The Three Bros

[48] Apologies

Blaire's POV

"What were you kids thinking?!" Stella shouts at all four of us when she exits Ryder's hospital room. "He looked so hurt!"

"It was Myles' idea!" Ian points at his younger brother.

"No!" Myles quickly denies. "I just said that if Ryder met an accident, Molly would---"

"You guys were trying to set them up?" She guesses.

"Yeah...?"

"Well it seemed like it worked, since Molly's in there, trying her best to comfort him. Anyway, continue Myles," Stella motions, wanting to hear the rest of his explanation.

"I said if Ryder met an accident, Molly's instincts would take over and she'd tend to him," Myles says.

"Yeah, it was still your idea!" Ian blames.

"No it wasn't!" Bianca defends Myles, "He obviously thought that Ryder's accident would be a little trip or bruise. It was you who suggested the roof jump!"

"Can't blame a guy for trying," Ian sheepishly smiles at his stepmother.

She rubs her temples, "The doctor thinks his foot is broken."

"I was kinda expecting that..." Ian trails off.

"You are so in trouble, young man!" Stella scolds. "No outing for a week---month!"

"It was Myles' idea too!"

"Then no outing for you either," She tells Myles.

"He barely even leaves the house!" Ian complains. "Bianca practically lives at our place!"

"Fine," Stella pauses, thinking of a way to punish Myles. "No... I got nothing. No outing only."

"Perks of being Myles," Ian mutters.

"You will all go up to him and apologize, and you all better mean that apology!" Stella points at each of us, a bit of water gathering in her eyes, showing just how much she cared about Ryder.

Stella seemed like everything Ryder loved in Clara. She was nothing like the evil stepmothers in Cinderella and in other fairy tales.

Though, I'm still looking forward to meeting Clara...

We nodded our heads in shame, going into the hospital door.

"Its broken," the doctor tells Ryder just as I step in.

"What?!" Ryder glares at us, pretty much ready to slit our throats out.

Molly continues sobbing, Ryder trying to comfort her. I almost laugh, since this was supposed to be the other way around, but I decided it was best not to.

"Well, not exactly. Its broken, but it can heal in time. In the moment, we advice you to wear the cast for a while," the doctor chuckles at all our worried faces.

"You fucking excuse of a doctor! How dare---" Ryder pauses, when Molly turns his head to her so she could peck his cheek.

"Aww!" I gush to myself, knowing our sick plan had worked.

"What do you freaks want?" Ryder turns to us, clearly still mad.

"We came to apologize," Bianca states, nodding her head.

And in the count of three, we apologize at the same time, "Sorry."

"Its totally fine," Ryder smiles at us, leaving me unsure if he forgave us, or if he was trying to tell us he would get back at us.