I'm not sure why, but I just have this bad feeling in my head.
I shook it away temporarily and walked to the front desk on the 2nd floor. Little did I know, Carlos was hiding behind the desk, waiting to scare me.
I began to write my daily reports before the latino popped up into my vision and screamed in my face.
"BOO!"
I yelped in fear and fell backwards. Luckily, the chair behind me caught me like it was a trust fall.
Carlos was doubling over in laughter. I glared up at him but gave in seconds later.
"Dude! Do you know how bad you just scared me?" I asked.
He held his side with his good hand and looked at me through teary eyes.
"I'm sorry, Audrey! But you should've seen your face!"
He began to laugh again and I shook my head. I should've expected something like that coming from him.
I stood up and began to fill out my papers again, waiting for him to calm down.
I knew exactly why he was here.
"So, you and Logan had fun last night?" He said, while wiggling his eyebrows.
My face turned bright red as I tucked some hair behind my ear. "Yeah, I guess so."
"What do you mean by that? Did you not enjoy your ride on the Loganator?"
I slammed my head down on the desk top. I couldn't help but get embarassed when it came to my sex life.
"Yes, I enjoyed it. Now can we stop talking about it?"
Carlos lifted my head up and squeezed my cheek. "Aww, what's wrong? Are you embarassed?"
My face was hot and he could feel it. "Caaaarrrlooosss."
"Hey, take it easy, girl. I'm just teasing you. Logan reacted the same way."
He let go of my face and I looked at him. Something wasn't right here.
"Wait, did Logan tell you about what happened?"
He shook his head, "No."
I raised an eyebrow, "Then, who did?"
He laughed, "No one. I heard the whole thing myself."
"You WHAT?!"
Carlos quickly covered my mouth with his hand and shushed me. I just stood there waving my arms around in protest.
I probably looked like a bird lady.
"Would you relax?" He asked me.
"Relax? What do you mean relax?" I mumbled through his hand.
He shook his head and slowly removed his hand so I could speak.
"How can I relax when you were peeping on my love making to Logan?!" I hissed.
He crossed his arms and smirked, "Chill out. I didn't hear the entire thing. I just walked upstairs to use the bathroom and when I did, I noticed the door was closed and naughty sound were coming from the other side. What was I supposed to think?"
I slapped my hand on my forehead. "How embarassing." I groaned.
"Hey, don't worry about it. We're all friends here. Right?"
I looked up at him and smiled slightly, "You're right."
Carlos smiled and patted my back. "That's the spirit! Now, when can I get this cast off?"
"Actually, let's go right now and do it together."
His nose wrinkled up, "You really wanna do that together? I was just joking about it."
"Well, I wasn't so let's go."
I walked down the hallway without him and heard his bounding footsteps following me.
"Wait up!" He yelled.
I giggled as I paused and waited for him to catch up with me.
"You excited about getting your cast off?"
"YESSSS! You have no idea." He answered quickly.
I laughed again and ran my fingers through my hair. I couldn't blame him. I couldn't wait to get my bandages off, either.
We walked into one of the various hospital rooms and I told Carlos to take a seat. I called in the doctor who was taking care of Carlos and asked if I could go ahead and remove his cast. He gave me the okay, so I fired up the cast saw.
"Uhh, are you sure you know how to use that thing?" Carlos asked.
I rolled my eyes. "What? You don't trust me?"
He swallowed hard before replying, "Well, yeah, but-"
"Then do you want that thing off or not?"
"Yes! Get it off, right now!"
I chuckled before I grabbed his arm. "Here goes nothing."
I carefully put the spinning blades against the cast and cut it down in a straight line. I turned off the saw and pryed the cast open.
His wrist looked back to normal!
"Alright! It looks good, Carlos."
He looked down at his arm and smiled. "Hey, it's not all twisted and purple."
Carlos was right. His wrist was just pink in a few spots around the spot of breakage. But besides that, it looked nice.
"Just take some of these pills for the next week or so and you'll be good as knew." I said.
I handed him a prescription bottle of pills and threw away the remains of his cast.
"Now, it's your turn."
I looked at him confused before I realized that I still had bandages on my nose. I wrinkled up my nose slightly and took a deep breath.
"Does it still hurt?" Carlos asked me.
"Not really. I'm ready to get these things off, though."
I walked back across the room and opened one of the many cabinets to reveal a mirror. Carlos jogged over behind me and popped a pill in mouth while watching closely.
I took a deep breath in and slowly placed my fingers on my bandages.
Slowly, I began to peel off the sticky bandages covering my semi-oily skin. I was ready to wash my whole face again for sure.
The thick material crinkled as I peeled it away, letting my flesh show.
I was afraid my nose wouldn't be any better. It really isn't helping my self esteem any. But if I think about it, Logan and I just... Well, you know. And I was wearing the bandages then.
But then again, it was dark...
"Audrey?"
I shook my head and looked back up into the mirror. Carlos was standing close behind me with a look of anticipation on his face.
"Are you gonna take them off?"
I nodded my head and got back to work.
'No more launching off into space.' I told myself.
The bandages didn't take very long to come off the rest of the way. And my nose didn't really hurt.
I tore them off and looked in the mirror. The area surrounding the bridge of my nose was a light purple and down around the tip was a very light pink.
I smiled in pleasure.
Carlos smiled as well.
"So, you can keep them off?" He asked.
"I think so." I replied, turning to him.
He smiled sweetly at me before enveloping me in a hug.
"Careful with your wrist." I warned.
He waved me off, "I will. Thanks for doing this with me!"
"No problem, buddy." I replied.
I wrote myself up a prescription just in case I would have to take pain killers or any other types of medicine. But for now, I was feeling good about my nose.
Carlos pulled his phone out of his pocket and looked back to me.
"Uh, hey. I gotta run. Important meeting at the studio."
I nodded, "Okay. Tell everyone I said hey."
"I will. Maybe we can get together later."
I smiled warmly, "That would be nice."
We exited the room and walked out into the hallway filled with the sound of hacking and wheezing. Lovely, right?
Once we reached the front desk, I walked behind the counter and Carlos headed to the door. I was happy that both of our broken bones had began to heal.
"I'll call you later!" He yelled before walking outside.
I waved at him and nodded my head as a reply. Today was going to be a great day.
