This Means War

Broken or No?

"Oh my God, oh my God," Lisa jumped up and down at the nurses station "I heard we had a celebrity here. Is it Bieber again?"

Marley looked at her friend incredulously "No it's not Bieber again. It's Brian Haner."

Lisa pouted briefly and then asked "Brian Haner?

"Synyster Gates?" Marley said by way of question.

"Uh???"Lisa replied

"Do you listen to anything but pop music?" Marley laughed.

"Not if I don't have to," Lisa admitted.

"Mr. Sanders, I can assure you that we're taking good care..."the nurse was trying to detain a very large man, full of tattoos and beauty.

"I need to see him. Can you please tell us where he is?" the man continued to move forward.

"Trish," Marley called out "I've got this."

The nurse looked from the tall man standing before her and the small Dr and she was unsure.

"Seriously, I've got it." Marley smiled with Lisa following in tow.

"I'm looking for Syn-" the man shook his head as if clearing the fog "Brian..Brian Haner."

Marley stuck her hand for a handshake. "I'm Dr. Marley Helton..this is Dr. Walters."

Her hand disappeared in his large palm, the smell of beer was strong, "I'm Matt..this is Zacky."

To the side, Marley finally noticed a shorter man, Covered in tattoos and adorable. "Nice to meet you Matt, Zacky."

"How's he doing doc?" Zacky asked a serious look on his face.

"He's good. He's resting. Are you family?" she asked stressing the question, already knowing the answer.

The men looked at her curiously and Matt nodded his head "Yes, we're family."

"Great!" she said clapping her hands. "Let's get you back there."

They followed quickly and entered the door. "He's in X-Ray right now. They will bring him right back here. Technically only one person can be back here with him but I'm making an exception. I have a feeling I'm going to need your help."

Zacky looked at her "What do you mean?"

"You'll see," she smiled touching his arm, mostly because she couldn't seem to help it. "Be back."

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Brian was wheeled into the room and he was surprised to find Shads exploring the drawers in the cabinets and Zacky sitting on one of the chairs.

"What the fuck took you so long?" he asked as he moved from the wheel chair to the bed.

The orderly laughed and then moved out of the room.

"We didn't know you had a hot doctor. If we'd have known we would have been here sooner," Zacky replied.

"Yeah, that's the only reason we're here," Matt agreed.

"Screw you," Brian growled flipping them off.

"We had to figure out where to find you. After a case, that was harder than I expected in this maze." Matt admitted.

There was a silence as all three men considered what to say next

"Is it broken?" Zacky asking the question that was on everyone's mind.

"Nah," Brian shook his head "Probably just sprained really bad."

"I'll bet it' broken," Matt chimed in.

"I'll bet it's NOT," Brian stressed.

They both looked at Zacky for a tie breaker. He shrugged "It could go either way."

Matt punched him in the arm "You're such a pussy."

"Where are Johnny and Arin?" Brian asked, closing his eyes.

"Johnny went back to the hotel with Lacey and Kim managed to convince Arin to take her to the beach to watch the sunrise," Matt answered.

"What a pussy." Brian mumbled.

Marley walked in "How are we doing? Feeling okay?"

"I'm good," Brian opened his eyes and looked at her.

"Great," she smiled and sat on the rolling chair "We got your X-rays back."

"What's the verdict Doc?" Matt aksed.

Marley rolled her chair over and pulled the images up on the computer. "Well Brian, it looks like you have a scaphoid fracture in your wrist. You have a displaced fragment that needs to be put back into place."

"How will you do that?" Brian asked his voice rising, thinking that he wasn't really into pain.

Marley looked from Matt to Brian and began to explain "I actually have to manipulate the bone back into place."

Brian's face fell in horror and she laughed "It's not as bad as you think. I'll actually give you some medicine to give you amnesia. It'll put you to sleep and when you wake up, you won't remember a thing."

"And after?" Matt asked.

She sighed and looked directly at Brian "I hate to say this to you, I mean as a guitar player, but it looks like you're going to be in a cast for a while."

"The hell I am," Brian spat "I can't. We have dates."'

"Chill man, it's not that bad," Zacky said trying to calm him.

She sighed "I hear you but the longer you leave this, the more damage you risk doing to it. You see your bone is displaced. It could be impinging a nerve and then that could damage the rest of your hand. Let's be honest, it's going to hurt like hell."

"You can't put me in a fucking cast," his voice rose.

Marley shook her head "You're exactly right, Brian, I can't put you in a cast but you'd be a fucking idiot to not let me."

The use of the curse word from such a beautiful mouth was surprising and all three men looked at her intently. Matt with admiration, Zacky with respect and Brian in irritation.

"You don't understand..."Brian began

Marley put her hand up to stop him. "Yes Brian, I do. Do you think you're the first musician to come into the ER for treatment? Seriously, I've seen it all..overdoses, tantrums, press fights, broken bones, stupid drunken accidents."

"But..."

"No seriously, I promise, this has to be done. If I don't do this, you could lose function in your fingers. So please, please let me go through with this. I promise, it'll heal faster." She then resorted to batting her eyelashes but Brian didn't relent.

Marley stood, pulling herself to her full height "Look, Brian, we can make this easy or hard. You let me do this, I promise, I'll take this cast off myself the minute it's healed."

"What do you mean?" Matt asked.

She turned to face him and said confidently "I mean you come here and I'll saw the damn thing off as soon as I see the healing. No doctor's office, no fuss."

Zacky shrugged "Sounds like a good deal, Bri."

"How am I supposed to play?" he asked his friends.

"A track?" Matt suggested.

"Dave could fill in the easy stuff," Zacky offered.

"You see, your friends have got you covered?" she said moving around the room to begin setup. "I'll set that arm and your sutures. What do you say?"

Brian sighed in frustration "I guess."