Vanessa's p.o.v

Before I even reach Louis's room, I can hear his television playing the "Adventure Time" theme song, and quietly laugh to myself as the flashback of my friends four year old brother watched that show. Without even knocking I open Louis door and hysterically laugh as he jumps at the sudden intrusion.

"That wasn't every nice Vanessa" Louis says before shadily sipping on his tea.

Curious about his tone and what he isn't telling me, I decide to be blunt about confronting him.

"Okay, what aren't you telling me?" I ask, as I slowly walk closer to him.

"Since girls, such as yourself, tend to be smelly and gross. I thought it might help you to know there are showers you can use. Such as the bathroom in here, because I don't share it. Or the shower in the Connelly Resource Center for Families on the eighth floor of the Main Building.''

As I now am hovering over his bed, I lean down and give him a kiss before, overly sweet and overly exaggeratedly, I say ''Thank you.''

Before I get into the shower I need to pick up some more clothes. Walking through the automatic hospital doors, I pick up some nice, fancy lingerie type of underwear and a bra from Victoria's Secret.

• Randomly going to other stores I pick up,
• Black skinny jeans
• Long baggy grey tank top
• Light blue denim jacket
• Grey moccasins
• Makeup (mascara, eyeliner, foundation)
• One bottle of L'oreal children's strawberry smoothie shampoo\conditioner
• Flannel pajamas
• Pink hairbrush

I jog from the shopping center to the hospital in around five minutes, and make my way up to Louis's room. Upon entering Louis isn't really doing anything, just laying around passing time.

''I'm gonna use your shower, OK?''

''Go ahead princess''

Ignoring the blush that comes to my cheeks from being called 'princess' for one of the first times, I walk faster than normal to the shower. Turning on the taps and letting the water warm up, I get a good look of myself in the mirror. Matted, dirty, and unbrushed hair, unclean clothing that doesn't match, smeared makeup, and an odour.

How did Louis put up with me? Or call me pretty and a princess when I looked like a mess?

Quick to fix myself up I strip down, and get in the shower. I wash my hair over and over again, trying to get it clean, putting some more in my hand to wash my face, and then my body.

When the room is steamy and I'm clean. I dry off in the shower and step out, 'should I put on my pajamas or my clothing?'

Debating both I choose pajamas, I mean Louis can't walk quite yet and will want me to stay with him.

Notes

Here's I guess part 1 of chapter nine, I meant to write more including a cute bedtime scene and some other stuff, but I'm so busy a tired. Every time I tried to write this it looked sloppy and gross, it's taken me about three and a half weeks to write this rip.