"Okay Noire this is nothing serious, once we get that ankle wrapped up you will just have to go easy on applying pressure on it okay?" The School Nurse said.
"O-Okay, thanks Nurse Aversa," I replied, looking down at my ankle.
"Alright I'm going to go get the wraps," She says as she walks to the back room. I caress my ankle, incredibly frustrated. This is far from the first time I have been in the nurse's office, as a matter of fact sometimes it feels like I am in here more often than class. Accident prone I believe a few people called it. I can't really disagree with those statements though, these offices have become like a second home to me honestly.
The first bell rang as I realize just how long I have been in here. I let out a sigh, but got some relief once I see Nah and Morgan enter the nurse's office.
"Again Noire? Weren't you just in here not too long ago?" My ever caring sister asks.
"Well I suppose my return was inevitable," I reply, her comments weren't exactly lifting my mood.
"Take it easy Morgan; do you understand how hard it was for someone my size to help someone her size all the way to the nurse's office? Let her rest." Nah responded, she made a decent argument, she is definitely the shortest girl in the school, and I am a decent height, I do wonder how she does it sometimes.
"I appreciate it Nah, but I will be fine, The Nurse said it's nothing note-worthy, I will be able to walk on it." I say, giving them some relief.
They both give me the usual well wishes before returning to class. I appreciate having friends like them, always worrying about me, but I just hate having to be the one that needs to be worried about.
"Noire, we are out of the wraps we need, I just made a call and some more we will be delivered soon." Nurse Aversa says, reentering the room.
"Hmm, looks like I will be here for a while," I comment with a sigh.
"Looks like," Nurse Aversa replies before returning to the back room, full of care as always.
I am really beginning to hate being the one always getting hurt, I have been in this office more times than I can count, and each time I get more and more frustrated, but I don't know how to change it, and I don't know if I can. I may be thinking about it too much. I close my eyes to see if I can get some rest, but before I come close to drifting off, I hear the door swing open.
"Wha!" I sit up quickly, surprised and startled.
"Ah jeez, here again," Said a male voice, a figure lying down on the opposite side of the nurse's office.
"Oh, Brady," I mumble under my breath. Brady is someone I never was really close too, despite knowing him since we were both kids. I never knew too much about him, just that both his parents are from some noble families of the sort, so he is supposed to have some impressive lineage, which has made him a target of many of the girls at this school. I never really understood this, he never seemed like the noble type, and isn't too much like his parents I have heard, but I don't know him too well personally so my word probably isn't the most reliable.
"Eh? Someone ther-…oh Noire, didn't see yuh there, what you in for?" Brady asks.
"Well um, I uh, tripped down the steps near the entrance and messed up my ankle," I reluctantly answer, this is at least one of the more embarrassing accidents to send me here.
"How'd you do that? Shoelaces untied?" He asks sarcastically.
"Just unlucky I guess," I have a slight awkward giggle, he also wasn't make me feel much better.
"Well heck more dignified than me I'd say, I dinged my shoulder on the corner of one of the halls toying with Inigo, I gotta say, not my proudest moment," He explains.
"Well these things do happen, but maybe you should be more careful, I have seen how the two of you act, maybe you guys should be a little less rough," I suggest, sometimes it is hard to tell whether or not those two are playing or not, but from what I have seen, Brady doesn't seem to be much of a fighter.
"Well come now Noire give me a lil' credit here, if I can't handle a lil' slap box what can I handle?" He responds, he seems annoyed, but I can't tell if it's me or just how he is.
"Okay Noire the wraps should be-…oh Brady you are here too, well looks like the gang is all here," Nurse Aversa says, seemingly out of nowhere.
"Yea pleasure to see yuh too Nurse," Brady replies.
"Well the wraps arrived Noire, I will be right back," Says Nurse Aversa.
"O-Okay," I replied as she leaves the room.
"Sheesh, this is a great way to start the day ain't it?" Brady says, moving to the nursing bed beside mine.
"Uhh, I-I guess," I mumble, not expecting him to sit so close, I've never actually been this close to him, I notice a scar vertically on his eye, surprising to me, I wouldn't expect a nobleman to have any damages to the face.
"Man I swear this is like the third time this month I have been stuck in this cell," Brady exclaims, out of seemingly nowhere.
"R-really?" I ask in astonishment, he would be the last person I would expect to be hurt, let alone be hurt often, "…I know what that is like," my constant visits not being a topic of conversation I would want to bring up, but it felt like he could use the encouragement.
"Hmm, you too huh? I understand, Severa and Inigo always call me accident prone and such," He says.
I couldn't believe my ears, "Really?"
"Alright Noire I'm gonna wrap you up and you can go back-er…go to class for the first time today," Nurse Aversa comes in, boosting my self-confidence as always.
She begins wrapping my ankle and Brady lies back holding his bad shoulder, it seems like our conversation came to an abrupt end, what a shame.
"Alright Noire you're free to go," Aversa says as she finishes.
"T-Thank you Nurse Aversa," I reply, slowly stepping down and testing my ankle, seeing just how much pressure I can put on it, wincing slightly at the pain.
"Take it easy now," Brady says, I didn't realize my wince was so loud, I feel slight embarrassment.
"Well I'll see you later Brady," I say, not sure how to say goodbye, but I didn't wanna leave without saying anything.
"Ight, catch yuh later Noire," Brady says, closing his eyes holding his shoulder.
I leave the office clutching my backpack and easing on my ankle. Well this nurse visit certainly was…new.
