-four-

"That's it I'm not waiting a week I'm getting her an appointment now…" Rose said defiantly as she looked at her daughter, now sleeping on the sofa, and Tom was stood in front of her.

"She's not epileptic is she?" Tom said; looking over at Rose, wondering what caused the fit Sam had. "Migraines wouldn't do that…"

"A severe one might…" Rose said. "I don't know Tom.. What do I do?"

"We stay calm. Just like we always do." He said, using the plural automatically. There was no way he was letting her go through this alone. He knew what she was capable of, and knew when faced with something she didn't want to understand she would hit the bottle, and she'd been clean for some time now, he didn't want her going back to square one.

Rose jumped when she heard the phone ring and she answered it. It was Prince's school, wondering why she hadn't come to pick him up. She explained that something had happened.

"I'll go collect him." Tom said. "You need to stay here with Sam."

Rose nodded and then said Tom would come for him, and she gave them the description of him before hanging up.

"Don't worry, I won't tell him what's happened. Poor kid's gonna be worried enough to find his sister spark out on the sofa." Tom nodded, and hugged Rose. "Everything will be fine."

Rose nodded and hugged back. "If you see Finn on your travels.. Don't tell him either… Sam's never been one for liking everyone fussing over her…"

Tom nodded again and walked out to pick Prince up from school.

Rose just sat by her daughter's side, softly running a hand through her hair. Denzil had gone back to Emily's, Prince was still in school and her little girl had given her the fright of a lifetime.

It seemed like an age had passed when Tom brought Prince back, and the child was all too eager to run out of the car and up to his house, wanting to show his mum and siblings what he'd done in school.

When Prince ran into the living room he stopped. "What's wrong with Sammy?" he asked.

"She's just had a long day love; she's having a little nap." Rose lied, smiling at him, holding her arms out for a hug. She felt bad for having to lie to him. He deserved to know what was wrong with her, but he was far too young to understand and he would be scared beyond belief.

Prince just ran straight to her, hugging her tight, school bag lying forgotten by the door.

Rose looked over at Tom, mouthing silently; "I'll give the hospital a ring in the morning."

Tom gave her a small smile. "Well I best be off, Josh will be wondering why tea isn't ready yet."

"Okay.. Thank you, Tom." Rose smiled and watched as Tom left once more, leaving her with two of her children, one still sleeping, the other worried, understandably for his sister.