Me And My JJ

45

Ali's P.O.V

I walk into the hospital and straight to the reception. I sign and make my way to the cancer patient ward. I reach the room my dads supposed to be in but I notice there's a nurse in. She's got a hijab on and I don't think I've seen her here before.

She looks at my dad and my dad reaches for her hand. She takes her hand in his and squeezes it. I see a tear fall on to the blanket and my eyebrows scrunch together in confusion. Who is that?

I run a hand through my hair trying to figure out who it is. Who could it be? I don't have any nurses in my family. Not even cousins.

I watch her help my dad up and she changes his sheets. She helps my dad back on to the bed and she fluffs his pillow. She makes sure he's comfortable and then cleans his room.

I walk in through the door just as she turns around

Anaya's P.O.V

Oh my god. What is he doing here? Okay stupid question, it's his dad's room.

I quickly wipe my tears with the back of my sleeve.
"Anaya?" He questions, "what you doing here?"
"I.. uh... work here" I say slowly and he nods slowly

"Ali?" I hear his dad croak out
I turn to look at him and my heart breaks for Ali
"Is that you?" His dad asks again
"Yeah dad... It's me" Ali's voice breaks

Oh my god I can't deal this is so heartbreaking
"I'll erm... I'll go" I say
"No wait" Ali says grabbing my arm as I start to walk away

"I'm sorry for that day" he apologises referring to results day when he walked away from me
"It's... It's okay" I stutter
Being here. In this room. With Ali and his ill dad is just so heartbreaking and its seeming to affect my brain and my speech

"It's not okay Anaya I went off on one for no reason. I had no right to do that because it's not any of my business anymore and you shouldn't have to listen to me I so-" I stop him in the middle of his rant

"Ali, it's fine honestly" I tell him, "Spend time with your dad I have to go"
I grab his hand and squeeze and give him a reassuring smile and walk out the door

I sigh, wow.

I run into Chloe again as I'm walking down the corridor.
"Oooooh you were in there for long" she says wiggling her eyebrows
"He's a cancer patient, it's more work" I say rolling my eyes
"Are you sure you weren't actually working on that gorgeous man that walked into that room?" She smirks
"What gorgeous man?" I ask cluelessly

"Don't act like you don't know!" She rolls her eyes, "You know? Black hoodie, black jeans and green eyes?"

"Oh" I say as I just switch on
"Yeah him" she says nodding her head, "I didn't hear much talking between you two, was it all actions because I can admire you for that, we don't all go straight in and you're brave for that you know?"

I give her a look,
"What?" She asks defensively
"That's Ali" I say
"Ali as in Ali the ex?" She asks and I nod my head
"You did it with your ex?!" She shouts
"Ew no! What?! No!" I say quickly
"Oh sorry" she smiles sheepishly
"It's fine" I laugh, "I gotta go, I'll see you around"

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I've been going to check up on Ali's dad everyday and he just makes my day. Even though he's ill he still cracks jokes and makes me smile. That's what I like to see with patients. I love seeing them smile and I love talking to them and making them smile and just forget about their illness for a bit.

It makes me happy too.
I walk into room 306 and push my trolley in.
"Asalamualaykum uncle" I greet happily
"Walaykumasalaam Anaya" Uncle replied slowly

He asked me to call me uncle because I'm like his daughter.
I do what I have to and say goodbye and as I'm walking out I run into a very angry yet sad looking Ali

"Hey" I say and he stops and that's when I see his red eyes
"Oh my god what happened?" I ask worriedly
"It's about what's about to happen" he says angrily

I let go of the trolley and hold his hands,
"What's about to happen?" I ask softly and a tear runs down his cheek
"My dads losing a lot of blood and they can't find anyone who'd donate blood so they're gonna let him die. They're just gonna fucking give up!" He says through gritted teeth

"No, they can't" I whisper shaking my head, not believing what he's telling me
Ali's tears are running down so fast. I wipe them and he looks at me.
I don't even know what to do anymore. A man that considers me a daughter is about to die.

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I know I've ended it on such a sad note but it had to happen😁

I'm sorry xx