A/N: In which Jade comes to Tori's side after an accident;
"Jade!"
Tori suddenly forgot about most of her pain as she saw her girlfriend standing in the small hospital room's doorway.
"Your text," Jade said, face flushed from obviously rushing. "I know you said don't rush to get here, but it's not like I wasn't going to as soon as I got off work." She walked into the hospital room up to Tori's bedside, and winced as she got a good look at her injured girlfriend. "So, what exactly happened?"
"Three words: Andre's electric bike," Tori said sheepishly. "He let me try it, and...I got too brave. I got going fast and then I tried to turn and just...wiped out. I don't even really remember what happened, but now I'm here, and I guess I broke my arm and scraped and bruised a lot of other places."
She nodded with a wince to her right arm, which was slung in a cast. "Next worst injury is my shoulder, the doctor thinks that's where I landed. And then my chin, elbow, and my fingertips..."
She felt minute throbs of pain as she said each body part that the doctor had told her she'd gotten an injury on. It felt like her whole body was in pain, though it was numbed slightly from the pain medication she'd been given after arriving at the hospital.
"Oh, and I broke my glasses, too," she said, turning her head to the side to show the missing bow (Andre had picked it up from the injury site and they were going to try to fix it later). Now that she'd mentioned it, Jade could see the way Tori's glasses hung askew and lopsided on her face. She felt a mix of emotions at seeing her girlfriend's hurt, broken body.
"Oh Tori, I'm—"
"Hey Tori, I got you some more ice and a..."
Jade's head snapped around at the sound of Andre's voice, and he froze in the doorway, seeing the fire in her eyes from across the room.
"You!"
"Jade, no, it's not his fault!" Tori said quickly, immediately trying to grab at Jade's hand with her free hand, temporarily forgetting about her hurt fingertips, and wincing slightly. "I wanted to try the bike, it's not his fault I got hurt!"
Jade actually processed the words instead of lunging at Andre, calming down slightly so she was only slightly glaring at Andre instead of looking like she wanted to attack and kill him. Andre still proceeded with caution as he entered the room.
"I'm still blaming myself that she got hurt," Andre said, as he got to Tori's bedside and handed her the ice cup. "I should have explained speeding and braking to her better."
"But it's really not your fault," Tori said.
"Still," Andre said, opening the soda and pouring it into Tori's ice cup. He then looked at Jade, still glaring at him. "My fault. I'm sorry, Jade."
Jade's eyes softened, and she nodded. "I just got really worried. Her text came that she got hurt, and then I didn't hear from either of you until like, an hour later..."
"That was also my bad," Andre said. "I had to drive her here, and then the waiting room was so crowded. There was no time to text you back. We only finally got this room maybe ten minutes ago."
"Sorry for not being able to keep you more updated," Tori said. "And sorry I scared you."
"The important thing is, you're okay," Jade said, her eyes catching on Tori's cast and making her stomach flip. "Well, mostly."
"They said she can go home tonight, they just want to clean her up a little more and make sure the cast is working okay," Andre said. "I assume you're gonna want to take her."
"You can come too and explain to her parents what happened," Jade said to Andre, "but then yeah, I'll take care of her." She looked at Tori. "You hear that? I'm staying over all weekend to take care of you."
"Like when you broke your leg tripping over Trina's boots and I took care of you?" Tori asked with a smirk, and Jade rolled her eyes at the memory.
"Yes, like that," Jade said. "Except it's your arm, while it was my leg."
Tori chuckled at the memory, before wincing. "Ah, everything hurts."
"Don't try to laugh, just rest," Jade said.
"I'm sorry again that this happened, Tori," Andre said, and Tori nodded.
"Again, not your fault! I just got too brave," she replied. "It'll be funny one day, I'm sure."
"Thanks for taking care of her and bringing her here, Andre," Jade said. "Stupid work wouldn't let me off until regular time, but I do appreciate it."
"No problem," Andre said. "And Tori, again, you're brave." He looked at Jade. "She didn't even shed a tear, mostly just laughed the whole thing off."
"I was too shocked to cry, honestly," Tori said. "Like...'did I really just fall?'
"That's my girl," Jade said, unintentionally giving Tori butterflies.
She opened her mouth to say something, but was interrupted by the doctor coming into the room to do Tori's final assessments before she would be released.
Later, once Tori had been released from the hospital and Andre had explained to Tori's parents what had happened, Jade took over Tori's care. She'd 'moved into' Tori's room for the weekend (and beyond if Tori needed it), and was ready to help with whatever Tori needed.
By the time everything was settled, Tori was exhausted and ready for bed. She actually fell asleep still in her clothes, propped up in her bed against some pillows. Jade was almost ready to sleep herself, but an idea struck her; she gathered up some Sharpie markers and, as cheesy as it was, went through with her plan.
Remembering when Tori had signed and doodled on her cast, Jade set out to return the favor. She hoped Tori would be happy to see it when she woke up.
A/N: I took a bad spill on my younger brother's electric bike recently, but didn't have to get a cast (or, sadly, get to have my girlfriend by my side), but I wanted to write about it because it was still quite an experience that I thought would make a good ficlet chapter. Thanks for reading! c: