Chapter 36 – Broken bones
"Right, so all the presents have been wrapped and placed under the tree, the turkey is defrosting, the cookies and gingerbread are in the oven, Jake is out somewhere and Keira is watching a movie. What's next on the to-do-list?" I wondered aloud, listing all the things that I had done.
It's Christmas Eve and I was making sure everything was ready for tomorrow's Christmas lunch for Jake, Keira and I. We were staying at home until mid-to-late afternoon and then we were going to head over to the main house to spend the rest of the day with the family.
I was just getting out the ingredients to make the stuffing, which was going in the turkey, when I heard a scream from the living room. I ran in there and saw Keira on the floor crying her eyes out.
"Baby, what's wrong?" I wondered.
"M-m-momma, m-my arm hurts." Keira said, stuttering.
"Oh, baby, tell me what happened and then I'll take you to see Grandpa." I said, picking her up, making sure not to hurt her arm any more, and checking for any other injures. All I noticed was a bump on her head.
"I w-was sitting on the c-chair then I-I just e-end up on the f-floor." She replied, as I wiped away her tears.
"Okay, sweetheart. I'm going to take you to see grandpa now so that he can fix you up, but I can't put your coat on or I'll hurt your arm, so I'm going to wrap a blanket around you." I told her, grabbing the blanket from the back of the couch and wrapping it around her and myself, before heading to the main house.
"Hey, Ness. What are you doing here? We didn't expect to see you today." Uncle Jasper asked, from where he was sitting on the chair reading one of his large books.
"Hi, Uncle Jasper, is grandpa here?" I asked, heading over to where he was sitting.
"No, he's at the hospital. Is there anything I can help you with?" He replied, putting his book on the table next to him.
"I think Keira's broken her arm. I was in the kitchen getting ingredients out to make stuffing to put in the turkey, when I heard a scream come from the living room. I ran in there and Keira was on the floor crying and saying that her arm hurt." I replied, feeling tears prick my eyes.
"Well, I don't have any medical degree and your father's not here, which means you'll have to go see Carlisle at the hospital." Jasper said. "Come on, I'll take you." He got up from his seat and I followed him out to the garage, and into Aunt Alice's Porsche.
Half an hour later, we were pulling into a parking space in the hospital's parking garage. Jasper had already called Carlisle on the way here and he said that he would meet us in his office, as soon as he was done with a patient.
"Have you phoned Jacob yet?" Jasper asked, as we headed to Carlisle's office.
"No, not yet. I forgot my phone, though, because I was worried about Keira." I replied, as he handed me his phone and I handed him Keira. "Thanks." I took it from him and scrolled through the numbers until I got Jake's. I pressed the call button and waited for him to answer it.
Jake answered on the 5th ring. "Hey Jasper, what's up?"
"It's me, not Jasper. I'm borrowing his phone because I've left mine at home." I replied.
"Hey, honey. Why aren't you at home?" Jake asked.
"Keira's hurt herself and Carlisle and my father aren't home. Jasper's driven me to the hospital so that Carlisle can check her out." I answered, as we walked into Carlisle's office.
"Okay. Is she badly hurt? Do you need me to come there?" Jake wondered. I could here the worry in his voice.
"I think that she's broken her arm as she kept saying that it hurts; if your busy don't come, but if you aren't busy then do come." I tried to say reassuringly.
"I'm not busy; I'll be there in half an hour." He said.
"Okay, I love you and I'll see you soon." I said.
"I love you, too. I'll be there soon." He hung up, and I gave Jasper his phone back just as Carlisle walked through the door.
"Good afternoon, everyone. What can I do for you?" Grandpa asked, sitting at his desk. Jasper and I sat opposite him.
"Hi, grandpa. I think Keira's broken her arm. She was sitting on the couch while I was getting everything ready for tomorrow, then I heard a scream. I ran into the living room and Keira was on the floor, crying and saying the her arm hurt." I replied, feeling the tears that I had been trying to keep at bay start falling.
"Hey, Ness, don't cry." Carlisle said, hugging me. "I'll find out where Keira's arm hurts and then I'll take her for an x-ray to see if it is broken, okay?"
"That's fine, grandpa." I replied, wiping my eyes with the tissue's he gave me.
I watched as he gently touched different parts of Keira's arm and I winced when I heard her cries of pain.
"Well, it is quite tender. I'll take her down for an x-ray now. Jasper can you come with me?" Carlisle asked.
"Sure. Will you be alright up here without us?" Jasper asked me.
"Yeah. Jacob should be here soon." I replied.
"Okay, we should only be about 10-15 minutes." Carlisle said, as he and Jasper left the room with Keira.
5 minutes after Carlisle and Jasper had taken Keira down to get her arm x-rayed, Jake turned up.
"Hey, honey. How is she?" Jacob asked coming to sit next to me on the love seat.
"She's gone down for an x-ray with Carlisle and Jasper. I think that Jasper is using his gift to lessen her pain." I replied, curling into his side.
"That's good of Jasper." Jake said, holding me tightly. We stayed like that for 10 minutes before Jasper and Carlisle, carrying Keira, returned.
"Well, she has a small break in her arm, and will need to be in a cast for around 4-6 weeks. I've asked a nurse to bring up the supplies I need to put a cast on it." Carlisle said, passing Keira to me.
"Thank you, Carlisle." Jake said sincerely.
"It's nothing, Jacob. One of my family has been hurt and I want to make them feel better." Carlisle replied. Jake nodded in agreement.
Five minutes later, Carlisle had everything he needed to put a cast on Keira's arm and I passed Keira to Jake so that I wasn't holding her.
"Right, I'm going to start by moving Keira's arm straight out, and then I'm going to put on this stockinet, which just a bandage." Carlisle explained as he started to put the cast on Keira's broken arm.
"Now, I'm going to put on the cotton wrap, which will cushion the arm." He continued. "And finally, I'm going to put the fibreglass casting on; this can be coloured. So what colour would you like, Keira?"
"Pink." Keira whispered, as Carlisle started wrapping the cast in the casting material before layering on the coloured pieces of material.
"Okay, it's going to take a couple of hours to dry and harden. You can take her home now, but make sure that the cast doesn't get wet." Carlisle instructed. "I'll bring home some pain killers to ease her pain."
"Thank you, grandpa. Is there any way we can dry the cast at home?" I asked.
"Well, with Jake's heat it should dry quite quickly. If it is still a bit damp, though, then try drying it with a hairdryer." Carlisle replied, as I got up to hug him.
"Okay, thanks again, grandpa. We'll see you later." I said, before Jasper, Jake, carrying Keira, and I left his office and headed home.
A/N: Hey readers, sorry it's been so long since the last upload, I had been on work experience at a residential home for the last week and have been busy doing 2 assignments for college as well. Who's seen breaking dawn part 2? What did you think of it? *Please don't comment any spoilers for those who haven't seen it yet! *