Half an hour passed, to Zoe, it felt like days. She was beginning to go insane sitting in the staff room but Linda wasn't letting her leave. She had managed to escape once, but Nick had personally escorted her back. She wasn't fit to be dealing with the stress and Nick thought it better for her to keep in the staff room away from what might be happening to Jody. Suddenly, he burst through the staff room door. Zoe jumped off of the couch and over to nick to demand news.
"Well?" She almost yelled.
"She's got a bad chest infection and a bad case of the flu. She's been admitted for a few days monitoring to make sure her temperature comes down, but they'll keep her in until she's fit enough to leave. She's up there now, awake and asking for you." He said.
"Come on then!" She grabbed a hold of Nick and half dragged him up to paediatrics. She strode into Jody's dorm as fast as she could and half ran over to her bed as soon as she saw her. Jody's face lit up when she saw Zoe.
"Mum!" Her eyes fell on her daughter and her heart half stopped. She was wired up to all sorts of machines, had on a nasal-gastric tube, was hooked up to an intravenous line, her eyes were red and bloodshot and she had a bed pan ready in-case she needed to throw up again. Zoe could hardly speak.
"Oh Jodes." Was all she could manage. She sat down on the edge of the bed and, extremely carefully and gently, hugged Jody for what seemed like an eternity. "Don't you ever scare me like that again." She said.
"I won't mum. I promise. I'm so sorry about all of this... I felt sick on Thursday and Friday. But I thought it was just one of those quick bugs that leaves as fast as it came, I didn't think it was anything to worry about and I didn't tell you because you had enough on your plate. I didn't mean to let it get this bad!" Zoe rocked her gently, trying to sooth her and suppress her sobs.
"Sh, sh baby it's okay. We forgive ou but next time, for goodness sake, tell us. We're doctors for a reason you know and we could have prevented all of this you silly cookie." This comment made Jody smile a bit.
"That's my girl." Nick said, catching her smile. Jody winked at him and he winked back. Happy that, although she was very ill, she was at least happy. Then something dawned on Jody.
"Mum! You have to get away from me!" She exclaimed suddenly. Zoe shot back thinking something was wrong. Jody started sobbing again.
"Baby what is it, what's wrong?" Jody shook her head vigorously.
"You can't come near me! You, of all people, cannot afford to get sick right now. That innocent little baby deserves a chance. I won't allow it to get sick before its even had a chance at life. Get back and stay back. I won't let you get sick." Zoe suddenly understood.
"Sweetheart, you don't need to worry, I won't catch this. My immune system is too experienced. Think about all of the patients I've treated, all of their weird and wonderful diseases, and I never caught any of them. Touch wood. Darling it's okay." Jody shook her head again.
"No mum. It's not. This time I'm putting my foot down. Stay back. Please, I really, really don't want to risk it mum. Please." She was reluctant, but she could see how worked up Jody was. She turned to nick, pleading him with her eyes. Being Nick, he understood her silent wishes and switched places with her.
"Okay, I'll stay back." She said. Jody calmed down a bit. Nick turned to her.
"Sweetheart, would you be okay if your mum and I left to get some lunch?" He asked. Zoe went to protest but Jody cut her off before she got the chance.
"I'll be absolutely fine. Go grab some food, enjoy it." She said. Her words were chirpy but her voice didn't match. She sounded ill. She looked ill too. Her skin was pale, grey even, her forehead was perspiring lightly, she was visibly shaky and her eyes were red and bloodshot. Nick and Zoe felt awful for her.
"Okay sweetheart, we'll be back soon." Zoe told her. Jody nodded.
"Okay, well I'm going to try and sleep now. Love you." She said, quietly.
"Love you too." Nick and Zoe both chorused and then left the room.
Hey guys, sorry the chapters are so short and I Know I'm taking longer to update than usual. I have a lot of stuff going on just now and finding time to write is hard, even writing (which I usually really love) is proving difficult. Please continue to read and review and Ill promise to try harder to update quicker.
aimee x