someone should be coming in a minute...that fuckwit at reception hadn't even seen anyone about it. Too busy feeding her face, stupid hag!" Randy ranted.

Roxy smirked slightly. She found it so amusing whenever Randy got really pissed off.

Sure enough, two minutes later, a young, blonde, female doctor entered the room.

"Roxanna Richards?" she asked politely.

"Yes that's me."

"Hi, I'm Doctor Stone. I apologise Sir for my receptionist, we're waiting for a replacement but when they arrive is another story! You're Lily Martins best friend, huh?"

"Yes."

"Do you know what's the matter with her or not?"

"I know that her kidney is in dier straights and that she might need a transplant." Roxy murmured.

"That's the basic outline of her condition, yes." Doctor Stone said, sitting opposite Roxanna and Randy.

"How did she get the condition?" Roxy questioned.

"Both her grandparents from her father's side were ill with problems related to the kidneys. Her grandfathers stored excess waste instead of getting rid of it and had high blood pressure to accommodate this. Her grandmother was diabetic which made matters worse for her."

"When...when did Lily become ill?" Roxy asked.

"She'd been monitored over the past 15 months after her grandmother died of his problems. Her father wanted to get her checked out and we found that her kidney wasn't getting rid of what they should be. We tried changing her diet and trying to get her off the alcohol but it didn't really seem to work. In the past month due to this we have put her on dialysis but we feel know that we need to transplant before things get too bad."

"She never said anything to me before. It seems a bit drastic..." Roxy spoke.

"It's one of the only ways that she may be able to live a healthy life." Doctor Stone explained. "If she had been born with two kidneys, she might have been stable enough not to need a transplant but unfortunatly that isn't the case. An upside to this is that she has a rare blood group and we have found someone in the local area who is willing to donate one of his kidneys for her. However, nothing is set for definate yet but we are all keeping our fingers crossed for her."

"When can I see her?" Roxanna asked.

"Her parents are in with her for a few minutes. I'll go talk to her and see what she says if you like." she said, standing up.

"Thank you." Roxy said, shaking the Doctors hand.

"Believe me, I don't want to have to do this to such a young girl but really I have no choice."

"There you have it in a nut shell." Randy said after the Doctor left.

"While I'm in with her, did you want to go to the gym across the road?"

"I can do." Randy said.

"I don't think I'll be able to see her for much more than an hour but then we can do whatever we want."

"Sure." Randy answered.

"You can see her now for an hour before the specialist arrives to examine her." Doctor Stone said "If you'd like to follow me."

"See you later, sweetie." Randy said in concern "Don't worry, it will all be fine."

"I hope you are right." Roxy said, kissing him on the lips. "Meet me here in about an hour, ok?"

"Sure, bye."

"Before you go in, I need you to put this gown and everything on, to stop the spread of infection or anything." one of the nurses told Roxy.

"Thanks." she said gratefully, entering the cold, green room.

Roxy made her way through the glass sealed door where Lily's parents, Mark and Lisa, were stood around. They really hadn't changed a lot since Roxanna last saw them a few years ago. Roxy peered over to Lily who looked pale and drawn. Her skin was a deathly shade of grey/white and she had large black circles under her hazel eyes.

"Roxy, how are you?" Mark asked. He hadn't really known Roxanna much as a child while he was travelling with his band but knew how highly his daughter thought of her.

"Ok thanks, how is everyone?"

"We're good thanks." Lisa smiled.

"Mum, Dad, can you leave me and Rox alone for a while, please? I need to talk to her privately." Lily muttered.

"Sure baby, whatever you want." Lisa replied, kissing her daughters head before leaving with Mark.

"See you later."

"Hey raspy - nice to know you haven't lost your voice." Roxy joked tearfully.

"No ones ever gonna take my voice away from me."

"Not even Brody from the Distillers?"

"Especially not her." Lily laughed slightly.

"Lil I'm so sorry..."

"Don't be, come on sit down. I thought that having you here would help lighten the mood."

"I don't know if I could..." Roxy wailed.

"Please don't turn into my parents, all they've done is cried since I've been ill." Lily pleaded.

"I know, but you're my best mate - I don't wanna loose you!"

"I'm not going anywhere, I can't, the record label won't let me!"

Both girls laughed for a few moments.

"Why didn't you tell me sooner?" Roxy asked, reaching for Lily's hand.

"I didn't want to worry you. To be honest, when they first did the inital test, it was just a routine health check anyway. Before now, I didn't want you to feel like you had to come back over here. It's not fair on you - you've been doing such a good job kicking your Father's arse into gear!"

"You watch me?"

"Oh yeah, every Tuesday morning at 2am, it's the only place to be!"

"How's everything with the band going?"

"Good, well, until now. The albums gonna get released after I've had the transplant and got better."

"Have you met the donor?"

"No not yet. All I know is that he lives outside London, we have the same blood type and everything. Doctors say that if he wasn't 45 we could be mistaken for twins, we are so alike!"

"Really? Cool."

"The specialist who's coming in a little while is gonna ring him up. He hasn't strictly agreed to it or anything yet but he knows how much I need it."

"I pray that you do get it, I really do."

"When are you sticking around until?"

"Me and Randy are travelling back to America on Sunday afternoon to get to Raw, if that's ok."

"Randy's over here?"

"Yeah, why?"

"I wanna meet him, see if he's better looking in real life than on screen."

"You know we got a house recently? Well, we got one with a canopy bed and everything."

"Whoa, someone knows how to spend, huh?"

"Yeah. You know I'm not with him for money..."

"I know and I knowyour mother would disagree but I'm happy for you. I know that it's been difficult for the two of you, but I do think that you two are good together."

"Thank you. Speaking of my mother, guess what t-shirt I'm wearing?"

"The bitch one? No way! You still fit in it!"

"I know!"

"It still looks great on you too."

"Thanks."

"I remember buying that for you - your Mum wasn't too impressed at first."

"Nah, she got used to it. She's changed."

"I know she has. She rang me up and started ranting on about how 'Randy's taken away my little girl' and all this other shite."

"She has issues with him."

"As long as you're happy and know that what you are doing is right, go for it. Don't listen to her, she's not in the relationship."

"She does make it difficult, like when she was at our house the other day and everything, she spoke to him like trash."

"Listen, when I get better, I'm gonna go to your fancy pad and I'm gonna see what your life is like." Lily decided.

"How do you stay so positive?" Roxy questioned, shaking her head slightly.

"Hey, someone's got to. It might as well be me."

"I don't think I could."

"I know you wouldn't be able and if Randy's anything like you say he would be crumbelling inside."

"He said that earlier."

"I envy you a little."

"Why?"

"You have such a great guy and everything - can I speak to him before you leave?"

"I don't see why not." Roxy shrugged.

To be continued...


Thanks to Roxxy 1984 for the kind review last time. I've tried to be as medically accurate as I can be with this chapter and I once again would like to state that I do NOT intend to offend anyone with this storyline.