Ch 11 and 12

Chapter 11

Alex ran into the kitchen and grabbed a hand towel. She also grabbed an ice pack and some milk in a sippy cup for Anna. She ran back out to Anna bawling her eyes out and Miley and Lily trying to comfort her. Alex ran over to Anna and gave her a hug. She wrapped the ice pack in the hand towel and gave her the milk. She picked up Anna and held her as she walked to the door.
When Alex got out in the hallway, she bumped into Taylor and Chad.
"Hi, I'm Taylor," said Taylor, she then noticed the tear stains on both girls faces. "Is everything alright?"
Alex took a deep breath before talking, "Not...really," she said between sobs, "my sister Anna has a big cut on her finger and we are going to the ER."
Just then, Troy and Gabriella came up.
"What's going on?" asked Troy.
"Hey Troy," said Taylor, "This is...."
"Alex," she said.
"Alex's sister is in trouble, she has a cut on her finger, and they are going to the hospital," said Taylor.
Fear spread across Gabriella's face.
"Do you need some help?" asked Gabriella.
"Here, let me hold her for you," said Troy. He picked up Anna and took her over to the elevator.
Miley, Lily and Oliver went into the elevator along with Troy, Gabriella, and Taylor, while Robbie and Jackson went into the other elevator.
When the elevator dinged and everyone got out. Now it was Alex who was bawling.
"Hey," said Oliver, "she'll be fine!"
"What if she's not, what if she needs surgery? What if she has to stay over night? What if," she was interrupted by Miley's hand over her mouth.
"Alex, it is just a cut!" said Lily.
Alex nodded and her tears began to slow down. They got in the car and drove to the ER. Once they got there, Alex, Troy, Anna, Oliver, Miley, Lily, Gabriella, and Taylor ran in while Robbie and Jackson parked the car.
They ran inside and Alex ran to the front desk.
"Please help! My sister has a cut and it won't stop bleeding!" said Alex.
"Okay, please fill out these forms and we will be with you shortly," said the lady handing her the forms.
Alex nodded and walked over to where everyone was sitting and started to fill out the forms as tears fell down her cheeks.
Oliver came and sat down next to her and put his arms around her.
Alex smiled, although tears were still running down her face.
"Hey, she'll be fine!" he said.
Alex nodded and got up and brought the forms to the lady.
"Thank you, the doctor will be with you shortly," she said taking the forms.
Alex nodded and walked back to where everyone was sitting.
"Thank you so much," she said to Troy, Gabriella, and Taylor.
"It's no problem," said Troy.
"Yeah, we just want to make sure she's okay," said Taylor.
"Alex?" asked Anna, "will I be okay?"
Alex could feel the tears coming to her eyes. She picked up Anna and walked over to a chair.
"I am your big sister and I will NEVER let anything happen to you," said Alex.
Anna smiled and nodded. Her eyes started to close and she cuddled up in Alex's arms.
Alex smiled and made sure the ice was on the cut which was still bleeding. She rubbed Anna's back.
Just then, a doctor came into the waiting room wearing a white coat. Everyone looked up hopefully.

Chapter 12

Alex looked up hopefully.
"Miss....Anna Stewart?" (A/N: I know I know, but I couldn't think of any last name!)
"Oh! That's us!" said Alex.
Alex stood up and gave Anna to Robbie.
"I'm sorry, only family can come in," said the doctor.
"Well, I'm her sister, that's her uncle," she said pointing to Robbie, "those are her cousins," she said pointing to Jackson and Miley, "and they are like brother and sister to us," she said pointing to Lily and Oliver, "and those people helped us," she said pointing Troy, Gabriella and Taylor.
"Well, I guess you can all come in," said the doctor. "You're in room 10."
The doctor went into a room, followed by Robbie, Miley, Lily, Jackson, Oliver, Alex, who was desperately trying to hold back tears, Troy, Gabriella and Taylor.
"My name is Doctor Sarah," she said, "but you can call me Sarah."
"Nice to meet you," said Robbie.
Robbie put Anna on the hospital bed and gently woke her up. She looked up and started to cry.
"Where am I?" she asked looking around.
"Don't worry Anna, you are in a room! See, everyone's here," said Alex pointing to everyone.
Anna calmed down and laid down on the bed.
"Okay, now, how did she get the cut?" asked Sarah.
"Well, she was running around and she cut her finger on the coat hook," said Miley.
"I see, and what time was that?"
"Um...10," said Oliver.
"So an hour ago," said the doctor writing that down.
"May I take a look?" Sarah asked Anna. She nodded.
Sarah took the handcloth off of her finger and rubbed the blood off and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Well, although the cut is deep, it's not as serious as you probably thought," she said.
Everyone in the room breathed a sigh of relief.
"We are going to have give her stitches though," said the doctor.
Alex almost fainted.
"What?!"
"Oh don't worry, stitches are very minor," said Sarah.
"Can't you do staples?" asked Alex.
"We can't do that on a finger especially on a three year old," said Sarah.
Alex ran out of the room and ran into the waiting room crying. She sat down on a chair and put her head in her hands.
"Dad, we'll be right back," said Miley.
Miley, Lily, and Oliver ran out into the waiting room an saw Alex her hair in front of her face and her knees up to her chest.
"Alex? What's the matter?" asked Miley.
Alex continued crying.
"Come on Alex! Tell us!" said Miley.
Alex said nothing, but she pulled up her sleeve of her shirt, which showed a scar from her shoulder about 3 inches long.
"Where did you get this?" asked Lily.
Alex took a deep breath and let it out.
"When I was six, I fell off my bike. I had a cut in my arm that wouldn't stop bleeding, so I went to the emergency room. When we got there, there was only one doctor available, he had just gotten out of medical school. He said I needed stitches, but every time he tried, he messed up. It took him five times to finally get it," said Alex.
Oliver gave her a hug.
"I can't let Anna go through that!" said Alex.
"Alex, you saw the doctor and she looked like she was in her 30s or 40s, so she couldn't have just come out of Medical School," said Miley.
"And if you need to, you can always close your eyes," said Lily, "but you know that Anna will really want you in there."
Alex nodded and gave Lily and Miley a hug and went back in the hospital.
"Alex? Are you okay?" asked Anna.
Alex nodded.
"Yup, are you ready to get your stitches?" asked Alex.
Anna laughed. "I already got them!" said Anna holding up her finger which showed a line where the cut had been sewn.
Alex laughed. "I'm sorry I wasn't here," she said.
"It's okay." said Anna.
Alex gave Anna a hug and took her off the table.
“Thank you so much,” said Alex.
“It was no problem,” said Sarah, “she was very brave. She’ll need to take Ibuprofen every four hours.”
Alex nodded.
“Do you need a work or school slip?” asked Sarah.
Alex shook her head, “No thank you.”
The doctor nodded, waved and left the room.
“Are you ready to go home?” asked Alex.
Anna nodded and yawned.
“Here we go,” said Troy picking her up.
“Thanks Twoy!” said Anna.
Troy smiled and brought her out.
“Alexandra are you okay?” asked Gabriella.
“I’m fine, thanks Gabriella. Call me Alex,” she said.
“In that case, call me Gabi,” said Gabi.
Alex nodded.
“Anna was so good while you were gone,” said Taylor.
Alex nodded, “I’m sorry I ran out of there, I just had a….” she thought for a moment. “Bad experience with stitches.”
“It’s alright, you are lucky you have such good friends,” said Taylor pointing to Miley, Lily, and Oliver.
Alex nodded, “I really do,” she said.
Everyone piled into the car and went back to the hotel. By the time they got back Anna had fallen asleep in Troy’s arms.
When they got in the elevator, Miley, Anna, Troy, Gabi, Taylor, Alex and Lily got in first and went up. Then, Oliver, Jackson and Robbie went in the next elevator.
When they all got up to their floor, Anna miraculously was still asleep despite all the moving Troy had done with his arms.
“Thank you so much,” said Alex taking Anna from Troy.
“It was no problem,” said Troy.
“Maybe we can meet up tomorrow,” said Gabriella.
“Yeah! That would be awesome!” said Alex, “maybe we can have a girls day out! You, me, Taylor, Miley and Lily!”
“Sounds fun!” said Miley.
“Definitely!” said Lily.
“Awesome!” said Taylor.
“Great! We’ll meet you guys outside the hotel at ten,” said Gabi.
“Alright see you then,” said Alex.
Gabi and Taylor walked down the hallway and went into their hotel room followed by Troy.
“I better take Sleeping Beauty here to our hotel room, I’ll see you guys tomorrow,” said Alex.
“We’re all going out to breakfast, you wanna come?” asked Lily.
Alex nodded.
“Alright, we’ll be at your door at 8 okay?” asked Miley.
“Alright, see you then,” said Alex.
Alex walked down the hallway and into her hotel suite.
She walked over to Anna’s room and carefully put her into her pajamas and into her crib. She quietly put the sides up and turned the light out as she walked out. She walked into her room and put on some pink silk pajamas and put on her white bathrobe. She went into the kitchen and made some hot chocolate.
She sat on the couch and turned on the Disney Channel where Phil of the Future was playing. She continued watching it until she heard a knock on the door.
“Hold on,” she said. She walked over to the door and said, “who is it?”
“Oliver,” he said.
Alex opened the door.
“What’s up?” she asked.
“Nothing, I wanted to see how you were doing,” he said.
That’s so sweet, she thought.
“I’m fine, thanks,” she said.
“Why are you still up?” he asked.
“Oh, just a little shaken up from what happened,” she said.
“That’s understandable. So, are you coming to breakfast tomorrow?” Oliver asked.
Alex nodded, “I will definitely be there,” she said.
Oliver nodded, “I’ll see you there,” he said. He gave her a kiss. “Good night.”
Alex shut the door.
“Try great night,” she said.