Take Back the Night
"You want me to go in with you?" Lisa Marie asked.
"No Lisa Marie you can go. Thanks anyway."
"You call and give us an update okay?"
"I will. Thanks for the ride." Amy said and got out of the car. She walked into the hospital and up to a nurse behind a desk. "Someone was brought in here from Charlotte Coliseum. Matt Hardy?"
She looked at a list. "He's being examined right now. You can sit in the waiting room and wait. Are you family?"
"Fiancée. Do you happen to know anything about his brother who was brought in at the same time? Jeff Hardy?"
"He's also being examined. I can't tell you anything else sorry. But I'll let the doctor's know you are here."
Amy took out her address book. She had to call Joe Hardy, Matt and Jeff's father. She wasn't sure if anyone had called him yet. He didn't watch a lot of wrestling.
'Hello?'
"Mr. Hardy? This is Amy Dumas. Matt's girlfriend?"
'Oh hello Amy. How are you?'
"I'm okay." She lied. "I hate to call you and tell you this but there was an accident tonight during Matt and Jeff's match."
'What? What happened? Are they okay?'
"They were doing a move from the ladder in the ring onto the announcers table when Jeff slipped. Matt fell headfirst onto the concrete floor knocking him out cold. Doctor's are examining both of them."
'Oh my God!' There was a pause. 'You are in Charlotte tonight right?'
"Yes at Mercy Hospital."
'Look Amy I'm going to drive there. Here's my cell phone number. 704-555-2192. Have the doctor's call me when they know something.'
"Bye Mr. Hardy." Amy said and hung up. She sat down and waited.
***
"Mr. Hardy I don't see anything really wrong with your ankle except a mild sprain. Luckily that fall didn't do more damage." Dr. Yolanda Briars said to Jeff as she started wrapping his ankle.
"Thanks Dr. Briars."
"And Mr. Hardy? I know I'm not supposed to ask you this but my thirteen-year-old daughter is a big fan. And I was wondering if you could get her an autograph."
"Sure doctor. What's her name?"
"Saundra."
He picked up a pen and a piece of paper and quickly signed an autograph. "What about my brother Matt? Do you know how he is?"
"No I don't. I believe he's still being x-rayed. I'll let them know you are waiting."
Them? Damn that couldn't be good. Jeff thought. He hopped off the examination table and limped out into the waiting room. He found Amy pacing.
"Amy." She turned around. He saw the tears in her eyes. "Did the doctors..."
"No I haven't heard anything. I called your dad."
"Good." Jeff said sitting down in a chair. He propped up his ankle. He saw Amy eyeing the bandaged ankle. "Just a mild sprain."
"Lucky you. You did it and all you get is a mild sprain."
"God Amy I'm just as scared as you are. That's my brother that got hurt you know. I wish it was me in there but it isn't."
"Jeff you knew he didn't want to do the move tonight! The mats weren't there. You could have waited for next week. Or wait longer and get the move down to a tee. But jeez Jeff. How could you be so careless?"
"I slipped Amy! I don't know how but I slipped. I couldn't stop him from falling. If I could I'd take back the night but I can't." He was crying.
Amy wasn't sure what to do.
"Matt Hardy?"
"You want me to go in with you?" Lisa Marie asked.
"No Lisa Marie you can go. Thanks anyway."
"You call and give us an update okay?"
"I will. Thanks for the ride." Amy said and got out of the car. She walked into the hospital and up to a nurse behind a desk. "Someone was brought in here from Charlotte Coliseum. Matt Hardy?"
She looked at a list. "He's being examined right now. You can sit in the waiting room and wait. Are you family?"
"Fiancée. Do you happen to know anything about his brother who was brought in at the same time? Jeff Hardy?"
"He's also being examined. I can't tell you anything else sorry. But I'll let the doctor's know you are here."
Amy took out her address book. She had to call Joe Hardy, Matt and Jeff's father. She wasn't sure if anyone had called him yet. He didn't watch a lot of wrestling.
'Hello?'
"Mr. Hardy? This is Amy Dumas. Matt's girlfriend?"
'Oh hello Amy. How are you?'
"I'm okay." She lied. "I hate to call you and tell you this but there was an accident tonight during Matt and Jeff's match."
'What? What happened? Are they okay?'
"They were doing a move from the ladder in the ring onto the announcers table when Jeff slipped. Matt fell headfirst onto the concrete floor knocking him out cold. Doctor's are examining both of them."
'Oh my God!' There was a pause. 'You are in Charlotte tonight right?'
"Yes at Mercy Hospital."
'Look Amy I'm going to drive there. Here's my cell phone number. 704-555-2192. Have the doctor's call me when they know something.'
"Bye Mr. Hardy." Amy said and hung up. She sat down and waited.
***
"Mr. Hardy I don't see anything really wrong with your ankle except a mild sprain. Luckily that fall didn't do more damage." Dr. Yolanda Briars said to Jeff as she started wrapping his ankle.
"Thanks Dr. Briars."
"And Mr. Hardy? I know I'm not supposed to ask you this but my thirteen-year-old daughter is a big fan. And I was wondering if you could get her an autograph."
"Sure doctor. What's her name?"
"Saundra."
He picked up a pen and a piece of paper and quickly signed an autograph. "What about my brother Matt? Do you know how he is?"
"No I don't. I believe he's still being x-rayed. I'll let them know you are waiting."
Them? Damn that couldn't be good. Jeff thought. He hopped off the examination table and limped out into the waiting room. He found Amy pacing.
"Amy." She turned around. He saw the tears in her eyes. "Did the doctors..."
"No I haven't heard anything. I called your dad."
"Good." Jeff said sitting down in a chair. He propped up his ankle. He saw Amy eyeing the bandaged ankle. "Just a mild sprain."
"Lucky you. You did it and all you get is a mild sprain."
"God Amy I'm just as scared as you are. That's my brother that got hurt you know. I wish it was me in there but it isn't."
"Jeff you knew he didn't want to do the move tonight! The mats weren't there. You could have waited for next week. Or wait longer and get the move down to a tee. But jeez Jeff. How could you be so careless?"
"I slipped Amy! I don't know how but I slipped. I couldn't stop him from falling. If I could I'd take back the night but I can't." He was crying.
Amy wasn't sure what to do.
"Matt Hardy?"