Before I began this chapter I'd like to say that I made a mistake, I originally posted the story as humor, I meant to post it as drama, I just clicked on the wrong one, I have since fixed it! Sorry about that!
Chapter 2
It took Jackie a second to process what had just happened. She felt something run down the back of her head and when she placed a hand to her head and then pulled her hand back to look at it, it was covered with blood. That didn't even phase her though, she had something much more serious to think about.
"Karlie." She screamed.
She didn't get an answer.
"Karlie." She screamed louder.
"Mama." Came a terrified little voice.
Jackie breathed a sigh of relief.
Her hands were shaking so bad that she had no idea how she even got her seatbelt off but she did and within seconds she was climbing over the seat to get to the little girl.
"Are you alright sweetheart? Are you hurt?" Jackie asked the frightened little girl.
"Yeah, owie." Karlie said.
"What hurts baby?" Jackie asked.
"My arm." The little girl said as she waved it in front of Jackie's face.
Jackie looked at her arm and saw no visible injuries.
"Ok sweetheart, mommy is going to call for help." Jackie turned and went back up to the front seat and groped for her purse.
She had just found it when the sounds of sirens blasted through the air.
Apparently witnesses had called 911 already.
Soon two paramedics were rushing towards the car.
"Ma'am is everyone ok?" A male paramedic asked within only moments.
His female partner also looking on in concern.
"I think so, just get my daughter please."
"Hi sweetheart, my name is Sarah, what's your name?" The female paramedic asked the frightened looking little girl.
"You not Sarah, go away." Karlie said, she didn't know who these strangers were but they scared her, to her they looked like big monsters, and the woman talking to her was not the Sarah she knew that's for sure.
"It's ok sweetheart, they're here to help us." Jackie assured her, Karlie looked so scared Jackie just wanted to scoop her up into her lap and cuddle her.
"Nice?" Karlie asked as she looked at Jackie.
"Yes baby." Jackie told her.
"What's your name peanut?" Sarah asked again with a kind smile on her face.
"Karlie." The little girl answered.
"Karlie is a pretty name, my niece is named Karlie in fact."
That got Karlie to smile.
"Karlie are you hurt anywhere?" Sarah asked the little girl.
"Yeah, my arm."
"Ok sweetie, where does it hurt?"
Karlie pointed to where it hurt.
"Can you move it for me?" Sarah asked as she demonstrated how she wanted the little girl to do it.
Karlie did.
"Good job, does it hurt when you do that?"
"No." Karlie responded.
"My arm is gonna be purple like mommy's leg." Karlie informed her.
Sarah had no idea what she meant by that. She looked at Jackie for help but Jackie was confused for a moment too.
"Oh, wait, I think she means that she's going to have a bruise, I had one on my leg a couple of days ago. Is that what you mean kiddo?" Jackie asked.
"Yeah." Karlie said.
"Ok sweetheart, does anywhere else hurt beside your arm?"
"No."
"That's good."
"Yeah." Karlie agreed wholeheartedly.
Sarah wanted to take Karlie home, she was too cute, even if she did initially tell her to go away.
The male paramedic was trying to assess Jackie but Jackie was not being a very good patient.
"Ma'am, hold still, you have a head injury." He instructed Jackie as he tried to move Jackie's hair from her wound but by now Jackie's hair was coated with blood.
"I'm fine." Jackie insisted, not caring one wit about herself, she was too concerned about Karlie to think about herself.
They all decided it would be best if they went to the hospital, Karlie seemed fine but she should be checked for internal injuries and Jackie at the very least needed stitches, she had a good sized gash in the back of her head, whether she wanted to acknowledge it or not.
"Uh-oh, the car is broken, dada is gonna be mad." Karlie said as she pointed at their van as Sarah carried her to the ambulance with Jackie right on her heels.
The male paramedic was trying but failing to compress Jackie's head wound to stop the bleeding but Jackie just continued to chase after Sarah and Karlie.
"We go for a ride." Karlie said happily in the back of the ambulance as she sat on Jackie's lap.
Well at least one of us is thrilled by that. Jackie thought to herself.
Sarah held a towel to the back of Jackie's head, now that Jackie had no choice but to sit still that wasn't hard.
"Turn the noise on." Karlie said, thinking that this was a great adventure.
Sarah laughed.
"He will in just a minute." She assured her.
Karlie grinned happily as the siren started and soon they were headed to the hospital.
"This is fun mama."
"I'm glad you are having fun." Jackie told her sincerely.
Hopefully once they reached the hospital they'd find out that nothing serious was wrong about either of them and Jackie could share in her joy!
TBC