Chapter 6: Closing Spaces
I ve been in the hospital for two hours so far. I hate getting stuck in the emergency room. It always takes forever to get out and it's not my favorite place to be. At least I have Ashley to keep me company and thank god that it s not my Moms hospital. That would have been a nightmare.
Hey, do you want something? I m going to get a snack from the machine. Awe, she is so cute. I can t believe she even stuck around waiting with me. She even called Kent and saved me from the embarrassment of telling him what happened. I can t say I would have done the same for her but I m thankful that she did it for me.
No, I m good. Thanks anyways though. She has to be one of the nicest people that I know. Half of the people that I know are complete douche bags from hell. It's nice to know that there are some nice people out there.
Hey Space Ranger, are you coming back any time soon? Huh? What? Oh, I must have spaced out while I was thinking. Damn! I need to stop doing that!
Oh, hey. Sorry about that. What is she smiling at?
It s OK. Are you sure that you don t want some? She's sitting in the chair next to me and practically putting the Cheetos in my mouth. They are my favorite ones too, the crunchy kind. I guess I could take some. I am kind of hungry. Now she s smiling again. What the hell?
What? I know talking with my mouth full is not attractive but the question came out before I could stop it. She doesn t look like she s bothered by it though.
I knew you were hungry. I must be giving her a look like I m as confused as I feel. Your stomach was talking earlier. She still has that huge smile on her face. I know I look retarted but come on.
Oh, I didn t even think you could hear that. I can feel my cheeks getting warm. Damn it! I hope they re not as red as I think they are. She is laughing so hard right now. That s just great! I can t get a break today, not even a little bit.
Ms. Carlin. Ms. Spencer Carlin. At least I m being called up to get looked at, finally. Now, I can get this over with and get out of here. I hate hospitals.
She has her hand in mine! It s so warm and soft. Its different than I thought it would be. Its not weird at all. Ready? I guess we should get over there before the nurse goes onto someone else in the room.
Yeah, I can t get wait to get out of here. I really can t. My head hurts really bad and hopefully we can get back to work before my Mom comes by to pick me up. But I guess she s going to find out sooner or later anyways.
We are walking towards the door in the back corner and the nurse looks super pissed. And the closer we get to her the more pissed off she looks. Are you Ms. Carlin? I nod my head yes. Follow me. We are following her to one of the beds that are lined up against a wall towards the back. OK, this is your bed. Sit down and Dr. Robinson should be out soon. I take a seat on the bed and Ashley sits down on the chair next to the bed.
Hopefully, the doctor will be out here soon. I need to get back before my Mom gets there to pick me up. She will freak if she finds out I was in a hospital and didn t call her or anything. This Dr. Robinson better hurry up and get here, I don t have all day.
If you want you can use my phone or I can call your Mom for you. I can't let her call my Mom. That would probably really weird. But what other choice do I have? By the time I get out of here it will probably be too late and I'll get in shit load of trouble or I can just let her do it and it'll all be over with. This fucking sucks.
Um, yeah you can call her if you want. I can try to use the phone at the nurse s station but I don't think that s going to work. Is it ok if you do it?" Please say yes. Please say yes!
Yeah, yeah, I ll do it. Thank god. Oh, thanks big man. Or woman. Or whatever the hell you are.
Thank you for everything today. You ve been so nice and everything. It means a lot to me. She just nods with that smile on her face and heads outside to make the call.
