Emily ran as best she could with her knee to the path that looked the most
like the
one she was on last night. The root was still sticking out of the ground,
so Emily started searching in a panic stricken way. She tried to kneel, but
it hurt too much.
"I think you dropped this." Andrew said, as he held out the locked draped over his forefinger and thumb. He was also "glowing." The locked, Emily noticed, was missing the picture of her dad.
"Thanks" Emily replied, trying to be grateful to him. She looked at him for a moment and said in a sarcastic voice, "I don't need to be 'Touched by an Angel'"
"Maybe you don't, but your attitude does." Andrew reasoned
"That's why I have Monica."
"But you aren't listening."
"Because she doesn't want to waste her time with me." Emily's voice got quieter towards the end of the sentence, as if it was the first time she was saying her fear aloud.
As she sat down on the ground, Andrew sat next to her so he could talk to her at eye level.
"Really?" Andrew questioned, wanting again for Emily to talk to him. Emily nodded her head sadly. "I'm going back to the nurse." She said, looking at her knee that was more swollen than before "It's getting worse." Emily stood up and left as Andrew sighed to himself; he was hoping that she would open up to him. They were, after all, friends.
Emily hobbled back to the nurse and went in, more depressed than before. She did want to talk to Andrew, but her mind just wouldn't let her.
"Hello, what happened to you?" Rafael asked as she limped through the doorway. "And don't tell me that you just tripped, Andrew already told me that one." He added seeing her frown as he said that.
"I fell over a root in the woods last night and landed on a few rocks. My hands got scraped up pretty bad, but I already washed them." She held up her hands to show him the scabs and scratches that were starting to heal. "But what is the worst is my knee." She finished and pulled up her pant leg to show Rafael her bruises and scars
"Oh, girl, that doesn't look to good at all." He said going to the cabinet, "Now I'm not going to lie to you, its going to hurt a lot when we clean it up. If you came to me last night I would have told you to get stitches."
He looked at Emily who was getting a scared look on her face. Rafael didn't know her as well as Monica, but he did know that she had a low pain tolerance. "If you want, you can go grab Monica or Tess so they can help take your mind off it."
Andrew had learned from Emily that if you eavesdrop, you can learn a lot more than what you know. So for the first time, he tried it and when hearing Emily in need of someone, he took his opportunity and went inside; Emily had dropped her locket again anyway.
"Hey Em, just wanted to give you your locket back again; I think I might have to fix the clasp so it doesn't fall off anymore." Andrew said as he entered the office. Emily turned around; Andrew could tell how scared she was.
Emily wiped her eyes to hide the tears of fear coming to her eyes, "You were eavesdropping weren't you?" She said unconfidently, with her voice wavering, and smiled at his sheepish nod, "Well you can't fool the master of the talent. But will you please stay with me since you're already here and I don't want her to help, she has campers" Emily emphasized "her" meaning Monica.
So Andrew sat down next to Emily and put his arm around her. Emily's eyes were tearing before Raphael started because she was so afraid. The next twenty minutes were like hell for Emily, Raphel had to first pick bark out of some of the scabs and then he washed it with hydrogen peroxide repeatedly until there were no bubbles left. After all that, he had to put freezing cold water on it to flush everything out.
Andrew encouraged Emily to not look at her knee the whole time, but to look at him so that she wouldn't focus on it. He started to tell her the story of when they first came to camp from his point of view. ".And Tess told me that you were lost and upset, so I wanted to find you so I could comfort you; we were all worried." Andrew looked down on her and smiled, Emily smiled back until Raphael pulled another piece of bark out of her scar and she winced in pain. He continued, "I could tell something was wrong when you came to swimming lessons this morning, but you wouldn't talk to me."
Emily listened to the story until it was finished, and Raphael said, "Girl, I'm proud of you, everything is clean and ready to go. Just let me wrap it with an ace bandage and give you some ice, but I need you back in here tomorrow so I can see how it's healing."
Emily nodded and wiped the last tears from her face as she looked at Andrew. "I'm sorry I was running. But I was so scared that everything would just repeat itself and I thought if I didn't say it, it wouldn't happen."
"Its okay, I'm glad you decided to talk to me again. I might just have to come visit you this week during activities; I doubt you'll be able to participate with your knee." Andrew replied.
Raphael came back to give Emily ice and directions on how to stay off her knee and let it heal. After he was done, Emily gave him a hug and left the office.
"I think you dropped this." Andrew said, as he held out the locked draped over his forefinger and thumb. He was also "glowing." The locked, Emily noticed, was missing the picture of her dad.
"Thanks" Emily replied, trying to be grateful to him. She looked at him for a moment and said in a sarcastic voice, "I don't need to be 'Touched by an Angel'"
"Maybe you don't, but your attitude does." Andrew reasoned
"That's why I have Monica."
"But you aren't listening."
"Because she doesn't want to waste her time with me." Emily's voice got quieter towards the end of the sentence, as if it was the first time she was saying her fear aloud.
As she sat down on the ground, Andrew sat next to her so he could talk to her at eye level.
"Really?" Andrew questioned, wanting again for Emily to talk to him. Emily nodded her head sadly. "I'm going back to the nurse." She said, looking at her knee that was more swollen than before "It's getting worse." Emily stood up and left as Andrew sighed to himself; he was hoping that she would open up to him. They were, after all, friends.
Emily hobbled back to the nurse and went in, more depressed than before. She did want to talk to Andrew, but her mind just wouldn't let her.
"Hello, what happened to you?" Rafael asked as she limped through the doorway. "And don't tell me that you just tripped, Andrew already told me that one." He added seeing her frown as he said that.
"I fell over a root in the woods last night and landed on a few rocks. My hands got scraped up pretty bad, but I already washed them." She held up her hands to show him the scabs and scratches that were starting to heal. "But what is the worst is my knee." She finished and pulled up her pant leg to show Rafael her bruises and scars
"Oh, girl, that doesn't look to good at all." He said going to the cabinet, "Now I'm not going to lie to you, its going to hurt a lot when we clean it up. If you came to me last night I would have told you to get stitches."
He looked at Emily who was getting a scared look on her face. Rafael didn't know her as well as Monica, but he did know that she had a low pain tolerance. "If you want, you can go grab Monica or Tess so they can help take your mind off it."
Andrew had learned from Emily that if you eavesdrop, you can learn a lot more than what you know. So for the first time, he tried it and when hearing Emily in need of someone, he took his opportunity and went inside; Emily had dropped her locket again anyway.
"Hey Em, just wanted to give you your locket back again; I think I might have to fix the clasp so it doesn't fall off anymore." Andrew said as he entered the office. Emily turned around; Andrew could tell how scared she was.
Emily wiped her eyes to hide the tears of fear coming to her eyes, "You were eavesdropping weren't you?" She said unconfidently, with her voice wavering, and smiled at his sheepish nod, "Well you can't fool the master of the talent. But will you please stay with me since you're already here and I don't want her to help, she has campers" Emily emphasized "her" meaning Monica.
So Andrew sat down next to Emily and put his arm around her. Emily's eyes were tearing before Raphael started because she was so afraid. The next twenty minutes were like hell for Emily, Raphel had to first pick bark out of some of the scabs and then he washed it with hydrogen peroxide repeatedly until there were no bubbles left. After all that, he had to put freezing cold water on it to flush everything out.
Andrew encouraged Emily to not look at her knee the whole time, but to look at him so that she wouldn't focus on it. He started to tell her the story of when they first came to camp from his point of view. ".And Tess told me that you were lost and upset, so I wanted to find you so I could comfort you; we were all worried." Andrew looked down on her and smiled, Emily smiled back until Raphael pulled another piece of bark out of her scar and she winced in pain. He continued, "I could tell something was wrong when you came to swimming lessons this morning, but you wouldn't talk to me."
Emily listened to the story until it was finished, and Raphael said, "Girl, I'm proud of you, everything is clean and ready to go. Just let me wrap it with an ace bandage and give you some ice, but I need you back in here tomorrow so I can see how it's healing."
Emily nodded and wiped the last tears from her face as she looked at Andrew. "I'm sorry I was running. But I was so scared that everything would just repeat itself and I thought if I didn't say it, it wouldn't happen."
"Its okay, I'm glad you decided to talk to me again. I might just have to come visit you this week during activities; I doubt you'll be able to participate with your knee." Andrew replied.
Raphael came back to give Emily ice and directions on how to stay off her knee and let it heal. After he was done, Emily gave him a hug and left the office.