Behind The Scenes - Chapter 29: Injury
Steven, Clarence, Jeff, and Sumo were all at the treehouse, Steven was drawing with Jeff while Clarence and Sumo were playing with bugs that they found in the grass and dirt.
Clarence walked over to Steven and handed him a small Pill Bug.
"Aww, cute!" he said as he stopped what he was doing and looked at it closer in his hands. "Hey, Jeff. Look!" Jeff let out a shriek and was about to swat it out of his hands. Steven walked backward out of the treehouse. Jeff walked to him. "Give me the bug, Steven!"
"Why? It's cool, I found it!" he exclaimed
"Steven, watch out!" Sumo said. "What?" Steven said as he screamed. He fell off and heard something snap.
Steven stood up and he looked around. I hope nothing is broken…
Steven walked to the wooden ladder, once he lifted his arms. He felt a sharp pain in one of them, he held his right arm and gritted his teeth. "Guys!" Steven yelled.
"Steven, you okay?" Sumo asked. Steven's face twisted in pain as he held his arm.
"No! Let's go back to my house! I need to see my mom!" he said, pulling out his phone and calling his mother.
" The Sweet Universe, how can I help you? This is Shay speaking."
"Shay! It's Steven, is my mom there?"
"Um, yeah. I'll go get her," she said, putting the phone down. Shay walked into the back of the building, she was in her office. "Hey, Rose?" she called. Rose looked up from her laptop.
"Hey, Shay. What's up?"
"Your son's on the phone." When Rose heard that, she got up and walked to the front, and picked it up.
"Steven? Are you okay?"
"No! I fell off the treehouse and I hurt my arm. I think it's broken! I don't I-I don't even h-ave my p-powers yet and—"
"It's okay, Steven, breathe…" she heard her son's breathing on the phone.
"I-It hurts so bad, mom!"
"Where are you?" Rose asked her son.
"I'm in Culver City."
"You walking? that's too far for you, call a cab." Rose said, Steven nodded and put his phone on speaker.
"Sumo, call a cab," he said.
"Alright," he said. "TAXI!" the boy yells, Jeff flagged a cab driver down. The driver saw the four boys, Jeff opened the passenger side door to let Steven in. Steven was still clenching his phone as he sat. He set his phone between his legs to put his seatbelt on with his left hand.
"Drive us to Santa Monica, California," Clarence calls from the back.
The driver said nothing but took them there. "We have money, so we can pay you," Steven said trying not to cringe in pain.
"Steven, are you coming?"
"Yes, we're in a cab now," he told his mother.
A few minutes pass and they arrived at Santa Monica. Steven gave the driver the fare and the boys ran to the bakery.
"Mom, we are coming now. I'll see you in a few minutes." He said, hanging up the phone and putting it in his shorts pocket.
Clarence, Jeff, Sumo, and Steven all walk over to her bakery. Rose was standing by the door. His mother looked at the four boys, Steven looked like he was about to cry because of how, much pain he was in, thankfully. Rose was a healer so, she could fix his injury just by using her tears.
Steven tried to extend his arm out as best as he could. Rose smiled softly, saying that it was okay. Steven felt two warm drops hit his arm and suddenly his arm wasn't hurt anymore. The boy smiles and hugs her.
"Thanks, Mom." he smiled.
"No problem, you boys want to come in. I can give you guys something."
"YEAH!" Clarence, Jeff, Sumo, and Steven all told her then ran in.
"Shay? please give my son and his friends whatever they want okay?" Rose said, walking back inside. Some people were entering, about to buy some pastries.
"Okay, Rose."
They got their sweets and sat down. Rose walks up.
"Do you want water?" she asked the boys. They nod, and Rose comes back with four bottles of water. Steven pulled out his wallet and his mother stopped him.
"Steven, you don't have to pay. Or your friends, Jeff I see you." Jeff closed his wallet and put it back into his pocket. Steven looks at his friends and they get their stuff.
Steven, Clarence, Jeff, and Sumo were at Sumo's house. He lived in West Hollywood with his parents, Mel and Tinona, his brothers, and one sister.
His parents make good money, Mel is a mechanic and Tinona works in the medical field. So, his father is also taking care of the family when he comes home.
They were all in Sumo's bedroom playing his Xbox. Steven was playing Sonic with his friends.
Steven got a text from Mordicai that if he would want to come ice skating tomorrow with him Rigby, Muscle Man, Skips, and Pops.
Steven texted him back with a yes Since tomorrow was Sunday. He had another day to spend with his friends.
Steven went back to playing. It was Clarence's turn to play, he grabbed the controller and unpaused the game. Then they all played.
Steven waited for them, It was the next day and it was noon. Steven saw an SUV pull up.
"Hey guys!" Steven said, getting in the back with Mordecai and Rigby. Pops was driving, Muscle Man was sitting in the very back with Skips.
"Hey, Steven," Rigby said.
"Oh, hello. Steven!" Pops said happily.
"Hey, Pops," he said as they drove off. His mom texted him if he locked the house and he replied with a yes.
Pops put on the radio, Feels Like Tonight by Daughty was playing. They sang it in the car as they drove to the ice rink.
They parked. Steven and the rest went inside. They got their skates and paid for an hour. Steven put his skates on. The rest did too, The boy stood up and went on the ice and started skating.
Mordecai went on the ice also and started to skate, Steven and Pops were on the other side of the rink. Muscle Man was on the other side of Steven, and Skips beside Pops.
"Ready?" Skips told them. "And…. GO!" They all skated as fast as they possibly could to the other side of the rink. Rigby was hanging on to the wall of the rink, trying to skate. But he kept tripping over his own feet.
Then a boy skated to him, Rigby looked at him, he was maybe ten or eleven. The boy glanced at him. "You can't skate!" he said as he skated off laughing, Rigby growled as he tried to get up but fell back down. Steven skates to him bent down then reaches out a hand, Rigby grabs his hand and pulls him up.
"Thanks, Steven," he said, smiling at his friend.
"No problem dude, if you need help, you can borrow a walker."
"I don't need help!"
"Oh." Mordecai skated near him. "It looks like you need help to me, dude. If you can't skate. Get off the ice or grab a walker."
"STOP TALKING!" Rigby screamed at his friend.
"Rigby, there is no shame in asking for help, I ask my parents for help all the time. Yesterday, I told off a treehouse, then I asked my mom if she could heal my arm with her tears," he said, helping Rigby off the ice.
"Thanks, Steven. Hey… Can you teach me how to skate?"
"Sure I can," he said, leading him to the ice, Steven stepped on first, and he reached his hand out to Rigby. "Give me your hand," he said, the raccoon sighed and grabbed the hybrid's hand. Steven pushed off with his feet, and Rigby held onto him.
"Okay, I am going to let go of your hand. If you fall I will be here to help you up, dude," he said. Letting go of his hand. Rigby stood there, trying not to lose his balance.
"Okay, you nailed standing on the ice. Now are you ready? It's like walking, trust me you're going to do fine. Watch me." Steven demonstrated by pushing his feet lightly on the ice, letting the blades hit the ice as he picked up speed.
"See! I can do it!" he said, coming back around and stopping, letting little snow particles scrape from the blades of his skates.
"Who taught you?"
"Pearl taught me when I was five."
"That's why you're so good."
"Yeah."
"Okay…" Rigby tried it, and he was getting the hang of it. "Hey, Steven! I'm doing it!" he said, as he skated across the rink. Steven smiles, proud of himself for teaching his friend how to ice skate.
Steven and Rigby skated around the rink together. Mordecai watched his friends and skated with them.
Pops laughed with joy, Steven was lifted in the air by the man. Steven laughed also. Muscle Man laughed, took his phone from his pocket, and took a picture.
"This is so much fun!" Pops said, still holding Steven by his sides. Steven smiled and laughed as he was still up in the air by the man.
Steven and everyone all went to a restaurant that day, Steven wanted Mexican, so they went to Chipotle. Steven got his order and everyone else got there.
"This has been an AWESOME day, guys!" Steven said, drinking the water that he got. Mordecai ate his burrito.
Rigby took a forkful of his chicken bowl and ate it. "It was fun hanging out with you too, Steven," he said, the boy nodded as they all ate.
"This was awesome guys, I had fun!" Steven said, giving Mordecai and Rigby a hug.
They said their goodbyes and he got the key from his pocket, unlocked the door then walked into the house, his parents weren't home yet so It was just him. Steven went to his room and turned on the shower.
Steven put on some fresh clothes and plopped on his bed, turned on the TV, and waited for his parents to come home.
A\N: Hi guys! Sorry, this took so long but… I needed a break for my body to recover from something. But I'm back and better than ever! I hope you'll love reading this chapter, bye guys!