Nate, Sully, and I walked up to a bridge, the river below was rapid. If you fell in something like that, chances are you'll drown.
"Okay, the ruins shouldn't to far ahead. Just after this bridge then a left." Nate says, looking down at the map.
"Yeah, only one little problem." I say, pointing at the almost rotted wood.
"What?" Nate asks innocently.
"Nate, that goddamn bridge doesn't look safe." Sully says as I nod in agreement.
Nate scoffed.
"C'mon, we've crossed worse then that." He says.
I sigh.
"Alright, I'm in." I say.
Nate smiles and we look to Sully.
"To late to turn back now." he shrugs.
Sully started to cross first, Nate in the middle, and I was last. We began to slowly make our way across. We all suddenly heard a loud creak followed by a snap.
"Did anybody else hear that?" I ask as the boards suddenly collapsed under me.
I screamed in horror as Nate spun around and jumped to catch me, but it was too late. I screamed as I hit the water, searing pain erupting from my left foot as I hit rock bottom. The rapids were holding me under as I struggled to reach the surface. I finally got my head above the water, coughing as I did so.
"Nat! Hold on, we're coming!" Nate yelled as he and Sully raced across the bridge.
The current pulled me under once again as it carried me downstream. Eventually, the rapids got so rough that I couldn't get my body above surface. I started to reach out blindly, hoping to grab something to pull myself up. I spotted a rock and reached out for it. I gripped it tight and fought my way up. I took in a deep breath of fresh air as I climbed up onto the rocky land.
I sat up and put my arms close to my chest, shivering uncontrollably. That water was ice cold. I made sure my ring was still around my neck and was relieved to feel that it was still there. I tried to stand on both feet, but collapsed from the sharp pain in my foot.
"That's not good. Dammit, that's not good at all." I say to myself as I pull out my phone.
Of course, it didn't work. I scoffed.
"Piece of crap." I say as I threw it into the water with a splash.
I examined my foot.
"I can move it, must just be a sprain. Still hurts like a bitch." I say.
I looked around and began to laugh.
"You've got to be kidding me." I chuckle.
I was at the ruins, the ones we were heading to in the first place. I manage to stand without putting to much pressure on my injured foot. I limped to one of the building walls and slid down, holding my foot out.
I was still shaking from the water, and close to passing out from exhaustion, when I heard voices.
"Sully, why the hell are we going here?! We need to look for Nat!" I heard Nate yell.
"Kid, calm down. The river flows this way, chances are, Natalie would have a better chance of getting out." I heard Sully say.
I saw them walked right by me, to busy looking in the river
"Natalie?" Nate screamed.
"Right here." I say quietly.
They turned around and saw me.
"Nat!" Nate yelled as he approached me, accidentally hitting my bad foot.
I hissed in pain as he stopped dead in his tracks.
"What? Where are you hurt?" he asks, bending down to my level.
"Think I sprained my foot when I hit the rocks." I say, grimacing.
He looked around and laughed.
"Well, looks like the ruins were a dead end anyway." he says as him and Sully help me to my feet.
"Yeah, what a waste." I say.
"We tried calling your phone. Where is it, anyway?" Nate asks.
I looked to the water.
"There now." I say.
"Jesus, your freezing." Sully says as Nate held me close to him.
"Tell you what. We get out here, get some dry clothes, check out that ankle, and I'll cook you up some hot soup. How's that sound?" Nate asks.
I laugh.
"Sounds like a plan to me." I say as we all laugh as we continue our way back to the jeep.
We drove back to the house and they helped me out of the car and into the house. I changed clothes and allowed the boys to enter. I sat up in the bed, my back against the headboard. Sully put my bad foot up on some pillows and put some behind my back. "
I'll go get the soup cooking. I will be right back." Nate says as he goes to the kitchen.
I waited for his return, trying to ignore the pain. Nate walked back into the room, holding a pill bottle and a glass of water.
"Here, this should help." he says as he pops the lid and hands me two pills.
I put them in my mouth and swallow the water.
"Alright, let's take a look." Nate says as he sits down at the foot of the bed.
I looked down at it. It was swollen and bruised. Nate gently tried moving it around. I cry out in pain. Nate looked at me.
"Yeah, it seems pretty sprained to me." Nate says.
"Well, what do we do?" I ask.
"It means that you aren't getting out of bed anytime soon." Sully said in the doorway, a steaming bowl of hot soup and a bed tray in hand.
I frown.
"I'm bedridden? How am I going to do jobs now?" I say, slightly worried.
"Don't worry about need some time off anyway." Sully says as he puts the bed tray down on the bed and puts the soup on it.
"Plus, we got some new books, remember?" Nate says, patting my shoulder.
I smiled at both of them as I began to eat. After I ate, Nate brought the books in and sat down beside me, placing the books between us. They had elevated and put ice on my foot. After reading a couple of the books, I felt my eyes droop.
"You tired?" Nate asks as I fail to hide a yawn.
Nate picked up the books and put them on the dresser. "
I let you sleep. Oh, I almost forgot!" Nate says as he reaches into his pocket.
He pulled out a cell phone.
"Sully got you a new one since your other one got soaked." he says as he puts it on the beside dresser.
"I'll keep mine in my room. Call me if you need anything." Nate says as he hugs me.
"Night, Nat. I'm glad you're okay." He says as hug him back.
Nate began to walk away.
"How scared were you?" I ask.
"What?" he asks.
"When I fell into the water, how scared were you?" I repeat.
He scoffed.
"I wasn't scared!" He says, defensive.
I laugh.
"Yeah, okay." I say.
"Honest! I knew you were perfectly safe." he says.
I laughed even more.
"Sure thing. Night Nate." I say as I lower my bandaged foot down and I pulled the covers over myself.
I turned off my light and shut the door and I soon fell asleep.