chapter 17:
the room rose's father was staying in was massive and cold.
the coolness brought her discomfort.
steve was okay because his daughter was next to him, while she was unhappy because of the image of her weak father next to her.
she was distracted by the sad image in front of her to notice adam's arrival.
"hi" adam whispers to his girl. his sad girl.
she lays her head on his shoulder. her home.
she places her cold hands into his warmer ones. her comfort.
"how is my love?" she smiles at him softly, "better that her love has arrived" smiles rose sadly.
"have you eaten?" he asks.
the sunflowers he picked for her today were placed between them.
"I have, the teachers at the office brought us food. we all ate together." she directs her attention from her sleeping father to him.
"is that so? that's nice. medicine?" she nods. "but make sure the small pill is only to be taken before you sleep, because it's going to make you sleepy, even more than you are" he teases.
"how is he?" she asks. he sighs, "we only really did tests today love, results are out tomorrow. don't worry, it'll be okay."
"have you eaten?" adam shakes his head, "not yet, no. do you want to come with me and eat something in the cafeteria?" rose nods.
"I want a coffee myself. today's classes were really tiring." he takes her hand, "let's go, then, sweet girl."
rose takes a look at her father. asleep. "did you sit on your own all day?" asks adam. "no, jack came earlier with georgia, sam, and issac. then finn passed by with el and jim" replies rose.
"yeah, i saw finn on his way out."
rose begins to feel uncomfortable leaving her father on his own to which causes adam to sigh softly at her, "ro, there are enough nurses in this floor to take care of him and you, my love, need to take care of yourself."
adam has started to notice rose's dark circles. they are more visible now.
before rose replies, they hear a knock. "dr. adam, I'm leaving did you want anything?" asks jim.
"no, jim. you can go." jim nods. "goodnight dr. adam, goodnight rose."
"order whatever you want, love." adam passes his card to rose.
"I'll get coffee and donuts." she grins, beamingly at him.
rose's sweet tooth is one of the things adam admires about her. t
he way she can never drink tea or coffee without something sweet beside.
"I'll talk with a friend and wait for you there, sweet girl." he points to the table near the balcony, to which rose nods.
"hi there, how are you?" megan smirks at adam.
adam looks at megan. "we're always meeting in the cafeteria." she places her hand on his clothed-shoulder.
"what are you doing here?" he asks. "coffee." she raises her hand to show the cup hugging her fingers.
"you?" she sips.
"rose and I are getting coffee and toast."
she looks at the line and sees a girl wearing a lilac sweater and white pants.
