IS THIS A DREAM//adopted by Phan

Chapt. 7 let's be famous

CHAPTER 7

DAN'S P.O.V

I didn't know what was happening Alex started losing consciousness but she was energetic before i started to panic i called out for help i peppered her forehead in kisses and told her to stay with me phil rushed into the room to see what was happening he saw alex unconscious in my arms he pulled out his phone and rung an ambulance i presume "i need an ambulance now my daughter has just fallen unconscious.... She has an eating disorder.. Thank you just please hurry" is all i heard from phil's phone conversation i sat there cradling alex's unconscious body rocking back and forth checking to make sure she is still breathing which is only shallow breaths but it's better than nothing. After what seemed like a life time of waiting the ambulance finally showed up i carried alex down the stairs to where the paramedics when they took her from me and placed her on a gurney " only one of you can come in the ambulance" a paramedic spoke " Dan you go i'll call Zoe and ask her or Joe or something" Phil spoke "thank you" is all i replied i lent in and gave his lips a quick peck and hurried into the back of the ambulance following alex.

Once we arrive at the hospital my heat sunk as i was told i couldn't go into the room with her and i needed to wait in the waiting room. About 10 minutes later Phil finally showed up with Zoe concern etched onto her face, they ran to me and started asking questions "what happened?" "where is she now?" "are you ok?" "have the doctors told you anything?" i couldn't muster up the courage to answer their questions i just burst out into tears. Phil engulfed me into a 'it's going to be alright' hug to which i just continued to cry into. Soon after a doctor came out of the room that alex was rushed into, he walked over to us and asked "are you alex's farther?" to which both phil and i nodded "well alex has an eating disorder as you know which caused her to fall unconscious had she eaten anything today?" the doctor asked " well she had a small bit of left over pasta bolognas" i answered honestly "ok i see well we have had to pump some food into her stomach because her enzymes were eating away at her from the inside i'm sorry. But you will need to make her eat more. Instead of three big meals a day give her little bits but more frequently" the doctor told us sincere empathy laced in his words "o-ok can... Can we see her?" phil asked on the verge of tears "of course follow me she is just sleeping at the moment so you will have to be quiet" we stood up and followed the doctor to Alex's room i felt slightly discomforted by the white walls white floor and well white everything it was eerily quiet when we walked into the room but i really didn't take that much notice as i just swiftly made my way over to my young princess i sat in the chair that was placed next to the bed and grabbed hold of her hand i gently placed soft kisses over her knuckles which made her stir slightly but she went back to sleep "excuse me Mr Howell is it?" a nurse asked "um yes what can i do for you?" i replied "well i'm not sure it's my place to ask or tell you for that matter but do you know about the bruising on your daughters ribs? And do you know how it got there?" she asked looking concerned "oh well she told me about it when she needed an new bandage on it, she said that a girl in her old foster home pulled her backwards down the stair. You see we have only just adopted alex and well we don't want anything bad to happen to her i feel that all of this is my fault as me and her other dad Phil had to go to a meeting and i hadn't told her about it but we asked our good friend to look after her and long story short she had a severe panic attack she called our friend Zoe who instantly came over she calmed down a bit but she was still shaken up and it- it's just i don't know i don't want anything to happen to her not after all she went through already she is only 14 and she has had a shit life and i haven't made it any better" i said tears slowly tumbling down my cheeks " dad don't be sorry it- it's not your fault you have done everything possible i love you" a croaky voice sounded which was alex "aww princess thank you i i love you too now you need some rest so go back to sleep sweety." i said softly whilst stroking her hair. She fell asleep after a little while so i left her room and asked the doctor if she could notify me when Alex wakes up she agreed to do so. It's been about two hours now it's slowly approaching midnight and i can feel myself falling asleep i'm still in the waiting room with Phil but zoe went home after she found out what was happening. I started feeling drowsy and Phil must have noticed "Danny go to sleep you need some rest i'll wake you up when Alex wakes up" he said kissing the top of my head. I fell asleep almost instantly leaning on Phil's shoulder.