Chapter 5
Ronnie hated hospitals. Always had. But most of all she hated how they smelt, like a mixture of cleaning products, antiseptic, medicine, and sterile sheets. Yet here she was sat in the waiting room of the Walford General once again, waiting for any news on Roxy.
The hospital itself was busy with people and doctors when suddenly an older couple sat in the corner caught her eye. Holding hands and smiling at one another they look well into their eighties but still so in love. Ronnie sighed, maybe she was holding herself back from that sort of happiness. But was it worth the risk was the question she kept replaying in her mind. What if she got hurt again she couldn't handle that again. A nurse walked over to where they were sat and interrupted Ronnie's thoughts.
"Are you Miss Mitchell's family?" the nurse asked Ronnie and Peggy, looking down to her clip board.
"Yes that's us, is Roxy ok?" Ronnie asked concerned.
The nurse smiled at her comfortingly, "Well we can safely say its nothing serious, but we've taken some routine tests as a precaution, the results should be with you soon.",she said. "In the meantime though Roxanne is fine to return home."
Ronnie and Peggy smiled relived. Peggy turned to look at Ronnie, "Told you she'd be fine!" she said squeezing her hand,"Now lets go get her home, Ben's worried stiff poor thing."
Ronnie smiled at Peggy as they made there way into Roxy's ward.
They made their way over to Roxy's bed where she was painting her toenails. Ronnie couldn't help but smile at her.
"Hey babe you sure your allowed to do that in here?" She asked plonking herself down on her bed careful not to knock the glittery purple polish on the floor.
"What they don't know can't hurt 'em" Roxy replied sticking her tongue out. "God its depressing in here, sick people everywhere. I could catch anything you know! I could be dying as we speak all cause I didn't eat breakfast I bet. Bet you I was just hungry, that's why I fainted." she said sticking her tongue out the side of her mouth slightly concentring on her last few unpainted nails.
"Proper little doctor aren't you." her elder sister teased, "Anyway the real doctors just spoken to us." Ronnie told her sister glad she was back to her normal self, maybe the doctor were right, maybe she was fine.
"She says you can come home" Peggy said to Roxy as her face turned to a smile for the first time since they'd arrived.
"Then what the hell are we still doing here?" she said screwing the lid on her nail polish as she walked round getting her stuff while trying not to smudge her toe nails.
"Yeah, you might wanna wait till they dry" Ronnie said laughing at her sister waddling around the hospital room.
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The girl had been sat on the bench for a good 30 minutes now her tears had finally dried yet her face was still red and blotchy. Her pocket suddenly began to vibrate. Pulling out her phone of her pocket sliding it up she read the text.
Em where the hell r u? I cant cover 4 u much longer Ry x
Closing the phone quite aggressively with a loud groan she stood up from the bench. It was now or never.
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