The Next Step:Jiley's story

Phone call

It's now nearly nine o'clock and I'm allowed to stay n hospital with James over night but the kids can't, and I decide that they need their Mom around as much as possible if their Dad could die at any moment. It's hard to have to leave James but I know that's for the best so I just give him a light kiss before leaving his room and going to pick all the kids up from the room they've spent all day being observed in. "Hey, guys are you ready to go home?" I ask them all when I walk in, "will Daddy be home?" Dom asks, I just shake my head and try and make them forget about the absence of James "I miss Daddy." Isaac states, tears are beginning to form in my eyes, but I can't cry in front of them "Are we going to see Daddy again?" Josh asks, this question takes me by surprise, I didn't think they knew how serious it is "urmmm, probably bub." I reply, lying to children is so hard especially about weather or not their Dad is going  to come out of hospital.

"Why are we at Chloe and West's house?" Josh asks from the back of the car "because your sisters are here." I snap back at him, the pressure is beginning to get to me but still I feel instantly guilty, I look in the mirror to see Josh on the verge of tears "sorry bub, Mommy's just got a lot on right now." I tell him trying to justify my actions, but struggling. "Pops, don't run into the road." I shout to her once we're out of the car she turns around flashes me a cheeky grin and then runs into the road anyway, it's alright though, the road's pretty quiet so I just walk over to her, grab her and tickle. Squeals fill the air as Poppy wriggles to get away from me, it's so adorable "Is everything alright?" Chloe shouts from the door, putting Poppy down I turn to Chloe and nod my head before herding all of the kids up and get them inside. Once we're all in I let them go and play upstairs where I can still hear them but so I can have a chat with Chloe "I don't know what to do." I admit, she just pulls me into a tight hug and whispers in my ear "It's all going to be alright, James is a fighter." I nod my head whilst I let the tears stream down my face, "shhhhhhh, you're strong, you can get through this." she tells me I can't reply because my whole body has been hijacked by my uncontrollable shaking and sobbing "Now, do you want me to get you a cup of tea or coffee or do you just want to get the kids to bed?" she offers me, I really want to just sit here with Chloe and a cup of tea but I know that I should probably get the kids back home and in bed "I'll get going, they're probably getting tired." I say whilst standing up, I walk to the bottom of the stairs "time to go home, kids." I shout up the stairs, I hear a stampede of tiny feet, smiling I see the older five run down first and then the triplets stood at the top of the stairs, looking a bit unsure of how to walk down the stairs, James and I haven't let them try it yet but now's the time that they're going to learn, I nod encouragingly as Oscar takes a shaky first steps down the steps, then Poppy and then Isla. After a few minutes they're all down the stairs and in the car "See you later Chlo, thanks for looking after the girls." I shouted from the car "no problem Ri, good luck." she replies. I drive away and back home, that's when I my phone starts ringing, I look down and see it's the hospital, panicked I pull in and quicly answer it "Is this Riley Raymond?" I'm asked "yes," I reply "your partner, James has woken up, again,and appears to be suffering memory loss."

A/N: Cliff-hanger, hehehe