FTRS Short Story

A Broken Leg

"Times up, everyone please hand in your tests." Professor Sebastian tells us. I right down the answer to the last question just in time. "You may leave now."

"Do you think I passed?" Maxine asks nervously. "Of course you passed!" Kayla exclaims. Jocelyn smirks, "If anyone fails, it would be Gilly." "Hey!" I complain. Jocelyn shrugs, "What? It's true." Maxine's eyes light up, "I just remembered! We have a RLW meeting today, Gilly, you coming?" I fidget. "Umm, I don't know..." Maxine looks at me pleadingly, "Please? It'll be fun! It would be just like the old times!" I bite my lip, I'm probably gonna regret my decision but- "Fine." I say. Maxine squeals, "Yay! Let's go! Hurry up Ollie!" Ollie looks up, he's been stuffing his mouth with patty cakes. "Way fo ee!" he says. Maxine drags me across the hall. We burst into the room. 

Wow, it has changed a lot. There's purple combined with pink and it there's no overpowering rose smell in here anymore. "Gilly! Glad you could make it!" I whirl around and see Rapunzel. Maxine quickly curtsies. I follow and almost land on my face. "What are you doing here?" I ask, then realize that it sounded rude. "Your Highness." I add. Rapunzel smiles, "Ever since, you know, they didn't fully trust Rose so I run the RLWs now along with Rose." Rapunzel whispers to me. "Oh!" I say. "Also, you can just call me Raz." Rapunzel, I mean Raz, straightens up and claps her hands, "Girls, and boy," she says, "Today we'll be practicing tripping someone without seeming like you tripped them." This what they do now? I am glad I decided to tag along. "Ollie, could you please walk by me?" "She's gonna trip Ollie." Maxine whispers excitedly to me. "Yeah, if he doesn't trip himself first." I whisper back. Maxine giggles. Ollie starts walking like he was the king or something, I cover my mouth to keep from bursting into laughter. As Ollie passes Rapunzel, he actually falls face first onto the floor. Raz whirls around, "Ollie, are you ok? Did you trip over a stone?" she fakes. Ollie stares at her in amazement. We all do. Raz faces us again, "And that, is how you trip someone without anyone noticing." "How do you do that?" Tessa asks. "It's very simple, you just have to walk by and cover your foot with your dress and move it quickly and swiftly." Raz explains. "Ugh!" I groan, "We have to wear a dress?" Raz smiles sympathetically, "Unfortunately, but you'll wear one that is very easy to move in, and you can wear pants underneath if you want." I grunt, I still don't want to wear a dress, but as long as it's comfortable, easy to move in, and I get to wear pants, I suppose it's ok. 

We pair up and I end up with Maxine. I try to do what Raz did, though, I probably won't be able to trip Maxine since she's so much bigger than me. I quickly kick out my right leg, not to much so it no one notices it. Maxines trips.... and lands on my foot. "Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!" I cry, jumping on one foot. Maxine gets up, "Gilly! Are you ok? I'm so sorry!" I nod and hop to a chair. I raise my hand, "Raz? Can I please take a break?" I ask. Raz walks over, "I think it might be sprained. Go to the infirmary to check." I try to stand on both legs but as soon as my right foot touched the ground, pain shot through me like a knife. I wince and lift up my leg. Raz sees me wince. "Maxine! Help Gilly to the infirmary." she calls. I cross my fingers and hope that Maxine doesn't step on my other foot while walking. Maxine walks over and helps me stand up. "Please don't step on me." I whisper, mostly to myself. Thankfully, Maxine didn't hear me, she would've been very offended if she knew I thought that. With Maxine's help, I manage to hop all the way to the infirmary. Natasha, the nurse I met when I first ended up in the infirmary, looks at my foot. "What happened?" she asks. Maxine looks like she's about to burst into tears. "I was practicing something with the RLWs and I sprained my ankle." I say, technically I told the truth, I just missed out some details. "Sit down," she nods to a bed. I hop over and sit. I feel like Maxine's about to start bawling any second now. "I-I'll just go back now." Maxine squeaked. I nodded and tried to give her a hug without getting off the bed. Turning back to me, Natasha says "Now let's see your foot. Take off your boot." I reach down and pull my boot off. I suck in a breath. My right foot is turning bright purple and swelling. Natasha winces at the sight. "Ah, you sprained it pretty bad. I'm betting that you'll be in a cast for some time." "How am I supposed to walk in a cast?" I whine. "With these." Natasha pulls a pair of crutches from the closet then she disappears out of my line of sight to grab some bandages. I sit and sulk. Just great, now I probably won't be able to have lessons with Red. Natasha comes back and wraps my foot up. "You're good to go, just take it easy for a couple of weeks and I want you to come here everyday after lunch." I grab the crutches and hoist myself up. "Got it." I walk-can you even call it walking?- out.

"I'm back!" I call as I walk into the RLWs meeting. Maxine runs to me and crushes me in a hug. "I cang't bwea!" my voice is muffled my Maxine's hug. "Sorry!" Maxine lets go of me. Raz comes over. "I'm sorry Gilly, the meeting over. Maxine can you explain everything to Gilly? Flora's calling me." R tells me. I sigh, "I came back for nothing." I tell Maxine as we walk out. "Not really nothing, actually, yeah. You're right." Maxine says. "Well, Ollie's preparing a picnic." I stare at her. "What?" she asks, confused. "YOU WAITED ALL THIS TIME TO TELL ME I'M MISSING OUT ON A PICNIC?" I shriek. Maxine opens her mouth to reply, but I don't let her. "WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR? LET'S GO!" I start fast walking, since I can't run on crutches. Jack comes over. "What happened to you?" he points to my foot. "Long story short, I sprained my ankle. Now, excuse me but I have a picnic to attend." I say. "Oh yeah! Kayla told me to go find you and Maxine." The three of us run, well they run and I fast walk, towards the doors. Jack throws open the door and rushed outside. "FOUND THEM!" he screams. Maxine runs out after him, leaving me last. "Ugh! I hate having crutches!" I grumble as I finally reach everyone. Everyone stares at me, my foot to be accurate. "Where's the food??" I grump. "What happened." Jax demands. "Can I have my food first?" I complain. "Not until you explain." Jax retorts. "Hmf!" I huff, "Fine, I sprained my ankle. Done." I reach for the picnic basket. Jax grabs it away, "How." Maxine looks like she's about to start crying again. "I was doing something and wasn't careful." I say. "What were you doing?" Jax asks. "Ugh! Why are you so nosy?" I cry, frustrated. "Just tell me." "I wasn't careful and put my foot under a large table and it fell on me, ok?" I lie. Jax hands me the basket. I dig in, "Do we have ice cream?" I ask through a mouthful of cupcakes. "Or milk?" Kayla shakes her head, "Sorry, we couldn't find any." I shrug and stuff more cupcakes in my mouth. "You look like Ollie eating patty cakes." Jack says, pointing at Ollie, who was stuffing his face with patty cakes. "No she doesn't!" Jax insists. Jack raises an eyebrow, "Are you serious dude?" Jax crosses his arms over his chest. "Yes I am." Jack suddenly grins evilly, "Just wondering, what do you think she looks like?" I roll my eyes, were boys always this weird? "Umm, kind of cute?" Jax mutters so quietly I barely hear him. I choke on my cupcakes. Jack is smirking, Kayla is muffling her giggles, Maxine is grinning, and Ollie is, well, eating patty cakes. I throw a cupcake at Jack's head. "Hey! Watch it!" he says. "No. Way." I reply. I grab some more cupcakes and start pelting them at Jack, Jax joins in. Jack cover his head, "Help!!" he yelps. Kayla and Maxine just stand there, watching. And Ollie is still eating patty cakes. 

Thank you for all who spent their time reading this! I can't believe I have 48 views already! Thank you so much!!! And don't worry, Gilly, will get back at Jax very soon *evil grin*. Thank you 

@K1415100 for reminding me that everyone calls Rapunzel Raz.