The New Neighbor

Out

(Imagine these two are Ash' s grandparents)

-Ash's POV-

As Xena drifted off to sleep, I was a bit shocked to see my grandparents walk in the room. Both of them were carrying flowers.

My grandma smiled and whispered, "Hi sweety. How is she doing?"

"Better than before," I said as I stood up to hug them.

"That's great news. We brought these for her," my grandpa said, holding up the flowers and placing them at her feet. My grandma did the same.

"Thanks for being here. But why the sudden visit?" I asked.

"We decided to see how you both were. Making sure everything was going well before we headed out of town. Your grandfather is going to be a judge at a horse show in a town about an hour away. We should be home by midnight. Think you can manage until then?" grandma said.

"I should be fine. I appreciate you stopping by," I said with a smile.

"No problem, son. Do you know when she'll be let out?" asked grandpa.

"Today. She just has to stay a few more hours for monitoring and then she'll be good to go. The thing is, her mother, the only family she had left, was killed this week. She's going to be all alone on her house," I explained.

"Oh, poor thing." Grandma paused. "She can stay as long as she'd like to with us. We have an extra room upstairs," grandpa said.

I almost jumped up. "Thanks grandma! I'm sure she'll love the idea!" I whisper-yelled as I hugged her tightly. I didn't want to wake her.

"It's only the right thing to do, dear."

Grandpa checked his watch. "'Bout time to head out. Nice seeing you two are doing fine. Take care of yourself and the little lady. I'll see you into the morning." He patted my back.

Of course, grandma came over and kissed my cheek. "Love you, Ash. Well be back soon. Bye honey!" she said rubbing my back.

"Bye! See you later! And don't worry. I'll be sure no one goes near Xena other than the doctors and nurses," I assured them.

They waved before they walked out.

A few hours passed and Xena was opening her eyes just as Dr. Radke came in.

"Oh, great! You're both up," he said.

A nurse behind him was pushing a wheel chair.

"You ready to go, Xena?" Dr. Radke asked.

She nodded and pushed a button on the bed remote to sit her upright.

"I went by you're house a few days ago and brought you a change of cloths. Hope you don't mind," I told her.

"Not at all. Thank you," she said taking the bag with the cloths.

"You can go into the restroom and change. I know those hospital gowns are elegant and fashionable, but we have to keep them. Sorry about that," Dr. Radke joked.

"Aww man," Xena replied.

We all giggled and I helped her stand up to walk her to the restroom that was inside her room on the side. After she changed, she opened the door that I was waiting next to, and I walked her over to the wheel chair. She managed to sit down cringing from the pain, but didn't complain. It still made my heart ache from seeing her like this.