Danny sat by her side. He held her fragile hand. "please Carol, i remember the first time we met properly in Australia." he said "that was the best day of my life."
"visiting time is over can all visitors please leave, thank you" he heard the receptionist call.
"I'll come back tomorrow, I promise" he said. He left.
Where now? He thought. He followed the signs.
(pub time)
"eyup Joe" Gina smiled
"hello"
"usual?" she asked
"oh please" he sighed
"you sound like you've had a good day" she said sarcastically.
"well Danny had turned up in Aidensfield"
"Danny?" Gina asked
"Danny Cassidy, yeah Carol's brother"
"brother?" she asked in a confused tone "oh the one she met in Australia? Oh poor thing!" she said
Just then Danny came in
"hello mate" he smiled. "ae you the land lady?" He asked Gina
"yes I am duck, what can I get you?"
"do you have any spare rooms?" he asked
"yeah we have one left actually"
"i thought you were full?" Joe asked
"he left about 2 days ago"
"oh, that's good then" Joe smiled
"he didn't say anything, he just went, anyway, come on, I'll show you to your room" She smiled leading the way
"so how are you finding Aidensfield so far?" she asked
"well it's a really nice place, it's much colder and different to Australia though"
"oh, I'm guessing it's boiling in Austalia, your so tanned, i look like a milk carten" she laughed
"oh it is, it's too hot sometimes though"
"ooo i know what you mean" she opened the door "here you go"
"thank you so much!"
"it's no problem, stay as long as you need to"
She came back down.
"sorry about that"
"don't worry about it" Joe said.
"Do you know how she is yet?" Gina asked
"no, she looks awful though" he sighed thinking back.
"oh gosh, she'll pull through, she's a fighter"
xxxxxx
Danny sat alone on the bed looking out of the window. It wasn't the best of days. He could just see fields for miles, all covered in pure white snow. He watched as it floated weightlessy from the sky, it was so relaxing, and so beautiful. He layed down on the bed for a minuet. He was so tired.
...he opened his eyes quickly. "must have dosed off" he said sitting up. He looked out of the window to see it was all dark. He could only see the garage on the other side, which was lit up. In the light he could see little flakes that blew around in the wind. He peered at the clock on the wall.
12.01 ? the last time he checked it was 11.00. He sighed and flopped back on the bed. He looked up at the pattern on the celling. His eye lids were heavy. He fell back to sleep.
Everything was jumbled up in his mind. He had flash backs of the conversations he had today, regarding his little sister. It was as though someone had taped it and was playing it back. He was trapped in this nightmere! He saw no image but he heard the repetative bleeping noise. It was getting louder and louder, and longer thee was a pause and then there was one big one, which didn't seem to end. He flinched and sat up quickly. He heard his heavy breathing. He looked over at the clock which he heard ticking. All of a sudden it stopped. Oh no. he thought, that usually means death! He closed his eyes and cried silently into his pillow. It was half past 8. He decided to get up and get ready. He came out from the bathroom, feeling a little bit better. He changed. He was brushing his hair and then there was a knock at the door. He answered it. It was Gina looking lovely (as usual) she had a bright pink dress on and striking makeup on. Her hair was tied back into a pony tail.
"I'm not interrupting or anything?" she asked
"no no" he smiled
"do you want a cuppa?" she asked
"cuppa?" he asked
"oh sorry a drink of tea?"
"oh right" he chuckled "oh yes please, 2 sugars"
"ok"
"oh Gina, the clock stopped"
"oh must have ran out of batteries" she took a look. "this one?" she pointed to the one on the wall.
"yeah"
"it's working fine" she said. He looked puzzled. It stopped, I'm sure it did."
"oh well it must have stuck or something" she said. "I'll bring your drink up" she walked out. He stopped and looked at the clock...that was wiered, it was ticking again hmm...