Chapter 10
The crowd was silent and Shawn turned his head to see what everyone else was staring at. A pretty blond cheerleader was laying on the ground screaming in pain. She had tried to land herself and fell on her leg and she couldn't get up. The trainer rushed out onto the court and motioned for the paramedics to come over. Shawn jumped up and helped the trainer carry her over to the stretcher. They started to wheel her out of the gym. Shawn went with them he felt horrible, but Rex pulled him back.
Rex: Come on man we have to finish the game and they will only let family ride with her.
Shawn: Damn it this is my fault. I need to go.
Rex: Alright man there is 10 seconds left lets finish it up and then let's go to the hospital.
The ball was in the possession of IU and Rex imbounded the ball to Jeff Newton who passed it to Tom Coverdale who held onto the ball until time ran out. Shawn and Rex ran out of the gym and into the parking lot to his car. When they got there they saw 2 brunettes standing at his car door.
Mimi was bawling her eyes out. Her and Chloe were both to upset to drive. And they needed a ride to the hospital.
Rex: Mimi what are you doing here? I have to go.
Mimi: Drive us to the hospital. That was my roommate. I need to go make sure she is okay. I can't get ahold of her family and I want to be there for her.
Rex: Jump in that is where we are headed.
Mimi: Damn it Chloe why can't I get a hold of anyone at her house.
Chloe: Calm down Meems. We will ask Belle how to get a hold of them.
Shawn was sitting in the front seat in shock he wouldn't say anything.
Rex: Shawn man this wasn't your fault. The cheerleader should have caught her it was his fault. All you were doing is going after the ball.
Shawn: I can hear her screaming over and over again in my head. I didn't even realize what had happened until I heard the sickening sound of her leg hitting the ground.
Mimi: Try watching it. It was a scene from a nightmare. They talk about cheerleaders being dropped but to actually watch it happen.
Chloe: Meems don't you have a game tonight.
Meems: Ohio State is willing to make it up on Tuesday cause of what happened. I wouldn't have played anyways I am to upset to think about playing basketball.
They arrived at the hospital to find Jasmine sitting in the waiting room crying. Mimi rushed over to her and pulled her into a hug.
Jasmine: Mimi I just watched her fall. I saw it happening and I just watched her fall I didn't know what to do.
Mimi: Jasmine it isn't your fault. You were on the other end of the line you couldn't have broken her fall. It was a horrible accident there wasn't anything anyone could do to prevent it.
Chloe: What did the doctors say?
Jasmine: She was screaming in pain the whole way here and she kept telling me she was scared. I asked her if anything else hurt and she said she was sore all over but her ankle hurt the worst.
Mimi: Where are all of the cheerleaders?
Jasmine: Coach sent them home. She told them that she would call them with news.
Chloe: Have you seen her since the ambulance.
Jasmine: I don't know the doctor was talking to Coach Miller maybe she knows something. I will go find out.
Jasmine walked over to her coach and saw tears running down her face.
Jasmine: Is it that bad?
Coach Miller: Sweetie she severely broke her ankle. The doctor said that they were going to operate on her knee right now to try to repair the damage. She will be out almost all season if not the whole season. They said she has a fractured wrist but they are mainly concerned with her right ankle. When she came down she put almost all her weight on that ankle. She crushed her ankle and they will do repair work on it during surgery. They said they would let us know what the extent of the damage was to her ankle and leg after surgery.
Jasmine: Thank you I will tell the others the news.
Coach Miller: Was anyone able to get a hold of her family.
Jasmine: Mimi left a message to call her as soon as possible.
Jasmine walked back over to Mimi as her cell phone rang. Mimi walked out of the hospital to answer her phone.
Mimi: Hello.
Marlena: This is Belle Black's mother you left an urgent message to call you.
Mimi: Belle was hurt. I am sorry to just blurt it out.
Marlena: We knew something was wrong we got your message and we are on a flight from St. Louis to Bloomington. We should arrive in an hour and a half. Can you tell me what happened. Her brother is about to have a heart attack because he is worrying so much.
Mimi relayed the whole horrible scene to Belle's mother who broke into tears and told Mimi she would see her at the hospital.
The crowd was silent and Shawn turned his head to see what everyone else was staring at. A pretty blond cheerleader was laying on the ground screaming in pain. She had tried to land herself and fell on her leg and she couldn't get up. The trainer rushed out onto the court and motioned for the paramedics to come over. Shawn jumped up and helped the trainer carry her over to the stretcher. They started to wheel her out of the gym. Shawn went with them he felt horrible, but Rex pulled him back.
Rex: Come on man we have to finish the game and they will only let family ride with her.
Shawn: Damn it this is my fault. I need to go.
Rex: Alright man there is 10 seconds left lets finish it up and then let's go to the hospital.
The ball was in the possession of IU and Rex imbounded the ball to Jeff Newton who passed it to Tom Coverdale who held onto the ball until time ran out. Shawn and Rex ran out of the gym and into the parking lot to his car. When they got there they saw 2 brunettes standing at his car door.
Mimi was bawling her eyes out. Her and Chloe were both to upset to drive. And they needed a ride to the hospital.
Rex: Mimi what are you doing here? I have to go.
Mimi: Drive us to the hospital. That was my roommate. I need to go make sure she is okay. I can't get ahold of her family and I want to be there for her.
Rex: Jump in that is where we are headed.
Mimi: Damn it Chloe why can't I get a hold of anyone at her house.
Chloe: Calm down Meems. We will ask Belle how to get a hold of them.
Shawn was sitting in the front seat in shock he wouldn't say anything.
Rex: Shawn man this wasn't your fault. The cheerleader should have caught her it was his fault. All you were doing is going after the ball.
Shawn: I can hear her screaming over and over again in my head. I didn't even realize what had happened until I heard the sickening sound of her leg hitting the ground.
Mimi: Try watching it. It was a scene from a nightmare. They talk about cheerleaders being dropped but to actually watch it happen.
Chloe: Meems don't you have a game tonight.
Meems: Ohio State is willing to make it up on Tuesday cause of what happened. I wouldn't have played anyways I am to upset to think about playing basketball.
They arrived at the hospital to find Jasmine sitting in the waiting room crying. Mimi rushed over to her and pulled her into a hug.
Jasmine: Mimi I just watched her fall. I saw it happening and I just watched her fall I didn't know what to do.
Mimi: Jasmine it isn't your fault. You were on the other end of the line you couldn't have broken her fall. It was a horrible accident there wasn't anything anyone could do to prevent it.
Chloe: What did the doctors say?
Jasmine: She was screaming in pain the whole way here and she kept telling me she was scared. I asked her if anything else hurt and she said she was sore all over but her ankle hurt the worst.
Mimi: Where are all of the cheerleaders?
Jasmine: Coach sent them home. She told them that she would call them with news.
Chloe: Have you seen her since the ambulance.
Jasmine: I don't know the doctor was talking to Coach Miller maybe she knows something. I will go find out.
Jasmine walked over to her coach and saw tears running down her face.
Jasmine: Is it that bad?
Coach Miller: Sweetie she severely broke her ankle. The doctor said that they were going to operate on her knee right now to try to repair the damage. She will be out almost all season if not the whole season. They said she has a fractured wrist but they are mainly concerned with her right ankle. When she came down she put almost all her weight on that ankle. She crushed her ankle and they will do repair work on it during surgery. They said they would let us know what the extent of the damage was to her ankle and leg after surgery.
Jasmine: Thank you I will tell the others the news.
Coach Miller: Was anyone able to get a hold of her family.
Jasmine: Mimi left a message to call her as soon as possible.
Jasmine walked back over to Mimi as her cell phone rang. Mimi walked out of the hospital to answer her phone.
Mimi: Hello.
Marlena: This is Belle Black's mother you left an urgent message to call you.
Mimi: Belle was hurt. I am sorry to just blurt it out.
Marlena: We knew something was wrong we got your message and we are on a flight from St. Louis to Bloomington. We should arrive in an hour and a half. Can you tell me what happened. Her brother is about to have a heart attack because he is worrying so much.
Mimi relayed the whole horrible scene to Belle's mother who broke into tears and told Mimi she would see her at the hospital.