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Lauren awoke with a start, making Tanya jump. She saw Lauren looking round her room, presumeably for Joey.
'It's okay, darling. Joey's at home with Richard and Bryon' said Tanya, watching as Lauren calmed down a bit. Lauren sighed and slumped back against her pillows.
'How long am I this mental place for?' Lauren asked, the spiteness in her voice taking Tanya by surprise.
'Only for two weeks. They just want to monitor your behaviour. They also said, if you can prove to them that you're not a danger to yourself, they'll consider discharging you and only having here for your counselling sesisons with your new nurse' explained Tanya. Lauren tensed slightly at the word counselling, but forced herself to relax.
'Okay... I'll try. But I want Joey or Richard to bring me and pick me up. You have work, and it's not fair that you have to keep having time off because of me' Lauren said. Tanya opened her mouth to argue, but Lauren's look made her snap her mouth shut.
'Okay' sighed Tanya. Lauren smiled at her and sighed, looking out of the window.
'Oh, fogot this... Found this under your bed' said Tanya. Lauren turned her attention to her Mum, to see her holding up a thick grey cardigan.
'It's Joeys' Lauren answered, taking the cardigan from Tanya and wrapping it round her tightly, breathing in his scent and smiling contently...
It was half an hour alter when Tanya got the phonecall. She and Lauren were currently sat outside, enjoying the large view of Greece, what the hospital grounds provided.
'I wish I could draw this' Lauren said, emotion in her voice. Tanya smiled
'Well, how about I'll bring your art stuff tomorrow?' She asked. Laurens miled and nodded.
'That would be great' Lauren answered. They sat in silence for a minutes, before Tanya's phone went off in her pocket.
'Hello?'
'Tanya! Where are you?'
'Bryon? I'm at the clinic with Lauren, why?'
'You neeed to get Greece Infirmary! Richard and Joey have been brought in. Something about a shooting!' Bryon said on the other. Tanya saw Lauren head snap to her and she knew Lauren had heard the conversation...
After a massive argument with her nurse and a threat to make her job hell, Lauren andTanya arrived at the hospital. Tanya could see Lauren was still tense from the argument, but she forced herself to think about her stepson and nephew. They skidded round the corner and saw Bryon, Max and Lewis sat on plastic chairs.
'Dad! Dad!Where's Joey?' Lauren cried. Max jumped at his daughters voice and rushed to his feet to hug her.
'He's okay. He's okay. He's gone to get drinks'
'What about Richard?' Tanya asked him. Max swallowed and looked at Bryon, who nodded.
'Richard... He pushed Joey out of the way and took two bullets what were meant for Joey, by shoving him out of the way. Joey managed to phone for the ambulance after knocking Foster out-'
'Foster? as Dr Foster?' Lauren gasped. Max nodded and Lauren clamped a hand over her mouth, as bile rose in her throat. Tanya sat down next to her husband and hugged him. Lewis, however, had an entirely different approach to the whole sistuation.
'This! This is your fault!' he said angrily to Lauren, who frowned.
'Aye?' she asked
'All of this is your fault! If you hadn't turned up in our lives last year,my brother WOULDN'T BE IN A HOSPITAL BED, FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE!' Lewis screamed, getting angrier with word he said, and ended up gripping Lauren by the forearms tightly.
'Lewis! Let go of her!' said Max.
'No! She needs to see what she's done!' Lewis shouted. Lauren struggled in his grip, before finding herself slammed against the wall.
'LEWIS! LET GO OF HER!' Bryon and Max shouted, grabbing Lewis by the arms and hauling him away from Lauren. Lauren froze a moment, breathing heavily, before breaking into a run down the corridor and out sight, leaving Tanya, Max and Bryon to round on Lewis.
'What the hell was that all about?' Tanya shouted at him. Lewis didn't answer. He just curled his hand into a fist repeatedly, trying to get rid of the anger.
'Lewis! Your mother asked you-'
'SHE'S NOT MY MOTHER! SHE'LL NEVER BE MY MOTHER!' Lewis shouted at his Dad, stunning them
'That still doesn't give you the right to do what you did to Lauren, Lewis! I know you're upset, but do NOT take it out on my daughter!' Max said fiercely, his protectiveness over one of his children coming out in full force...
Joey was heading back, after finding that the canteen was shut for an hour, before reopening, when someone flew past him, and down the corridor to the exit. He watched the figure go, before relaising who it was.
'LAUREN?' Joey screamed, rushing after the figure quickly. He skidded outside to see a taxi drive off with Lauren in the back. He groaned as he turned to the taxi area and found that there was none left. He turned back round and rushed back up to where Max, Tanya and Bryon were waiting.
'Joey! Have you seen Lauren?'
'Yeah, she just ran past me and got into a taxi... What's wrong with her?' Joey asked. Tanya shook her head.
'Never mind. Did she say where she was going?' She asked. Joey shook his head, before a suggestion sprang to mind.
'I would have thought home?' he suggested. Max got to his feet and stood infront of Joey.
'I'll drive you there. Come on' said Max, hurrying away with a cslightly confused Joey...
Lauren arrived home and after paying the taxi driver, rushe dinside the house. She went straight to the alcohol cabinet and searched for the bottle of vodka she knew her Mum had bought for a party what had been planned, but didn't end up going through. She grabbed the bottle and, to her surprise, another bottle of vodka. She grabbed them both and rushed up to her room, locking the door behind her. She unscrewed the lid on one bottle and took a long drink from it, savouring the taste of the strong alcohol burning her throat. No sooner hadshe swallowed it, she took another long swig from it. She knew what she was doing was wrong, but she couldn't help it. Lewis's word going round and round in her head.
Richard's on his death bed because of you... If you hadn't come here, this wouldn't have happened
Lauren let out a cry as she finished the first bottle and unscrewed the second. It wasn't long beforet that bottle was empty either. She rushed to her bed and fell to her knees, yanking open the draw under bed to reveal her secret alcohol stash. She let out a frstrated scream as she let the temptation get the better of her. She grabbed a bottle of white wine and opened it, knowing full well that she could end up in hospital or dead if she carried, but at that moment she didn't care. She slammed the draw shut and climbed onto her bed and drank the white wine from the bottle. Her vision started to swim as the amount what she had drunk already started to effect her. She quickly finished the bottle and threw it at the door, watching as it smashed. She got to her feet, only her legs gave out from under her and she went crashing tothe floor. The bedside table that she had grabbed for support hit the floor and the contents spilled out, making Lauren smile as she reached for a plastic flower covered tin. She managed to open it and smile.
'Hello, old friend' she whispered, picking the blade out of the tin and holding it up to the light, smiling as thought she had found her Christmas presents two weeks earlier...
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