Chapter 04: A Trip or Two to the Hospital
Beacon Hills Memorial, Melissa returned Scott and Erica to the nervously waiting Jackson. Scott could feel the fear in Jackson, and the second that Jackson saw Erica and Scott he moved away from Noah. Melissa sighed and motioned for Noah to wait outside before she returned her attention to the three teenagers.
"What exactly did Jules say?" Melissa asked as she pulled out a removable cast and bandages for Erica's wrist.
"That bones in werewolves broken by magic take longer to heal...it could be days, weeks or months," Scott answered looking to his mother and watching as she bandaged Erica's wrist. "That's why she told us that we needed to come here,"
"And you're saying that Stiles did this by just touching you?" Melissa said, as she finished bandaging Erica's wrist and then put the cast on it.
"Yeah...weird isn't it?" Erica replied as she took her wrist back from Melissa and cradled it again.
"It's different," Melissa answered , before she had Scott lift up his shirt so that she could see the bruising which was more prominent now. "As for you sweetheart, we're strapping it and you'll have to wear a sling restricting the movement...and no Stiles until you're given the all clear,"
"Mom? The all clear? And what about lacrosse?" Scott questioned as his mother started to strap his shoulder, wincing as the pain started to get him. Jackson glanced at Scott and then at Melissa who nodded he could draw on the pain like Scott and Derek had been working with him.
"No lacrosse until the shoulder is healed," Melissa said watching as Jackson took hold of Scott's hand and the two of them saw the black veins appear – Jackson genuinely surprised that it had worked. "First time you've done that?" Jackson nodded while Scott smiled at him. Melissa finished strapping Scott's shoulder and helped him back into his shirt.
"F..." Scott started to say before being glared at by his mother as she put the sling on him and made it so that he couldn't move his arm. "Sorry mom,"
By the time they left the hospital Jackson noted that it was nearly midnight and he was semi-grateful that his parents were away for the next week and had left him alone. Jackson took Erica back to the Hales Estate, and Scott home before he headed home to the empty house. Scott contemplated asking Jackson to stay but he was gone before he had the chance to verbalise the question.
'Whittemore, stay the night?' Scott sent at 11:58PM
'McCall this better not be some kind of joke.' Jackson set at 11:59PM
'Dude my mom's not home until 6. We both know that we won't sleep.' Scott sent at 12:01AM
'Damn it McCall. I'm not losing sleep over you being uncomfortable.' Jackson sent at 12:02AM
Jackson stared at his phone as he sat in the driveway contemplating heading back to Scott's before switching off his car and heading into his own house. Scott could survive a couple of hours on his own, it wasn't like they had school the next day, they had at least two days before they returned. Jackson looked at his phone again as he heard the message tone and saw messages from Lydia.
'Jackson, was Jules okay when you left Erica?' Lydia sent at 12:09AM
'Are you okay?' Lydia sent at 12:10AM
'She was fine, and I'm fine. Sheriff was at the hospital.' Jackson sent at 12:11AM
'It wasn't your fault. He knows that.' Lydia sent at 12:12AM
'If anything happens call me.' Lydia sent at 12:13AM
Lydia lay on her stomach reading the messages thread that she and Jackson had going on before putting her phone down and turning to lay on her back. She wasn't sure that she liked all of her friends knowing about her sister, it had been their secret for as long as she could remember. The Hales she could handle because she'd known them since she was a child, but the others.
"Lydia, sweetheart where's your sister?" Natalie questioned, she'd heard when her youngest had gotten home, heard the shower and the pings from her phone.
"Something happened at the Hales to Derek. She's staying there the night," Lydia answered looking up from her bed and seeing her mother standing in the door way. "Mom she's an adult,"
"Just because she's an adult and knows the Hales doesn't mean that she's safe," Natalie said her arms folded across her chest as she spoke.
"Mom, they won't let anything happen to her. Jules knows what she's doing," Lydia sighed, she knew that her mother tolerated the Hales though she would never admit that she liked them. "Mom go to bed, I'll be going back in the morning...after I talk to Stiles,"
"Night Sweetheart," Natalie smiled at Lydia, switching off the light as she backed out of the room and closed the door behind her.
Beacon Hills Memorial - Early Sunday Morning.
Jules made the executive decision to call the hospital 5:30AM, speaking with Melissa in the Emergency Department and having her send an ambulance with staff that she trusted. Cora, Erica, Isaac and Boyd stayed at the house with Elijah with Cora saying that she couldn't look after her little brother on her own. Elijah was used to living in a house of wolves, they didn't treat him any differently except when it came to threats.
Jules sat in the waiting room, even though she already had a fair idea of the damage that Stiles had inadvertently done to Derek she was being made to wait. It didn't matter that all members of the Hale Pack had put her as one of/if not main emergency contact. Laura was on call and had gone off to another emergency. As Jules sat waiting she looked up when she felt someone standing in front of her smiling when she realised it was Melissa.
"Jules, are you okay?" Melissa asked, as Jules looked up at her with an almost distant look in her eyes.
"Oh hey Melissa, yeah I'm fine. Just ready to strangle Stiles," Jules laughed, she knew he just an impatient teenage boy who wanted to learn everything and nothing at the same time.
"What exactly did Stiles do?" Melissa questioned raising her eyebrow as Jules stood up seeing Derek in the hospital bed at the end of the hall.
"Can I tell you in with Derek? Rather keep what I am that little bit private," Jules smiled at her, she was tired of sitting down and knew that the second she sat down again she'd be told that she could see him. Melissa nodded and motioned for Jules to follow her and they'd go see what room Derek was being put in.
Room 302, Derek's room which ended up being a private room. Apparently Derek had done some growling and then mentioned that his mother had made a rather large donation to the hospital before she had died. Jules and Melissa heard the growling coming from the room as they approached causing Jules to shake her head.
"He hasn't been hurt were he hasn't healed properly in a long time," Jules ran a hand over her face as she spoke before the two of them entered the room. "Der, you need to calm down,"
"Ma'am what did you say was the cause of this?" the doctor who'd been put in charge of Derek questioned, Jules looked to Melissa who nodded letting her know that it was okay. Who Melissa informed them was Dr Kogan.
"A spell gone awry. Look I know what you're thinking. Magic can't possibly be real, let me assure you that it's very rule," Jules took a deep breath and glanced at Derek and then at Melissa offering both of them a small smile before she held her hand slightly above Derek. "Don't be alarmed by this," Jules moved her hand up slightly and allowed Derek to float two inches above the bed before lowering him back down again.
"Jules didn't cause this, it was as she said a spell gone awry," Melissa said, neither of them wanted to implicate that it was Stiles in any way.
"Look bones that are broken or well crushed by magic in a wolf take months to heal," Jules said, she remembered that from the first time she had accidentally done a spell and thought about something and caused Laura to break her wrist.
"From what I understand of werewolf physiology, and it's not a lot mind you. He should regain feeling in his legs in the next week," Dr Kogan said looking to Derek as he spoke, Derek raised his eyebrow at the man and then looked at Jules as if to say 'Yeah right,'.
"Seventy two hours...that's all I'm willing to spend in here," Derek stated, he hated hospitals and the longer he was away from pack the longer it would take to heal. "Do you know about pack bonds?" Dr Kogan raised his eyebrow at the three of them causing Melissa to sigh this time. She'd been told about pack bonds by Scott and Derek after Scott had been bitten.
"Pack bonds lessen the chance of something going wrong when he's healing," Melissa said, remembering the words that Derek had told her when Scott had tried to play off a broken leg.
"Derek," Jules sighed, she knew that he didn't want to be there and he'd only reluctantly gone because of her.
"I'm not kidding Jules," Derek glared at her, before Dr Kogan interrupted them again.
"Mr Hale, we'd like you to wear these until your spine heals," Dr Kogan motioned to two separate back braces – one soft for sleeping in and the other a rigid one. "I understand that you're not the type of person who likes laying down,"
"You've got that right," Derek muttered, looking at him and then at Melissa and Jules who shook their heads at him. "Lets get this over and done with,"
'I'm sorry...not going to school Tuesday.' Stiles sent at 7:07AM
'Probably for the best.' Derek (Jules) sent at 7:08AM
'Jules? Did you steal Derek's phone?' Stiles sent at 7:09AM
'He's in the middle of something. He'll call you later.' Jules sent at 7:10AM
Jules pocketed Derek's phone and returned her attention to Derek, Melissa and the doctor. Jules watched as Dr Kogan struggled to get Derek in an upright position causing her to laugh a little and for Melissa to give her 'help and don't laugh look'. Jules nodded and walked over to Derek who snarled at her causing her to glare at him before she spoke.
"It's either me or one of the four teenagers in the house or Lore," Jules stated as she glanced around and closed her eyes briefly allowing the purplish blue colour to seep through as she opened them. "I'll use magic to hold him up,"
"Mr Hale, can you use your arms to support yourself with her help?" Dr Kogan asked, Derek nodded that he could do though he was wishing at least one of his beta's were in the hospital.
"Where's Derek?" Cora's voice was heard in the hallway and soon after so was Isaac, Scott and every other pack member.
"Which one do you want?" Melissa looked to Derek and then Jules as she spoke, almost regretting saying it as she saw Cora's head at the door.
"Isaac or Scott, Cora's too nervous," Derek said taking as deep a breath as he could as he put his hands beside him. "Jules...don't let go,"
"Not planning on it," Jules smiled at him, as Melissa walked over to the door and pulled Scott and Isaac in telling Cora she had to stay with her little brother. "Scott take his pain, Isaac can help me,"
"What? Why me?" Scott blinked but did what Jules said, it was too early in the morning for anyone to argue with her. "I do have a broken shoulder you know,"
Melissa just shook her head and pushed Scott and Isaac towards the bed before leaving the room and being bombarded by Lydia, Cora, Allison, Erica, Boyd and Jackson. Elijah was sitting in one of the chairs reading Harry Potter. Melissa simply told them all to sit back down again and they could see Derek after.
"Stiles told Jules or well Derek he's not going back to school on Tuesday," Melissa said as she looked to the six teenagers before her.
"How's Derek?" Allison asked, smiling at Melissa as she spoke – Melissa liked the girl more and more as she got to know her.
"He's Derek," Melissa answered, she wasn't entirely sure how to explain what he was.
"So grumpy?" Jackson questioned, Melissa nodded causing Cora to laugh, Derek was always the worst patient even as a child.
"Derek's always, always been a bad patient," Cora said covering over Elijah's ears before she spoke again. "Hospitals creep the fuck out of him,"
"Language," Elijah grinned looking at Cora, apparently she hadn't covered his ears quite enough.
"Just don't repeat it," Cora smirked, even though she knew it would slip out eventually.
