The Girl Who Didn't Know What To Believe

med down now that they were here and Grandpa wasn’t so
pale. She nodded at Meritxell and smiled, saying, “Nothing
to worry about!” and Meritxell beamed from ear to ear, because
it made her happy that Grandpa was OK. She sat and
played a game on Merlin where you had to squash tomatoes
before they squashed you. Eventually a doctor came out of
a nearby door, called Grandpa’s name, and they all went in
and sat down. Meritxell knew she was a doctor because she
wore a white coat, and just in case she was unsure, she had
a badge pinned to her coat saying ‘Doctor Rey’. Mother
and Grandpa answered the doctor’s questions, as Meritxell
looked round the room, at things to measure your height
and weight and blood pressure and who knows what else!
“I’m sure it’s nothing to worry about”. Meritxell looked
up as Dra Rey spoke to Grandpa, “and we will just keep
you in overnight while we do some tests.” Grandpa looked
at Mother and said with a grin, “now look what you’ve
done! Lucky I brought a friend with me.” He pulled one of
his philosophy books out of his top pocket, patted it, and
turned to Meritxell and said seriously, “Now young lady, I
am perfectly healthy, and I want you to take good care of
Hume until I get home, will you do that?” Meritxell nodded
vigorously and gave him another of her best hugs. The
Doctor had said he would be fine, and Mother had said
he would be fine, and he had said so too, and she felt very
happy and secure, because he was her Grandpa and her
friend, and was a very special part of her life.
Meritxell and her Mother sat in the little hospital cafe,
and relaxed a little. Meritxell liked sitting in cafes because
she could watch everything that was going on around her.
It was something she and her Mother and Grandpa did to-
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