A Trip To The Hospital

When I opened my eyes, I saw Lilly standing over me. She looked very pale with a worried expression on her face. Of course, I probably would to if I walked into my kitchen and saw my best friend lying unconscious on the floor.

"Oh my gosh! Mia, are you okay? What happened? Can you hear me?" She talked so fast, I could hardly catch a word she said. The only thing I could think about was the throbbing pain in my left arm. I tried to move it, but there was too much pain.

"Lilly, I'm okay. I think I just slipped on some water. My arm hurts really bad, though. I can't even move it." She helped me up and brought me over to the kitchen chair.

"So, you can't even move your arm? It looks like it's swelling up. I think maybe you broke it." Oh great! I've never broken anything before, believe it or not.

"Michael, can you come in here?" Please, anything but making Michael see me like this! I guess a sleep over wasn't such a good idea, after all. Michael walked in without his shirt on again. I could feel my face turn beet red.

"What's going on? Whoa, what happened to your arm, Thermopolis?"

"For you information, wise guy, we think she broke her arm. She slipped on some water and fell. What do you think? Does it look broken?" My face feels like it's on fire, I'm blushing so much. Michael walked over to me and felt of my arm. Any other time I would have loved this, but now I just cried out in pain. What a turn on.

"I think it is broken. We need to get some ice on it and take her to the hospital. Lilly, get the ice pack from the freezer. Don't worry, Mia, everything will be okay." He actually squeezed my hand and smiled at me! For a minute, the pain went away. It came back too soon, though. Lilly came back with the ice pack and put it on my arm. I winced when the cold surface touched my skin.

"How are we supposed to get to the doctor, Michael? Mom and dad have the car. They said they wouldn't be home until 7:00, so we still have an hour." That's okay with me. I don't want to go to the hospital anyway. That place gives me the creeps.

"Maybe we should call an ambulance. I know it's not a big emergency, but she needs to get it looked at as soon as possible." He went over to the phone and dialed 911. This is so humiliating! I just want the floor to open up and swallow me. He hung up the phone then.

"They said they'd be here in about 10 min. I'll go get a shirt on, so be ready when they come." He jogged down the hallway and went into his room. He can be pretty bossy when he has to take charge. I like it, though.

About 10 min. later, we heard a knock on the door. Michael went over and opened it. There stood 2 paramedics. I really wish I were invisible! They came over and looked at my arm. They poked at it and bent it until tears were rolling down my cheeks. I felt Michael squeeze my shoulder.

"Yes, this arm is broken. We'll get you to the hospital and the doctor can put a cast on it." They led me to the ambulance and I got in the back. Michael and Lilly piled in after me. At least I don't have to go alone.

We arrived at the hospital about 10 minutes later and the paramedics led us into the waiting room.

"The doctor should be with you soon. We just need one of you to sign in." He pointed to the desk where you sign in, so Lilly went over an did that. Michael turned to me and smiled.

"So, how are you doing?" I love his eyes. Focus, Mia, focus!

"It hurts a lot but other than that I'm okay, I guess. Sorry to be so much trouble. You probably never expected that you'd end up in a hospital waiting room tonight, did you." He laughed and shook his head. Lilly came back and sat down beside me.

"They said that you would be next. Hopefully it won't be too long of a wait. I forgot to leave mom and dad a note, so I hope we get home before them."

Time went by really slowly. Ten minutes turned into twenty and twenty turned into thirty. I was just about to fall a sleep, when all of a sudden I heard my name.

"Mia Thermopolis, the doctor will see you now." I walked over to the nurse and followed her down the hall into a small room.

"You can sit here on this examining table and your friends can sit on these chairs. Doctor Morgan will be in soon." I hate it when they say that it's your turn, but then you have to wait a little bit longer anyway. It makes no sense. We waited for about 3 min. Then the door knob turned and Doctor Morgan walked in. He's a tall man with a bald spot on the top of his head. I suddenly got very nervous.

"So, Mia Thermopolis. right? It says here that you broke your arm. How did this happen?" Great, now I have to tell my stupid little story again.

"Well, I was walking into the kitchen and didn't see the puddle of water that was on the floor. So, I slipped on it and fell on my arm." He came over and gently poked at it and bent it a little. I wish people would stop doing that!

"We'll need to put a cast on it tonight. It shouldn't take too long. Maybe 30 min. at the most. I'll get everything together, so just relax." That's like telling a pig not to snort.

After he was done, he gave me a list of things that I could and couldn't do with my cast. It feels so weird to have a cast on. My arm feels so bulgy now. I feel like an even bigger nerd! We were walking out of the office, when all of a sudden Lilly gasped. We turned to her and asked what was wrong.

"How are we supposed to get home? We came in the ambulance and they won't take us back home." Could this night get any better? Now we're stranded in the hospital.

"Why don't we try and call mom and dad, Lilly, and see if they're at home. Do you have your cell phone?" She got it out of her purse and punched in their phone number. She stood there waiting for a while, waiting for someone to pick up.

"No one's there, guys."

(Author's Note: So, what do you think? Now they're stranded in the hospital. It's going to get pretty funny, you'll see. Please Review!)