Chapter 12
Mush growled. "You made her think I told you." Before anyone could stop him, he had Morris pinned against the wall.
Jack and Specs practically dragged Mush off of Morris. "Mush, as much as we would love to beat these guys up, now's not the time. We gotta get to Sage," Specs said firmly.
Mush struggled against Jack and Specs but as they continued walking, he stopped.
They made it to the hospital and went up to Sage's room.
Her arm was in a cast, and she had a blood tube and an IV in her arm. Several wounds covered her body, some stitched up while others were bandaged or didn't have anything on them. Her bed was tilting upwards, so she was almost sitting up but not quite and even though she was sleeping, the younger boys tried to talk to her.
"I'm guessing you're related to Sage?" a nurse asked, walking in.
"We're her family," Jack explained and the nurse smiled. "Would you boys like a Sharpie? So you can sign her cast?" the nurse asked.
Jack nodded and the nurse left, returning a few minutes later with a can full of multi-colored Sharpies.
"Boys, be gentle, ok?" Jack told them as they began to crowd around the small, sleeping girl. "We know, we know. Sheesh, Cowboy, you make it sound like we're clueless imbeciles," Race joked, rolling his eyes
"Thank you," Davey told the nurse. She nodded with a smile before leaving.
"Imbecile? Isn't that a Davey word, Race?" Crutchie grinned.
Race didn't say anything, making the boys laugh.
"It's my fault she's hurt, isn't it."
They looked at Mush, who hadn't taken his eyes off the younger girl since they got there.
"How is it your fault?" Jack asked, frowning. "I'm the one who brought her here to visit Eli. That's how Joyce found her. If I hadn't brought her here, Joyce wouldn't have gotten her," Mush said quietly.
"Mush, she would've come here with or without you. She's stubborn remember?" Specs said.
Mush didn't say anything, still believing it was his fault.
They stayed with her the rest of the day, drawing doodles on her cast and making bets on when she was going to wake up.
At the end of the day, Crutchie and Finch went to get food for everyone and managed to convince Mush to go with them.
"When do you think she'll wake up?" Les asked.
"I don't know. She needs the rest though," Davey replied.
They were quiet, but their breath hitched when Fox began stirring. She opened her eyes and looked over, seeing her brothers.
"Guys?"