Stuck Inside Four Walls

Chapter fourteen

Less than two minutes later Anne returns from wherever she went it find her daughter.

"Here she is!" Anne exclaims as she re enters the room. A gurney following directly behind her. Once Gemma is on the bed next to me and settled, the nurse that brought her in leaves.

"Hi, I'm Gemma." She says looking over at me with a small smile. She is probably 4 or 5 years older than me, but so was Ellie and we got along great. I wonder what's Ellie is up to. I should call her tonight.

"I'm Alyssa, nice to meet you." I say imitating her smile. Harry and his mum are in a deep conversation, I'm not quite sure what about because they are talking quite quietly.

A few moments later, my doctor emerges into the room.

"Hello ladies, and Harry." She says with a smile. A mixture of greetings from all of us are in response.

"Mrs. Cox, Harry would you mind leaving the room for a minute? I would just a like to speak with Alyssa for a moment." She kindly asks. Gemma glances over and then puts her earphones into her ears as Harry and Anne exit the room. Dr. Smith grabs one of of the chairs that Harry and Anne were previously sitting in and pulls it over next to me.

"What's wrong?" I ask, quite nervously.

"Oh, no, I just wanted to explain something's to you." She reassures me and a weight is lifted off my shoulders.

"Oh, ok so what did you want to talk about?" I ask.

"Well there's two things I would like to speak to you about. The first is, is that we contacted your aunt, Carol is it?" She asks and I nod my head.

"Ah yes, she seems sweet. But back on track, she said she would be arriving here later today." I am relieved. I thought I wasn't going to have anyone this whole time. I was used to seeing everyone having their parents and family with them, but I really wanted someone with me through this. I guess mum and dad are watching over me.

"Thank you." I respond smiling, and this time it's a real smile.

"Don't mention it. It is my job after all." She says kindly with a hint of humour.

"So the second thing I would like to speak to you about is the treatment. I want to make sure you are aware of what will happen, and understanding it will make this go a lot easier. I promise." She responds and I nod weakly.

"So, you will be enduring combination chemotherapy, and if all goes well with that, you will start post remission therapy. So instead of me explaining it all, here's a brochure with some more detailed information. We will be starting your treatment in a few days so for the next couple of days we will be doing some tests and a few other necessary things before the treatment starts." She says as she hands me the brochure. I thank her and she leaves the room, Harry and Anne replace her spot.

"Have you had breakfast yet Alyssa?" Anne asks.

"Um no, I was thinking if heading down and getting something in a few minutes." I responds, I'm not very hungry, but I know that I should eat regardless.

"I was just about to head down as well. We could go together if you like?" Harry asks looking up from his laptop screen.

"Ya sure. Ya that sounds good." I reply.

(A/N) I feel like I haven't written in forever. School is just so demanding ugh. But I will definitely double update today :)