There's No Place Like Home
By MeLovesDavid A.K.A. Camrie
Summary: About Bradin, whose heart is broken, and he runs away back to Kansas. And of course it has the others.
A/N: I really hope this chapter will be longer, but I don't know. It's not like it will keep me awake at night if I don't have a "long enough" chapter. Lol, yes, I know I am weird. For the record, I am no doctor, so if I get something wrong… tell me if it's important or offends you somehow… otherwise, just deal with it. Lol. Oh yeah, if you're wondering if Bradin's still going to run away to Kansas, then I can assure he will, but I just don't know how to fit that in the story right now. Wow! I totally forgot about Cameron. I'll probably have him in here soon.
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Chapter 4: Injuries
The drive to the hospital was silent. What made it worse was that nobody knew anything. They had all left before the hospital had even gotten a chance to call, so, for all they knew, they might never see Bradin alive again. No one actually thought about that though.
They pulled up to the hospital and ran into the entrance. Ava asked a young man behind the counter for her nephew's room number.
"Are you family?" the young man said dully.
"Yes!" Ava exclaimed, getting impatient with him.
"Room 212, Miss," he said with a forced smile.
"Thanks," Ava mumbled.
In the elevator, Jay felt bad for Bradin. Jay knew that Bradin's surfing career – which didn't exactly exist yet – could be over (before it even started). When they stepped out of the elevator, a doctor met them outside of Bradin's room. He explained to them Bradin's injuries.
"Bradin suffered what we call a grade three concussion. He passed out, but regained consciousness in the ambulance. The concussion wasn't very severe; he'll probably be fine. Also, Mr. Westerly suffered some minor cuts and bruises along with a gash on his forehead. He also has a greenstick fracture on his right arm and a simple fracture in two places on his left leg. Two of you can go see him right now."
Ava went in followed by Johnny, though with some resistance from Nikki. "Hey Kid," Johnny said. Bradin stared at Johnny and his aunt, as trying to place names to their faces. After a while, he figured it out.
"Oh, hey," he said. "What happened?" Bradin asked, referring to the cast on his ankle, arm, and his major headache. (Though the headache had started to lessen because of the medicine he had been given just before his aunt came in.)
"I don't know," Aunt Ava started, "all we know is that you got in a surfing accident."
Bradin looked extremely confused, probably because he was. "Huh?"
Ava put a finger to her mouth to hush him. "Don't worry about it." Then, she hugged him very carefully. Ava slept in a chair in his hospital room for the night while Johnny, Jay, Susannah, Nikki, and Derrick went home. (They all got to see him before they left, though.)
A/N: Anything I mentioned in here about his concussion – or any medical information for that matter - was probably from a website. So, if it's wrong, oh well. Lol. Also, for the record (gosh, that's fun to say!), oh… hmm… I forgot what I was going to say! And, I guess that was short too! Darn it! Oh well… get over it! Lol
