A/N Sorry I haven't updated for a while, I've been quite busy! (Go and read LiAaR if you want a full explanation: I'm not writing it again!) Hope you like the chapter anyway! :-D

Thanks to CasualtyFanForever81, lilangel1, Gillian Kearney Fan, Minxheart and MrsCuckoo for reviewing! They made me smile! :-D

I looked at my lap and then back at Charlie again, still wondering what to do.

"What happened, Samantha?" Charlie asked again.

I was about to look back to my lap when I suddenly had an idea. "Me and my friend got into a fight."

"It must have been quite some fight!" said Charlie.

I nodded. "Yeah, she started getting really angry with me for no reason, and then she started punching me," I explained. "In the end she pushed me back into the cooker!"

Charlie knew that something was wrong with the story, but he couldn't work out what, so he left it. There was one question on his mind though.

"Why did your mum think that you'd fallen out of a tree though?" he asked me.

I thought about this for a moment. "My friend said that I'd fallen out of the tree, then got up and walked to the kitchen, but fainted when I'd got there," I said. "I don't think she wanted Mummy finding out."

Charlie nodded, and inside I breathed a sigh of relief: he'd believed my lie.

He then went outside the curtain. "Mrs Nicholls, you can come back now."

"OK," said Mummy, and came back into the cubicle. "Are you OK, Samantha?"

"I'm feeling a bit better Mummy," I said.

Mummy then turned to Charlie. "What did she say happened?"

"She got into a fight with her friend," said Charlie.

Mummy gasped. "Well, she won't be coming round again!"

I breathed a sigh of relief: Mummy was going along with my lie even though we both knew what had really happened.

"How long will I have to stay in hospital for?" I asked.

"I'd say about a week," said Charlie. "Some of the injuries you've got are pretty bad."

"A week?!" I exclaimed, shocked. "What's wrong with me then?"

"You've got a big cut on your head, you've got a lot of broken ribs and lots of bruises on your chest," explained Charlie.

"OK," I said. "Will I stay here?"

"No, you'll be moved up to a children's ward," said Charlie. "And let me tell you a secret: it's way more fun than down here!"

I giggled slightly, and Charlie smiled at me.

"You'll stay down here for a few hours first though, just so we can make sure you're ready for the ward," said Charlie.

"OK," I said. I yawned. "I'm going to go to sleep." I put the duvet over me and then curled up in a ball, ready to go to sleep.

"Good idea," said Charlie, and then he left the cubicle.

I kept hold of Mummy's hand as I lay there, feeling safe as I gently drifted off to sleep...

A/N I know it's short and I know it's a cliffhanger, but it seemed a good place to stop it and I thought you'd prefer a short chapter now than a long chapter in a few days time. Hope you enjoyed it anyway! Please R&R! :-D