Twenty seven
Break couldn't come quick enough for Alana. When she finally got out of English she walked down the corridors to Oscar and Rick's form room. Oscar, Rick, Elektra, Alana and Summer had all been given permission to stay in the form room at lunch and break rather than trying to carry him to the playground. Alana was the first one there so she knocked on the door to alert their form teacher. Miss king opened the door. "hello Alana, come in," she said. Alana went in and sat at one of the desks as Miss King left the room. Soon after Oscar, Elektra, Rick and Summer appeared. They all sat down.
"Do you know how late your brother made me to lessons?" Elektra asked jokingly to Alana. Alana smiled.
"very by some chance," Alana replied. Elektra nodded. Oscar grinned guiltily and then put on an innocent face.
"I'm ill though. Cough... cough..." he said in a weak voice joining in the teasing. Alana laughed loudly.
"you lot," she said shaking her head. They all sat and ate their fruit while thinking. "Oscar?" Alana asked as she yawned. He nodded. "you are alright? The treatment it doesn't hurt?" she asked. Oscar looked at her and then at the others who had all stopped eating to listen.
"I'm alright just not very strong. And as for the treatment, the only bit that hurt was when they put the, well I'm not sure what it is called, pin thing into my arm," Oscar replied holding up his arm and showing them the thing he meant. Alana nodded. She'd spotted that yesterday when she'd been to see him. It was what the chemotherapy drugs were put through. "but Alana, I'm more worried about you." Alana looked at him in surprise. "Apparently you didn't sleep all night. That can't be good for you. Especially not when you have school and a detention to worry about." Alana shrugged.
"I couldn't help it. You know what I'm like. There was no way I was going to sleep with you in hospital," Alana told him bluntly. Rick walked over to her and put a hand on her shoulder.
"You do realise if it is Oscar or something of Oscar you need to comfort you and get you to sleep you could always have come and stolen his pillow. It's not like he was using it," Rick told her. Alana tilted her head while she thought about it.
"maybe that it what I need. Something of Oscar that I can sleep with and cuddle," Alana said half to herself. Oscar nodded.
"it probably is. Especially because I stole one of your teddies and took it to hospital with me and it felt like you were there. That's how I got to sleep," Oscar told her. She nodded.
"I'll try that next time." She said.