Beca had been up all night, but Chloe ended up falling back asleep. She got Harper up and got her dressed before Chloe woke up. "Hey, Chlobird," Beca said.
"Oh god, we're still on that nickname? Hey, the IV's out of my arm!"
"Yeah, they took it out at like 4. I was awake, and I have no idea how you stayed asleep. It looked pretty painful."
"Yeah, well I was exhausted. When do I get out of here?"
"I don't know, they're still apparently running some tests. And the IV's aren't done yet, sorry. I overheard the doctors say you need antibiotics pumped into your system."
"Ugh, this never ends."
Harper climbed back on to the bed. "Are you ok, aunt Chloe?"
"Yep! I'm feeling a lot better, but I won't get to go home until tonight. Why don't you go out to breakfast with mommy?"
"Ok."
Beca frowned. "I don't want to just leave you."
"Nah, it's fine, have a girls day, just go shopping and get your nails done, I'll be fine."
"We'll go to breakfast, and we'll bring you back some. I'm not just gonna leave you by yourself here all day."
"Ok. Ugh I want to get up and walk around or something."
"I know," Beca said, "it sucks. We'll bring you back some food."
"Thanks, Becs. I think Harper wants to stay with me though," Chloe said. Harper was sitting on the bed next to Chloe.
"Ok," see you in a few.
The doctor came back into the room after Beca left. "Aw is this your daughter?"
"No," Chloe said, "she's my niece, but she wanted to stay with me while her mommy got us breakfast."
"Aw she's so cute."
"Thanks."
"So we'll start the antibiotics after you eat. It's going to be about 10 hours. It's very slow, so it doesn't make you sick. You'll need another IV for hydration, too."
"Ok. I'll leave tonight, right?"
"If you want, but it will be late. It'll be about 11:30."
"Oh yeah, I have to leave tonight. I have a wedding to go to tomorrow."
"Oh cool."
After
The doctor left, Chloe sat up crosslegged on the bed, facing Harper. "So are you excited that mommy and daddy are getting married tomorrow?""Yeah!" She said. Her eyes lit up.
"Do you know what you're going to do at the wedding?"
"What?"
"You get to throw flower petals on the ground!"
"Yay! What will they look like?"
"I think they're roses, we'll have to ask your mom!"
"Then what will I do?"
"You'll come and stand by me. Mommy and daddy will have to talk about how much they love eachother, and then they repeat some stuff. After that, they'll put the rings on eachother and then they'll kiss!"