Chapter number 7. Waking up to reality
"Feeling any better today?" Peter asked Laura who had just walked in the door of the police station for her afternoon shift.
"Yeah, thanks for last night Pete, it was good to have someone to talk to about it".
"Your welcome, just looking out for a friend" Peter told her giving her a smile, "anyway see you later, I've got a meeting to go to".
"Ok, bye" she replied as he left through the door.
Serena woke up slowly, she could hear the steady beeping of the heart monitor that was next to her bed. Her vision began to kick in and the hospital room around her began to turn from a pitch black, lifeless, meaningless, picture to the sights of the doctor (Dr Simpson) and a nurse that were doing some testes on her. Then the doctor started talking to her as she continued to regain her consciousness. "Can you tell me where you are?"
"I'm in the hospital" she replied weakly as the doctor shined a light in her eyes.
"Very good, now can you tell me what you last remember?" Dr Simpson asked putting down the light and waiting for her answer.
"I was on the phone to Tony and a car came up behind me and hit me".
"Ok, well at least you don't have any brain damage".
"Ok, ok, thank you for letting us know" Tony said as he talked on the phone to the nurse from the hospital. "Ok, bye, we'll be down there as soon as possible" he told her hanging up and turning back round to everyone else in the room where they still were with Jack. "That was the hospital".
"Is she ok?" Jack jumped in before anyone else had the chance to say anything.
"She's just woken up, and it's safe to say that she doesn't have any brain damage" Tony announced.
"Well thats good to hear" Maddie said in relief.
"Yeah" Lucas agreed, "that means we can start the Chemotherapy sooner".
"Which means she's got a better chance of winning this battle" Beth added looking at Jack in reassurance.
"Ok well call as soon as you see her, and put her on the phone, I really want to talk to her" Jack told them.
"Ok we will mate" Tony replied, "we've got the prison's number don't we?" he asked turning to Beth.
"Yes, and if we don't Serena knows it off by heart so we won't have any problems" she answered. "Well we better get going then".
"Yeap, see you all later" Jack said.
Back at the hospital Serena was still lying in her bed when Dr Simpson came back in. "So will I be able to go back home soon?" she asked.
"Um, no, Serena while you were still unconscious we did some blood tests and we've found a form of cancer in your system".
"What?"
"Acute myelogenous Leukemia".
"No, please no" she begged.
"I'm sorry, all can promise is that were going to do the best we can to cure you. I'll give you the same sheets I gave your family so you know what your dealing with".
"No, I don't need the sheets I already know about it, my father was a cancer specialist" she told her, "I just can't believe this is happening. I mean, Acute myelogenous Leukemia, that's too rate for my age, I'm not over sixty five, and I'm not under fifteen, I'm out in the middle where I've got less chance to survive" she cried. "And I haven't found any symptoms, I'm not bruising easily I haven't been sort of air-".
"Actually you have been sort of air while you've been in here. Look do you need anything?"
"No thank you, I just want to be alone" Serena replied softly.
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