Five hours later and Mr Wolff came back in holding Alex's hand.
Nat and Little Grace had fallen asleep on couches while they waited but woke when they walked in.
Alex was crying softly as he walked in. He was covered in a dressing that wrapped around his arm and torso, covering his burns.
"Is he ok?" Nat asked quietly as he rubbed the sleep out of his eyes.
"He has 2nd degree burns on his arms shoulders and back." Mr Wolff said quietly.
"I'm sorry Alex, I didn't mean to," Nat said to his younger brother.
"It's ok," Alex sniffed loudly. They had given him some painkillers so he didn't feel the burn as much.
"He burst a blister in the car, and the doctors were considering keeping him over night," Mr Wolff said to Onita. The doctors were seriously concerned about infection.
"Come on Alex, I think you should try and get some sleep." Mr Wolff said quietly and led Alex to his room.
Mr Wolff helped Alex take of his shorts and helped him climb in to bed.
Alex began to cry quietly as his burn still hurt abit despite the painkillers.
Mr Wolff gave Alex his bear.
"Don't worry Alex, you'll be ok, here's Ted to keep you company," Mr Wolff said to Alex. Today really hadn't been a good day for Alex.
Mr Wolff kissed Alex on the head before leaving and turning the light out. He left the door open so he could hear if Alex needed him in the middle of the night.
When Nat entered the room, he saw Alex, he wasn't sure whether he was asleep or not, but he heard is little brother sobbing quietly. Nat stripped down to his underwear as he climbed into bed, he felt really bad about burning Alex, even though everyone said it wasn't his fault.
When Nat woke up he saw Alex was crying and drinking soda. Alex had bags under his eyes and Nat wondered if he actually was asleep.
"Are you ok Alex?" Nat asked sitting with his brother on his bed.
"It hurts too much," Alex cried taking another drink, he had been trying to sleep all night but had failed so instead spent the night drinking soda.
"Did you get any sleep?" Nat asked, he wanted to give Alex a hug, he looked like he needed one, but Nat didn't want to hurt him anymore.
Alex just shook his head sniffing loudly.
"I'm sorry for burning you Alex," Nat said quietly, he still felt really guilty about the whole thing.
"Why does it hurt so much?" Alex asked sobbing again.
"I don't know Alex," Nat said quietly.
Alex finished off the bottle of soda, but having spent the night drinking soda he really needed to go toilet. Alex got unsteadily to his feet, and stumbled to the bathroom.
Alex cried louder as he felt shoots of pain run over his burns. Alex came out and heard banging in the kitchen. Alex slowly walked into the kitchen, Nat went and had a shower.
"Hey Alex, are you feeling any better today?" Little Grace asked Alex kindly.
"No" Alex cried, he felt worse than yesterday and was extremely tired but it hurt too much to sleep.
"Don't worry Alex you'll feel better soon," She said reassuring Alex.
Alex slowly went over and sat in the egg chair. He tenderly tried to sit in the chair. He cried loudly as he put his back on the back of the chair. It hurt a hell of a lot more now he had pressure on it.
Mr Wolff came in yawning, he saw Alex in the chair crying.
"Did you get any sleep last night?" Mr Wolff asked noticing the bags under Alex's eyes.
"No it hurts too much," Alex cried loudly.
Mr Wolff knew the next couple of days would be extremely tough on Alex. He had been told he would have to take Alex in to have his dressings change daily for the next couple of days before they would only need to do it every two days. But he should be better in two weeks.
Mr Wolff stood beside Alex and just stroked his hair for five minutes trying to sooth him. He then went into the kitchen and poured a glass of water he picked up the two containers the doctor had given him. One contained some painkillers and the other an antibiotic.
He took them over to Alex and gave Alex one of each.
"This will make it hurt less," He said kindly. Alex took them and washed them down with the water.
"It's not working dad," Alex cried, he didn't want to hurt any more.
"Give it time Alex," his dad said stroking Alex's hair again.
Nat walked out fully dressed, he looked around and saw Little Grace in the kitchen and Alex and Mr Wolff in the lounge. He was wondering where Onita was when she walked through the door.
"Geez do they have no decency," She said throwing a paper on the table, she had gone out to get something for them for breakfast.
Nat looked at the paper.
Tough Times
Alex Wolff, the drummer for the Silver Boulders, who brought us the hit 'Crazy Car' and who are believed to be creating another album, appears to be going through tough times. Alex Wolff is believed to have had a meltdown at school yesterday (see above) although no one has commented on why. Alex Wolff was photographed later that day being carried to hospital appearing to be suffering from burns…
Nat shook his head, he knew they were famous but couldn't the press just leave them alone.
Onita began dishing up everyone's breakfast, and handed them around.
"Your mother loved omelettes," She said quietly as she gave Alex his.
Alex lethargically ate his omelette, if he had any energy he might have tried to remember his mom while eating it.
When they had all finished, Alex got up and went back into his room, when Mr Wolff walked in five minutes later he found Alex trying to get ready for school although he hadn't got dressed yet.
"You're not going to school for a couple of days," Mr Wolff said quietly crouching down beside Alex.
Alex didn't have any energy to say anything.
"But we have to take Nat and I need to tell your teacher," Mr Wolff said, and then he would take Alex to have his dressings changes before bringing Alex home, hopefully to have some sleep.
Alex nodded quietly.
"Come on lets get you dressed," he said.
He went to Alex's drawers and pulled out some shorts and socks before he turned to Alex.
"What do rag do you want?" He asked softly.
"My stars and stripes one," Alex mumbled, Mr Wolff could see that if it wasn't for the pain Alex was feeling he would fall asleep right there.
Mr Wolff pulled out Alex's stars and stripes do rag and took the clothes over to Alex who was swaying on the spot.
Mr Wolff held Alex's shorts while he stepped into them and pulled them up, he then tied Alex's do rag on his head.
"Sit down Alex," He said gently.
Alex sat down on his bed and his dad put his socks and shoes on. He didn't want a shirt on as not to put anymore pressure on Alex's burns.
Mr Wolff helped Alex up and they both walked out again.
"Can I have a soda dad?" Alex asked quietly
Mr Wolff looked at Alex, before he nodded.
Mr Wolff went into the fridge and got a soda and opened it before giving it to Alex.
Alex drank it and felt slightly more energetic, but not much more.
"You ready Nat?" Mr Wolff called, before Nat sauntered out carrying his school bag.
The three of them went down to the car and drove to school. Once there Nat went over to the rest of the band while Mr Wolff and Alex went to see his teacher.
"Hey Sonny, Hey Alex," Mrs Thorpe said surprised to see them and to see that press were right.
Alex didn't answer.
"Hi, I was just coming in to say that Alex won't be at school for the rest of the week." Mr Wolff said.
"Looking at him I can see why," She said quietly, "Has he had any sleep?"
Mr Wolff looked down at Alex before looking back up at Mrs Thorpe.
"No, he said it hurt too much to sleep."
"Poor guy," Mrs Thorpe said before crouching down and look at Alex's fatigued face. "Get better soon, ok Alex,"
Mrs Thorpe felt she should do something for Alex.
"Come on Al, we'll get your bandages changed and then you can get some rest." Mr Wolff said kindly.
"Can I have another soda dad?" Alex asked quietly.
Mr Wolff looked at his son again, he didn't have the heart to refuse him.
"Ok Alex, but only because you are hurt,"
Mr Wolff took Alex over to the vending machine. Once he got it, he gave it to Alex.
Alex tried to open the can, but he was too tired to concentrate on grabbing the little tab. He quickly grew frustrated, and threw the can on the ground. The can split open and Alex just stood there crying. A couple of kids laughed at him and it made him feel worse.
"How would you like me to burn you so much that you can't sleep," Nat said angrily coming over to his brother.
They stopped laughing and glared at Nat, while realizing how stupid they were being.
Nat went and bought another can from the machine and opened it before giving it to Alex.
"Here you go little bro," Nat said quietly.
Alex was still crying when he started to drink the soda.
"Thanks Nat," Alex cried.
"Thank you Nat," Mr Wolff said, he was pleased that Alex had such a good brother.
"Come on, let's get going Alex," Mr Wolff said grabbing Alex's hand.
They were almost at the car when an angry voice shouted out.
"Mr Wolff!"
They both turned around and saw Jefferies mom storm over to them.
"What gives your son the right to throw things at mine," She said nostrils flaring, she had been rung up the school, the day before, who said Jeffery had to get stitches.
"Alex is having a difficult time understanding why he doesn't have a mom," Mr Wolff said defensively.
"So what? Now he is going for the walking wounded look?" She said, she hadn't seen or heard the news.
"No, Alex got…" Mr Wolff started to say as Jefferies mom grabbed Alex's burnt shoulder. "…Burnt,"
Alex started crying loudly in pain, he was wide awake again.
Jefferies mom let go and took a step back shaken, she realized she had gone too far.
"I'm sorry Alex, I didn't know," She said as Alex continued to scream in pain.
"If you want to talk call me this afternoon, but right now Alex needs to see a doctor." Mr Wolff irritated.
Mr Wolff helped Alex into the car.
"Why did she hurt me?" Alex asked sobbing loudly.
"She didn't mean too Alex, she just got carried away like you did yesterday when you hurt Jeffery," Mr Wolff said in a comforting tone.