"Reid!"
21 year old Reid Oliver groggily opened his eyes.
"Reid! Tegan's climbing the TV again! Reid! She's gonna fall!"
Sitting up slowly, Reid noticed that his fifteen year old brother, James was right, his ten year old sister Tegan was on top of the TV, standing on one foot. "Tegan, honey, you've gotta get down. If you fall, I dunno what we'll do." Reid tried to explain to his little sister. But Tegan was a stubborn pre-teen and she wasn't one to listen to anything anyone else said, sadly, she'd gotten that from her older brother.
"No!" Tegan yelled. "I've almost beat the Olympic record, just two more minutes." The little girl explained, Reid sighed and picked up one of his two t-shirts of the floor. Slipping it over his head he looked over at James. The younger boy was sitting on the end of the small motel bed, wearing just his boxers, he was watching one of the few channels their TV got. Reid laughed, and James looked up at him.
"What's so funny?" The teen asked, Reid just shrugged his shoulders.
"Nothing I guess, just felt like a moment to laugh." He joked, not really feeling the mood to explain. It was just their whole situation, it was something Reid used to laughed at the thought of, but now he was living it. If he believed in Karma, he'd say that was it.
Out of nowhere, Tegan squealed. Turninhg his head, Reid looked over at the TV just in time to see his little sister slip and fall off teh top of the electronic, that was on the shelf, above the sink. Reid automatically jumped out of sleep mode and into big brother setting. Running towards the falling girl, he reached her just as she hit the floor, hard. Tegan started wailing and Reid yelled to James. "Call the hospital,"
He lifted Tegan off the carpet and began carry her towards the bed.
"But, what about staying a secret?" James called back.
"Forget about that, Tegan needs a doctor, now!" He returned, laying her down delicatly on the bed. Lucky for Reid, he had taken two years of medical school before moving out to Oakdale with his syblings, so he knew enough to keep her safe, (ish), until real help arrived. "What hurts honey?" He asked softly, Tegan sniffed a few times and muttered,
"My leg,"
Reid looked down onto the younger girls leg and noticed a bright red liquid running down it. Carefully he felt around the cut to see that there was a small peice of metal inside. Tegan looked down at her leg only to see all the blood and squealed agian. Reid covered his ears as he ripped up a peice of his t-shirt and pressed down around the metal in the cut, just as he'd been taught at school. As Tegan began to stop screaming, he could hear the end of James's conversation with the 911 receptionist.
"Yes, 563 Hall Street. We're in the old motel...She fell of the TV...there's a lot of blood...please hurry."
The ambulance arrived shortly and the nurses were very impressed by Reid's actions. Informing him that if it wasn't for them, Tegan might have bled to death. When they reached the hospital, a lovly nurse named Allison asked for information on the patient and Reid lied, saying that they were on vacation, but Allison saw though his lies and demanded the truth, so Reid explained, "We were run out of our parents house about a year and half ago, we've been in the motel for about a year now, please, keep the knowlege limited."
"Of course." Allison replied, and she went on to ask how Tegan had gotten hurt, Reid explained thoroughly, before she left.
Reid sat down on the bench in the waiting room, as a younger man walked around the corner. "Why you here?" The younger man asked, sitting next to him, but Reid wasn't fooled.
"How much did you hear?" He asked, the man sighed and loked at his feet,
"All of it." He muttered, but then he looked back at Reid. "That's real sad man, why'd your parents kick you out..." Reid looked at the other with a confused look, and he continued, "...just a hunch." He explained, Reid nodded with recognition and smiled, kinda.
"I told them I was gay, my brother was expelled from school, and my sister stood up for the both of us." He explained, reluctantly. But deep down he was glad to get it all off his chest.
"Harsh man," The other man commented, "I'm Roth by the way." He added, holding out his hand
"Reid." Reid replied, placing his hand in Roth's to shake.
Just then the doctor who was caring for Tegan walked in. Reid turned automatically to him and asked, "Is she okay?"
"She will be yes," The doctor began, but Reid knew that wasn't the end of it. "If she stays stable long enough, we can remove the metal shard from her leg." The doc explained before turning on his heel and leaving the waiting room.
Despite of himself, Reid turned and hugged Roth in the joy of the good news. The other man wrapped his arms around Reid and, awkwardly, hugged him back.
Meanwhile, Allison's boyfriend Casey walked around the corner, but seeing the scene he backed up. What was Roth doing with this other man? He asked himself.
What do you think? Interesting yet? Review please, and don't worry, i'll have the next chapter soon enoough. It will be in Luke's point of veiw.
