Hey Everyone, Hope your all enjoying the story so far, just a warning this chapter is quiet long originally I split it in two but decided it would be better to keep it together just to keep down on the number of chapters :D , Please leave a review on the chapter and the others, all feedback is welcome, Thanksxxx and enjoy...
Chapter Eighteen
Joey arrived at the hospital at around seven o'clock in the morning every day for a week her and Mel got into the routine of Joey arriving in the morning staying until seven o'clock in the evening then Mel would take over and stay with Brooke the whole night so that no matter what happen there would be somebody there for Brooke when she woke up or if worse came to worse she didn't. They would both then go back to what they called Brooke's house to get some sleep get something to eat and maybe have a shower though neither of them could actually do any of them things with the police constantly in and out of the house trying to piece together what exactly had happened to Brooke
It had been over a week and a half since Brooke had undergone surgery and she still hadn't woke up, though the doctors insisted that it was better that way so that the swelling in Brooke's brain could go down it was twelve o'clock noon on a Thursday the sun was shining outside Joey could hear everyone talking among themselves nurses speaking to each other about patience's they had. None of it really registered with Joey she had hardly sleep since Brooke was attack through fear of someone breaking into the house or just out of fear that something would happen and she wouldn't be there to 'say goodbye' She looked at the still lifeless form of Brooke she grabbed hold of Brooke's right hand with her right while she was sitting there looking at Brooke she couldn't help thinking to herself how strong Brooke was and how weak she now looked. She sat there talking to Brooke about moments they had experience alone and moments they had shared together every time she finished one story she started another;
"I remember when you told me you were gay" Joey realized a small giggle "I was twelve and you were fourteen, I remember you looked at me and asked if I knew what you meant, I said that it meant you were happy. And you did this little chuckle like the one you do when your nervous, I looked at you then you said that it meant that you didn't like boys that you liked girls" Joey paused as a tears slowly ran down her cheeks she wiped them away with her left hand not letting go of Brooke's hand. "You looked so worried that I was going to run off or say something nasty and homophobic to you, but I said..."
Before she could continue the story she was interrupted when she heared a noise and turned to see a figure at the door as she turned around expecting fully to see Mel or Frankee, she couldn't help but smile when the figure turned out to be Charlie who was dressed in Light Blue Denim jeans with a black vest with black Nike trainers.
"Hey Jo, sorry to interrupt" Charlie softly said as she smiled down at Joey
"Hey Charlie, its fine, what are doing here? Is everything okay?"
"Don't worry everything's fine, I just thought I'd pop in to see how Brooke is, and also to give you an update on the attacker"
"Oh, you didn't have to?"
"I know I didn't but I wanted to talk to you as well so I thought maybe I could kill two birds with one stone so to speak" Charlie explained placing her hands nervously in her back pockets
"Okay, what did you wanna talk to me about?"
"I just wanted to apologize for the other night, you know, moving in to kiss you"
"You don't need to apologize for that Charlie, I was there too, we just got swept in the moment that's all it doesn't mean anything"
"Yeah I suppose so" Charlie replied slightly disappionted in Joey's reply "How is she then?" She quickly asked changing the subject
"She's still unconscious, Doctor Ryan keeps saying that she'll wake up soon" Joey looked down at Brooke "But I don't think she cares what they say " She completed smiling down at Brooke and squeezing her hand
"I'm sure she'll wake up soon" Charlie said placing her hand on Joey's shoulder
"Yeah, I hope so" Jo reached up and place her hand on top of Charlie's as she did she felt her heart beat increase a little "So whats the update on the attacker?"
"We managed to track Brooke from your house through almost every part of her morning run, she's a very intelligent woman you know?"
"I know but how exactly do you know?" Joey asked slightly confused by Charlie's statement
"She took a route that meant she passed a camera every four to five minutes, but because of that we were able to work out that she got four phone numbers from local ladies, one date proposal a kiss and twenty minutes of...well lets just say she disappeared for twenty minutes with an attractive woman around her age, But we also managed to work out that she was attacked in the back garden where we found her, and not that she dragged herself back to the house from somewhere else"
"So does that mean you know who did this to her?"
"No but we have a couple leads so we'll follow up and see what we get"
"What do you mean by leads?"
"You know I can't tell you that Joey?"
"Yeah, sorry, I thought it was worth a shot" She explained looking back at Charlie and smiling cheekily "Can I ask you something?" She asked letting go of Charlie and Brooke's hands and standing then turning to face Charlie
"Of course" Charlie replied swallowing hard as she felt the hope rise slightly inside
"Is it safe for me to stay at the house?"
"Its as safe as any other house in Summer Bay Jo" Charlie answered her heart sinking at not hearing the question she wanted
"So your saying anyone could get attacked at their own back door"
"Joey, nobody is going to hurt you, I'll stand guard outside your house all night if thats what it takes" Seeing doubt and fear in Joey's eyes and Face, Charlie raised her hands up to Joeys face placing a hand on each of Joey's cheeks "I mean it Jo, Nobody is going to hurt you man or woman or beast, I promise you I won't let it happen, okay?"
Joey placed her hands on top of Charlie's "Okay, But I'm not worried about me" Joey continued when she noticed a look of confusion fall on Charlie's face "My cousins are coming over from England and I don't want them at risk"
"What about if I arrange for twenty four hour surveillance on the house will that help?"
"That would be great but why would you do that for me?"
"You really need to ask Joey?" Charlie and Joey looked deep into each others eyes both of their eyes filled with love and passion for each other
"No, I don't need to but..." Joey moved her hands down to her side pulling Charlie's down with her taking in the scent of Charlie's body lotion "Nothing can happen between us I'm with Frankee"
Charlie took a deep breath in and released a sigh letting go of Joeys hands "I know but it was worth a try right?"
"Right" Joey smiled broadly at Charlie "Can I ask one more thing? you can say no if you don't want to do it"
"Okay, ask the question?"
"When your officers are on surveillence on the house, could they do so out of uniform?" Before Charlie could anwser Joey continued "Its just Alexis, One of Brooke's sisters, she's autistic and when she sees uniforms she thinks she's in trouble and completely freaks out, And I know its a lot to ask of you when I can't really give you anything in return I just..."
"Joey" Charlie said raising her voice slightly to snap Joey out of her rant "Its fine, and you can give me something in return?" Charlie replied giving Joey a look filled with passion and desire
"Charlie, like I said nothing can happen between us"
"Joey I respect what you want, I was just going to say maybe when Brooke's better we could go for a coffee or something?"
"Yeah, that'd be nice" Charlie walked towards the door as she did Joey called out to her "Charlie?"
"Yeah Jo"
"Thank you again for everything"
"It's not a problem Anytime" Charlie went to walk away but turned around looked at Joey and replied "I mean it Joey, anytime any place"
"Okay, Have a nice day" Charlie smiled at Joey then turned and then walked away, 'Oh my god, have a nice day, what an idiot' she said to herself in her head, she let out a small giggle thinking about what Brooke would say to her if she were awake. She sat back down on the chair she was previously sat in and re-gripped Brooke's right hand with her own, With her left hand she reached into the rucksack she had brought to the hospital, and pulled out a puzzle book and a pen, she placed it on the bed opened it and began doing the puzzles.
The next time she looked up at the clock it was Three Twenty One in the afternoon, she placed the book on the side, kissed Brooke on the back of her hand then let go of it, she got out of the chair and exitted the room walking quickly to the coffee machine and getting a cappuccino out the machine she stood there for a moment took a sip of the coffee she couldn't help but spit the drink back out into the cup at the taste of the coffee she threw the coffee in the bin then returned to Brooke's room
Joey picked up her puzzle book and again sat in the position she had been in previously doing what had become her routine everyday, she took out her phone dialling her Auntie Maxine's number and waiting for anyone to answer, When the phone rang out she sighed deeply and waited for a few minutes then again trying and getting no answer again, she placed the phone on the bed and laid her head in between her and Brooke's hand and her phone she shut her eyes finally giving into the tiredness she felt.
Joey opened her eyes immediately closing them when the light from the room hit her eyes, she opened and closed her eyes several times until her eyes became used to the light, When she did she looked up at the clock noting that the time was now Six fifthteen meaning Mel would be at the hospital in fourty five minutes, she picked up her phone looking at the display she noticed that there were twelve missed calls she immediately unlocked the phone and clicked on view missed calls and saw that three of the calls were from her Auntie Maxine the last being over thirty minutes ago and the other Nine were from Frankee all of which had been in the last twenty minutes, she cancelled the options until she was back to the wallpaper she then noticed a small icon in the top left and corner of the screen indicating that the was a voicemail message on the phone. She rang the number for her voicemail service and listened to the message;
"Hey Joesphine, it's Auntie Maxi here, I just wanted to let you know that our plane landed and..." "Brooky, mum, Brooky" "Soon Alexis Soon, Sorry about that, What was I saying oh yeah we landed fine, We should be in Summer Bay within the next few hours and that's it really, see you at around half Six, Seven O'Clock...Bye"
Joey looked from her phone up to the clock it was now Six twenty which meant that the rest of the family could be there any minute, she again dialled Maxi's number she again waited listening to the ringing go on and on and on, she decided to go on a different route and looked through her phone book until she found Taylor's number she pressed the green button and placed the phone to her ear hoping for an answer, after a few seconds she heard a noise from the other end of the call as if the call had been answered;
"Hello?" Taylor cautiously asked upon answering the phone
"Hey Tay, it's Joey"
"Oh hey Jo, where are you?"
"I'm still at the hospital with Brooke"
"So we'll see you soon then"
"Yeah, Hang on Taylor where are you?"
"We're at Brooke's house, Frankee came and picked us up when you didn't answer the phone"
"I'm sorry about that, Can I speak to your mum please?"
"No" Taylor replied bluntly
"Excuse me, Taylor there's no need to be rude" Joey replied slightly shocked at the response of Taylor
"Sorry Jojo I didn't mean to sound rude it's just after Maxine called you and then Frankee she went to the bar and now she can't stand up without help"
"Oh ok, and it's fine. So how long ago did you get to the house?"
"About twenty minutes ago, Frankee's getting Maxine comfortable well as comfortable as you can be when you've passed out from to much booze" Taylor paused as a sadness took over her voice "How's Brooke?"
"She's okay, getting better everyday" Joey replied trying her hardest to lie
"You don't have to lie to me Jo, I understand what a coma is"
"I know you do but she really is getting better everyday, you'll see for yourself later on"
"So we can still come to the hospital and she Brooke?"
"Of course, if your all sure you wanna see her like this"
"Are you kidding? Alexis can't wait to see her and Seb and Lily can't wait to give her a hug, I told them she's sleeping but I don't think they fully understand what I meant"
"Well when they see her they'll understand better"
"I hope so, look Jo I've got to go Olivia needs feeding and changing, But I'll see you in twenty or thirty minutes"
"Okay, see you soon"
As she hung up the phone Joey looked at Brooke, she then looked around taking in the silence in the room that had become all to familiar for her, as she continued to look at Brooke hoping for her to flinch or open her eyes anything to show signs that she was fighting she couldn't help but think of Charlie and what would have happened if they had kissed and the more she thought about it the more she wished they had kissed, she shook her head at Brooke thinking to herself, 'Why does she have to always be right?'...
Part 2
Joey sat at Brooke's bedside hoping still as she did everyday that some point today would be when Brooke would wake up but thos was the eleventh day of waiting. She was starting to feel drowsy again she felt someone tap her softly on the shoulder, she looked up to see Mel standing next to her with a cup in her hand, Mel handed Joey the cup.
"Thanks, you didn't have to" Joey politely said looking at Brooke
"It's no problem, you looked shattered" Mel replied moving around to the left side of Brooke's bed taking hold of her left hand "When do they get here?"
"In about ten or twenty minutes" Joey replied after taking a sip of what she now knew was coffee that Mel had given to her then looking at her watch
They both sat in silence for a few minutes until Mel got her phone out of her pocket, she pressed a few buttons then just stared at the screen. As she did tears began to well in her eyes but at the same time she let out a small laugh
"Are you okay?" Joey asked upon seeing Mel's actions
"I'm fine thanks" She replied not taking her eyes off the phone
"What's that your looking at on your phone?"
"It's just a video of Brooke playing with Alexis and Taylor" She explained handing the phone over Brooke to Joey who smiled as she watched the video of Brooke mucking around with her siblings and with Mel
Video
Frontroom- Average sized frontroom (20ft by 20ft), The room is decorated in wallpaper, the bottom half of the wallpaper is a darkish (creamy) white the top half of the wallpaper has a fuchsia background with Red roses of various sizes all over it. A three seater Black Leathered Seatee with one matching reclining chair next to it. There was a 32 inch LCD Plasma television infront of the seatee standing on a wooden Chestnut cabinet, underneath the TV was a Sky tv box, underneath the Sky box was a DVD player.
The video opened with Brooke bent forward trying to keep her balance as Alexis gripped onto he left leg tightly and Taylor hung on tightly as she climbed on Brooke's back as she walked around the room, she moved towards the seatee and fell softly onto it. She looked up softly trying to fight out of Alexis and Taylor's grips but as she did so Taylor began to tickle her.
"Babe help, Ouch" Brooke said half laughing at the camera
"No, you should have let them watch Harry Potter right girls?" Mel replied laughing from behind the camera
"RIGHT" The girls replied in unison
"But you've seen it thousands of times"
"So" Taylor shouted down at Brooke "Brooke, Give" She said somewhat whining at Brooke
"No, Never, ever ever" Brooke said as she got on her feet, after a few minutes walking around the seatee she slowly faked losing her energy slowly lowering to the ground until she was lying face down on the front room floor. "Okay" Brooke said as Talyor began to jump slightly up and down on her back. Once Brooke said 'Okay' they both jumped off Brooke and began doing their own versions of Brooke's Victory Robot dance, She looked at them both in shock "Oh no you didn't, that's it you two are done for" With that Brooke jumped to her feet and began chasing the two girls around the room as soon as she caught one of them she would lose grip trying to catch the other. She stopped running when she got a stitch in her side raising her right hand in front of her she said "Okay, I'll let you watch Harry Potter if you promise to NEVER do MY DANCE again...Deal?"
"DEAL" Taylor and Alexis stated in unison, as they said that the both ran towards Brooke hugging her tightly. She placed a soft gentle kiss on each of their foreheads.
"Your such a softie" Mel teased at Brooke from behind the camera. Brooke looked at the camera raising her eyebrows then releasing her sisters from the hug she moved quickly from where she was to behind the camera causing Mel to direct the camera down at the floor just showing Brooke's arms as she wrapped them around Mel's waist.
"Taylor come and take over filming for me please" Mel said raising the camera up to face Taylor.
"What should I record?" Taylor asked walking towards Mel
"Anything you want, I just need two hands for a moment" Mel explained handing over the camera, Taylor turned the camera to face Brooke & Mel. By this time Mel was now facing Brooke and had her arms wrapped around Brooke's neck. "If I'm such a softie, then why did you marry me?" Brooke asked placing a kiss on the brim of Mel's neck. Mel's body visibly tightened at the feel of Brooke's lips on her skin. She swallowed hard and took a very deep breath in before speaking "Because your my softie and you always will be"
"So, what your saying is you love me because I'm a softie?"
"Umm, I suppose so, Now can you let me go so I can change Lily" Mel went to move but when Brooke wouldn't release her she looked at her raising her eyebrows "So, your not gonna let me go"
"Not until you make up for siding with Pinky and the Brain over there" Brooke replied half smiling half frowning nodding over to Alexis and Taylor.
"Aww, was someone jealous" Brooke looked down at the floor avoiding looking at Mel, pretending to be upset by what Mel had done before "Oh, babe I'm sorry, I'll make it up to you, I promise"
Brooke looked up from the floor to Mel in intrigue "How are you gonna do that?"
"You name it babe I'll do it no questions or arguements" Mel replied her voice showing a hunger in it
"Well maybe you could make it up to me tonight?" Brooke answered with an equal amount of hunger in her voice.
"Yeah I could and I most definately will" Mel grinned at Brooke "I could make it up to you a little now" Brooke looked at her wonderously seeing the look Mel placed each of her hands on Brooke's cheeks then pulled Brooke slowly into a passionate but soft and calm kiss
"Urghhhhh, No kisses" Alexis said laughing slightly as she said it
"That's so nasty" Taylor added after Alexis "I'm turning this off" With that Brooke and Mel laughed towards the camera. Then after some shuffling noises the video ended.
Back in Hospital
Joey wiped away numerous lines of tears from her cheeks seeing Brooke how she used to be seemed to make the situation sink in even more. She handed Mel her phone, then looking at Brooke she smiled and turned back to Mel.
"When was that recorded?" She asked sick of the constant silence between everyone
"About three months before you arrived, we had just got back from our honeymoon"
"Well, lets hope she can do that again one day soon" Joey replied referring to Brooke walking and chasing her sisters around
"She will" Mel stated squeezing Brooke's hand tightly "I know she will"
"How do you know that for sure?" Joey replied looking from Mel to Brooke "She's strong but I don't know if she can get through this"
"Don't say that Joey, she's the strongest person I've ever met not just physically but mentally too" Mel genuinely said
"Don't tell me what to say and what not to say, She's MY cousin. You and her aren't even together anymore so what the hell are you even doing here?" Joey blurted out not caring about Mel's feelings anymore
"JOEY" Mel and Joey looked up at the door in the direction of the voice seeing that it was Frankee "There was no need for that" She sturnly stated moving behind Joey and placing her hands on her shoulders
"I know, I'm sorry Mel, but she should have woke up by now" She sighed deeply sinking further into Frankee's touch
"I know babe" Frankee replied staring at Mel who sensing Frankee watching her avoided looking at Joey and Frankee
"So, where are they?" Joey asked looking up at Frankee
"Who babe?" Frankee asked refocusing her attention on Joey
"Taylor, Alexis, Lily, Seb and Olivia"
"Oh, they are waiting outside"
The three women looked at the hallway as they did they heard a voice calling "BROOKE", Joey got out of her seat and exitted the room entering the hallway as she did she caught sight of Alexis who was looking around the hallway trying to find Brooke, Taylor was holding Olivia in her arms, and Lily and Seb were sitting on a chair kicking their legs in the air seeing who could get their legs higher. Joey quietly watched them all, nervous about how to explain Brooke's condition to them, Before she could say anything Seb noticed her and jumped down from the chair he realized a massive smile when he realized it was Joey and ran towards her as fast as his legs could move
"Auntie Jojo" He shouted making the others turn in the direction of Joey, She bent down scopping him up into a hug. As he pulled back from the hug he looked at Joey and asked "Have wou sin Bwok"
"You mean Have I seen Brooke?" Joey asked Seb, who laughed and smiled then nodded burying his head in Joeys shoulder "Yeah, I have, she's in this room" She replied pointing to the room behind her, She stood infront of the others as they went to enter the room "But she's asleep at the moment and she's got all these wires on her to stop her sleeping too much, plus she has this special red hat on, so she can't play, Does everyone understand?" Joey asked looking at each of the siblings
They all nodded that they understood what Joey was saying, Joey looked at Taylor who she knew would be the only one that actually understood the seriousness of Brooke's condition as she looked at Taylor her heart sank when she saw that Taylor had tears running down her cheeks, she mouthed 'Are you okay?' to which Taylor nodded.
"Alright, who wants to see Brooke?" She asked the others
"Me" Alexis shouted first closely followed by Lily and Seb
"Okay then lets go in, but remember she's sleeping so we have to be quiet" Joey said as the walked towards the door
As they entered the room, Seb was the first to see Brooke, as soon as her saw her he began to wriggle in Joey's arms trying to get to Brooke "Brooke, Hug" He said stretching out his arms to Brooke fully expecting Brooke to wake up and hug him like she always did in the morning. Joey looked at the others who nodded to her to let him hug Brooke, as he was placed on the bed next to Brooke's legs on the right hand side of the bed by Joey, Seb stared at Brooke then smiled and crawled up to her abdomen and laid down resting his head on her belly, when she didn't hug him back he looked behind him seeing Brooke's arm he lifted it up placing it on his back he then curled up in the position he had previoulsy been in on Brooke's belly. Joey looked on struggling to hold back the tears it was like Seb knew that something was wrong with Brooke but still he continued. As she went to pick Seb up off the bed she saw Lily was trying to climb onto the bed to hug Brooke as well. When Frankee picked her up she began crying reaching out for Brooke crying her name. Taylor moved quickly over to Frankee and took Lily off of her, she began to bounce her up and down in her arms which did nothing to came her down "What would Brooke do?" She said looked helplessy at Joey "Sing something to her" Joey replied not knowing what else would work. Taylor began singing the first song that came into her head that being Twinkle Twinkle but before she could reach the word star, Lily started shouted and crying even more "Brooke sing No you" Lily said tapping Taylor on the shoulder angrily, Taylor looked at Lily she knew what Lily want is was what she always wanted when she was upset it was the same thing she herself wanted and that was Brooke to hug and sing to her.
"Lily ella ahora no puede porque ella es mucho sueno, pero pronto lo promento"
(Lily She can't now because she's very sleepy but soon I promise) As she completed the sentence tears rolled down her cheeks seeing the tears Lily reached her and up and wiped away the tears on Taylors face "Sowwy Tay Tay" she softly said placing a kiss on her cheek and buried her head in Taylors shoulder. Taylor smiled at Lilys action she reminded her of Brooke in so many ways and she was only just over three years old. "Its okay, bubs" Taylor replied squeezing Lily softly.
Joey looked from Taylor and Lily over to Mel who was still holding Brooke's hand, but was now holding Olivia who was currently fast asleep curled up on Mel's lap, As she again changed her view she noticed Alexis was standing at the end f the bed just staring at Brooke's bandage on her head figiting with her fingers doing what looked like counting. After a few minutes, she noticed Alexis was moving closer to Brooke as she reached Brooke's arm she tugged at the gown she had on, "Brooke?" she whispered "I need to tell you secret" When Brooke didn't move or reply to her Alexis' face began to show complete fear "Brooke Wake up" She almost shouted pulling Brooke's gown harder this time when there was again no response from Brooke she frantically started shouting"WAKE BROOKE WAKE" Over and over again "Alexis you have to be quiet" Joey said trying to calm Alexis down but she was completely ignored "SHUT UP ALEXIS" Frankee shouted sick of the noise she was causing, the volume of her voice caused Seb and Olivia to wake up. Alexis stood looking at Brooke she looked as if she was about to burst out crying "Brooke, wake up now please?" She almost begged again she repeated herself over and over her voice getting louder and louder.
"OH FOR GOD'S SAKE, SHE MAY NEVER WAKE UP AGAIN, OK, NOW CAN YOU PLEASE SHUT UP" Frankee shouted at Alexis, who looked at Brooke then started to cry, tears uncontrolably streaming down her cheeks, Joey Mel and Taylor al shoot Frankee a nasty glare letting her know that she wasn't gonna get away with speaking to Alexis like that, they looked on as Alexis moved closely to Brooke's ear and whispered in her ear "Please Brooky" She ran out of the room when Brooke didn't reply again. Mel and Taylor went to run after her but Joey motioned for them to stop and ran out of the room after Alexis
"Lexi, stop please" She pleaded as Alexis ran around the corner. She turned the corner and was shocked to see Charlie trying to help Alexis get up off the floor
"Lexi,what happened?" Joey enquired as Alexis jumped up off the floor and then hiding behind Joey, as she looked from Alexis to Charlie Joey couldn't help but grin widely at the sight of Charlie in her uniform
"I'm sorry I didn't see her coming" Charlie explained nervously
"Its okay she was running, which she shouldn't have been doing inside" Joey said turning and hugging Alexis "Are you okay?"
"UH-HUH, No prison" Alexis said again moving behind Joey this time gripping onto the back of Joey's shirt "Lexi it's okay Charlie's not gonna arrest you for bumping into her, Are you Charlie?"
"No, of course not" Charlie replied smiling at Alexis
"Why don't you say sorry to Charlie, Lexi?"
"No, Brooke says No strangers talk" Alexis replied taking hold of Joey's hand
"But Charlie's not a stranger, She knows me and Brooke"
"True?" Alexis asked Joey
"Of course its true" She confirmed
"I'm sorry" Alexis said stretching out her hand to Charlie
"Its not a problem, and so we're not strangers anymore, I'm Charlie Buckton" Charlie replied shaking Alexis' hand.
Alexis smiled squeezing Joey's hand "Go on then introduce yourself, Lexi" Joey encouraged
"I'm Alexis Marie Brooke Carter, Nice to meet you" Alexis turned to Joey her look somewhat asking if what she said was correct when Joey squeezed her hand and nodded Alexis jumped up and down then started laughing to herself. "See Brooke again Jojo" Alexis said still continuing to hold Joey's hand.
"Of course" As they went to walk away Alexis whispered into Joey's ear, She turned and looked at Charlie "She wants to know if you wanna come and see Brooke"
"Um, thats actually what I was on my way to do" Charlie replied honestly at the same time flattered at Alexis' gesture
Charlie, Joey and Alexis walked into the room Brooke was in, as soon as Charlie entered the room, Frankee sent a daggering look at her the jealously inside her rising to the surface, Mel on the other hand smiled at Charlie knowing how important she was in saving Brooke's life. Joey noticed that Lily was now on the bed positioned as Seb was but on the other side of the bed, Alexis walked over to Taylor who apon noticing Charlie asked "who's that Jojo?"
"Oh this is Ch..."
As Joey was about to anwser the question, she heard Seb laughing "Stop tiggling Brooke" Joey immediatley turned her attention to Seb when she did she saw Brooke's hand was moving up and down his back, everyone watched as the actions moved from her hands up to her abdomen, Seb jumped up quickly moving fast to Joey who picked him up. Lily on the other hand sat up and stared at Brooke, she moved to Brooke's chest and rested her head just above Brooke's breasts listening to her heartbeat, to everyone's surprise Brooke's right hand moved from the bed up to Lilys back then moving her hand up stroking Lily's hair
"Hey buttercup" Brooke said smiling down at her younger sister who was now sitting up and facing Brooke just staring at her, Brooke winced slightly as she tried to move.
Apon hearing Brooke's voice Seb jumped out of Joeys arms and onto the bed he quickly crawled up the bed and stopped at Brooke's chest and kneeling into her said "Wake now?" Then looking at Joey for an answer to his question. Joey nodded at him with that Seb hugged Brooke tightly squeezing as hard as he could.
"Hey peanut I missed you too" Brooke said as she said it she felt Mel holding her hand, she looked over at her seeing that she looked a little pale and gaunt since the last time she had seen her which she didn't realize was over two weeks ago. She squeezed Mel's hand knowing deep down she would probably regret doing so. She looked straight ahead of her and saw Alexis standing nervously at the end of the bed. "Hey Lex, aren't you gonna give me a hug?" Alexis smiled broadly at Brooke and quickly moved towards Brooke leaning in and hugging her tightly being careful not to hurt Seb, "You ok, over there Tay?" Brooke causing her younger sister to merely nod and moved towards her hugging her quickly.
"Um Joey could you get the doctor please?" Brooke patiently asked
"Yeah sure I was just about to go anyway so what do I tell him, How are you feeling?"
"Well I have a massive headache for starts but apart from that I'm fine"
"Agus conas ta tu i ndairire?" Joey asked speaking Irish so Brooke could tell her the truth
(And how are you really?)
"Ni feidir liom a bhraitheann mo chosa" (I can't feel my legs) Brooke replied smiling down at her siblings deep down though she felt like crying because she knew what this meant for the next few months maybe years of her life...