Chapter 6

"Laura!" Luke yelled again. She still didn't answer him.

Luke looked frantically around for a way down to her, but there was no way to climb down.

He knew he had no choice so he did the only thing he could think of. He sat down and allowed himself to slide down the side of the hill. He jumped off at the bottom to keep from landing on top of Laura.

"Laura?" he said shaking her gently. "Laura?"

Laura groaned and opened her eyes. With great difficulty and Luke's help, she managed to sit up.

"What happened?" she asked. She looked around and saw where she was. "Oh yeah, I fell down the hill didn't I."

"Well let's just say that you took the fast way down," Luke teased , relieved that she seemed to be all right.

Laura laughed, then groaned with pain.

Luke was instantly concerned and checking her out. "What's the matter. Is it your head?"

"No, my arm."

Luke ran his hand gently along her arm. He saw the look of pain on her face. "Laura, I think its broken."

"Great! Just what I need."

Luke looked around and gathered two of the straightest sticks he could find. "Take off your shirt," he said.

"Why? Can't I just roll up the sleeve?"

"Trust me," he said.

She nodded. He helped her to get it off then picked up the shirt and cut the sleeves off with his pocket knife.

"What did you do that for?" she asked.

"You'll see," he said. He helped her put the rest of her shirt back on. Then he used the sleeves to tie the sticks on each side of her wrist to make a splint.

"Where did you learn to do that?" she asked.

"Where else, in the movies."

"Luke, why couldn't you use your shirt?"

"Because we need my shirt for this," he said taking his shirt off. He tied the sleeves around her neck and let the rest hang in front of her as a sling. He gently placed her arm in it.

"Thank you," she said smiling at him. He gave her a gentle kiss.

"Do you think you can walk?"

She nodded.

"Well let's see if we can find a way back up," he said. He took Laura's uninjured and they followed the narrow trail.