The hospital was small and lit up with flickering fluorescent lights that made every room feel eerie. The worst part was the smell. The toxic odour of disinfectant made Piper want to heave every time she breathed in - which wasn t helping her situation.
Piper had been stuck in this place for just one night and was already desperate to make a run for it. The doctors hadn t given her anything for her apparent stomach virus but wanted to keep her in just to make sure it wasn t anything too serious. All she needed was plenty of rest and water. She was feeling a lot better anyway and hoped she d be out today.
Alex hadn t moved from Piper s side the whole night and was now sleeping in the visitor s chair, with her head resting on Piper s thighs. Piper twirled her delicate fingers around a tress of raven coloured hair absentmindedly, taking her mind off her strange surroundings. Alex had been awake for a couple of minutes before asking Feeling any better? she turned to face Piper who looked like she hadn t slept all night.
"Well I ve stopped throwing up so that s something. I just wanna get out of here, this place is driving me crazy." Piper s expression turned to worry, "They are gonna let me out today, right?"
Alex let out a huff Don t worry, if they don t - I ll carry you out myself. She winked, causing Piper to roll her eyes.
"You know you didn t have to do that, I was fine walking without my shoes." Piper defended.
"Oh yeah? You could barely stand up without me you had me really fucking worried, Pipes." Alex s voice cracked at that last part.
Piper reached out to stroke Alex s cheek, to which Alex leaned into. It was strange that Alex was the one who needed to be comforted, considering Piper was the one in hospital due to a shitty stomach bug. Alex mentally scolded herself for taking Piper to that crappy restaurant, this was all her fault.
I m fine Al, I promise I m already feeling near enough normal. Anyway I m in the best place to be. Piper knew that was a lie, the best place to be would be back at their hotel and helping each other unwind after a long day of sipping cocktails on the beach "Sure, yeah, if the best place to be is a dingy, run-down hospital in Java where the doctors don t do shit, then yeah great." Alex replied with an irritated tone.
Finally Alex s expression softened and she sighed, You re sure you re feeling better? Piper shrugged and looked as if to check herself up and down before answering A little pain but nothing a couple of paracetamol won t fix. I m a little hungry though "Well then," Alex started, leaning towards Piper s ear she whispered in a low husky voice, "wanna get out of here?"
"For food! Piper swatted Alex on her arm, but I would rather eat out. This earned a low chuckle from Alex, Then let s go.