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Chapter 29: stupidity
"Hey Penelope." Was the only thing I managed to say.
"Stella Reid, don't you dare, hey Penelope me." Penelope said sternly.
"Garcia, we are so sorry, but please help us." Henry pleaded.
"Of course." Garcia said instantly, snapping out of her aggressive state. "Where does it hurt sweetie?"
"Everywhere." I replied quietly.
"Oh my Stella, it's going to be alright, just wait for the ambulance." Penelope said softly, this reassured me a lot. Just then two paramedics came in followed by Jake, Sophie, Grace, Adam and Harry.
"Hey there honey, I'm Katie. Would you tell me where it hurts." She asked gently.
"My head is throbbing, along with my back. My left arm and right leg kills and my hips ache a little." I replied, clenching my teeth. The pain was getting worse.
"Okay, we're just going to give you some pain relief now." As Katie said this, the other paramedic put a needle into my arm.
"Now I'm just going to check you're head, so follow the light." She said, pulling out a torch and shining it in my eyes.
"You seem to have a mild concussion, we need to get you to hospital to check you out." Katie said gently. "James, get the stretcher."
The other paramedic quickly left the room.
"Now who's going to ride with her?" She questioned.
"That'll be me." Garcia said.
"Are you her mother then?" Katie asked.
"No, but I'm going to call her father." Garcia replied.
"Pen, please don't! He'll freak out, you know him. Can't you just wait till he gets home." I pleaded.
"Stella, he needs to know. Think about how much angrier he'll be, if you don't tell him." Garcia advised.
Fine, but don't tell him the details." I groaned. James returned with a stretcher and the next thing I knew, a brace was put on me.
"Right, we're going to lift you on the count of three. We'll be as gentle as possible." Katie said softly. "One, two, three."
As she lifted me the pain increased. I tried to clench my teeth to suppress the scream which built up in the back of my throat, but I failed, miserably. The pain overwhelmed my whole body and blackness started appearing before me. I tried my hardest to not let it take over, but the harder I tried, the more it overwhelmed me. Eventually it overtook my whole body and everything went dark.
I woke up to the a constant and very annoying beeping. My whole body felt completely stiff and at first I was slightly confused about what was going on. When I opened my eyes, they were instantly blinded by a bright light, which gave me a piercing headache. I Decided to slow down a bit, so I opened my eyes again, but slowly. Henry and Garcia were talking in the chairs next to me. I looked down at my body to see that my left hand was in a cast and my right leg had a bandage on it.
"H-hey." I croaked. For some reason my throat was dry.
"Stella, you're awake!" Garcia said relieved. She poured me a glass of water and handed it to me. I sipped it straight away. The cold water relieved my throat and it no longer felt dry.
"What did they say? How long have I been out?" I asked straight away.
"Woah, calm down. You passed out when they lifted you. You already had quite a lot of pain relief, so that really knocked you out. You've been asleep for three hours. Your left arms broken in two places, so they had to pin it. Your right leg is badly sprained, but not broken. Your back is bruised, along with your pelvis, and you've got a concussion. I just can't wait to see what your dads going to say." Garcia informed me. It really sucked that my arm was broken. I could really do without having to have a cast on for six weeks. I knew from what mum taught me that the bruising would cause a lot of pain, but there's nothing you can do except rest.
"Oh yeah, what did he say?" I asked, dreading dads reaction.
"Well I rang him on the way over here. He was really worried at first and Hotch had to stop him from flying the jet himself over here. Their still on the case but he's got the first flight back. He should be here anytime really." Garcia replied. Dread filled me at the thought of dad coming here.
"I'm just going to tell the nurses you're awake." Penelope said, leaving the room. Henry had been strangely quiet.
"Hey." I said to him.
"Hey." He replied, looking at the floor.
"What's wrong with you?" I tried to ask as casually as possible.
"Nothing." Henry replied quickly.
"Henry, how dum do you think I am." I smiled a little.
"I'm sorry." He said gently, looking up at me.
"What for?" I asked confused.
"For shouting at you, back in the shed. I was just so worried and I kind of panicked. I was going to apologize when the paramedics came, but you passed out. I've been so worried about you, I thought it was all my fault. I'm sorry." Henry said, extremely apologetic.
"Henry it doesn't matter. I get it you were worried. It's okay to argue once in a while. I'm sorry too, I did shout back at you." I smiled.
"Are you sure?" Henry asked, slightly taken a back.
"Henry, it's fine." I assured him. Just then the nurse walked in with Garcia.
"Hey there Stella, it's nice to see you're awake." The nurses smiled. "Now are you feeling any pain?"
"Not at the moment, I just feel stiff." I said, ignoring the pain in my head.
"Well that's good to hear. If you need anything just give me a buzz. You're making good progress so you could be discharged tonight or tomorrow morning." She smiled.
"Thank you." I said, as she left the room.
"Do you want anything?" Garcia asked. "Are you hungry? Thirsty?"
"A drink would be good thanks." I replied.
"Soda alright?"
"Brilliant thanks." I smiled. Garcia left the room again. Relaxing a bit, I made myself comfortable in my pillows. I was so relaxed that I nearly fell asleep. Well until dad came in.
There was a loud crash at the door and dad appeared breathlessly.
"Stella." He cried, he ran towards me hugging me tightly.
"Ow." I winced by accident.
"I'm so sorry. Are you okay? I've been so worried. What's hurt? How did this even happen?" Dad said incredibly fast.
"Dad calm down. I'm fine. I've just broken my arm, but apart from that I'm just bruised." I replied, trying to avoid telling him how it exactly happened.
"What do you mean, I've just broken my arm. Stella that's still a big deal. Garcia said you had it pinned. How did this even happen?" He asked again.
"Dad I don't mind about my arm. It's not to much of a deal." I sighed. "It wasn't anyones fault, but I somehow fell through Henry's shed roof."
"What do you mean, you somehow fell through Henry's shed roof? What were you even doing up there? Why were you even at Henry's?" Dad asked quickly.
"I was at Henry's because I was bored. Other people stayed over to. We were playing dares and the roof wasn't as stable as I thought." I replied calmly.
"Why did you stay the night at Henry's? Why would you be stupid enough to climb on the roof?" Dad asked, his voice raising.
"Dad nothing happened, there was a whole group of us. I didn't realize the roof was that unstable." I tried to say calmly again.
"How could you be that stupid. Henry I also expected better from you. Why didn't you stop this? Can't you both stop being children and act your age!" Dad shouted.
"Spencer I'm sorry. I should of done more to stop her." Henry said, extremely apologetically.
"Well sorry isn't good enough. I've been so worried about you Stella." Dad said, still fuming.
"Dad calm down. We're sorry." I tried to say.
"Don't tell me to calm down." Dad snapped.
"Dad I'm sorry. I've been dreading telling you. Please can you just calm down." I pleaded. I started to loose my calmness. I just wanted dad to comfort me, not shout at me.
"Well you should of thought of that before hand." Dad said, still annoyed.
"Spencer, I get it you're annoyed but just take some time out. This isn't Stella's fault and I don't think you're being fair. She just needs you to comfort her, not scream at her. We know what we did was stupid and we're sorry." Henry intervened, which I was highly grateful for.
"Fine! But this doesn't mean I'm not still cross." Dad cried, storming out of the room.
"Well that went well." Henry sighed.
