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A few hours after Absolution...
Upon getting to the hospital, Kendall had been checked out by the emergency room physicians and given pain meds. It had taken almost two complete hours for all the testing to be done, but when it was finally over, Kendall fell asleep with the help of a sleep aid.
A few hours later, the doctor explained his findings and suggested a course of action to John and Trish. When the doctor left, Trish went to call John's parents and Braedyn. She had just left when Jeff re-entered the room. He had just gotten done with a doctor tending to his own injuries.
"The doctor just left..." John began.
Jeff nodded. "Yeah, I uh...ran into him in the hallway."
John nodded. "So...what about you?"
Jeff gave a small smile. "Oh..just a few bruised ribs. Nothing to sweat over."
Trish came back in the room a few minutes later. "Braedyn was worried when she watched the show, but I talked to her..she's better. Also...the nurse asked if we could um...get rid of the family members in the waiting room. Apparently they're scaring some of the other patients."
All of DX, along with the rest of The Crew were in the waiting room. Mick Foley, The Rock and Lillian were there as well, as well as J.R., King and Vince and Stephanie McMahon. They all stood up, looking up as Jeff, John and Trish entered the waiting area.
"So...what's the verdict?" Vince asked.
"She's got a mild concussion. Since she blacked out for a few moments in the ring, the doctor's are gonna keep her here overnight under abservation. She also has a couple of busted ribs...but..they should heal up just fine in a couple months." Trish said.
John nodded, continuing. "Her shoulder is going to require surgery, though. Aside from being dislocated, she injured tore part of the glenoid socket in her shoulder. We're flying out tomorrow night. Her doctor will do the surgery the following day, and then she'll go through physical therapy at home."
Brock stepped forward. "John...I'm so sorry."
John shook his head. "Brock...it happens. Stop beating yourself up over it. Besides, Kendall will do more than enough of that when she gets back in the ring." he said with a smile.
Stephanie cleared her throat. "So...speaking of that...what's her timeline?"
John gave a sad smile. "Well, with all the injuries she sustained...the surgery and therapy... we're looking at at least four months before she can start training again...and another two at the least before she can get back in the ring full time."
Three weeks later...
Kendall slowly opened her eyes and glanced around. She had fallen asleep in John's oversized chair out in the living room with the television going. Her head tilted as the door opened and Jeff walked in. Almost immediately her mouth begain to water from the aroma of food.
"Hey Cornflakes. Good or bad today?" he said setting the bag of food on the coffee table.
"Hey Fruit Loops. Today is a good day...I'm in a good mood." Kendall said. Jeff laughed. Kendall may be a great daughter, a great sister, a great friend, a great announcer and the best wrestler...but she was a horrible patient. She hated feeling so helpless and she made her feelings known to you on a daily basis.
Kendall gave Jeff a smile, then eyed the bag of food. "That for me?"
Jeff laughed, nodded then kissed her lips softly. "How you feeling today, baby?"
Kendall smiled. "Better now, thank you. And as much as I like kissing you, ...I'd like my Chinese Food better."
Jeff chuckled. Kendall was a one track mind when food was around, especially Chinese, her favorite. Jeff handed her a carton and some chopsticks, took a carton for himself and the two sat on the couch, digging into thier lunch.
"So, where is everyone?" Jeff asked, forking in another mouthful.
"Mom and Dad took Braedyn to the movies. Uncle Dwayne was here earlier, but he and Lillian had to take the twins in for thier well baby check up. Did you hear about Absolution?" Kendall asked.
Jeff smiled, nodding. "According to Vince, it was second to Wrestlemania. You did good, Cornflakes."
Kendall laughed, then groaned, placing a hand on her ribs.
"Still hurts?" Jeff asked. Kendall nodded. "Yeah, but they're getting better. a few more weeks and they'll be good as new. How about yours?"
Jeff lifted his shirt revealing unbandaged ribs. "Healed up just fine, Cornflakes."
Kendall smiled, then looked up as Jeff cleared his throat. "Kendall...I've been thinking...maybe...maybe you shouldn't go back in the ring. I mean next time could be worse."
Kendall's smile faltered and she looked away. Her dad had already tried having this conversation with her. "Don't start, Jeff."
Jeff frowned and looked away. Kendall sighed and made him look at her. "Look...I knew what the risks were when I started training. We all did. I wanted to wrestle more than anything, and I still do. One little injury isn't going to prevent me from stepping inside that ring, talking smack and kicking ass."
"It wasn't a little injury, Kendall. You had surgery." Jeff said.
Kendall shook her head. "Jeff...this was my first injury. It won't be my last...and it probably won't be the worst. It's a chance I'm willing to take, with or without everyone's approval. You wouldn't let this injury stop you from getting back in there, Jeff. How can you expect me to?"
Jeff looked at her, then sighed. He knew she was right. "Alright...I won't bring it up again. Just...please promise me...you'll be careful...really really careful."
Kendall gave him a mischevious smile. "I'll be as careful as you. Promise."
Jeff groaned. "Oh Lord...you're doomed." he said and Kendall giggled.
"So...Mike stopped by yesterday." Kendall said slowly.
Jeff stilled. "Really? What did he want?"
"He just stopped by to see how I was doing...I guess he saw the show on television." Kendall said taking another bite of food.
Jeff relaxed, joinging her in eating. "Oh...well that was nice of the guy."
Kendall nodded, saying non chalantly. "Yeah...he figured that since I was gonna be home for awhile, that you know...we could try again."
Jeff looked up. "What?!"
Kendall shrugged, hiding a smile. "I of course said no."
Jeff frowned. "You had better of said no!"
She lifted her eyes to Jeff, put thier food on the coffee table and leaned over, placing a kiss to his cheek.
"Don't worry, Fruit Loops...I've already found the one I want to wait for." she said, with another kiss to his lips.
Jeff relaxed, his hands intertwining in her hair as he returned her kiss. He leaned back after a moment and smiled.
"I like it when you do that..." he whispered as he carefully pulled Kendall onto his lap. His fingers reached out, catching her gently under her chin and leading her face in closer for another kiss. At the end, a breathless and excited Kendall, leaned close to whisper in his ear.
"I like it when you do that..."
As the couple went for another kiss, they both stopped short, turning thier heads towards the window. A car door had just slammed shut outside. Kendall saw her dad getting out of the car.
"Dad's home." she said.
Kendall and Jeff were seated on opposite ends of the couch, munching on thier lunch when Trish, John and Braedyn walked in. Braedyn immediately went over to the two, sat between them and started stealing bites from both thier boxes. Chinese happened to be her favorite too.
"Hey! At least get a fork or something!" Jeff complained. Braedyn grinned, and snatched Jeff's chopsticks from his fingers.
John and Trish laughed and Jeff looked to Kendall for help. Kendall shrugged, trying to hold in her laughter and failing.
"Hey..Vince called." John said.
Kendall and Jeff looked up. "What's up?" Kendall asked.
"He is sending a camera crew down here later in the week to film a message from you. They want to show it on Raw next week."
