True Love - Chapter Five; True Love – Finale

He smiled at her, ran and poked his head around the door,

"Doctor! She's woken up! Someone!" He shouted

He looked the other way down the corridor, waiting for some sign that someone was coming to help him.

"..Zane.." Her hoarse voice whispered

"Rikki!" He ran over to her side, and the same pair of Doctors ran in.

"..Hurts.." She croaked.

"Can you give her some morphine or something!?"

"Ruth! Increase to 150 of morphine," A man in a suit shouted.

"I love you Zane.." She smiled at him under the oxygen mask

"I love you too"

"Can..I..Water?" She whispered

"Can I give her some water?"

The young Doctor looked at the older Doctor, who nodded. Zane went to the other side of the bed, getting a plastic cup and filling it from the jug on the bedside table. Rikki tried to sit up on her own, but sighed, defeated.

"Can you sit her up please?" The Doctor nodded and pulled a leaver which raised the section of the bed up, so Rikki was sitting upright. "Do you want any help?" Zane asked, concerned. She shook her head defiantly, but when she realised she couldn't really hold the cup on her own, she nodded and a few tears fell. Zane knew that Rikki hated being weak. "Am I allowed to remove the mask?" Zane continued, and the Doctor observed the machine beside the bed, and nodded.

"Rikki, We are just going to see if you can breathe on your own, OK?" The Doctor asked. Rikki nodded slowly, and reached for Zane's hand. The Doctor removed the mask, and looked at the monitor. "There we go, go ahead." Zane took the cup and pressed it to Rikki's lips, and she slurped up the water, her face flushing red, embarrassed by all the help she had to be given.

"Thank you..Zane..Who's that man?"

"Hmm?" Zane replied, looking behind him, to see her Dad had walked into her room, He turned back round to Rikki, but first caught the eye of the young Doctor, The older one had been called off to another patient. Emma and Cleo came into the room. Rikki's face now became a mixture of fear and confusion.

"Who is that? Zane!" Rikki tightened her grip on Zane's hand.

"OK, Right, Now, If you would all like to leave the room quickly, so I can check Rikki over?" Emma, Cleo, Rikki's dad and Zane all walked to the door.

"Zane, I want Zane!" Zane turned around,

"Can I stay?"

"Erm, Yes, If you want, and that is what Rikki wants. Well, I'm going to get a Doctor more qualified with this field. They'll be along shortly." The Doctor disappeared from the room. Zane kissed Rikki on the cheek, and she smiled at him.

"I'm just glad you're ok,"

"Hello Rikki, and..Zane? Is it Zane?" A woman said, walking through the door, peering at a clipboard. "I'm Dr. Cotham, But you can call me Louise,"

"Yeah, I'm Zane, Her boyfriend. She wanted me to stay with her..The other Doctor said it was alright.."

"Oh Yes! It is! There's no need to worry, It's always good to have someone help you through a hard time like this, isn't it Rikki?" Rikki opened her mouth for a sarcastic comeback, but shut it again, and just nodded.

"Ok! Well, First of all, We shall get some of these tubes out of you, We don't really need them now you're awake?, Do we?" Zane peered at the Doctor, and tutted when he saw the word 'Paediatrics' on her badge.

"Ok, Now.." She muttered. "Out natrogastic tube, and the this..and the..yeah..Ok, Rikki, this may hurt a bit," She said, moving towards her. She had just disconnected the tubes from the various machines, but now needed to take them out of Rikki's body. Rikki nodded, and Zane held her hand tighter. The Doctor came to her hand, and took out a drip, then put a bandage over the now slit on the top of her wrist. "That will most likely scar, I'm sorry. I don't think he'll mind though" She smiled at Rikki, who tried to smile back, despite the tears of pain that were falling from her eyes. "You are comfortable around Zane, Aren't you?" Rikki nodded almost instantly. "Right, Good. Just that I need to get to your tummy, and to do that, I need to undo your hospital gown..Are you sure you're ok with this?" She nodded again. The Doctor untied the bow on her shoulder, and brought it down, then covered up her top half with a blanket. "This," The Doctor said, "Is what has been feeding you the past 4 weeks Rikki," She then pulled out a tube from her stomach, to the right of her belly button. "That shouldn't scar that much, Right, There we go!"

"We done?" Rikki asked quietly.

"Um, yes. Heart, BP, Oxygen..Still in, Yeah, We are all done. Well, the 'tubey' bits anyway."

"Good," Rikki sighed "Why does everything hurt?"

"It's ok, We can't give you any more pain relief without knocking you out, I'm sorry. Everything should stop soon, Where does it hurt?"

"Everywhere," She slightly chuckled, "I just feel really really dizzy.."

"It's OK, most people do get very dizzy when they come round from Comas. It ok. Now, Rikki, I need to ask you some questions, OK?"

"Yeah. OK"

"Do you know what year this is?"

"Yeah. Course. It's erm.." She studied the covers on the bed, then a tear rolled down her cheek. "I don't know.."

"That's OK, You know you're name right?"

"Rikki, Yeah."

"And You know his name?"

"Zane.."

"Do you know those people who came in earlier?"

"No.."

"Do you want me to get them to come in again, just to check?"

"Yeah.." Zane squeezed her hand as the Doctor went to the door and invited them in.

"Rikki!" They all said, Running towards her bed.

"Stop, please," They all stopped in their tracks, "Thank you."

"Now Rikki, This man here, Do you know who he is?"

Rikki shook her head, and wiped tears away from her eyes. Mr Chadwick looked shocked, but smiled at her. She would get through this, she was a Chadwick – She was strong.

"How about these two girls? Any idea who they are?"

"No.." Emma and Cleo looked at each other and smiled sadly

"Ok, Right. Well, Would you guys mind going out for a minute, Mr Chadwick, You can come back in a second, Ok?"

"Yeah, Thanks" He replied.

"Rikki, Give me your full name,"

"Rikki..Begins with a C..I can't remember.."

"Right, Ok, Can you tell me your address?"

Rikki shook her head, again.

"Birthday?"

Another shake.

"Your school?"

"I'm so dumb..I can't remember anything."

"Rikki, it's okay, You were in a serious accident, This is normal. You are lucky to be alive. You are currently suffering from Retrograde amnesia. This means that you cannot remember anything from before your accident."

"Oh."

"But, She knows who I am!" Zane said.

"Oh, Yes, I remember Doctor Winters telling me. That's rather odd...The only thing that she remembers about her past, Is her boyfriends name.."

Rikki looked up and smiled at Zane, Who then bent down, and gave her a quick kiss on the lips.

"Now, That is true love."

Love is not just a feeling,

Love can pull you through,

Love can help the healing,

Just as long as I'm with you.