Chapter 12

Alex looked up hopefully.

"Miss...Anna Stewart?" (A/N: I know I know, but I couldn't think of any last name!)

"Oh! That's us!" said Alex.

Alex stood up and gave Anna to Robbie.

"I'm sorry, only family can come in," said the doctor.

"Well, I'm her sister, that's her uncle," she said pointing to Robbie, "those are her cousins," she said pointing to Jackson and Miley, "and they are like brother and sister to us," she said pointing to Lily and Oliver, "and those people helped us," she said pointing Troy, Gabriella and Taylor.

"Well, I guess you can all come in," said the doctor. "You're in room 10."

The doctor went into a room, followed by Robbie, Miley, Lily, Jackson, Oliver, Alex, who was desperately trying to hold back tears, Troy, Gabriella and Taylor.

"My name is Doctor Sarah," she said, "but you can call me Sarah."

"Nice to meet you," said Robbie.

Robbie put Anna on the hospital bed and gently woke her up. She looked up and started to cry.

"Where am I?" she asked looking around.

"Don't worry Anna, you are in a room! See, everyone's here," said Alex pointing to everyone.

Anna calmed down and laid down on the bed.

"Okay, now, how did she get the cut?" asked Sarah.

"Well, she was running around and she cut her finger on the coat hook," said Miley.

"I see, and what time was that?"

"Um...10," said Oliver.

"So an hour ago," said the doctor writing that down.

"May I take a look?" Sarah asked Anna. She nodded.

Sarah took the handcloth off of her finger and rubbed the blood off and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Well, although the cut is deep, it's not as serious as you probably thought," she said.

Everyone in the room breathed a sigh of relief.

"We are going to have give her stitches though," said the doctor.

Alex almost fainted.

"What!"

"Oh don't worry, stitches are very minor," said Sarah.

"Can't you do staples?" asked Alex.

"We can't do that on a finger especially on a three year old," said Sarah.

Alex ran out of the room and ran into the waiting room crying. She sat down on a chair and put her head in her hands.

"Dad, we'll be right back," said Miley.

Miley, Lily, and Oliver ran out into the waiting room an saw Alex her hair in front of her face and her knees up to her chest.

"Alex? What's the matter?" asked Miley.

Alex continued crying.

"Come on Alex! Tell us!" said Miley.

Alex said nothing, but she pulled up her sleeve of her shirt, which showed a scar from her shoulder about 3 inches long.

"Where did you get this?" asked Lily.

Alex took a deep breath and let it out.

"When I was six, I fell off my bike. I had a cut in my arm that wouldn't stop bleeding, so I went to the emergency room. When we got there, they said I needed stitches. I hated it! It was horrible! It hurt so bad!" she said crying.

Oliver gave her a hug.

"I can't let Anna go through that!" said Alex.

"Alex, you know that the only way Anna will be able to get the cut to heal is to get stitches," said Miley gently and a little firmly.

"And if you need to, you can always close your eyes," said Lily, "but you know that Anna will really want you in there."

Alex nodded and gave Lily and Miley a hug and went back in the hospital.

"Alex? Are you okay?" asked Anna.

Alex nodded.

"Yup, are you ready to get your stitches?" asked Alex.

Anna laughed. "I already got them!" said Anna holding up her finger which showed a line where the cut had been sewn.

Alex laughed. "I'm sorry I wasn't here," she said.

"It's okay." said Anna.

Alex gave Anna a hug and took her off the table.

"Thank you so much," said Alex.

"It was no problem," said Sarah, "she was very brave. She'll need to take Ibuprofen every four hours."

Alex nodded.

"Do you need a work or school slip?" asked Sarah.

Alex shook her head, "No thank you."

The doctor nodded, waved and left the room.

"Are you ready to go home?" asked Alex.

Anna nodded and yawned.

"Here we go," said Troy picking her up.

"Thanks Twoy!" said Anna.

Troy smiled and brought her out.

"Alexandra are you okay?" asked Gabriella.

"I'm fine, thanks Gabriella. Call me Alex," she said.

"In that case, call me Gabi," said Gabi.

Alex nodded.

"Anna was so good while you were gone," said Taylor.

Alex nodded, "I'm sorry I ran out of there, I just had a…." she thought for a moment. "Bad experience with stitches."

"It's alright, you are lucky you have such good friends," said Taylor pointing to Miley, Lily, and Oliver.

Alex nodded, "I really do," she said.

Everyone piled into the car and went back to the hotel. By the time they got back Anna had fallen asleep in Troy's arms.

When they got in the elevator, Miley, Anna, Troy, Gabi, Taylor, Alex and Lily got in first and went up. Then, Oliver, Jackson and Robbie went in the next elevator.

When they all got up to their floor, Anna miraculously was still asleep despite all the moving Troy had done with his arms.

"Thank you so much," said Alex taking Anna from Troy.

"It was no problem," said Troy.

"Maybe we can meet up tomorrow," said Gabriella.

"Yeah! That would be awesome!" said Alex, "maybe we can have a girls day out! You, me, Taylor, Miley and Lily!"

"Sounds fun!" said Miley.

"Definitely!" said Lily.

"Awesome!" said Taylor.

"Great! We'll meet you guys outside the hotel at ten," said Gabi.

"Alright see you then," said Alex.

Gabi and Taylor walked down the hallway and went into their hotel room followed by Troy.

"I better take Sleeping Beauty here to our hotel room, I'll see you guys tomorrow," said Alex.

"We're all going out to breakfast, you wanna come?" asked Lily.

Alex nodded.

"Alright, we'll be at your door at 8 okay?" asked Miley.

"Alright, see you then," said Alex.

Alex walked down the hallway and into her hotel suite.

She walked over to Anna's room and carefully put her into her pajamas and into her crib. She quietly put the sides up and turned the light out as she walked out. She walked into her room and put on some pink silk pajamas and put on her white bathrobe. She went into the kitchen and made some hot chocolate.

She sat on the couch and turned on the Disney Channel where Phil of the Future was playing. She continued watching it until she heard a knock on the door.

"Hold on," she said. She walked over to the door and said, "who is it?"

"Oliver," he said.

Alex opened the door.

"What's up?" she asked.

"Nothing, I wanted to see how you were doing," he said.

That's so sweet, she thought.

"I'm fine, thanks," she said.

"Why are you still up?" he asked.

"Oh, just a little shaken up from what happened," she said.

"That's understandable. So, are you coming to breakfast tomorrow?" Oliver asked.

Alex nodded, "I will definitely be there," she said.

Oliver nodded, "I'll see you there," he said. He gave her a kiss. "Good night."

Alex shut the door.

"Try great night," she said. (Yes, that is a line from Lizzie McGuire)