Fighting Chance

Going Home

Zosia POV

It's finally the day that I'm able to come home. Ollie has brought Zac in to see me every day the past week which has been really nice. I am so close to being back home with Ollie and Zac, I've missed them both loads.

I look at the clock. It's 10am. Ollie is coming for me at 12. Two hours. I started to pack my stuff into my cases, only for my handbag to fall from the shelf in my wardrobe. I forgot I'd put it there. Everything fell out of it and I noticed a small polaroid sized photo lying just to the side of where my bag landed. I picked it up and noticed it was a scan photo. I'm smiling at it until I noticed something. There were 2 hearts in it. My baby Noah. The reason I've been in hospital. Tears just start pouring down my face.

Ollie POV

I arrive at the unit just before 12 to pick Zosia up. Katy and I had arranged to have a meeting with Zosia about further treatment. I meet Katy at reception and we head to Zosia's room.

"She has been up for hours all excited to be coming home. She has came so far and I'm happy with the way she has progressed this past month" Katy says as we walk down the corridor. We arrive at Zosia's room and I see Zosia curled up in a ball, sobbing, at the foot of her bed. I notice she is holding something.

"Zosh...what's the matter, what's wrong? What's the photo of?" I ask her with a worried tone.

"Noah...Noah...Noah..." is all she is managing to get out. I turn to Katy giving her a look of desperation.

"We need to talk to her as soon as she has calmed down. Seeing her in this state is making me rethink her leaving. It may just be a blip as she has came across the photo and hasn't spoken about him since his death but we need to make sure that's all it is. I'm just letting you know the worst possible outcome" Katy tells me "I'd sit with her for a bit, try to calm her down. Once she is calm, please bring her to my office so we can have a chat and decide where to proceed from here".

I thank Katy before going back over to Zosia.

Zosia POV

It's been 10 minutes since Katy left me and Ollie alone. I've settled down a bit now. I hadn't seen a photo or spoken about Noah since the birth. I knew I would have to one day as we still have his funeral to plan, it's going to be a hard couple of months ahead.

"Ollie, I'm so so sorry. I didn't know what to do when I saw the scan photo. I just freaked out" I apologise.

"Zosh, you have nothing to apologise for. It was just a blip that's all. We will go speak to Katy and you can explain everything. You will get home today. Now come on, Katy is waiting, we don't want to keep her".

I follow Ollie to Katy's office and we sit down in the chairs in front of her. She began asking me questions about what just happened and I tried my best to make her see that it was just a blip. I'm not sure what her thoughts were.

"Okay Zosia, I've been thinking about what has just happened and how you may react when you get home. I'm worried that you might end up back here, which, as we both know, we don't want to happen. However, the past month you have been here you have reacted well to treatment and have became a much happier person than when I first met you. I have came to a conclusion that you are able to leave the unit today, with support from Oliver, your dad and friends. I don't want you to shut people out. Just because you are no longer staying here doesn't mean you aren't a patient. I'm going to discharge you from inpatient and admit you as an outpatient client. I will be seeing you at our biweekly meetings but I just want to say good luck. You deserve it".

I thank Katy with a big hug and head to collect my bags. I'm finally going home.

"I'm so proud of you Zosia. I love you loads" Ollie says before giving me a passionate kiss on the lips. I love him so much.

"Right, lets get you home and settled with your baby boy in your arms. We've both missed you tons".

I take a quick look back at the unit before getting into the passenger seat of Ollie's car. I'm feeling a feeling that I haven't felt in ages; happiness.

"Here's to all the good times ahead" I smile at Ollie.

"I love you"

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Thank you everyone for all the reads and likes, means a lot. Going to start another story soon but need ideas haha. Hope you're enjoying this book, sorry for lack of updates.