Chapter 8:
"What are you guys looking at!" I shouted as James, Carlos, and Logan continued to look at Kendall and I suspiciously.
"What were you two doing?" Logan said narrowing his eyes at us.
"Nothing!" Kendall and I both said.
"Liars!" Carlos said. I rolled my eyes.
"Gee Elle, it's nice to see you're awake and okay. We missed you so much!" I said mocking them and glaring at them.
"We did miss you!" Carlos said.
"And it's very nice to see that you're awake and okay." Logan continued.
"We just wanna know what's going on there." James said pointing back and fourth between me and Kendall. I pursed my lips and bit the inside of my cheek, the heart monitor I was on started beeping faster and I could feel my cheeks turning red as the nurse walked back into the room.
"Oh boy. I don't have to kick these boys out too?" She asked, shaking her head as she put the stuff she needed for my stitched on a metal tray next to my bed.
"No, not yet. They're my friends. They're just idiots." I said. The nurse glared at them.
"Don't do anything to make her heart rate go up. She needs to rest and keep a regular heartbeat. So in other words. Don't piss her off." she said glaring at them. The boys all nodded and sat down. "Lean forward." She ordered me. I did what she said and she pulled the back of my gown over to the side like Kendall had. She wasn't as gentle though. She grabbed a syringe and needle from the metal tray I looked at her horrified.
"What's that for?" I asked, my eyes wide. She sighed and rolled her eyes.
"It's to numb the area where we're going to be taking out and putting in new stitches." She said. I shook my head.
"Yeah I'm good, I'll go without stitches." I said trying to get up. The nurse and Kendall pushed me back.
"You'll be fine Elle." Kendall said softly grabbing my hand. I bit my lip nervously but nodded.
"Fine." I sighed leaning forward again. The nurse put injected the numbing stuff around the cut on my shoulder and pulled the old stitches out and put the new stitches in. The entire time I had my eyes squeezed shut and I was hanging on to Kendall's hand extremely tight.
"There, you're done. Don't rip anymore stitches out." She said walking out of the room. I kept hanging onto Kendall's hand tightly with my eyes shut even after the nurse left.
"Elle you can let go, she's done." Kendall said. I opened my eyes and slowly let go of his hand.
"That fucking numbing shit does NOT work!" I said with my teeth clenched together.
"Yeah I noticed." Kendall said rubbing his hand. "I'm surprised you didn't break my hand." He laughed.
"Sorry." I said with a small smile. I noticed Carlos was shaking in his chair as he watched the clock. "Hungry Carlos?" I asked. He nodded frantically.
"I need corn dogs!" he whined.
"Go get food." I told him. "All of you, go eat something."
"You sure Elle?" Logan asked. I nodded.
"I'll be fine for a half an hour while you guys go eat." I assured them. Carlos, Logan and James nodded and got up. Kendall hesitated for a moment but followed. He stopped at the door.
"You're sure you'll be okay with us gone?" I laughed and shook my head.
"I'll be fine. Go eat, Kendall." I said waving him out the door. He nodded and left, following behind the other guys.
I sighed and laid back in the hospital bed. What the hell is going through Kendall's. More importantly, what is going through my head. Why would I let him get that close to kissing me. I must've hit my head really hard in that accident, lost a few brain cells or something.
I snapped out of my thoughts when I heard a knock in the doorway. I looked over to see Chris standing there with a vase of flours and a huge smile across his face. I glared at him.
"Chris you got kicked out why are you back." I snapped. He walked into the room and set the flowers in the stand next to my bed.
"The nurse said I could come back later when your friend left if I didn't cause any trouble." He said giving me a 'sweet' smile.
"I don't want you here." I said through clenched teeth.
"Come on Ellie, I just wanna talk." I glared at him.
"Then talk." I snapped.
"I miss you Ellie. I want you back. You just left and didn't say anything." I rolled my eyes.
"Huh, I wonder why." I said sarcastically.
"Come on Elle, give me a chance. I've changed. I'll moved up here so we can be together."
"No." I said. "I'm not giving you a chance, you haven't changed, I'm almost positive that you're the reason I'm in here. And don't you even think about moving up here. I don't want anything to do with you." Chris glared at me.
"Don't tell me no Elle. I know you still have feelings for me. I know you miss me." He snapped.
"No I don't! I have absolutely no feelings for you and I sure as hell don't miss you!" I shouted at him. He shook his head in frustration then kissed me forcefully. I pushed him away with as much force I could, ignoring the pain in my right wrist as I did so.
"You can't tell me you felt nothing from that kiss." He shouted.
"Other than disgust? No! Nothing!" I said glaring at him. "Get out of here Chris!" I shouted. He shook his head. "Now!" He just stood there.
"You'll come around." He said. I clenched my fists in anger before hitting the vase next to my bed with my cast. It shattered and water spilled on the floor. "What is your problem Ellie!" Chris said as if none of the conversation he just had, had happened. He grabbed my shoulders to hold me down as I hit the cast on the table the vase was on. I cradled my arm as excruciating pain shot through my wrist, biting my cheek to keep from screaming. "Are you okay Ellie?" I glared at him.
"Get out!" I scream. I hit the button on the side of the bed to call for the nurse. She ran back in here looking rather annoyed.
"What now?" She asked. She looked from me, cradling my arm, to Chris.
"Get him out!" I shouted.
"You need to leave. Now." She snapped pushing Chris toward the door. "You're gonna be a real pain in the ass aren't you." She said to me. I glared at her. "Can I get two more nurses in here to bring her down to x-ray!" She shouted out the door. "First your stitches now this."
Kendall's POV
Kendall, Logan, and James sat at a table in the food court eating their food.
"They don't have corn dogs here!" Carlos said, pouting as he sat down next to Logan.
"Carlos, It's a hospital. They're supposed to have healthy food, not deep fried food." Logan said. Carlos glared at him.
"Corn dogs are very healthy!" He said defending his favorite food.
"Whatever you say Helmet Head." Logan said, going back to eating his food.
"Only Ellie can call me that." He said.
"Everyone calls you that Carlos." James said.
"Lies." He said before taking a bite of his burger.
"We should get back up to Elle, I told her we wouldn't be too long." Kendall said taking one last bite of his sub. The three other boys agreed and picked up their food, following Kendall back up to Elle's room.
"Can I get two more nurses in here to bring her down to x-ray!" A nurse shouted out the door of Elle's room.
"Shit." Kendall mumbled. Walking faster to her room.
"And a janitor to clean up all this water and glass!" the nurse shouted. Kendall and the other guys walked into her room.
"What happened?" Kendall asked looking at Elle who was holding her wrist to her chest with a pained expression on her face.
"Chris happened." She snapped through clenched teeth. Kendall's hands curled into fists.
"He did this?" He snapped. Elle shook her head.
"No, he caused it though. He brought me flours, pissed me off, and then had the nerve to kiss me which pissed me off even more. I smashed the vase with my cast and hit my hand off the table." she said.
"She's a real smart one." The nurse said sarcastically as she and two other nurses made it so that they could move her bed. "We're taking her down to x-ray to see how much damage she did to her wrist. Normally we wouldn't worry about it because the cast protects her wrist however she cracked and put a hole in her cast and cracked the wood on the bedside table." the nurse sounded incredibly irritated.
"Yeah she's a hockey player, she's pretty strong." Kendall said.
"She has anger problems. And if she doesn't stop re-injuring herself we're going to have to put her in restraints." The nurse said.
"Don't let that jackass back in my room and I'll be fine." Elle snapped, glaring at the nurse who glared back.
"You boys can wait here we'll bring her back after we fix her wrist." The nurse said. The boys nodded and sat down in the chairs in the room.
"Why does that guy bother Ellie so much?" Carlos asked looking at the broken glass, flowers, and water on the floor.
"Carlos I'm pretty sure if your jackass ex boyfriend came in and pissed you off, then kissed you, you'd have to same reaction." James said.
"Why would I have a boyfriend?" Carlos asked. James rolled his eyes.
"You know what I mean Carlos." He said.
"Why does she hate him so much though?" Logan asked looking over to Kendall as if he knew the answer
"I don't know. All I know is she's really afraid of him. The first day he was here he had her cornered in her kitchen and she was holding a knife to him, and the second she saw him walk through the door she went white and started shaking. She's also convinced he's the reason she got in that accident because he threatened her right before we left." Kendall said.
"Well that would make you hate a guy." Logan said.
"It's sure making me hate the guy." James said.
"Yeah, you're not the only one." Kendall said.
"So what's up with you and Elle?" James asked, changing the subject.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Kendall said quickly. James rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, you do man." He said. "You and Elle were gonna kiss before we got here weren't you?"
"No, we weren't." Kendall said. "We were just caught up in the moment."
"Yeah. That's it." Logan said sarcastically.
"You guys so like each other." Carlos said with a smirk.
"I'm not talking about this with guys." Kendall said leaning back in his chair.
"Do you think any of us could break through a cast and crack it and crack a wooden table?" Carlos asked.
"It's possible I guess." Logan shrugged.
"That guy must've really pissed her off to make her do that." James said.
"Or she just has anger management problems like Kendall." Logan laughed. Kendall glared at him.
"I do not have anger management problems!" Kendall snapped.
"Yeah, okay." Carlos laughed sarcastically. Kendall rolled his eyes.
"Where's Elle?" The four boys heads snapped toward the door when they heard Mrs. Bennett's panicked voice.
"She's fine. They just had to take her down to x-ray her wrist again." Kendall told her. "She's awake though." Mrs. Bennett instantly relaxed until she saw the broken glass, flowers, and water on the floor of the room.
"What happened there?" She asked.
"Her and Chris got in a little argument." Kendall said.
"That's why she's getting her arm x-rayed again." Logan explained. "She kind of smashed the vase of flowers he brought her and then bashed her cast off the bedside table which managed to crack her cast open and put a hole in it and dent and crack the table as well." Mrs. Bennett looked shocked.
"But Elle and Chris never fight. Is everything okay between them?" Mrs. Bennett asked hopefully.
"I'd say no considering she had him kicked out by a nurse earlier today and just now she had security drag him out of here." Kendall said. He couldn't help but let a slight smug grin cross his face.
"Do you know where he went? I want to talk to him." She said. The four boys shook their heads. "He's probably back at the house. I'm going to go back and see him and make dinner for everyone else. You boys are welcome to join if you get hungry." She said before walking out of the room.
"She doesn't seem to like stay here very long." Carlos said. The other boys agreed.
"She probably doesn't like hospitals and wants to get in and out of here quickly." Logan said.
"You guys should've seen Elle when she woke up. She was screaming and cursing and trying to rip all the wires and IVs out." Kendall laughed. At the same moment three nurses brought Elle back in the room. "How's get wrist?" Kendall asked.
"Broken." The nurse said. "Again. In both places." She glared at Elle who glared back. "A doctor will be in soon to tell you whether or not you're clear to leave. Hopefully you are." she said walking out of the room. Elle flipped her off as she left.
"So, are you having fun pissing off the mean nurse lady?" Carlos asked. Elle rolled her eyes and smiled.
"It's not my fault Chris keeps asking for me to throw things at him and break things." She shrugged.
"What else did do today?" Logan asked.
"I threw a glass cup at him earlier and tore the stitches in my shoulder that I didn't know I had." she said simply.
Elle's POV
"So has my mom been in recently?" I asked. Kendall nodded.
"She just left like a minute before you came back in. She said she need to make dinner for your family and talk to Chris." He said. I rolled my eyes.
"Yup, sounds like my mom." I said leaning back in the bed.
"Eleanor Wolff?" A doctor said standing in the doorway. I looked at him.
"Yes?" I said.
"I've been your doctor for the last month, I'm here to see how your recovery is going and see if you're clear to be discharged." He said. Finally I can get out of this joint!
"Okay. Let get this done and over with so I can get out of here then." I said eagerly. The doctor laughed.
"I'm going to have to ask these boys to leave for the examination however. I don't want you to be uncomfortable." He said. I looked at him, with my eyes wide.
"They have to leave?" I said nervously. He nodded.
"It's a rule when patients have injuries that are in places that are normally covered by your clothes." He said. I shook my head.
"I'd rather they stay." I said. He shook his head
"It's again the rules." He sighed as he looked at me. "Fine. One of them can stay so you're not alone." He said giving in. I automatically looked to Kendall.
"Me?" He said surprised. I nodded. "Why me?" I glared at him.
"Because you've been here this entire time, you're not leaving now." I told him. He sighed and walked over to the side of my bed and grabbed my hand. Logan, Carlos, and James all walked out of the room and the doctor pulled the curtain that was around my bed.
He checked my shoulder first, then my forehead. He checked to see if I still had a concussion and for memory loss, which I only slightly had. Next he asked check the cut on my thigh. I felt my cheeks turn as I remembered Kendall standing next to me but I agreed and pulled the blanket off of my leg and moved the gown up so that the cut was visible. The doctor checked it and let me put the blankets back over myself.
"I need to check your stomach and you ribs next." He said. My grip on Kendall's hand tightened but I listened as Kendall comfortingly ran his fingers through my hair. I kept the blankets over my legs but moved my gown so that my stomach was exposed. My cheeks turned bright red as Kendall stopped running his fingers through my hair and I felt his stare on me. Thankfully the doctor was quick so I could cover myself. The doctor pulled the curtain back and let James, Carlos, and Logan back in the room. We all looked at him in anticipation, waiting for him to speak.
"You're clear to leave." He said. I smiled and the boys cheered. "However, I was you resting more than anything. Don't do anything that could tear your stitches of hurt your ribs or your wrist. Don't go smashing your cast off any more tables. Just rest. School is okay as long as you don't do too much walking." He said.
"Sweet so I can leave now?" I asked. He nodded.
"I'll get you the release forms and we'll get you the belongings that they got from you and your car from the accident." He said walking out of the room. I was smiling along with the boys until I realized something.
"I don't have any clothes to change into do I?" I asked. The boys all looked at each other.
"Yeah you probably don't want to wear your clothes from the accident." Logan said. I shook my head. Kendall looked around the room and then grabbed a pair of sweatpants that were folded by the window and tossed them to me.
"You can borrow these. I brought them to sleep in but ended up falling asleep in my jeans." He said.
"Thanks." I said.
"Hey Kendall we'll meet you at the car. I'm gonna go start it." Logan said as he James and Carlos walked toward the door. Kendall nodded as they left.
"I kinda need a shirt and shoes." I said biting my cheek as the doctor walked back in. he had a pile of clothes, my boots, a plastic bag, and a few papers in his hand.
"Here's your stuff and just sign these and you can leave." He said. I nodded and signed the paper quickly then handed it back to him. He pulled the IV out of my arm and undid all the wires attached to me."A nurse will bring you a wheel chair and some crutches when you call for her." he said and then left. Kendall pulled the curtain around the bed closed again. I gave him a questioning look.
"Just go with it." He said as he took off his sweatshirt and then his shirt.
"What are you doing?" I asked, He rolled his eyes and threw his shirt at me as he walked over to where he got the sweat pants and grabbed a shirt
"Now you have a shirt." He said simply slipping on his shirt. "I figured I'd give you the one that doesn't smell like sweat." I laughed a little and moved over to the edge of the bed. He immediately came over to help he stand up.
"Can you uh.." I pointed to the ties on the back of the gown. "You know, untie these?" He hesitated for a minute but did what I asked. "Turn around." I told him. I made sure he was turned around before I left the gown fall to the floor and I grabbed the shirt he had given me. I slipped my right arm in easily then tried to get my left arm in. I hissed in pain from the cut on my shoulder blade.
"You okay?" He asked starting to turn around.
"Don't look jackass!" I snapped making him stay looking in the opposite direction of me.
"Elle do you need help?" He asked.
"Psh. No." I lied. "I'm pretty sure I can get dressed on my own I said trying to pull the shirt over my head. I yelped quietly as pain shot through my shoulder again. "Okay fine. I need help." I said irritatedly. I made sure the shirt was covering me as he turned around and helped me pull the shirt over my head without tearing my stitches. "Thanks." I muttered as I pulled on the sweatpants he had given me.
"Anytime" He said. He sounded amused. I rolled my eyes and slipped on my socks and my boots before pulling his jacket out of the pile of clothes they gave me.
"Well your jacket is in one piece." I said showing him the jacket that surprisingly had no blood or tears or glass on it. "Unlike the rest of my clothes." I looked at my clothes that I had been wearing the night of the accident. They were torn up and stained in blood. I sighed and slipped into the jacket with Kendall's help.
"You ready to get out of here?" He asked as he grabbed the plastic bag of my belongings. I nodded eagerly.
Thanks for reading, let me know what you thought of this chapter! I hope you enjoyed and stay tuned for chapter 9!