Jude POV

Time : 8:35PM

I had my x-ray done few minutes ago. I could say we got in pretty fast. I was now sitting on a bed in a big room, that had all these beds, that were separated by curtains. The curtains that were around the bed I was on, were open. We had no reason to close it.

Mama put Frankie to lay down on the bed, where I was sitting on, the moment we got taken to this bed. She was already sleeping in mom's lap when we were waiting for me to get called in. My legs swung over the side and I was rocking my legs back and forth, passing my time.

Right now we were just asked to wait till the doctors come back with the results. On one hand, I kind of wanted to have a cast, then me and Callie would kind of match. Different hands but still, we would both have a cast. On the other hand – I don't want a broken hand. Broken bones are never ever a good thing.

Lena is sitting on a small chair, next to the bed, she was holding her phone tightly in her hand. Waiting for it ring or buzz. And it did - her phone in her hand buzzed and she quickly swiped her finger over the screen to unlock it and read the text message. It was probably from mom. She reads the text, which by the look was pretty long and then she typed back a response.

After putting the phone on the bed, next to me, so she would have free hands, she looked up to me from her spot on the small stool by the bed.

"Baby" she reached for my right hand "Can you tell me what happened after you fell?" she asks in a soft tone

"Nothing much" I lie to her. So many things happened, I just didn't want her to know about them.

"Mom texted me saying, that Jesus punched a kid who said something mean things about you? Is that true, baby?"

"It is nothing, really" I say back avoiding her eyes

"Don't do that honey" she said softly, she picked up her phone and put it in her jeans pocket and sat down next to me "You know how much me and mom love you. Please baby, talk to me?"

Her right hand now rested softly on my lover back as with her left she was again holding on to my right hand, which was placed in my lap. I felt the way how she was looking at me, even if I was looking down, away from her. I felt with how much love she was looking at me.

I raised my head to look at her. She tilted her head left side to look at me better. To take in my features. She lets go of my hand and then softly runs her hands over my hair that fall over my forehead.

I take in a breath and look back down.

Flashback

Time: 6:10PM

Callie and Frankie were sitting on the steps that were in the middle of the skate part, from that place they both could overlook most of the skate park. There was this metal banister next to on the left side, and a small bump that you could ride over on the other side of the steps. Usually kids just used the steps to jump over then or do some other tricks but for now it was occupied by the two of them.

Frankie was sitting in front of her. Callie was holding the camera out in front on Frankie, so she could see it too. She was using the video monitor that you can open away from the camera. Frankie seemed to be really enjoying it, because very often Callie was telling Frankie to press the button to take the shot.

I, on the other hand, was standing by a ramp with Jesus. He was now once again checking the pads and my helmet, making sure that they are secure.

"You sure you are up to this?" he asks as he puts his hand on the helmet.

"I am not sure, but I really want to try it" I said ready to take the next step

"Okay, remember to gain as much speed as you can before. Don't push against the ground when you are some 5 meters from the ramp. And when you skate up, remember what I told you about your balance. You need to move along with the skate board. Just skate up and down, don't do any tricks. Remember to use your knees, you need to be bent in, just a little bit. But not too much"

"I got it. What is the worst that can happen?" I ask him jokingly

"Well, you can fall. Remember not to chicken OUT! That can cause bigger issues than anything else."

"WELL, ARE YOU TWO MOVING OR NOT!" Callie calls from where she was sitting with Frankie.

"Okay, go show them what you can do!" Jesus taps me on my back and runs to the ramp that I was going to just skate up and back down. He stands aside by it. I pick up his skate board and walk to the far end, as far as I can. I need to get this speed up.

"REMEMBER ABOUT YOUR KNEES!" Jesus calls me and he shows me once more, just bending in his. I show him thumbs and then concentrate on my goal, looking at the ramp in the distance.

"YOU CAN DO IT JUDE!" Callie calls me and then Frankie adds "GO JUDE, GO JUDE!" I can't help but smile at the two of them

I take in few breaths, to calm my nerves and then I take off. I run three steps holding the skate board in my hand, after that, I lower it to ground and jump on it. My heart is racing, I have never been so nervous as i was right now. I hope I can do it. I kick off with my right, as hard as I can, to get the speed I need.

The ramp is getting closer and close. As I was few meters away from it, I kick off one last time and then place my right leg on the end of the board

"THAT'S IT!" I hear Jesus call as I bend slightly in my knees, getting ready to skate up the ramp.

Next thing I now, I am halfway up the ramp as I heard Jesus call in the background "TURN!" and Frankie calling "Go Jude".

But at the next second, I felt my balance off. It was when i was on the way down from the ramp. At the next moment, I found myself falling downwards to the ground, my feet no longer were on the skate board.

"NOOO" Jesus calls and I see him taking off from where he was standing. I extend my left just when I was about to hit the ground.

I fall hard on my left hand, I think I heard this crack sound and then the rest of my body fell to ground too. At the impact I close my eyes and when I open them I see the skate board rolling away with me.

"JUDE!" I hear Callie call and when I glance to where she was, she jumped up, grabbing Frankie's hand, ready to run over to us.

"Jude…Jude!" The slow motion moment, i had found myself in few seconds ago, passed. Jesus was kneeled down next to me. He turns me from being laid down on my stomach to my back

"JUDE, you okay? Jude…talk to me!" he says now looking down to me as I was laying on the concrete ground, looking up to the sky.

"Jude! Is he okay?" I hear Callie's voice and then I see her and Frankie also looking down on me with worried look

"Ouch…" I get out as I feel pain in my left hand that I had extended to break the fall.

"You okay? Does something hurt?" Jesus asks still all worried

"I'm okay" I say as I slowly sit up

"Whoa, slowly, slowly" Callie says and I feel her hand on my back. Frankie is now standing by my legs looking like she is about to cry, she was so scared. "I'm okay Frankie" I say smiling to her.

As I say that, she quickly comes over to me and hugs me tightly.

"Jude, does anything hurt?" Callie now asks me as Frankie lets go of the hug.

"My wrist…a little. It is not so bad" I say looking to it. It doesn't look broken, but I don't even roll up my sleeve to look at it. Jesus and Callie both look to the left that I had extended out a bit.

"See, I'm OK" I say and move my fingers to show them

"You scared me" Callie admits and runs her hand thought my hair and places a kiss to my forehead

"Dude…that was not cool at all" Jesus says standing up and then extends his arm to me. I take it with my right and he pulls me up to my feet.

"Well, well, well" We heard some guys voice and we all turned to the side where Callie and Frankie were sitting minute ago. A group of boys were coming over, all carrying skate boards too. Neither of them thou had any pads or helmet on, like i did.

"Little baby needs his pads!" Blake said. Blake was the guy who shoved me in a locker, just because I was wearing the blue nail polish. There were three other guys with him. One I knew, he was Blake's friend, Jeremy. I think one of the oldest kids, who I think was Jesus age, was Blake's older brother. So the tall – forth boy, probably was his brother's friend.

Jesus took a stand in front of me immediately.

"My brother says you wear a nail polish. Just like a girl. You skate like a girl too" Blake's brother said and then all of them laughed.

"Move along" Jesus said to them in a stern voice

"This is our skate park" the tall kid said in a mean tone "How about you all just leave!"

"We are not leaving" Callie said as she was now standing almost up to where Jesus was. To his right side. Frankie had come up to my side, holding closely to my pants

"It is not your park. It is the city's. We can be here how long we want to and you can't makes us leave" Callie statedin what very much sounded like mom's cop voice

"Who the hell are you?" Blake's brother says looking to Callie up and down

"I think she is the fags sister!" Blake said in a mean tone.

"WHAT did you just called him?" Jesus palm pulled into a fist

"A fag! He called him a faggot. Gay! Pansy! Chose which ever you like more" Blake's brother said back "He is a faggot!"

"What are you going to do Jesus?" Blake's brother continued looking to Jesus

"Call your dyke of a fake mommy to come save you" The tall boy added "How does it feel when your real mommy and daddy didn't want you? How does it feel to be tossed out, feeling unwanted?"

"TAKE THAT BACK!" Callie exclaimed loudly and sounded pissed off too

The boys all laughed "What are you going to do?" Blake's brother asked back

"A pansy family. You are all fucking weirdos. Two gay mommies raise you. You are a pussy" Blake's brother said to Jesus and that when Jesus took another step forward

"TAKE…THAT BACK RIGHT NOW" he was almost up to his face

"NO" Blake's brother stepped up to Jesus face and then showed him. Jesus shoved him back and that is when Blake's brother threw a punch, right to Jesus cheek. Jesus stumbled a step back, hand up to his cheek bone. He took his fingers away from the gash, they had blood on

"Jesus, no!" Callie said but it was too late and Jesus lunged back at him, taking his fist right to his face too. He swung for second punch, and landed it right to his nose. When he went for the third swing Callie lunged to him, trying to stop him. The other guys stood back and were just yelling "KICK HIS BUTT, ERNIE…HIT HIM, HIT HIM!"

Callie tried to grab his hand to stop him from hitting the guy, but she got hit herself instead. Jesus right elbow collided with her left eye and she stumbled back and then, losing her balance, she fell backwards.

Jesus was still fighting with the guy when Callie's right hand went aside as she was falling and it collided with Frankie's face. Frankie cried out as she fell to ground too. That was when Jesus stopped punching the guy and turned back to us. The guy, as weird as it sounds, didn't hit him when he wasn't looking.

"Frankie?" he asks looking back to us. He then looked over his shoulder "LEAVE, ASSHOLE!" he yelled at him and then run up to us. The guys walk away after the two oldest t spit to the ground our direction. One of them mumbled "Freaks"

Callie sits up with her left now covering her eye, we all turned to Frankie who was sitting on the ground crying out loud.

"Frankie…what hurts?" I asked first as I was now crouched down to her as tears were spilling all over her face

"What happened!?" Jesus asked in a raised voice

"Calm DOWN, macho!" Callie said to Jesus in harsh tone and now sitting on her knees she turned to Frankie. She slowly took away her hand from her mouth that she was covering while crying.

"OH MAN!" Jesus exclaimed first, he stood up and took his hands to his hair. I leaned to see what Jesus saw.

"Crap" Callie mouthed when I saw it. Frankie had a chipped off tooth. Her hand once again went to her mouth, to her chipped off teeth. I grabbed her hand in my hand "No, no…Come here" I say and shift, so now I was sitting on the cold ground, I pull Frankie in my lap and try to soothe her as best as I can.

Callie looked so guilty, she was now biting her left thumb nail looking how Frankie was still crying. Jesus kneeled down to her too and stroke her hair softly "Shh, Frankie, it is going to be okay" and kissed her temples softly.

Frankie then buried her face to my shoulder and sobbed.

"How did this happen?" Jesus looks to me and I look to Callie, who now had a black eye forming.

"Callie went to stop you from hitting him, your elbow collided with Callie's eye and she fell back. Her right hands cast, as she was falling down, hit Frankie" I explain to Jesus as he at that moment was too busy fighting with that guy. He hadn't even noticed that he had hurt Callie in the process.

"It hurts" Frankie cried out and I just pulled her bit closer to me.

"I'm so sorry" Callie said looking to Frankie, she was in a big guilt trip right now. "I didn't mean to…"

"It wasn't your fault Callie" I say and look to Jesus to help me out

"Yeah, Jude's right. It wasn't your fault. It was an accident. Accidents happen"

"I broke off her tooth!" Callie said louder and gestured to Frankie visibly upset about it "How are we going to explain this to your moms? They are going to kill me!"

"Callie! It was an accident!" Jesus said once more in much more convincing tone "If anything, It was my fault. Everything will be okay" he says to Callie and then looks to me too "Okay, everything will be okay."

Frankie then stirred and as I let go of the big hug, she crawled over to Jesus lap, tears still streaming down her cheek.

"How bad does it hurt?" Jesus asks her as he moves some hair out of her face

"Bad…" she buried her face in Jesus shoulder. He run his hand softly over her back, soothing her

"What do we do now?" Callie asks in a frantic voice

"Don't you have the pain meds with you?" Jesus speaks up over Frankie's sobs.

"I can't give my pain meds to her!" Callie protested

"Why not! They are pain meds and she is in pain!"

"What if the dosage in the pain med is too big for a 4 year old. What if she is allergic or something?" Callie reasoned back

"We give her half!" Jesus adds "I'm with Callie, Jesus" I say joining the discussion

"Do you want her in pain!?" He argues back "Because she is in pain. Her tooth hurts. We give her half just so it doesn't hurt for now."

Callie looked uncertain. I looked back to Frankie who was still crying. "I don't want her in pain, Callie" I change my mind. I have totally forgotten how bad my own hand hurts. It is like adrenaline has taken over my body and right now, I care only about Frankie, just like Callie and Jesus.

"What are we going to tell your mom's? Hey, we drugged your daughter!?" Callie looks to Jesus.

He shrugs back "Please, Callie. She is hurt" He pleads to her. Callie still hesitates for a moment and then agrees after Frankie once again sobbed out, now sniffing also as she cries. Callie stands up.

"Fine" she says and we all stand up and walk to the car.

Frankie was sitting in her car seat now. Callie goes thought the glove department where she had tossed her pain meds, pops it open and hands the pill to Jesus. I get the water bottle from the car and open it as Jesus rips off half and the other half places back in the bottle.

Jesus gave her the meds and I helped her drink some water on top.

"What now?" I ask looking at the two of them

"We wait" Jesus says but Callie protests "FOR WHAT!? We should head back home. So your moms can…do something about this!" Callie gestures to Frankie in the car seat

"We just wait and see if this helps." Jesus said, he was kind of taking charge of his whole thing

"AGAIN – WHAT FOR JESUS!? WHY WAIT!?" Callie was slowly starting to lose her patient.

"Just trust me on this one, Callie!" Jesus snaps at her as he leans out of the car to face her. He closes the doors behind and I am left alone in the car with Frankie. The two of them argue about what to do next. I don't hear what they say, but I have a feeling it contained not some nice words.

A minute later, I see Callie storming off, heading back to the skate park. She threw her arms up as she turned and then just walked off. Jesus stands there, hands on his hips for a short moment. He turns and walks back to the car, walking around it, he gets in the front seat, behind the wheel and turns back to look at Frankie.

"Hey Frankie, you feeling better?" He asks but she still shakes her head as tears are still falling down her cheeks.

Time: 6:45PM

We were just sitting in the car. Waiting for Callie to come back. And she did, after some 10 minutes she returned and sat in the passenger seat. She had closed the doors behind her loudly.

"This is the most stupidest plan ever! I don't understand why you want to wait!" She says to Jesus and then turns to look back at Frankie, who now had stopped crying and was just sitting there, playing with her one toy she had with. A soft bunny rabbit.

"What are we waiting for now?" Callie looks to Jesus. There is a long silence and then Jesus finally answers "Teach me how to drive"

"WHAT? How is this an answer to my question– what are we waiting for now?"

"Her eyes are still red and puffy from the crying. We wait few more minutes and then we go home. Can you teach me how to drive?"

"NO" She says back louder

"Why not?"

"I don't have enough experience to do it. And do you think now is a good time for that?"

"Come on…just the basics. How do you switch gears?" He asks and pulls the seatbelt over him. "How do I start it?"

I can see how Callie is thinking hard about this thing. I for once think this is a horrible idea but it is not like Jesus is going to listen to me now.

"Jesus" Callie says a softer approach. She didn't like this at all

"Pease, Callie. Just for 5 minutes. Please"

Callie broke under the soft puppy dog eyes Jesus was giving her

"Buckle up Jude" Callie says after a while " And buckle up Frankie" she adds as she once again turns in the seat to look at her. She then turns back to Jesus "Don't even dare to drive out of this parking lot, GOT IT?"

"I won't. I just want to know how to switch gears"

"Alright, press out the clutch—" she tells him

"Which one is that?" he asks looking down to the three pedals

"Okay, first of – basics. From left, there is clutch, middle is break. Right is gas pedal. Now, you work the gas and break pedal with your right. And you work the clutch with your left-"

End of Flashback

"Am I interrupting something?" The doctor had walked up to us with the scan in his hand. He looked down to Lena. He looked young, maybe around late 20 or early 30. He was kind and wasn't like one of those old and grumpy doctors.

"No, no" She said back to the doctor

"Okay" The doctor walked up, placed the x-ray on the monitor and turned on the light so we could see it. Then he pin pointed to a small line on one bone

"Jude has what is called a distal Radius fracture. It is the most common of the breaks that is when you break a fall with your wrist. You see this line here" he says and waits few seconds as the both of us squint eyes at it

"I think I do" Lena says after few second "Jude has Extra-articular, nondisplaced fracture."

"How do we fix it?" Lena asks back quickly

"No surgery is necessary. A splint will do the trick. It should heal in about 4-5 weeks. Kids bones heal much more quicker than adults. I will also prescribe a cream you can you can put it on at night, that will help take off the swelling and also I will write you some light pain medications" he says and turns off the light leaving the x-ray up

"I will be back shortly with the splint." He smiles at us once again and walks away.

I look to Lena who now jumped down from the bed ,she had turned her back to me. I think she was running her hand over her face. I had a feeling she still was very upset about what I had just told her.

"Are you mad at us?" I ask quietly. She turns back to me and answers very honestly "A little bit, yes. But mostly I am just disappointed about all of your poor judgments."

"I know, we were stupid" I say lowering my head down, to look at the floor. I couldn't stand to look her in her eyes, to see her disappointed look at me. I already felt bad enough about everything that had happened.

"Hey, baby, look at me" she is now standing in front of me, her hand now goes to my chin as I don't look up and she lifts my head up gently

"You are not stupid. Neither of you are stupid, okay. And most importantly, baby " she took a small pause "we still very much love you. Nothing has changed okay. We still love you. I may not like how you all handled the situation, but I still love you. Do you hear me?"

"I hear you" I say quietly looking back at her

"Good" She placed a kiss on my forehead. "About what those kids said-"

"I know" I say almost automatically not really thinking what I said . I just blurred it out.

"You know what?" She asks back at me. Now I was kind of confused. Second ago I thought I know what she was going to tell me but now, now it all just slipped my mind. When I don't answer Lena continues.

"Honey, there is nothing wrong being what you are. Me and mom, and your whole family, we wouldn't care if you were gay. It was very mean of them to say those thing, but just remember, you don't have to hide who you are. You remember the talk we had when I was helping you take off the nail polish right? In the bathroom?"

I slowly nod my head. "Always remember that. Okay. You are our baby, and we don't ever want you to hide who you really are. We love you, no matter what"

"And again - am I interrupting?" The doctor asks as he was back with the splint

"Little bit yeah" Lena chuckles and goes to my right side, places her hand supportively on my right shoulder and places another kiss to my cheek.

"My apologies, wasn't my intention" He smiles back and pulls closer the stool "Okay, let's get your arm all fixed up, Jude, so you and your sister and your mom can head home" He says smiling to me