A/N So, because of all the reviews I got for the last chapter I thought I'd update again today (plus the fact that jsscnrmn really wanted me to update!). Hope you enjoy it! :-D

Thanks to sarah4steve, Minxheart, MrsCuckoo, CasualtyFanForever81 and jsscnrmn (x2!) for reviewing! The reviews made me so happy! :-D

Also, sorry if any of the hospital information is wrong, but the last time I was in hospital was nearly seven years ago, so I don't remember everything perfectly (although the biggest potential mistake I think I've made is the number of beds on the ward!).

When I woke up I was no longer in the ED, although Mummy was still there, holding my hand as I slept.

"Mummy, where are we?" I asked, looking around the room.

"You're in the children's ward," said Mummy. "You know, the one Charlie told you about?"

"Oh yeah," I said. I then began to look around the ward, taking in every detail. There were about sixteen beds, eight down each side, with a wide walkway in the middle. Some of the other children were watching TV on the televisions above their bed, others were playing video games on a portable station, and others were playing with building blocks and things on the floor. I wished that I could go and play with the blocks, but my ribs hurt too much. Just then, a nurse came over to me with a piece of paper with lots of smiley faces on it.

"Can you point to how much pain you're in?" she asked me.

I looked at the faces (of which there were five), ranging from very happy to very sad. I pointed to the second to last face to show that I was in quite a bit of pain.

"OK," said the nurse. "I'll be back in a minute."

A minute later she returned with a syringe. "Can you open your mouth for me?" she asked.

I did as I was told and she put the liquid into my mouth. As soon as it touched my tongue I recognised what it was: Calpol. I smiled: I loved Calpol. Mummy smiled at my smile.

"What are you smiling for?" she asked.

"It's Calpol!" I said excitedly.

Mummy shook her head. "I'm sure that sometimes you wish you were ill so you could have some Calpol!"

I smiled again: that idea had come into my head a few times, but I'd never actually done it. Now I was ill and had to stay in hospital for a week though, I could look forward to lots of Calpol!

After about half an hour I could no longer feel the pain in my ribs, and decided that I would go and play. I got off the bed (with Mummy's help) and went onto the floor to play with the building blocks. There was already a boy there playing with them and he smiled at me. I smiled back.

"I'm Nathan," he said. "What's your name?"

"Samantha," I replied. I looked at him, and he looked slightly older than me. "How old are you?"

"I'm five," said Nathan. I was right then. "How old are you?"

"Three," I replied.

"Do you want to help me build something?" Nathan asked.

"OK," I said, reaching for some blocks. "What should we build?"

"How about a castle?" asked Nathan. "And then we can get some of those people to come and live in it." He pointed to a table where there were some plastic figures.

"OK," I said, and we began to build.

A little while later the castle was looking quite good. Me and Nathan had been talking nearly the whole way through, but then he asked a question that I wasn't expecting.

"Why are you here?" he asked.

I froze for a moment. I knew the real reason I was here, but I couldn't tell him that. I also knew the reason that Mummy had told Charlie, but no one had believed that. I decided to give him the answer I'd given Charlie in the ED.

"Me and my friend got into a fight," I said.

"Wow, they must have hurt you pretty badly for you to come to hospital!" said Nathan.

"Yeah, they did," I said. I then decided to change the subject so he wouldn't pick up on my lie. "Why are you here?"

"I fell down the stairs a few days ago," said Nathan.

"Ow," I said. "Did it hurt?"

"I sprained my ankle but apart from that I was OK," said Nathan. "The doctors wanted to keep me in here for a few days though because I passed out at the bottom, which is why I'm still here."

"OK," I said. I then looked at the castle, which was nearly finished. "We'll be able to get some people in a minute!"

"Let's get it finished then!" said Nathan excitedly, and we both began to put the finishing touches to the castle.

About ten minutes later we finished the castle, and me and Nathan went over to the table to choose some people to live in it.

"Who should we have?" asked Nathan.

"Um, what about this King and Queen?" I asked, picking up two people.

"OK," said Nathan. "And this soldier and a dragon to protect them."

I laughed as Nathan picked up the dragon.

"What?" he asked. "Everyone knows that castles have dragons!"

"Only if they have princesses," I said, picking up a princess and a prince.

"Fine," said Nathan, and we went back to our castle.

When we had put the people (and the dragon!) into/ next to the castle, I went back to my bed and got Mummy to come and have a look at it.

"Wow, this is good!" she said. "Well done Samantha, and..." She looked at Nathan, waiting for him to give his name.

"Nathan," said Nathan.

"Well done Samantha and Nathan: you've done really well," she said.

"Do you like the dragon?" asked Nathan eagerly.

"Yes, it's a very nice dragon," said Mummy. "Was that your idea?"

"Yes," said Nathan proudly.

"I did the prince and the princess," I said, pointing to where they were stood on a little balcony we'd made.

"They look really good," said Mummy. "Did you do the King and Queen as well?"

"Yes," I said.

"I did the soldier," said Nathan, pointing to the soldier who was standing guard of the castle door.

"He'll make sure that no one gets into the castle to attack anyone won't he?" asked Mummy.

"With the help of the dragon," said Nathan, and Mummy laughed.

"Of course," she said, and we all smiled.

A/N Hope you enjoyed the chapter! :-D Btw, I wasn't making up the thing about the Calpol (or the 'pain faces'), that actually happened (and my reaction was very similar to Samantha's!)! (If only paracetamol tasted so good!) Please read and review! :-D