Mollie and Aj• Their Strictly journey

18

Aj's POV
I'm talking with Curtis and Kevin as the door opens. I smile faintly at Chloe before my eyes meet with the girl behind. Mollie.
"We'll give you two some time alone." Says Curtis as they all stand up and head out of the room. At first the silence is awkward, but then she's next to me. Her eyes are full of tears which are soon freed the moment she sits next to me.

"I thought I'd lost you."
"Oh Mollie," I sigh. I take her hand in mine before I continue. "I am never going to leave you. I just had a nice sleep for while without you stealing the covers all the time." A small laugh can be heard from her as she looks down.
"I should of been here. I'm sorry." She shakes her head as she says it. It doesn't matter to me.
"You were with Gemma. Being a friend. You're here now. That's all that matters." I kiss her hand as I don't have the energy to kiss her properly.

"How's Gorka?"
"He collapsed. We don't know why though. Gemma is with him now. Hardly said a word since it happened." I nod. Gorka is one of my best mates.
"He'll he fine though won't he?" I ask. She nods.

There's a comfortable silence before I speak up.
"Do you think I'll get called back to Strictly?" Mollie looks at me, tears in her eyes, before replying,
"Honestly, I don't know. It all depends I think." I nod. I can feel my eyes closing but I don't want to go asleep. I want to stay awake in case Mollie leaves again.
"You're tired. Go to sleep. It's been a long few days."
"Will you still be here?"
"Yeah but once you're asleep I'm going to go and call Dianne, see how Gorka is." I nod again and that's the last thing I remember.

Mollie's POV
Once his eyes close, I let the tears fall. He doesn't look as bad but his injury is serious. There's a possibility he might not be able to dance for while and if that's the case, he'll be even more upset than he is now.

As quietly as possible, I stand up from my seat. As I walk out the door I see Chloe walking towards me.
"Hey where you going?"
"I need some fresh air for a bit. I'm going to call Dianne see how Gorka is, maybe call my mum or something. You don't mind do you?"
"Of course not. It's going to be hard for everyone but it will be fine. It's ok Mollie if you ever need to walk away for a few minutes. Aj has so many people around him who care for him. Don't worry about it. Give Gemma my love." I nod and give her a quick hug before continuing down the corridor.

I make it outside and find the nearest empty bench. Over the road I can see Kevin and Karen. They don't notice me as they're in a deep conversation. I look away as they remind me of Aj and me. The way they're looking at each other. In love.

I pull my phone out of my pocket as my phone alerts me that I have a message.
Dianne ❣️: Mollie please call me it's important.
I call Dianne straight away, worried for what is so important.
D: Hello?
M: Hey Dianne, it's me what's up? What's so important?
D: no one knows the proper reason why yet but Gorka has gone back into surgery. Collapsed lung or something. I think we all zoned out when he went back in. But it's Gemma. She isn't herself at all. I was just thinking that because Aj is also in hospital and you're both in a similar position, maybe you could talk to her? Get her to calm down just a bit? You don't have to come back to the hospital, just do it over the phone.
M: of course I will. Is she there now ?
D: yeah she I'll put her on now.
There's faint talking through the exchange and I let some tears fall over the situation.
G: Hello?
M: Hey gem. How you doing ?
G: not great to be honest. I feel so useless. They say he's going to be in surgery for hours, I wasn't really listening. I can't do anything to help him. He woke up for a short time before and he felt so awful. I couldn't make him feel the tiniest bit better. I don't know what I'm going to do if he gets worse.
At the end, her voice breaks and she starts to cry. Setting me off crying too. Feeling a bit conflicted, I suggest the first thing that comes into my head,
M: how about me and you not return to the hotel and have a good chat there. Maybe we could freshen up? We might feel better. I think you need to have a sleep. There is not much we can do now.
G: are you sure? You've only just got to Aj. Will he not panic?
M: I'm sure he'll be fine once I explain why. I'll go and talk to him now then I'll text you ok?
G: ok bye Mollie.
M: bye gem.

As soon as I end the call, another one comes through from Chloe. I start to panic but her reason for her call calms me down a tiny bit.
C: Hey, erm, Aj has gone to get the remainder of the glass in his head removed, they said it will take 3 hours roughly. I don't know if you want to go back to the hotel and have a sleep or something? I think Kevin and Karen have gone back and once Curtis returns I'm going to go as well.
M: funnily enough I was going to come and tell you that I was going back to the hotel. I'm going to have a sleep and a shower. I might feel better.
C:Ok. If I here any other news before I come back I'll let you know. I'll see you later
M: thanks Chloe. See you later

It's only when I sit down in the taxi that I realise I'm crying. I tell the driver my destination and he sets off for the hotel. It's then I realise that I love Aj more than I've ever loved anyone. I just hope he realises that.

Heyyyyy! I'm sorry it's been a while, I've just been getting back into the routine of school and coming to terms with the fact I have to start revising 😂😩 thanks for being patient and hopefully you're all still interested in this story!
E x