A/N So, I'm bored again (I don't seem to have any good apps on my tablet anymore!), so I'm updating this again! (Well, at least I'm doing something productive!) Hope you like it! :-D

Thanks to sarah4steve, Gillian Kearney Fan, CasualtyFanForever81 and Minxheart for reviewing! They make me so happy! :-D

Minxheart: I agree! We should campaign for Calpol-flavoured paracetamol! XD

After about a week in the hospital I was ready to be discharged. A nurse came over and gave Mummy some discharge forms, which she signed, and then I was ready to go home.

"Come on then, Samantha," said Mummy, lifting me gently off the bed. I was dressed in a blue T-shirt and jeans that Mummy had got me from home yesterday. Mummy handed me my lilac hoodie (I never liked pink) and I put it on, zipping it up nearly all the way. I then out on my shoes on top of my white socks, and then we were ready to go.

"Let's go home," said Mummy cheerfully, obviously putting on an act to fool the nurse. She took my hand and we walked out of the hospital.

When we got to the car Mummy strapped me into my car seat and then sat on the seat next to me.

"Samantha," she began, "when we get home I want you to go up to your room so I can talk to Daddy about what happened, OK?"

"Why?" I asked.

"Because I don't want him to hurt you again whilst I talk to him," said Mummy, tears coming to her eyes. "What he did was wrong, and I need to tell him that to make sure he doesn't do it again."

"OK," I said. I then saw a tear roll down Mummy's cheek, and I wiped it away gently. "Don't cry, Mummy."

Mummy smiled. "I should be looking after you, not you looking after me!"

"You're sad though, Mummy," I said. "When I'm sad you make me happy, so I should make you happy too."

Mummy smiled again. "Oh Samantha, come here." She put her arms out and I hugged her.

Mummy then pulled out of the hug. "Let's go home."

"OK," I said, though I didn't want to. Mummy then got into the front of the car and began to drive.

When we got home Mummy took me out of my car seat and then unlocked the front door. I then walked in and went up to my bedroom like Mummy had told me to.

When I got upstairs I got onto my bed and curled up in a ball as shouting began to come from downstairs.

"Is she back?" Daddy asked.

"Yes," Mummy replied.

"Where is she?" Daddy asked.

"In her bedroom," Mummy replied.

"Why?" he asked.

"So that you can't hurt her!" she replied. "She spent a week in that hospital, and it's all your fault!"

"I didn't hurt her that badly!" Daddy shouted.

"Well you obviously did, otherwise she wouldn't have been there for so long!" Mummy shouted back.

I curled up tighter, trying to shut out the shouting. Unfortunately, I was already curled up as tight as I could, and so I began to cry, my breathing becoming more and more rapid. I reached out and grabbed Simba (the Disney soft toy I'd had ever since I was a baby) and hugged him close. I tried to slow down my breathing, but I couldn't.

"Breathe... Samantha..." I said to myself between my rapid breaths. "Just... breathe..."

I tried but I wasn't able to. I couldn't shut out the shouting either, which was doing my head in. I hugged Simba close, stroking his golden fur. I smiled sadly as he licked my tears away, and hugged him even tighter. Some time later the shouting finally stopped and I heard footsteps coming to me room. I froze and listened closely. Then I breathed a sigh of relief as I realised they were Mummy's footsteps (well, as well as I could with my breathing still rapid). Mummy knocked on the door, said "It's me", and then came in. When she saw me on the bed she rushed to my side and hugged me close.

"Samantha, can you take deep breaths for me?" she said softly.

"OK..." I said. I tried to breathe deeply, but it wouldn't work. "I... can't..."

"Yes you can, Samantha," she said. "Try it with me. In, and out. In, and out."

I began to breathe with Mummy, and my breathing began to slow down. When it had got back to normal I hugged Mummy tightly, tears rolling down my cheeks.

"It's alright, Samantha, it's alright," said Mummy as she gently rocked me back and forth.

A/N Hope you enjoyed the chapter, even though it was quite short. I'll move forward in time in a couple of chapters, so then you'll get to see a slightly maturer Samantha! Please R&R! :-D