healing

visit

TW: Food restriction, mention of throwing up, fainting, tube feeding.

I try to steady myself as I stand up and she runs to me. I practically jump into her arms. The one month and a half I had been apart from her felt like a year. She pulled back and held my face in her hands, her thumb resting right underneath the tube.

"Oh honey. Oh my god," she whispers with tears falling from her eyes.

"It- it's okay," I said with a nervous face.
Bringing Cordelia sadness was the worst thing for me. She was the last person I would ever want to make upset. Especially after everything we've been through. She just pulled me back into a hug and sniffles. She pulls away after another 20 seconds and looks down at Nina in my hand and smiles. She takes her into her hand and wipes a tear.

"I didn't know you brought her with you. I was kind of shocked when you asked Dr. Staple for her on the phone today."

"Of course. I didn't part with her for a second at the coven. I definitely wouldn't part with her so far away from it," I said as a tear falls down my hollow cheek.

"Uhm Cordelia, you're right in time for dinner and you are of course welcome to eat with us," Dr. Staple says, feeling awkward to interrupt the moment between Cordelia and I.

"Oh yes of course," Cordelia replied. Dr. Staple nodded and went to retrieve the women for dinner as Alice and Nurse Aird set up the table.

"I'm really happy you're here Cordelia."

"Me too honey. I missed you so much."

"Me too. How are the girls?"

"They're great. ...But they really miss you."

"I miss them too."

Nurse Aird suddenly approached us with a smile.
"Dinners ready. y/n, you can show Cordelia to the table." I nodded and turned to Cordelia, taking both her hands in mine.

"Okay... uhm don't mind the frizzy blonde, Sally, or Diane who might give you some jealous looks or something. Wilhemina, she has bright orange hair, she might seem mean but she's super nice ...and I think that's all I need to warn you about..."

Cordelia just laughs and strokes my cheek. I smile and take her arm, leading her to the dining room. I let her sit next to me and I sit beside the head of the table where Dr. Staple sits. All the women come into the room and sit in their seats, confused with Cordelia's presence. I hold her hand and squeeze it, seeing I was nervous as well. Meal times where the worst.

"Hey who's the blonde?" Audrey whispers to Lana, pointing to Delia.

"Uhm ladies, this is Cordelia Goode. she's y/n's... uhm..."

"Teacher." Cordelia says.

"Yes yes teacher. Uhm she's spending the night just to visit y/n. Cordelia this is Lana, Xandra, Ally, Amanda, Wilhemina, Diane, Sally, Audrey, Harriet, and Tammy." They all have her a subtle smile or wave. Except Diane and Sally. They both looked pissed. Cordelia returned the wave and everyone started loading their plates. She looked over at me as she started putting food on her's.

"Do you want me to make you a plate baby?" she asks, placing her hand on my thigh.

She always asked me that back at home. She'd give me a regular sized portion and I would barely touch it but she continued to do it every night, whispering words of reassurance to me. Some days were better than others until they were just all bad days... and then I was most likely too much to handle.

"No. I'm getting supplement afterwards so... there's really no point."

"So you just sit here?" she whispered with a sad face as everyone else around us just talked.