A bunch of the goofy friends were hanging out tonight, all jumping around at Starkid Manor. There was Dylan, Joe, Lauren, Brian, Meredith, Jaime, and Julia. They were all jumping up and down on the cushions like preschoolers before they would attempt a cool pose before landing on the ground. There was spins and mid-air splits, everything to entertain you. Lauren was the next one up. She was ready to impress everyone with a somersault in the air before landing. The somersault came out perfectly as she jumped off the couch. The land however did not. She ended up landing right on her wrist which made a cracking noise before she cried out in pain.
"Fuuuccccckkkk!" She exclaimed before grabbing it. She was not a big fan of blood or injuries so she refused to look at it. Lauren held her arm out for the others to examine. Trying to hold back her tears she asked, "Does it look okay?"
Joe was the first one over to her, taking her arm in his own so he could have a better look. "Lo, I think you should go to the hospital. This does not look good at all." Her normally fine wrist was now already swelling and the bones looked completely out of place. "Umm, can one of you get me a piece of cardboard and some medical tape please?" He asked.
Soon Jaime came running back in with the supplies that he had asked for. Joe carefully lifted Lauren's up arm slightly. "I'm just going to set your arm, okay? That way it won't move around and hurt as much." He explained.
Lauren nodded and then looked over at her arm for the first time and saw how bad it looked. The tears of pain started pouring out of her eyes. She wiped away her tears with her good hand before replying. "Go ahead." She breathed in deeply as he place the cardboard under her arm and gently wrapped it. He gave her a quick kiss on the lips.
"See that wasn't too bad. Do you want me to bring you to the hospital?"
"Would you?" She smiled slightly at her boyfriend.
"Of course." He helped her out of the house and into the car, before driving away toward the ER. He grabbed her good hand in his as he drove. That sat in quiet for a little while.
Lauren broke the silence. "Thanks for wrapping this. It doesn't hurt as much."
He smiled over at her. "See I told you it would help out."
Once they arrived at the ER they were taken in almost immediately. She had to have a bunch of X-Ray pictures taken before they let her sit back in her room.
"Ugh" She sighed. "I just want to go home."
Joe chuckled lightly, "Well maybe think about that next time you so some crazy jump off a couch." She scowled slightly before a doctor came in the room.
Dr. Brown as he called himself then went on to explain how it was most definitely a fracture, but the bone was out of place and they would need to pop it back into place before continuing on. First they would need an IV though for pain medication. Lauren froze as he said that and as soon as he left the room she looked over to Joe.
"Joe! I hate needle and IV's." She started panicking and was shaking back and forth.
"Woah. Calm down." He said, walking over to her to grab her and settle her down. "I will hold your hand if you want to." She nodded and he grabbed her hand giving it a small kiss. The person who was going to administer the IV was not even in the room and her grip on his hand was already quite tight. "You are going to cut my circulation off from squeezing that hard!" She gave him a death glare and he soon shut his mouth.
The doctor came back in with some nurses who proceeded to put the IV in. They got it in one shot with no problems.
"You are doing good so far, Lo." Joe said. She gave him a small smile before the doctor told her it was time for the bone to be snapped back in place. Even Joe had to admit, the procedure seemed very painful but Lauren stuck it out like a trooper. Lauren screamed out some choice words during the process but soon it was over. The couple would have to wait a little while longer before the cast was going to be put on so they sat in the room. Lauren scooted over so that Joe could lay next to her in bed, and he wrapped his arm around her. He leaned down and gave her a kiss on the lips, before kissing some stray tears she had on her face from during the procedure away.
"Joe?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you think I can get a pink cast?"
He laughed at her remark. "I am positive that you will be able to get a pink cast if you want to. And I will even be the first person to sign it."
The two cuddled for a while waiting for the doctor to come back in and fix her arm up. But who needed a doctor when she had "Doctor Walker" to attend to her every need until her arm healed up again.