Curveballs (Chapters 1 to 199)

5.37 Uncaught - Directions

We all met in front of school and started walking over to the hospital. The light mood from earlier was gone. While we were waiting for Mrs. Henry it got quieter and quieter. Many abashed and pale faces were staring into space. Dave was one of them, but Trisha also stopped flirting with me and instead helped Paula put her wild purple hair into a ponytail again. What a statement of respect that was from Paula! If judged by our mood you could come to think this was a funeral march. Mrs. Henry went ahead with a bouquet of flowers. On it was a card with the signatures of what I believe were all the teachers from our school. There wasn't much talking going on, but at least there wasn't complete silence anymore when we walked through the little alley near the town limit. The hospital was built just outside our town so there would be less traffic noise for its patients. We were going to visit one of them and I still didn't quite get the fuss about it. But even I found it somewhat inappropriate when Chuck suddenly started laughing about something that Peter must have said. Everyone started looking at him and especially Mrs. Henry gave him the evil eye. Dave got angry and gave him a push that made him stumble a few steps backwards before Alex managed to calm him down. Chuck apologized and everything was back to normal. I found the way Dave had used his strong shoulders was incredibly sexy ^^ Normally I wasn't a fan of violence, but if it was on me he could push around others on a daily basis ^^

We entered the facility and Mrs. Henry asked the receptionist for directions. When she saw the whole class she went pale and told us she needed to ask somebody for permission first. I placed myself with the back to the wall to quickly check the state of my protection because I had a feeling I might at one point have all eyes on me. I didn't feel wet, but by touching my butt I could determine that the diaper had gotten thicker and thus heavier. It was hard to estimate how much more it could absorb until I would sit in a puddle and eventually leak. I could only try to draw comparisons to the pull-ups from the day before and the diaper I still wore overnight and judging by the latter I must have had a pretty solid margin left. I finally managed to calm down again when we finally got the allowance from the hospital to move on. Even though it wasn't as big as the hospital where I had been to many times in the past, the hallways dragged on since we needed to get to the top floor first and then into the farthest corner of the whole building ^^ As we went on we got looks from the physicians and nurses who obviously weren't used to whole crowds ripping through their infirmaries ^^

"It has got to be here somewhere...", Mrs. Henry muttered and looked around the floor. The rest began searching, too, when suddenly a nurse approached us.

"Hey guys, you can't just flood this floor. There are people working here and patients who need to rest!"

"I'm sorry, Miss, but we got the allowance to come here from management"

"You all belong together?"

"Yes this is actually my class", Mrs. Henry said sheepishly.

"Then please tell them to keep quiet or you will need to leave..."

"Mrs. Henry?", Rina asked.

"Yes, Rina?"

"I got him", Rina announced and pointed at the sign next to a door. Mrs. Henry gestured her and then the rest to stay quiet.

"Oh Mr. Rottenburger is a teacher? I wouldn't have guessed that", the nurse explained and then opened the door. She took a quick look around before nodding to us. Mrs. Henry started to get really nervous and some tears found their way out of her pouches. She quickly wiped them away, took a deep breath and went in while the rest of us just followed her.

"Hi Val...er...Mrs. Henry", he welcomed her from his bed. He looked good.

"Don't be silly, George", she responded and handed him the flowers. He took them and looked joyful at the card.

"Thank you, VAL. And great to see you gals and guys. I'm overwhelmed you all came to visit me", he told us with a bright smile.

"Great to see YOU! You've got no idea how much you worried us...all of us!", Mrs. Henry pointed out and lost the battle against her tears again.

"But it's over now, Val. There's no need to cry. I'm still a bit weak, but otherwise fine. Hopefully I'll be outta here before the weekend", he said with a wink.

"That's some great news", she said with a teary smile. Mr. Rottenburger wanted to address her crying again, but then noticed that most of the girls and a few boys were actually in tears, too. It was a touching moment and the bond was very strong, yet I still didn't feel sad at all and wondered what was wrong with me.