Chapter 7
The women of H1 scurried around Will and in through the door to medical, Allie was at the front of the women and immediately rushed to Beas bed and placed a kiss on her forehead, grabbing her hand in her own.
“Calm down, you’re like a sex starved animal.” Boomer stated her eyes wide as she watched Allie fussing over Bea.
Maxine rubbed Boomers shoulder, “Leave her be Boomer, she’s missed her. They have a lot of catching up to do!”
“But she’s asleep. That’s just fucking weird.”
Maxine gave Boomer a look that signalled enough was enough and Boomer took that on board, choosing instead to sit herself down on one of the spare chairs around the bed. As all the noise continued Bea squeezed her eyes open, taking a few seconds to readjust to her surroundings and remember that she was no longer in the hospital.
“Hey baby,” Allie whispered running her hand down her cheek, before kissing her on the lips, lingering as long as she felt she could get away with in a room full of people. “How are you feeling?”
Bea gave Allie a smile, “Better than I was. Are you okay?”
Allie nodded, “I am now.” Allie stepped to the side and allowed Bea to see the rest of the people in her room, “I er, bought some visitors with me too, think they’ve been missing you.”
Bea felt herself getting teary as she looked around the room at her friends in front of her. At one time she was adamant these people weren’t her friends, but she knew deep down they were and they had proved it time and time again. They had all had their issues over the years but they were always resolved and ultimately they always looked out for each other. She brushed a stray tear from her eye and felt herself blushing, embarrassed at letting her tough persona slip.
“Hey, never thought I’d be so glad to see your faces again.” She gave a small laugh and the others joined in. “Maxie how are you? You look well?”
Maxine walked towards the bed and took hold of Beas spare hand, “I’m fine honey, now you are anyway. You gave us all quite a fright.”
“I know and I’m sorry, but really how are you? The cancer?”
Maxine smiled, “It’s fine, I’ve had all my chemo, I get my results next week. But I feel well so hopefully it will all be okay. We are both fighters eh and that’s all that matters. Now you just need to concentrate on getting yourself better. We’ve missed you being around.”
Bea gave a big smile, relieved to hear that her friend was doing well and touched by her kind words, she gave Maxine’s hand a small squeeze. She then allowed her eyes to scan the rest of the room, each of her friends smiling back at her. Boomer was opening and closing her mouth like a goldfish.
“You alright Boomer?” Bea enquired
Boomer nooded, “Yeah I’m good… I was just wondering like if you would maybe show me your scars? We heard you got done good and proper? Are they gruesome?”
“Oh Boomer,” Liz moaned “It had to be you didn’t it?”
Boomer looked at Liz with a wide eyed innocent expression on her face, “What, what did I do?”
Liz shook her head as she turned her attention to Bea, “Are you in much pain lovie?”
Bea gave a small shake of her head, “It’s okay Liz, it’s getting better.”
Liz gave a tight smile, not fully believing Bea’s words.
“We heard that you’re going to testify against Ferguson. Good on ya Bea, you make sure she never hurts anyone else again.”
The rest of the girls all mumbled their agreement and Bea felt her heart sink, all this pressure to get rid of the Freak still lay at her door. She just wanted it over and soon. The women of H1 all continued talking but Bea had switched off, her mind a flurry of activity. All she could see was the Freak and all she could think about was how she had nearly killed Allie. There had to be a way to finish this once and for all. Eventually sleep overtook her confused mind and she fell into a dream filled sleep full of images of the Freak playing through her mind. Allie could tell she was dreaming and that it wasn't of anything nice and she pulled her in closer to her trying to protect her the only way she knew how. Boomer watched on wide eyed,
"So what's it like being a lesbian then?" Allie picked up the spare pillow from next to the bed and launched it at Boomers head, rolling her eyes as she did so.