Carmen woke up just after 6am…She looked around, No sign of Jess.
“Morning” Bette smiled
“Hi, where’s Jess?” Carmen asked
“She’s just went for a shower, Lisa practically had to drag her” Bette smiled
“Ok” Carmen smiled “You didn’t need to stay here”
“Oh I did, Jess insisted” Bette laughed “Besides I wanted too”
“So…”
“So…” Bette smirked
“I can sense a lecture coming on”
“No not at all, No lecture” Bette smiled
“I’m sorry I didn’t reply to your calls or texts, I was trying to distance myself” Carmen admitted
“That’s okay, we understand, Tina and I will always care, and look out for you regardless of what happens, but we will have a chat with you and Jess once you’re feeling better, all I want you to do now is concentrate on getting better”
“I really just want out of here, I hate it,” Carmen sighed “I’ve never felt so violated in all my life”
“Dr Ewan has been really understanding”
“That’s just because Jess lost the plot at them over their whole mess up with my erm my…”
“Yes well that wasn’t acceptable” Bette stated “I wrote a strongly worded letter to their director”
“These things happen”
“They shouldn’t” Bette stated “Anyway, Tina and I are going to fly home tonight to spend a few days with Mason, we haven’t seen him in four weeks now, I don’t want him getting worried”
“You don’t need to be here”
“Oh we do, we’ll be back on Monday, I’m also going to look into getting you transferred to LA, Jess says you’re really not happy here”
“I just want to get my parents funeral sorted Bette, I hate the idea of them lying on a slab in a freezer”
“What do you want to do?” Bette asked
“My Dad has always said he wanted cremated if anything happened, I don’t want to separate them so I want them both cremated and I’ve not decided what I’m doing after that” Carmen said
“I’ll sort it leave it with me” Bette smiled
“I need to pack their house up” Carmen sighed “Jess has stated very clearly that I’m coming back home”
“You bet your ass you are” Bette stated “Manhattan is not for you sweetheart, you belong with us in LA”
“I don’t really like it here anyway” Carmen smiled “But don’t tell Jess that”
“You shouldn’t have come here in the first place, running doesn’t solve anything, you should know that better than anyone” Bette looked at Carmen
“I know, I just couldn’t handle the fact she wasn’t speaking to me, and I thought if I didn’t need to see her or you guys it be easier and it wasn’t, if anything it just made me ten times worse” Carmen sighed
Jess walked into the room with Lisa.
“Wow your awake, I’m sorry, how long have you been awake?”
“Jess you don’t need to baby sit me, I’m 24” Carmen smiled
“I know I just like being here incase you need me” Jess leaned over kissing Carmen softly on the head
“Where’s Mum?” Bette asked
“She’s getting coffee, some idiot stressed her in the car park” Lisa said
The nurse walked in with a tray “Breakfast time”
Jess looked at the tray “What the hell is that?”
“Porridge” the nurse replied “Looks great”
“Great you can eat it, she isn’t” Jess said handing her back the tray “I wouldn’t give that to my dog”
“Erm Jess we don’t have a dog” Lisa smirked
“If we did” Jess said turning to Carmen “Babe you’re not eating that”
Bette looked at the Tray before she snapped at Jess for being rude, she changed her mind when she seen it. “Is that even cooked?”
“Chefs finest”
“Yep tell the chef thank you but no thanks” Bette said
“What do you want to eat?” Jess asked Carmen
“I’m not really that hungry”
“Tuff I’m starving, either you choose or I’ll choose for you” Lisa said
“Surprise me” Carmen smirked
“Okay cool” Lisa got up “Mama you can come with me”
“Oh can I now?” Bette laughed
“Yep, I only have two hands” Lisa took Bette’s arm “Ok let’s go”
The Dr walked in just after Bette and Lisa left the room.
“How are we today?” Dr Ewan asked
“Fine” Carmen stated “Can I go home?”
“I’m afraid not, we have some tests to run over the weekend, possibly Monday or Tuesday”
“It’s been nearly five weeks, this is ridiculous”
“Carmen you only got your stiches and bandages of your head, not to mention your legs still…”
“Have no feeling yes I’m well aware of that, thanks for the reminder” Carmen snapped
Jess took Carmen’s hand “Look my Mama and mum are going to look into get you transferred to LA when they go home this weekend”
“I really wouldn’t advise that” Dr Ewan said
“It’s not your decision, she’s not happy here” Jess said look at the Dr “Surely her happiness is a huge part in her recovery”
“Yes but”
“LA provide the exact same medical care as you, all her friends and family are there, her life is there” Jess explained
“I’m really not comfortable with signing her out at the minute”
“Jess I don’t want to stay here” Carmen said
“Then well sort that” Jess smiled “Don’t worry about anything”
The doctor finished doing some checks before leaving the room.
“She’s pissed” Carmen said
“Not our problem, my main concern is your happiness”
“Well that depends…” Carmen sighed
“On what?”
“Us?” Carmen looked at Jess
Bette, Tina and Lisa walked back in the room
“So we got bagels and chocolate covered strawberries and Jess we got you red bull too” Lisa smiled
“And we also brought back Mum” Bette smiled
“Seriously that car park is a complete joke” Tina said hugging Carmen “How you feeling sweetie?”
“Yeah just had a run in with the doctor, I said I wasn’t happy here and Jess said we were going to see bout me being transferred to LA and she was pissed”
“Leave her to us, don’t you worry or get stressed bout anything” Tina said
“Yes we will sort that when we go home this weekend”