better off without you

20

the car ride was quiet, owen had dropped shane off
and now were just driving around, i didn't want to go home. i also don't think anyone else need to know about what happened.

when we reach my house i sit for a minute
"come inside" i tell him
"no i don't wanna int-"
"i want you to and plus you need to wash up"
i say referring to his bloody busted knuckles that could be broken
"i'm fine alana"
"it's not a question owen you're coming inside"
he sighs

once we get inside the house no one seems to be home
"go to the bathroom i'll be in there in a minute"
i tell him
he walks off to the bathroom and i run to the basement to grab the first aid kit

i get back up to the bathroom and sit on the counter so i'm just barely his height while he's standing
"did he hit you" i ask looking at his bloody lip but wasn't sure if it was his blood or not
"yeah but it's alright"
i sigh
i take his hands in mine to look at his knuckles
"might be broken"
"oh well"
"can we just go to the ER quick so you can get an x-ray" i ask
"fine"
i jump off the counter and we go back down to the car

once we get to the hospital we check in and they put us in a room
"i don't want to be here" he says
"would you relax, you're getting an x ray"
"i could have told you my hand was broken"
"you don't know that, it could be worse we don't know yet"

finally a nurse walks in
"hello guys, sorry for the wait we are low on staff, how are we feeling" she asks
"fine i guess"
"ok and how old are you?"
"eighteen"
"alright we can give you morphine for the pain"
he nods and she adds something from a syringe into his IV
"this will make you loopy, should kick in with the next few minutes" she laughs
"x-rays should be done soon and we can tell you the results"
"thank you" i mouth and she nods
she leaves

"so i've delt with drunk owen now i have to deal with loopy high owen"
he gives a small smile
"i'm gonna get a water do you want anything" i ask
"no i'm ok"
i nod and walk out of the room and down the hall to the closest vending machine
i pay and walk back to the room
within a matter of 5 minutes the drugs have definitely kicked in
owen was following his finger around the room

"what are you doing" i ask trying to hold on my laughter
"chasing my finger"
i sit on the chair next to the hospital bed and watch him do the most random stuff
"you can lay down with me" he says
"that bed is small" i tell him
"perfect for you" he jokes
"that wasn't funny"
"shut up and lay with me"
i roll my eyes and lay down with him
i knew there was no way he'd do this if he wasn't on morphine but i found it funny

"now you can go to sleep" he says
"i don't need sleep i'm ok"
"whatever you say"
he rests his good hand on my butt while the other stays on a pillow with a pack of ice
"can we leave soon" he asks
"not until your x-rays are done"
he throws his head back
"this is dumb i'm fine"
"stop complaining" i beg
"well i'm bored"
"go to sleep"
"no"
"then i don't know what to tell you"

"alana"
"mhm"
"you're so pretty"
i smile
"go to sleep"
"you don't like a nice compliment?"
"definitely not if it's coming from you"
"fine i'll go back to being mean"
i roll my eyes

it was quiet for a few minutes
"you know what would pass time" he asks
"what"
"making out" i didn't even have to look at him to know he was smirking
"i should have known you would say something like that"
"well can you blame me"
i laugh quietly

"alright x rays came back, you have a metacarpal fracture in three of you knuckles"
the doctor says coming into the room
"great" owens says sarcastically
"but the good news is we can re set your hand, we just need to sedate you"
he nods
"alright , we're not going to do this in the operating room we can do it in the orthopedic room" with that he leaves

"see now you should kiss me for good luck" he says and i laugh
"i'm serious i could die in there"
"and you want the last person you kissed to be me, i'm honored" i place my hand on my heart and he laughs
"mhm" he says proudly
i lean in but stop just before our lips meet
"you should call lexi" i whisper
i back away and go back to my head being on his chest
"i hate you" he groans

"alright we're ready"
a few nurses come in
i start to get up but he pulls me back down and smirks
i knew he wanted me to kiss him
"now i hate you" i whisper
i press my lips to his for a few seconds
"don't die on me" i say once i pull away
he laughs

i get up from the bed and he walks to the orthopedic room with the nurses
i scroll through my phone for a while

30 minutes later owen comes back in being held up by two nurses
"he was put on a few more meds and he is being very silly" the nurse says while laughing
"thank you"
"he needs to ice his hand for twenty minutes every two hours and keep it wrapped about a week"
"alright thanks"
they smile and head out the door leaving me with owen

"you ready to go home" i ask
"only if you're with me"
i shake my head and roll my eyes
"lets go"
we check out at the front desk and get to the car and start driving
"ok we're stopping at the pharmacy to get medicine" i tell him
"why can't we just go home, i'm tired"
"you can sleep when you get home"

once we get to the pharmacy owen insists on going in with me
his balance is not with him and he keeps stumbling
"i told you to stay in the car"
"i need to get some things too" he says
i go to the medicine section and grab some pain killers, some for him and some for me after spending the whole day with him

he goes off to another isle and i meet up with him, in his hand are condoms
"put those back" i whisper yell
"why i need them" he laughs
"since when do you use condoms"
"safe sex is good sex" he says
"this is so embarrassing"

we walk up to the counter i place the pain meds on the counter and he puts down the condoms
i avoid eye contact with the cashier who's name tag says sam
"she's embarrassed" owen says
i take a deep breath
sam laughs at him
"safe sex is good sex" owen adds
"oh my god" i say under my breath
sam laughs again
"how long have you two been together" he asks
"we're not" i tell him
"oh got it"
"she wishes we were" owen says
i shake my head no
"is he alright" sam asks
"he just got out of a surgery thing so he's drugged up"
"makes sense"
i nod
"your total is $22.83"
i give him $25
"keep the change"
i wanted to get out of there as soon as possible
i grabbed owens hand and dragged him out of the store and to the car