For The Love Of Chéri (CHAPTERS 1-112 REWRITTEN)

Chapter 43 : Access Denied!

Lennon opened his eyes once and saw the private room in the infirmary with the beeps and hums of the machines monitoring his vital signs before he fell asleep again.

When he opened his eyes again, he saw a male nurse going about his business in the room and Suzanne, who was sitting in a chair reading.

As soon as she saw Lennon open his eyes, she rushed to his side and held his hand.

"Welcome back," Suzanne said. "Serena will be gutted. She's been here for the longest time waiting for you to awaken, and she left about ten minutes ago. Chéri's been waiting by your bedside a lot too."

"Suzanne... Am I glad to see you!" Lennon said in a very throaty voice as he sat up, then realised he was naked under the thin cover.

The male nurse turned to Lennon. "I'll inform Chéri you're awake."

"No! No, I Don't want him to see me." Lennon said.

"Lenn, I'm so sorry. This happened to you because of me. You took a hell of a beating from those thugs." Suzanne said.

"But, it took all five of 'em!" Lennon replied casually scratching his head.

The male nurse turned to Lennon, "I'll get you the menu. The doctor says you can only have plain food though."

"That's okay." Lennon said, "Suzanne. I'm glad you're staying, but! We gotta bring your baby to Spain."

"First we need to focus on your recovery! Madam Dolores said you're not to do anything until you're fully recovered. She also said you were to have no visitors but I've been sneaking in and I've bumped into Serena too. You have a security guard outside and a random name on the door to throw people off. However, I think it fits you, Wonda." She smiled.

Lennon scratched his head," Haha. 'Wonda'?"

"Yes, It's on the door!" Suzanne said.

"Great. I like it. That'll be my drag name." Lennon joked.

Suzanne looked down at the bed. "Ohh! Ah, you've got a situation." she said before coughing, as she pointed to a bump in the sheet.

Lennon looked down."Ohh! Sorry. That's normal... for me." He said as he put one hand down under the covers and laughed awkwardly.

"Anyway! I got you something!" Suzanne said as she bent over to pull up a shopping bag with various fruits in it."You need to get strong, so there are lots of oranges in here."

"Wow... thank you." Lennon said as he looked in the bag.

Serena walked In and got excited to see Lennon awake and sitting up. She glanced curiously at Suzanne, then stood next to Lennon, rubbing his back. "How do you feel?" She asked.

Lennon smiled. "Better than I did earlier!"

"This is all my fault! I'm so sorry." Serena said as she held Lennon's hand.

Suzanne turned to Serena, "No, it's really my fault."

"Trust me, it isn't," Serena said.

"Trust me. It is." Suzanne answered.

Serena looked back puzzled. "Why would you say that?"

Lennon cut in."Look, girls. I did what I did. It was my choice to do it. So it's down to me. So, stop talking." Lennon said as he pointed to each girl in turn."No... more talking. "

They both smiled back at him.

Serena glanced at his bed. "Lenn... It's not your temperature that seems to have risen."