Summer with the Queen

Chapter 27

There standing at the door was Ashton who I haven’t seen we left the palace. It looked like he hadn’t shaved for a while since he had slight stubble around his face going on, dressed in a pair of pants and a shirt that showed some muscle. He walked in the room and sat on the seat at the end of the bed.

“What are you doing here?” was all I managed to get out.

Ashton laughed before replying “came to see you dummy, your Grandmother told me about it all and I thought that I would come and see if your alive” he said.

 “Well thanks for coming, and yes I am alive thank you very much, don’t think you could get rid of me.” I said sarcastically.

I couldn’t help but look at the door hoping that Miles would walk in but he never did. Ashton caught on to what I was doing before simply replying;

“He isn’t coming”

“How did you know I was thinking about him, I could have been waiting for food” I said trying to be serious.

“Really Reagan, that look on your face doesn’t exactly show that you are waiting for food it shows something deep” Ashton replied.

“Okay so you got me, where is Miles anyway?” I asked kind of upset.

“If you must know he didn’t want to come, something about hospitals giving him the creeps, pretty pathetic if you ask me” Ashton joked but being serious at the same time.

Or Miles is avoiding me for what I said to him back at the palace. Even if we don’t exactly see eye to eye on things I still miss him.

“Righto Ash don’t want your ego going any higher” I joked

“Hey don’t be meaning to the guy who protects you from harm” Ashton said back.

“Whatever” was all I responded back to Ashton, who was now sitting at the end of my bed since he complained that the seat was uncomfortable, what a wuss.

It was close to dinner time and Ashton was still here. The lady came by and gave me my dinner, which was pasta of some sort and a bowl of veggies and desert, was custard and stewed fruit, with a jug of water.

I took one look and nearly gagged at the desert, and pushed it to the side while I ate the vegetables only.

“Is that what they give you to eat in this place?” Ashton asked turning his nose up at the food on my plate.

“Unfortunately yes, it’s horrible, I would kill for some decent food” I said back annoyed.

“I’ll be right back, promise” Ashton said getting off the bed and walking out the door, while I sat in bed staring at my revolting food on my plate.

10 minutes went by before Ashton reappeared holding a takeaway bag in his hands.

“What’s in there?” I asked pointing to the bag.

“Our dinner” is all Ashton said before walking over to the bed and placing a container on the table.

“Smells and looks better than that” I said pointing to the hospital food.

“I know, I couldn’t let you suffer that much, so I went to the takeaway shop next to the hospital and got us some decent food” Ashton replied.

“Thank you, so that means you staying with me for a while longer?, since you are having dinner with me” I asked raising my eyebrows at Ashton who sheepishly smiled at me.

“Yes I am, now eat up before we get caught” Ashton replied while shoving chicken risotto in his mouth. I couldn’t help but smile before eating the food that Ashton got me.

“What if I didn’t want you to stay longer what would you do then?” I asked Ashton.

“Well I wouldn’t of listened and I wouldn’t of gotten you food so be happy that I did stay” was all he replied.

Not long after us both finished dinner Ashton got a text saying that he had to be back at the palace for an important meeting.

He quickly got up and grabbed the empty containers and walked over to me giving me a quick kiss on the forehead before leaving, but not before reminding me to text him when I’m discharged, which I said I would before waving goodbye to Ashton as he left.

I watched at bit of TV before drifting off to an uncomfortable sleep.

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I woke up to the nurse calling my name; I opened my eyes and looked at the nurse who was standing at the end of the bed looking at my chart.

“Good morning Reagan, sorry to wake you, but I have to take your blood sugar levels” the nurse politely asked.

“Oh okay, do you mind if I do it and you watch, I get kind of freaked out when someone else does them” I asked.

“Not at all, yes the doctor did say that, I know the feeling, you get use to your own pain thresh hold that you can’t tolerate someone else doing it” the nurse said while I was doing my test.

I simply nodded in agreement before giving my results to the nurse. “I see your a bit low, have you had anything to eat yet?” the nurse asked.

“Not yet I just woke up” I replied.

“Okay ill go and get you something to eat, drink this while I’m gone” the nurse said handing me a cup of water before walking out the door again.

A few minutes later the nurse walked back with a plate of toast for me, I smiled before saying thanks and eating the food in front of me.

“ill come back in half an hour to check your levels again, is that alright?” the nurse asked me, which I simply nodded.

“Oh and looks like you have some more visitors” the nurse said from the door. I looked over towards the door and saw Grandmother and Grandfather walking in. The nurse smiled before leaving us to privacy.

“I’m so glad you finally came to visit” I said smiling at my Grandparents.

“Of course we would visit our only Granddaughter in hospital” Grandmother said taking a seat in the chair next to me, while Grandfather sat in the other one next to Grandmother.

“How are you feeling now possum” Grandfather asked me.

“I’m feeling a lot better; did mum tell you that I get discharged hopefully this afternoon?” I asked feeling happy about finally leaving the hospital after being in here for a week.

“Yes she did tell us that, which is great news, we are back at the cottage now” Grandmother said to me.

“Why are you back early? I thought you weren’t back until the weekend?” I asked.

“we were but when you father called us and told us the news about you we decided to leave the palace a few days early and visit you and get the cottage ready for your arrival back” Grandmother said.

It made sense. We were talking for a while before they left to go back to the cottage. I managed to get out of bed and change into a comfy pair of tracksuit pants and long sleeved shirt, before getting my things packed up ready to go when mum and dad arrive.

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It was about 2pm when I was finally discharged from the hospital, after being in there for a week and two days. We left the hospital and headed back to Aunt Ethel’s to say goodbye and to collect the rest of my things which was still there from when we visited, before leaving and going back to the cottage for another week before finally going back home to Australia.

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