Poppy's PoV

I woke up feeling groggy, my head pounding as my eyes adjusted to the bright light above me. I blinked a few times, trying to improve my blurry vision as i moved my head from side to side looking for Calum.

"Good morning Miss." The nurse called over to me as he checked my observations on a tablet. "How are you feeling now?" I scrunched my eyes closed to soften the pain in my head.

"Like my head is being sat on by an elephant. And the light is painfully bright." I said honestly, knowing exactly how they were going to be if I didn't tell them what was wrong. The nurse put the tablet down and came over to me, giving me some pills and a glass of water.

"Here you go, Miss. hopefully that will help. I'll dim the light for you." He said sweetly, as he turned the light down. Instantly my eyes reopened and I let out a smile.

"Thank you." I said sweetly. "Do you know what happened?" I questioned, remembering feeling less than okay when I spoke with Calum and passed out.

"We have an idea, but we just have to wait for a specialist to come and see you. Do you have anyone you'd like us to call?" I nodded quickly.

"I'll call Calum." I answered, suddenly realising he may not know who I was talking about. However, he smiled and nodded.

"I think that'll be a good idea." He said softly. He turned to the side and pointed at a TV set. "You want this on?" I nodded quickly. He strode over and switched it on, handing me the remote. "I'll give you a moment." He said as he left the room. I quickly called Calum's number and held the phone to my ear as I grabbed the remote and flicked through the channels. Weird sitcoms, comedies, cheap horror movies... what was worth watching? Finally it landed on a breakfast tv show and I left that on as I put the remote beside me. What was taking Calum so long to answer?

"Hello?" Calum's voice was filled with worry. "Poppy?" My gut twisted nervously, we'd been through so much together already. How was he even still wanting to be with me? I was making his life difficult, making him choose between Naomi and I. She was pregnant now, and wouldn't leave us alone even if I flew us to the farthest place away from her on the world. This was all so stressful and not good for either of us or our healths. I needed to talk to him, maybe now was the best time.

"Calum, I'm sorry." I started, the tears already rolling down my face. I wasn't one to cry normally, what was going on with me?

"Hey! What's this all about?" His voice was soothing, almost as if he was beside me, stroking my hair as I lay on his chest. "Is something wrong?" I missed him, I missed us, I wanted to be with him without worrying that Naomi would steal him away, I wanted us to continue to plan our wedding, to spend time with our family and friends and really enjoy our lives. Yes, that was wrong.

"I don't know. Maybe. They're sending a specialist and they said I should call someone. Cal, that's never good news." My stomach dropped as the words that nurse had said finally sunk in. What had happened to me? I'd passed out, cold and clammy, my observations all low. That could be a sign of a ridiculous amount of things. I looked down at my arm where the cannula was inserted. They must have taken bloods. What markers could show up in my blood? My brain whirred with possibilities, too many for me to narrow down without the information in front of me.

"Hey, it'll be okay. I'm coming down now." I could hear him throwing his coat on as he spoke to me, the phone rustling as he got himself ready. "I have some good news for you too. I'll see you in a few." He hung up quickly and left me to sit and stir in my emotions. What was I going to say to him? What was I going to do? I loved him, more than I ever thought I could love someone but this reservation about him and Naomi always halted me. If anything was thrown my way I'd want to know I could handle it with him, not be scared that he wouldn't be there because he'd be with Naomi or something. After all the articles, could we ever go back to how we were? He was the only person I had. My family were nonexistent in my life, despite my fame, and I didn't have any friends that had stayed around much during my studying. I was a lone wolf but not by choice, by poor life choices and inexperience. Now, laying in this hospital bed, I was terrified of the news they were going to give me and I wanted someone to be there to hold my hand, that person was Calum. He was literally the only option. I mean, I got on so well with the rest of the gang but none of them would want to be here listening to a nurse discussing my issues more than Calum.
Before long, the door flung open and Calum ran in, enveloping me in a hug and letting out a relieved sigh.

"Thank God you're okay." He whispered in my ear as I hugged him back, all the worry fizzling away with him beside me.

"We don't know what's wrong yet." I whispered back, killing the happy mood instantly. Calum pulled away from me but left his hands on my shoulders.

"Hey, whatever it is, whatever life has thrown at us, we will get through it together." I let out a sob that I didn't know I had cooped up, the worry I had finally coming to the surface.

"I'm scared, Calum." I finally admitted, letting the emotions out. He pulled me in for another, life ending hug.

"I'll never let anything bad happen to you, Poppy. You mean everything to me. I'm sorry for what my past has caused and I'm ready to do everything in my power to fix it. You're the only woman for me." He said softly, his hand stroking my back as he spoke. It put me at ease for a moment, finally feeling calm as the door opened and the nurse walked back in, this time with two other people beside him.

"Poppy, I'm afraid we have some bad news..."