The couple were soaking. Brie's wet hair was plastered to her face, mascara smudged down her cheeks, and she was in the arms of her prince. Troy on the other hand, had removed his shirt to cover up his baby girl, was carrying her in his arms, and jogged quickly down the streets of his neighbourhood. Brie was bouncing to the pace of Troy's feet, each time all the impact being felt within her ankle. "Troy?" She whispered gently. He nodded too tired out to talk. "Could you slow down, its bumping my ankle and it hurts so bad, sorry baby" Troy slowed his pace immediately to a walk. They were almost there anyway. They reached Troy's street. He headed towards the house. Putting Brie onto his hip like a toddler, carefully avoiding causing her any pain, bent over to find the spare key under the rug. He dug it out with little effort, unlocked the door, and carried Brie inside.
"Look Brie, im really sorry you're soaking wet and freezing cold. Im sorry you're hurt again. And most of all im sorry that I didn't make last night up to you, because tonight is just a bigger fail."
"It's okay Wildcat, it was fun up until the whole water, rain and hurting part. But it's all good, I know how you can make tonight up for me, just by doing some little things, please?"
"Brie, I'll do anything if it means it will make you happy, just tell me and I'll do it, promise"
"Well okay, Could you please take me to the bathroom so I can warm up in the shower and dry off? And I'll tell you the rest afterwards" Gabriella said, giving puppy dog eyes.
"Sure, whatever you want" Troy smiles, and carried her upstairs and put her down in the bathroom and left her to shower. Whilst she was in there he changed into some joggers. Brie stepped out of the shower and limped into Troy's bedroom, wrapped up in a fluffy white towel. Troy ran to the door and scooped her up, then took her to sit down on his bed. He placed her in his lap. She led her head and wavy, wet hair onto his chest. She closed her eyes for a moment. "Brie? Do you want me to find you your Pyjamas and leave you to get changed?" She nodded. He settled her down on the bed and found her PJ's, then left the room for her to get changed. Brie struggled to change into her Pyjamas considering she couldn't put her foot onto the floor. Troy returned a couple minutes later once she called him back in.
"Now what else is it you want me to do baby?" He asked.
"Could you take me downstairs onto the couch, and sort my ankle please Wildcat? I thought you probably know a lot about these things being a sportsman"
"Sure, but I wouldn't say im an expert but ive seen paramedics sort people out on the court before. I'll do my best" Tory said as he scooped her up again, and carried her down to the living room. He sat her down onto the couch, and put a cushion onto the coffee table for her ankle. "Thank you Wildcat" Troy walked into the kitchen and searched through the freezer for the ice pack he uses for basketball injuries then headed to the first aid cupboard in search of an ace bandage. He found it and went back to Brie. "Brie this might hurt a little bit" He iced her ankle for a couple minutes then went to check if it was broken or just sprained. Troy gently ran his hands down each side of her leg, until her heel feeling for any misplaced bones or joints. She grabbed a pillow from the couch and screamed bloody murder into it as the pain flared throughout her ankle. Troy held back the laughter that was about to leave his mouth. "Okay." Finally he pressed the bottom of her foot in several places, she raised her head from the pillow and bit her lip to cover the pain. Until… "Ow. . !" Troy stopped immediately.
"Sorry Brie. Um… I don't think it's broken but it's definitely sprained. And to top the bad news I think it's out of joint. Which means you cannot put any pressure on it for the rest of today and can most definitely not walk on it for at least the next week" She sighed. Troy gently put her foot back down onto the pillow.
"Can you fix it please Wildcat? I'd rather you than having some random doctor being all touchy feely. Besides I trust you a lot more" Troy stared at her for a moment, gazing deep into the painfulness that filled her hazel eyes. "Okay Brie, it'll hurt when I do it. But I'll give you a soothing massage afterwards I promise. Now on three" Brie closed her eyes not wanting to see it click. "One…" She took hold of the cushion and violently squeezed it. "Two…" Squinting her eyes as tight as humanly possible, she braced herself for the incoming volcano of pain that was about to erupt. "Three!" There was a loud crack as her ankle slid back into joint smoothly. Gabriella screamed out in agony. Troy shuffled up the sofa towards her being careful. "Oh Brie." He voice was soft and he embraced her into a tight hug, as she dug her fingernails deep into the cushion between them. Once he thought she would manage he slid back up towards her ankle, then slowly and gently wrapped an ace bandage around it before icing again. "Baby?" Troy asked concerned about Brie.
"Mhm…"
"Are you all good now?" She just nodded slowly opening her eyes. Then Troy began to gently massage her ankle. Soothing every aching joint and muscle. Initially Brie had been tickled by it, but now it was rather relaxing. He flicked the TV on and snuggled up closer to Gabriella.
Gabriella sat, wondering what would happen to her ankle. Troy wrapped his arms around her, as they sat on the couch. "Brie, are you okay now?" Her skin was so pale and her eyes looked so tired, she wasn't okay. She looked ill. "Brie, do you feel sick? You look ill." She just snuffled and led on his chest, one arm behind his back, and the other on top. "Oh, baby girl. This has been the worse weekend ever, im so sorry"
"It's okay, It wasn't the worst, because so far ive gotten to spend every minute of it with you. And besides, we always have tomorrow to make it better." Troy smiled, and kissed the top of her head. Gabrielle promised herself that she would only close her eyes for a moment. But soon was in a deep slumber. Troy released his cuddle on Brie as he felt her breathing even "Baby?" She was curled up fast asleep on the sofa. Troy scooped her up as he would have done anyway, and carried her upstairs. He gently laid her onto his bed, tucked her in before snuggling down with her. He placed a kiss into her curls and laid his head on top of hers. And slowly drifted off into a peaceful sleep.