Serena's POV
I woke up to the sound of beeping and people talking, it looked like I was in hospital but why? Someone was holding my hand I freaked out until I realised it was Toni, I just smiled at her. I wanted to move my hand without waking her but I failed and when she saw I was awake she was smiling and jumped up to hug me.
"Omg baby I've missed you, I'm so glad you're awake," she said and let go of me to call the nurse in.
"Hi Serena, It's good to see you awake," Dr Green said smiling at me. "What was the last thing you remember?"
I thought about it for a second then replied, "being in class, what day is it?"
"Monday night, we think you passed out due to stress, your body can't cope with this much at the moment. I think you should be taking it easy for a while that means no school for you," Dr Green replied. I wanted to cry, but I suppose it means I don't have to listen to everyone bullying me in class.
"We'll be back in a few hours to check up on you, in the mean time please eat something and no partying," I rolled my eyes as he walked out.
I patted the spot on my bed that was free and Toni hoped in. I cuddled into and cried. Finally after what felt like a long time I stopped and looked at Toni, I saw tears running down her face. I wiped them away and kissed her.
"Now Miss what's been going on? What did you want to tell me today?" Toni asked, I now didn't want to tell her because I was afraid she'd hate me.
"Just some girls in my class," I said, the tears started rolling again,
"Are they bullying you?" She asked, concern written all over her face, I just nodded nothing else would come out. Toni pulled me for a hug then let go facing me, "what are have they been saying?"
"Just that I have cancer and about me always wearing a beanie, and I got called a slut for dating you," Her face went so red, and I thought she was going to explode, "no one talks about my girl like that, they're going to be suspended for that," she practically yelled, I had to put my hand on her arm to try and calm her down. Honestly she doesn't deserve this either, she doesn't deserve well... me.
"whatever, it's fine. I don't care," I said but you could tell by my voice that I did care, "baby I can see you do care, I'll talk to them,"
I ended up staying in hospital for another 3 weeks, and as much as Toni wanted to be there for me and be with me all the time I forced her to work, and while it was boring, I didn't wanted her to lose her job either.
A few days after I was admitted into hospital Toni came in after school one day and said she spoke to the principal about the bullying and she said that the girls are going to be doing in school suspensions for a week, and they lost all privileges for 2 weeks (one being a school captain she lost that right). "Bullying is a serious thing that isn't dealt with enough in our school, giving them just normal suspensions would've been easy," Toni said, I smiled when she told me that.
Toni visited me every night after school, the nurses gave up trying to kick her out so she's stayed till 10 sometimes 11. I'm sure she's exhausted but she doesn't complain.
I'm pretty sure my mum is either dead or she ran away because ever since she had to stay late at work one day I haven't heard from her, it hurts a lot but I'll get over it.
Miss Young's POV
Seeing Serena so sick made me so upset and I just wanted to hug her and make her feel better but I knew that I couldn't. She never gave up even when she was admitted into the ICU she still pushed on.
I had to keep going to work because otherwise my students and work colleagues could get suspicious.
I walked into class and saw a bunch of my students talking in a circle, with hushed voices so no one else could hear them.
"Class," I called to get everyone's attention, the group of students didn't turn around or even look up, so I walked up to them and called out again, some of them jumped and I just laughed to myself, they looked at me and glared. I just raised an eyebrow and kept talking.
The day dragged on and I couldn't wait to go see Serena again. I was eating my lunch when I got a call from the hospital,
"Hi Miss Young it's Doctor Green, I think you need to come to hospital! Serena isn't doing too well and is asking for you, she needs to go into the ICU again, but it's not looking good this time," my heart stopped and I tried not to cry as I ended the call and found someone to cover my last period.
I raced to the hospital, holding it together.
I can't lose her, we have the rest of our lives together.
I got to her room and found it empty, no bed, just her stuff, and the couch that I've been sleeping on.
As I was sitting down on the couch one of the nurses came in looking grim, oh god please don't be bad news, "hi Toni," she knelt down in front of me, "Serena's heart stopped, the doctors tried to save her, they did everything that they could, I'm so sorry," my heart broke, I couldn't cry, my body wouldn't let me.
I woke up tears streaming down my face, I rolled over and saw Serena lying next to me looking so peaceful. She must of felt me move though because she woke up and saw me crying.
"Baby what's wrong?" She asked as she pulled me into a hug. "Just a scary dream," I sobbed. She must of been playing with my hair till I fell asleep, I don't remember how long it was but it felt like I cried for hours. Once the tears started they couldn't stop.
I never wanted to lose her, I was meant to be strong for her not the other way round.
The next few weeks flew past. In between doctors appointments and chemotherapy and work, not seeing Serena in class made work less fun and made it harder to convince myself to go but I did knowing I would get to see her after school everyday.
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Authors note
Sorry the chapters so short and it's taken me so long to publish it out, it's been a long 8 months for me.
Thanks for all the love, I'm getting there and I'll try release chapters every two to three weeks.