Chapter 5.

Kelly was sitting up in the bed, but still leaning her head against the pillows, looking out of the window. She was wearing one of the hats that Kris had brought her the other day. She had forced herself out of bed this morning so she could use the bathroom. She knew she had to be able to do something that simple by herself before they would let her home, and she really wanted to go home. Now. She was so tired of this room, she wanted home to her girl. She missed her every second she was away.

While Kelly was sitting in there thinking, Bosley and Kris walked in through the door. Kris had a bag on her shoulder, and both of them smiled happily when they came in.

"Hi Kell!" Kris said as they came up to the bed.

"Hi." Kelly smiled weakly. "What's in the bag?"

"Your clothes. You're allowed to go home."

Kelly looked at Kris with big eyes, before her face turned into a smile.

"Yes, finally!"

Kris smiled and held out the bag for Kelly, but Kelly hesitated. She hated it when she felt helpless, and she didn't want to ask for help by anyone. It made her feel weak and powerless. And Kelly Garrett was not like that. But she knew she needed help.

"Kris?"

"What?" Kris asked confused, and worried that Kelly maybe wasn't ready to go home after all.

"Can you help me get dressed?"

Kris smiled.

"Of course. Come on."

Both Bosley and Kris went to support Kelly when she got ready to get out of the bed, but she told them that she wanted to try that by herself. They agreed and backed off. Kelly put her feet over the edge of the bed, and sat still for a second before standing up, holding onto the wall. She stood still with her eyes closed for a minute, the world was spinning dangerously. She opened her eyes, focused on the bathroom door, and then walked over there with firm steps. Kris and Bosley smiled to each other before Kris followed Kelly into the bathroom with the bag. Bosley went out to get a wheelchair, and when he came back, Kelly was sitting on the edge of the bed. She managed to get herself down into the chair, and for probably the first time, Kelly Garrett did not complain about having to be wheeled out. They stopped by the desk and Kelly signed release papers, got prescriptions and talked a little with Dr Jackson before they left. They made a stop by the pharmacy before they made their way out to the parking lot.

"Where's Ella by the way?" Kelly asked as they reached the lot, suddenly realizing that it was Saturday, and Ella didn't have school.

"She's at your place together with Julie and Jill." Kris said, and Kelly nodded slightly.

"I don't know how to thank you for taking care of her so much Kris."

"No need to thank me. We had fun together." Kris smiled as she jumped into the driver's seat, next to Kelly, and Bosley jumped into the backseat after leaving the wheelchair.

"Of course you did. You are fun Aunt Kris." Kelly smiled, and Kris laughed as she drove out from the parking lot.

"Oh yes I am."

As they reached Kelly's house, she noticed smoke coming from the back of it. She looked confused at Kris, who pulled up in the driveway behind Kelly's car.

"I see they have the BBQ going." Kris smiled and Kelly exhaled.

"Oh. Good."

Kris and Bosley got out of the car, and Bosley held a firm grip around Kelly's waist as they walked up to the house. Kris just placed Kelly's bag in the hallway, as Bosley and Kelly came in.

"I should unpack." Kelly stated, but both Bosley and Kris shook their heads.

"No way, let's get you outside."

Kelly looked confused at them, wondering what they had planned now. Kris and Bosley smiled happily to each other as they walked out into Kelly's garden on the backside. As Kelly came out, her mouth dropped to the floor.

"Oh God!"

"Surprise!" Jill happily exclaimed with her hands in the air, which made Sabrina slightly punch her in the stomach. Tiffany and Julie who were both sitting by the same table laughed at loud. In the same second, Ella came running from behind Jill, and she didn't stop until she held a firm grip around Kelly's legs.

"Mommy!"

Kelly slowly got down on her knees and hugged Ella, holding her close for a long time. Afterwards, Kelly took the little girl's face in her hands.

"My beautiful girl. I'm so glad to be home."

"I'm glad you're home too!" Ella smiled happily. "And everyone else is here!"

"I can see that." Kelly smiled happily, looking around the table. "Did you know they were coming?"

Ella nodded fast, which made the brown curls fly everywhere.

"Yes! But Kris told me not to tell you, she said it should be a surprise." Ella smiled, finishing off with a large grin.

"Well, it really is a surprise." Kelly smiled, and then grabbed Bosley's arm for support as she tried to get back to her feet. Bosley helped her up, and she then got hugs from Sabrina and Tiffany, before sitting down by the table. Ella quickly climbed up in her lap and leaned back against her chest. The table had been prepared for a dinner outside, plates and everything were on the table, they were just waiting for the meat. Kelly noticed a baby carriage behind Sabrina, and she couldn't help but smile. Sabrina smiled back, and looked back at her boy who was sound asleep.

"What are you all doing here?" Kelly asked.

"Well, we've called around to let everyone know what happened, and all three of them decided to come and welcome you home, well, Jill you already knew about." Kris explained.

"You're too kind; you didn't need to do that." Kelly smiled gratefully.

"Of course we had to get here Kelly. And we're so happy you're all right." Jill smiled, and Kelly smiled back.

"Well, I'm glad to see you all."

Julie smiled and rose to her feet, checking over the meet, before moving it all over to a plate, putting it on the table. Jill was – of course – the first one to dig in on the food, and it didn't take long before they were all enjoying the food.

"How's you back Tiff?" Kelly asked as she passed the vegetables forward.

"It's a lot better, I hardly notice it anymore." Tiffany smiled, digging in on her food.

"What do you do nowadays?" Sabrina asked.

"I'm studying to become a lawyer."

"Oh, how's that going?"

"It's going well actually. It's really interesting." Tiffany smiled.

"You'll be a great lawyer, I'm sure of it." Kris smiled.

"Thank you, I really hope so. I'm looking forward to finish studies, there's a lot of them." Tiffany smiled. "And you know that it's not that far from Boston to DC, you have to come up and visit."

"Of course." Kris smiled.

Everyone was still around the table outside when they heard the doorbell ring a few hours later. The food was all finished, and they had been enjoying some conversations the last couple of hours. Kris offered to answer the door, and went to the other side of the house, finding Sabrina's husband.

"Hi Anton! Come on, we're all at the back."

"Hi Kris." Anton smiled as he followed Kris out to the other side of the house. Sabrina was already on her feet and greeted her husband with a kiss.

"Can we get you anything?" Bosley offered.

"No, thank you." Anton smiled.

Sabrina was hugging everyone around the table, stopping after hugging Kelly, holding her hand on her shoulder.

"Promise to call if you need anything, okay?"

"I promise. Thank you for coming Bri."

"Not a problem."

Sabrina smiled, and got the baby carriage, and then followed her husband out of the house, and got into their car. They had a three hours drive upstate to get home.

"Maybe I should move on to. My plane leaves within a few hours." Tiffany said, looking at her watch.

"Yeah, we'll head home too, Kelly need to get some rest." Bosley smiled, and Kelly returned the smile with one of her own, looking grateful. She was tired.

Everyone shared goodbyes, Bosley offered to drive Tiffany to the airport, and they all got into their cars. Jill and Kris stayed a little in the hall.

"Maybe one or both of us should stay here Kelly?" Kris asked, not wanting to leave Kelly alone.

"No, Kris, I'm fine. I'll rest anyway, I promise."

"But what if…"

"Kris. No. I'll be fine. You go on home to the beach and I'll speak with you in the morning." Kelly said, giving Kris a hug, then giving Jill one too.

"Okay. But promise to call if you need us, or just wants to talk."

"I promise." Kelly smiled.

Kris and Jill gave in and walked out to the cobra.

A few hours after everyone had left, Kelly and Ella were in the livingroom. Kelly had been helping Ella with her homework, and suddenly realized she had forgotten to take her medications. She was beginning to feel dizzy and nauseas, and realized she had to go and take them before she laid down to rest. She smiled at Ella who continued doing her homework by herself, and rose to her feet. A wave of nausea hit her, and she tried to grab onto the couch or the wall, or something, but it was too late.

Kris and Jill were out on the porch, having a cup of tea, breathing in the sea air.

"I feel bad for leaving Kelly alone."

"Don't worry, she'll be resting. You know how Kelly is, she hates being taken care of, and she wanted some time alone with Ella. We'll drop by for breakfast, she should be able to handle the evening herself." Jill smiled.

"Yeah, you're probably right." Kris sighed. "I'm just nervous. But she looked quite relaxed and okay when we left."

Jill nodded.

"Yeah, she did."

Kris was just about to bring up something else when she heard the phone call. She put her tea down and walked into the house, answering the phone.

"Yeah, hallo?" Kris said as she answered.

"Aunt Kris! You have to come! Something's wrong with mommy!"