Sorry its been so long but I've got so much coursework and so many controlled assessments and exams that its unreal. To compensate, its a fairly long chapter :)

6:50am
Tom's alarm went off first and he quickly used one arm to turn it off. He was about to get up and prepare for the day but he realised that a although he was lying on his back, Sam was snuggled up to him on her side with her head against his shoulder. She usually did this when she was cold in the night so he slowly slipped out of her limp arms and pulled the duvet back up to her chin.

7am
Sam's alarm woke her up instantly and she groggily turned the infuriating beeping off. As she slowly sat up, Tom walked into the bedroom wearing his running gear carrying a tray.
"Morning." He said cheerfully. "Welcome to Dr Kent's boot camp day 1." He joked.

Tom sat next to Sam and handed her a bottle of water with the lid taken off.
"Right," he said as he popped a pill out of a packet and into Sam's hand, "birth control." He then opened a small bottles and tipped two pills onto Sam's hand.
"And iron supplements."
"I thought I was supposed to take three." Sam said as she gulped them down with a mouthful of water.
"You can take up to three, but if I start you off on two for now and an iron rich diet, we'll see how it goes. Right," Tom said as he clapped his hands together and stood up off of the bed.

"Get changed, we've got some running to get on with."

7:30am
Tom opened the flat door and let Sam enter first after returning from their run. They both kicked their shoes off and placed their empty protein shake bottles on the kitchen side.
"Go on, sit down and I'll make breakfa- woah!" Tom exclaimed as Sam collapsed. He caught her just before she hit the floor. He carried her bridal style to the bedroom and laid her on the bed.

After a few minutes, she started to come round. "Sam, squeeze my hand if you can hear me." Tom felt a small squeeze so he let out a sigh of relief.
"As your personal trainer I think, We may have to cut down on the running a little."
"It's fine. I'm used to it." Sam mumbled as she sat up and leant against the head board with Tom's support. Sam groaned quietly.

"How often do you faint?" Tom asked. He knew she had had anaemia on and off for years from her notes, and she had definitely had it constantly for the last 6 months at least so she must've been used to fainting alone because Tom had never seen her faint.

"It depends. When I'm on my period and a few days after, I faint most days but that's usually because of the pain. When I'm not on, 1 or 2 times a week. But it's usually in the mornings when I get up." She mumbled as she rubbed her hands across her abdomen.
"Okay, I'll have to write that down in my notes." He joked. "You hungry?" Sam pulled a 'meh.' face. "I'll make breakfast then. Stay here, you can have breakfast in bed." Tom was just about to leave the bedroom when Sam stopped him.

"Tom, I've got abdominal pains." Sam moaned as she rubbed her stomach.
"Okay, I'll get you painkillers. How bad is it on a scale of 1-10?"
"9" she replied, Sam turned over on the bed and laid down so that her face was buried in the pillow.
"Where is it? Lower or-"
"Get me the bloody painkillers." Sam demanded as she moaned into the pillow.

"Great, I can add irritability and mood swings to my notes as well." Tom mumbled to himself so that Sam couldn't hear. He quickly got some painkillers and a glass of water and as he returned, Sam was stumbling out of bed and she clambered into the bathroom. She just made the bathroom as she vomited into the toilet.
"Let me guess, nausea too?" Tom asked softly as he rubbed Sam's back. She nodded and slowly stood up from leaning over the toilet bowl.

"I can see why you stopped taking the supplements if you were dealing with this alone." Tom stated.
"It wasn't because I was alone that I stopped. I took the supplements for weeks and I was like this everyday. I just- I was too exhausted, I couldn't take it anymore." She explained as Tom helped her back into bed.
"Was that when we weren't together?" Tom asked. Sam nodded. "You should have told someone, got some proper help."
"Tom, leave it please." She said emotionally.
"I'll be right back. Take these." Tom said as he left Sam the painkillers. Once she'd swallowed them Tom returned.
"Take one of these." Tom said as he handed Sam a packet of capsules containing ginger. "It'll help with the nausea." He whispered as he slipped into bed next to her and massaged her stomach.

1 hour later, Sam was feeling much better. She only had a minor stomach ache which she could deal with, and the nausea had vanished. She was still lying in bed and Tom was cuddling her.
"You alright now?"
"Mmhmm. Tom, you know you read my medical notes?"
"Yes."
"Did you see anything other than the anaemia reports?"
"Um, no why?"
"There's probably some things you should know about." She stated quietly. She knew he would find it in her file eventually because he was now regularly updating it with her blood results and notes about her condition. And if he didn't find it soon, Sam wouldn't be able to hide it from him anyway.
"I'm listening." Tom said kindly as he looked at Sam into her glistening eyes.

"I have dysmenorrhoea."
"Which means?"
"I get really... painful periods." She stated quietly.
"Okay well, we can deal with that when the time comes." Tom said softly. This made Sam a little less embarrassed because he was dealing with it so well.

One week later, 2am Thursday

Tom had managed Sam's symptoms well and for once she had no side effects of the iron supplements, however she did have other problems. Sam was lying awake at 2 o'clock in the morning with Tom who was fast asleep next to her. She had really bad period pains.

She had put a pad on before she got into bed last night however, because Sam and Tom had fallen asleep watching a movie, she hadn't prepared like she normally would have. Usually, she got painkillers ready next to her bed, a hot water bottle and a kettle full of water in the kitchen and a heat pad for her lower back ready next to her bed. She would also normally have a warm, relaxing bath the night before she was due however, because Tom was there, she didn't want to make a fuss.

Sam had been awake for well over an hour now however to her, it had seemed like several hours. She knew she needed to get up and get the painkillers, but she knew they were at the top of her medicine cabinet which would hurt even more to reach up. She also knew that her hot water bottle was on top of her wardrobe where she had chucked it when she was tidying her room last week and she would probably faint from the pain if she tried to reach that.

She knew she only had one option left: wake Tom. Sam also knew that if she woke him, he would be more than happy to help her despite the fact that it was 2am. She didn't want to wake him because she was embarrassed that she couldn't move without crying. She could feel the tears pricking in her eyes but she forced them away because she had to wake Tom. Otherwise she would have a full blown crying episode.

"Tom..." Sam whispered. She knew that he wouldn't hear it and she knew she had to talk louder to wake him.
"Tom... Tom." Sam repeated quietly as she stroked his arm a little. She was getting frustrated because she didn't feel like speaking and she was on the brink of crying.

"To-o-om." Sam cried. She knew she sounded pathetic but she didn't think he'd hear here but he did. Tom opened his eyes. He thought he heard something but it was probably nothing so he closed his eyes again. Then he heard Sam cry out his name in several syllables next to him.

Tom quickly turned the bedside lamp on and looked at Sam. She had tears pouring down her pale cheeks.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Tom asked as he wiped away the tears on Sam's chin and cheeks however, they were soon replaced by new ones. Although he already knew the answer; he was incharge of her medication which mean he knew when she was on because she took birth control.

"P-period pains." Sam cried as she buried her damp face into Tom's chest. He shuffled closer to her. Sam had her knees up to her chest, she was curled up as small as she could get so Tom laid on his side, with Sam's face and knees against his chest. Tom bent his knees a little so that Sam's tiny feet and bum rested on his thighs.

"I'll get you some painkillers yeah?" Tom whispered softly. Sam nodded and Tom slipped out of bed and into the kitchen. When he returned with a glass of water and small packet of tablets he realised that it was going to be difficult for Sam to sit up and actually take them.

Tom popped out two tablets into Sam's clammy hand. He wrapped his arm around Sam's back and gently supported her as she sat up a tiny bit so that she didn't choke. Tom held the glass to Sam's mouth after she put the tablets in her mouth. She quickly swallowed them and curled back into a ball. She really wanted her fluffy hot water bottle but she really didn't feel like talking.

"Have you got a hot water bottle?" Tom asked. He felt awful because he could only watch as she suffered. Sam was so relieved that he asked that and nodded.
"Where is it?"
"Top of wardrobe." Sam whispered as she began crying again.

"Calm down, calm down, I'll be right back okay." Tom said as he grabbed the pink fluffy hot water bottle and ran into the kitchen. He flicked the switch for the kettle and waited impatiently for it to boil.

Once it boiled, Tom quickly filled up the hot water bottle, ran back to the bedroom and gently slipped into the bed next to Sam. "I can't take this anymore." Sam cried into Tom's chest as he firmly pushed the hot water bottle into her abdomen.

"Yes you can, just give it time for the painkillers to kick in and you'll be fine." Tom said softly.
"It hurts." Sam cried as she let the tears drip down her face. Her pillow was now damp.
"I know, but you'll feel better soon." He tried to reassure her.
"Tom help me." Sam pleaded. She obviously wasn't in her normal state of mind because she sounded so hopeless and needy compared to the usual strong minded, determined Sam Nicholls.

Tom felt helpless. Sam was looking up at him as she pleaded from him to help her but there wasn't anything more he could do for her.
"Do you want me to run you a warm bath?" Tom asked as soon as the idea popped into his head. Sam shook her head against Tom's chest.
"Do you want a hot drink?" He asked kindly but Sam once again shook her head. It was probably because that would mean she would have to sit up to be able to drink it.

Tom was frustrated that he didn't know what else he could do.
"Just don't leave me."
"I won't Sam, I would never leave you."
It was a good ten minutes before Sam stopped sobbing into Tom's chest and another ten before she fell asleep again.

7am, Thursday

Sam was awoken by her alarm. She quickly turned it off and within seconds, Tom came into the bedroom with a tray.
As usual, Sam slowly sat up and Tom handed her her pills one by one.
"Birth control placebo, iron supplement times two, painkillers and ginger capsule." Tom said slowly.

Once Sam had swallowed all of them, she finished the small glass of water and gave it back to Tom. She was embarrassed about the events in the early hours of the morning, she couldn't remember all of it, only that she was in immense pain and that she broke down sobbing and crying to Tom saying that she couldn't do it anymore.

"Are you in pain now?" Tom asked softly. Sam nodded her head.
"A bit but not as bad as this morning. Im really sorry, about earlier." Sam mumbled.
"Oh don't be. I'm glad I could help." Tom admitted. "Do you want to take the day off of work today?" He asked kindly.

"No, it usually only hurts in the early morning. I'll be alright in an hour or two." Sam said as she stood up.

Tom nodded and walked into the bathroom, leaving the door open as usual. He pulled down his boxers and Sam did the rest for him. She slipped her arms around his waist and held it for him as he urinated.
"Good aim." He joked.
"I was in the army, I should hope so." She replied jokily.

6 Months later
Sam and Tom were sitting in a bay in the ED. Tom was about to open the results of what they hoped would be Sam's final blood test. She had been doing well on Tom's 'Iron deficiency Camp' and she hadn't fainted at all in the last month. Her periods were lighter thanks to the pill and she actually preferred the iron rich diet to her previous healthy diet.

"Well come on then open it." Sam said excitedly. She wasn't sure who was more excited, herself hoping she was no longer deficient, or Tom who was hoping that his 'Camp' had worked.
Tom opened it and spent several seconds scanning through the results until he stopped and stared at something for a while.

"Well?" Sam begged.
"Just call me Dr Kent- Expert haematologist, gynaecologist, personal trainer and dietician." Tom smiled. Sam squealed and hugged him tightly.
"Thank you." Sam said over his shoulder.

"You're welcome." Tom couldn't help but smile at Sam's happiness.
"And to repay you... We're going on holiday!" Sam announced.
"What?"
"Well you said when I was diagnosed that you were thinking of booking a holiday but we kind of left it at that because I was ill. But we don't have to worry about that anymore so we're going on holiday!" Sam explained.

"Where?" Tom asked excitedly.
"You'll just have to wait and see!"

Thanks for reading and I know it's a bit of a crappy ending for this fanfic but don't worry, I'm writing a sequel of their holiday so any ideas would be greatly appreciated, please review :)