Chapter 5

"Why aren't they telling us nuffin" Robbie shouted as he paced the corridor. " I don't know" Freddie said trying to keep his distance from him, he didn't want to stress the family even more by telling them where he had found Robbie that morning so he kept his anger inside and tried his hardest to be civilised. "She is gunna be okay isn't she" Jason asked his mother "I don't know Jase, lets try and keep strong for her" Sandy said softly. Freddie's eyes scooted over to the seat beside him where a sleeping Joe came into view, Freddie was relived that Joe was resting.

As the minuets turned into hours the Roscoe family were finally given some news on Lindsey's condition. Freddie was shaken awake by Joe as the doctor approached the family. "Good morning, I have some news on Lindsey's condition" the doctor politely said, everyone smiled in acknowledgment of him, nobody wanted to speak, they just wanted to know how she was. "Unfortunately Lindsey's condition continued to deteriorate as the night went on, We had to move her straight up to the top of the surgery list. We've just spent the past 5 hours operating on her and I'm pleased to tell you that the surgery was a success and the bleeding has now stopped, she is now stable" Freddie's face lit up at this news, Lindsey was going to be okay.

"Can we go in and see her" Joe asked with a smile. "Yes of course, two at a time though please, Lindsey may be a little confused so be sure to be steady with her" the doctor said, he then left the family to their own devices. Joe went in on his own, he had been at her bedside for two hours, nobody wanted to interfere so they left him alone with her. Freddie sat silently looking at the ground thinking of what he was going to say to her once she had woken up, he wondered if she would have heard him speaking to her while she was under sedation.

"She's awake Fred" Joe beamed as he walked out of her room, the others had since gone home leaving Joe and Freddie. "Wow that's great news" Freddie added with a huge smile. "Do you want to go and sit with her while I go and grab a coffee" Joe asked. "Yeah sure" Freddie nodded. "Want anything from the canteen" Joe offered. "No I'm alright thanks mate" Freddie said. After a short while Joe left and Freddie was making his way into Lindsey's room.

Freddie quietly walked into the room; Lindsey was now off the ventilation equipment and was on a single heart monitor, monitoring her vital signs. Freddie smiled at how peaceful she looked; he looked up at the monitor and was relived at how everything was looking normal. He gently pulled out the chair at the side of her bed making sure he didn't disturb her, as he sat down Lindsey stirred "Freddie" Lindsey groggily said with a smile. "Heya Linds, how are you feeling" he asked as he kissed her head. "Not bad considering" she chuckled. Freddie loved Lindsey's laugh, it was the single most beautiful sound in the world to him. "I'm glad you're awake, you gave us all a scare" he softly said.

"I'm sorry" tears started to roll down her cheeks as she apologized. Freddie didn't know what she was apologizing for she had done nothing wrong. It broke his heart to see her cry, he just wanted to hold her but he knew he couldn't. "You don't have to be sorry about anything, you've been so brave" he told her. "Thanks Fred, for being there, I remember calling for you when the car hit me, it was your face I saw when I needed someone the most" she placed her hand in his. Freddie gripped her hand and brought it up to his lips and kissed it. "No problem Linds, I love you" he said as he released her hand. "I love you too Fred" Lindsey stretched up and kissed the side of his face, causing Freddie's heart to skip a beat. Lindsey's lips were so soft; she made him feel as if she was the missing piece of the puzzle. Being this close to loosing her made him realise how much he wanted her, he knew he couldn't mention anything now as she was too venerable. Freddie needed to get away quickly as he felt as if he was going to break down and cry, he quickly said bye to Lindsey and to Joe and made his way home. Once home he got a long hot shower, as he got into bed his emotions took over him and he broke down in tears. There was a knock on the door, making Freddie jump slightly. He asked the person to come in. Sandy walked in and saw how broken her son was, she sat beside him and pulled him close, and comforted him. She began asking questions which made Freddie panic quite a lot.

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