Sorry it's been awhile...haven't been up to writing much.. it's not too long but I've already started working on the next one so hopefully it will be up soon. Tell me what you think.
~Crews
"What happened?" a commanding voice questioned.
"She fell," Ethan said.
"How did she fall?"
"I was carrying her and I accidently dropped her," Henry said.
Everything was buzzing in Kerry's head as she slowly regained consciousness. After the voices that were obviously talking about her, she noticed that she couldn't feel her right arm. At all. No pain, nothing. She took a deep breath and slowly opened her eyes.
The voices had stopped talking and Ethan's face was hovering over her, with Henry right behind him.
"Where are we?" she asked groggily. She felt sluggish and slow.
"We're at the hospital," Ethan answered. "Your arm is fractured in two places. They put a pin in and you're doped up on pain medication." Henry smiled, quickly covering it with his hand in an attempt to hide it. Without turning toward him, Ethan said, "Go away."
"Whatever," Henry replied. He muttered something in French as his head disappeared from view.
"Rachel, how are you feeling?" a woman's voice asked as she came into view. She looked concerned, but in a detached sort of way. "Does anything hurt?"
Ethan gave her 'the look' that said follow along. Now.
"Uh, nothing hurts," Kerry lied. The pain medication was starting to wear off, but she didn't want to stay at the hospital any longer than was necessary.
"Alright, we're going to put your arm in a cast. Any particular color?"
"How about pink?" Ethan suggested, smiling.
"No, blue," Henry yelled from the other room.
"I like blue," Kerry told the nurse.
"Alright, I'll be right back." The nurse walked out the door as Henry made his way back in.
"I win," he told Ethan, laughing. "She sided with me, not you."
"Shut up," Ethan told him. "She wouldn't have to choose a color if you hadn't broken her arm. I still can't believe she pushed you and you let her go."
"She was struggling. You're never going to let me live this down, are you?"
"Nope."
"Guys, once the cast is on, can we leave? I don't want to be here any longer than necessary." Kerry said, looking from one brother to the other. "Wait, what about my dad?"
"I didn't give her your real name, Rachel," Ethan replied. "He won't know until you show up with a cast."
"Okay," Kerry relaxed. She didn't want to have to explain the appearance of Ethan and Henry, two guys that she seemed to know really well and that she had never mentioned to her dad.
"Alright, move aside," the nurse said coming back in. She had blue wrap and a jar of plaster in her arms. "You can go outside and wait."
Ethan nodded, grabbed Henry by the arm and walked out the door.
"We're going to need to go somewhere for the day," Henry said. They had left the hospital a half hour earlier and were walking down the street. It had taken them awhile to convince the nurse to let them go, especially since they had put a pin in Kerry's arm to help it mend. Kerry, walking between the two of them, nodded her agreement. She had her blue plastered arm secured against her chest with a sling.
"We can go to the tunnel again," Ethan said, looking at Kerry. She nodded.
"Wait, there's somewhere that you both know about, that I don't?" Henry asked looking from Kerry to Ethan. "I don't believe it!" Henry had a look of mock outrage on his face as they continued walking. They were heading towards the store to get food and water for Kerry. If they were going to the tunnel for the day, Kerry would need it.
"If it makes you feel better, Ethan puts me to sleep so I don't know where it is," Kerry told Henry.
"Yes, yes it does," Henry said dramatically. Ethan snorted.
"Henry, why are you here?" Kerry asked. Ethan and Henry exchanged glances.
"Well," Henry began.
"He's here to help also," Ethan jumped in quickly. Too quickly.
"What is it you're not telling me?" Kerry asked exasperated. Ethan really needed to stop the hiding and need to know lying.
"Later," he said. They had reached the store. Of course it was the one that Kerry worked at. It was the closest one to the hospital. Kerry deliberately slowed down as she tried to look through the window at the cashier's station. Sarah was still on duty.
"Ethan, we can't go in there," she said grabbing his arm. "Sarah is still there, and she'll definitely notice this," she said pointing at her cast, "and the fact that I didn't have it when I left a few hours ago." Ethan looked from her to the store.
"We'll have to. You need food for the day," he said. He didn't look happy, especially when his eyes darted back to look at the bright blue cast on her arm. "Besides, the sun will be up soon."
"I'll go," Henry volunteered. He looked excitedly towards the store and his eyes held a predatory gleam as he looked at Sarah. Kerry tensed.
"No, we'll all go in," Kerry said quickly, picking up the pace. "And if you touch her, you are dead," she warned Henry, giving him a look.
"Too late, honey, way too late," he replied. But the gleam went out of his eyes and Kerry felt her body slowly relax. This would be okay.
