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Chapter Seven: Freaking Out
Inside the girls' restroom:
"No!!!!" Casey yelled in a panic after seeing her sister pass out.
"Here let's lay her down gently," Connie suggested trying to get a hold of the situation.
She then turned to see Casey staring down at something. "Casey, what's the matter?" she asked noticing how pale her friend had gotten. It was then she noticed that Casey's hands were covered in blood.
"Um, uh . . ." was all Casey could come up with.
"What the hell? Where'd all that blood come from?" Connie asked confused.
Someone flushing the toilet in the stall diverted the girls' attention for a second, "What's going on here?" the person asked after washing their hands.
Connie looked at up to see a familiar face. "Great, we need all the help we can get. This poor girl just passed out on us, and look there's so much blood. What do we do Melinda?" she asked starting to panic.
"First off we need to locate her wound. I have a pair of scissors in my bag, get those out Connie. I need you to carefully cut Olivia's sleeve up to her shoulder. Second someone needs to keep her awake in case she suffered a concussion from her fall," Melinda said while getting some paper towels try to clean up the wound in Olivia's arm.
"Fall? What are you talking about, and how do you know my sister?" Casey finally managed to ask.
"I'll tell you about it later just try to keep her awake. We don't want her slipping into a coma or worse," Melinda sternly told Casey leaving no room for arguments.
"Wake up Livvy, come on," Casey tapped her sister's cheek repeatedly.
"Whasgoinon . . ." Olivia slurred.
"Don't worry Livvy, you just stay with us. Everything is going to be okay, everything's going to be fine," Casey sniffled while brushing the hair out of her sister's face. She was rewarded with a weak smile from Olivia.
"There I cut the sleeve," Connie said.
"Great, let's see what we have here," Melinda carefully grabbed Olivia's arm to examine her wound.
"Do you know what you're doing?" Casey looked at Melinda then down at Olivia to make sure she was still awake.
"Yes, my mother is a doctor, and she taught me first aid," Melinda said.
"Oh, all right. Please help my sister," Casey pleaded with watery eyes.
"Oh, that's a nasty wound. Looks like it's going to need stitches," Melinda informed the girls as she carefully cleaned it up the best she could. She then made a makeshift bandage to stop the bleeding, and to stabilize her arm in case there were any fractures.
"I'll call an ambulance," Casey said trying to take her phone out of her pocket before Melinda stopped her.
"Don't bother, I'll take her. It'll be faster than waiting for an ambulance, and that way I'll be able to drive her to the hospital where my mother works. I need to make a quick call first," she said as she was washing her hands.
Connie moved to gather everyone's things before they all went to the hospital.
"Hey, Fin; it's me . . . I need you to come to the girl's restroom; it's an emergency . . . yes, the one where we got caught making out . . . uh-huh that's the one. Hurry . . . no time to explain," with that Melinda closed her phone and waited for her boyfriend's arrival.
A few minutes earlier in the school cafeteria:
"There you are, Stabler," Fin said as he went to sit with his friend.
"Hey, Fin," Elliot said.
"Don't hey Fin me, man. Wanna tell me what that whole thing was about back there?" he impatiently asked getting straight to the point.
"Um, I'm still trying to figure that out myself," Elliot chuckled.
"That girl practically ripped your sorry ass apart," he laughed remembering Elliot's reaction to Olivia's harsh words.
"No kidding," he agreed.
"I ain't seen nobody with the balls to do that to you, dawg. Everyone here seems to be afraid of big bad Stabler, well except Melinda an' me, an' now her," Fin said trying to get his laughter under control.
"Yeah her," Elliot said as he got a faraway look in his eyes picturing Olivia in his mind.
"Yo', Stabler. Snap out of it," Fin was trying to get Elliot's attention when his phone started ringing.
The ringing got Elliot's attention. He looked at Fin, "Who's calling you?"
Fin looked down at his phone, "Dunno, it might be Mel. She changed her number the other day, I just haven't put it in," he said before answering his phone.
"Oh," was all Elliot said.
"Tutuola here," Fin listened to the other voice on the line. "What kinda emergency? Our usual spot near the side exit, uh-huh I got it . . . Mel, what happen . . ." he tried to ask again when the call got disconnected.
"What happened?" Elliot asked having caught only Fin's end of the conversation.
"Dunno, I gotta meet Mel outside the girl's restroom, some kinda emergency," he said getting up to make his way to the girls' restroom.
"I'll come with you," Elliot said getting up and following Fin.
Inside the girls' restroom:
Connie was pacing back and forth in the restroom worried over Olivia's condition. While Casey kept talking to Olivia in a soothing voice trying to make sure she didn't start panicking or fall back into unconsciousness.
"What's taking him so long? Maybe I should call Mike or Chester and have them take us to the hospital," Connie thought out loud, she was referring to her boyfriend Michael Cutter, and his best friend Chester Lake.
"Here they come," Melinda ran back in the restroom.
"Who are they?" Casey asked confused.
"Baby, you all right?" was the first thing Fin asked while checking her for any obvious injuries.
"I'm fine, but we need to get to the hospital fast," Melinda said.
"Why do we need to go to a hospital?" Elliot asked as he looked around.
"Because she needs one," Melinda said as she pointed to the bench where Olivia lay.
Elliot quickly knelt down next to Olivia. "What happened to her?" he asked with worry etched all over his face as he gently stroked her face.
"No time to explain, I'll tell you on the way. Someone needs to pick her up carefully, and help get her to my car. We'll take her to the hospital then," Melinda said.
"I'll do it," Elliot quickly said which caused both Fin, and Melinda to exchange knowing looks.
"I-I-I dontneedahospital . . ." Olivia weakly protested.
"Quiet Livvy, you need to get checked out to make sure everything is okay," Casey quickly dismissed her sister's objections.
Olivia turned her head and spotted Elliot trying to pick her up. "Not you again, s-s-stalker?" she stammered.
Elliot would've found that comment funny if the situation wasn't so dire. "No, it's all just a big misunderstanding," he said softly before carefully lifting her up in his arms.
Outside the school in the parking lot:
"Neither was looking where they were going, and by the time they did it was too late. They both fell with Elliot landing on top of Olivia, and it looked like she took quite a fall which caused her injuries," Melinda said as she finished telling everyone about the incident that happened near the lockers.
"Yeah, it ain't like Stabler's as light as a feather neither," Fin said trying to lighten the mood.
"Which car is it Melinda?" Elliot asked while making sure he didn't drop Olivia or disturb her injuries.
"It's the black dodge Durango," she said while digging through her purse for her keys.
"Here," Fin took the keys from her. "I'll drive; you sit in the back with Olivia in case she needs something. Elliot can ride in the front with me," he said then he opened one of the backdoors for Elliot.
Just as Elliot finished putting Olivia safely in the car he turned to come face to face with an angry looking Casey, "So you did this to my sister?" she spat.
"Yes, but it was an accident," Elliot said.
"Yeah, well so is this," Casey said before pulling back and punching Elliot in the face.