I Sighed tapping my little fork on the table I liked hearing the little noise of metal on plastic, I tapped it a couple more times but the nurse took it from my hand

“Enough of that” she says putting my fork in her pocket

“How am I meant to eat my dinner?” I ask her

“I'll give it back when your dinner boy gets here” she says so I sighed putting my hands under the table for a little while smelling the nice food today, it was Friday Pizza or Fried Chicken strips and chips today. I had chicken and I had got Mikey pizza but he was running late He had therapy before dinner today I heard a gasp of breath so I looked up and Mikey was sat across from me fixing his hair he had a bruise on his right cheek mere centimetres from his eye it looked like it was causing him a lot of pain

“Ohh goddess, You sit there dear I'll get Nurse Jackie” the nurse says rushing off to go get her from her office he didn't speak just looking at the table

“what happened?” I ask

“I fell into a door” he says

“Liar” I sigh “what happened?” I ask offering my hand and he took it letting me instantly spot some burns on his hands like someone had held a lighter to his skin

“Dr Lewis?” I ask and he nods struggling not to cry “Ohh come here” I tell him opening my arms he stepped over sitting across my lap letting him cry into my shoulder as he held me tightly I ran my hand up and down his back as he cried often giving his head kisses “shhh shhh I know Mikey, It's okay” I mutter softly to calm him down

“Quit Ya Ballin' let me take a look” I heard the familiar voice of Nurse Jackie Echo

“Come on Mikey, let Nurse Jackie see” I tell him and he nods sitting back in his seat and she sat poking and prodding his bruise making him whine in pain a few tears escaping his eye

“You'll be fine, Ice it before bed” she said before she left, our normal nurse returned and sat reading her paper as we ate our dinner I kept hold of his hand making him smile a little

“Hey, How about I try and sneak you another bit of pizza to make you feel better?” I offer and he smiled

“Pretty please” he smiles quietly

“Okay, you sit” I smile as I got up collecting our trays “Ice cream and Jelly?” I ask and he nods so I smiled giving his cheek a kiss as went returning our trays luckily the dinner counters where just clearing up so I was able to snag the last bit of pizza onto the tray and a couple more chicken strips before I got to the desert side I know Miss Levi saw me but she smiled she knows me and Mikey often have the clear ups as we are the youngest here and she knows neither of us are great emotionally these last few years. Once I got desert I rushed back to the table giving him his bits and sitting at my own side “Come on eat up before they let Ward D in” I tell him quickly having the chicken strips I managed to snag He smiled having his pizza “I don't know how you can eat that stuff, It's just cardboard covered in grease” I tell him

“it's yummy cardboard” he smiles taking another bite

“Silly boy” I giggle kicking his foot he chucked kicking me back we kept doing it so much our nurse had to stop us before we tipped the table over just as we had our ice cream and jelly “What Flavour did you get?” I ask

“uhh... grape? I think” he guessed a bit unsure holding his kinda purple jelly up a moment

“I think I got pee?” I tell him holding up my bright yellow jelly

“Maybe it's Lemon?” he suggests so I tasted it

“Eww! Not lemon, I think its tropical? Like pineapple and stuff” I tell him “our turn” I tell him so he tasted it

“uhhh.. not grape, I think it's just berry? Because it tastes like strawberry? But also kinda like blackberry?” he says very puzzled

“Trade?” I ask and he nods as we swapped our bowls I had a taste of his “Yeah you got mixed berry” I tell him

“I don't know what this is? Tastes fine though” he shrugs

“You have it then” I laugh once we finished up we rushed out so they could get the next ward in and we went to our rooms I went into Mikey's as he said he needed his pad so I locked the door and sat beside him on his bed as he quickly and franticly sketched I liked watching him draw it was oddly fascinating to watch a blank sheet become a beautiful drawing I didn't ask what he was drawing I didn't want to break his concentration till he was done “what is it?” I ask

“I don't know” He shrugged “I keep seeing it today, this place...like a nightclub” he says

“Is it important?” I ask

“I think so” he says hanging it up on his wall and sitting back on his bed “Marcy...” he began

“Yes?” I ask

“Thank you for taking care of me” he smiles

“Humm, your very welcome Mikey” I smile giving his nose a kiss

“Marcy...could I- Could I kiss you?” he asked

“When don't you?” I laugh

“I mean like... a real kiss?” he blushed

“Not tonight, you've had a busy enough day” I tell him

“wouldn't it be perfect today? I've had a awful day, its going to stay in my memory no matter what, I'd like it to be for something nice” He smiled

“Not tonight” I repeat “Another day” I tell him giving his cheek a kiss “Come on get to bed, you have Dr Aster tomorrow morning” I tell him

“Okay, Can you do it for me again?” he asked laying in his bed tucking himself under the covers so I smiled starting to hum the little song we keep hearing in the nurse's break room lightly humming it to him as I tucked the duvet around him and tucked his little blanket around him tightly and within a couple minuets he was fast asleep so I gave him another soft kiss and went back to my own room.