Sail along

Chapter 31

Mike finally woke up around lunch.

"Good Morning Mike." Peter said apprehensively.

"Morning," Mike said, rubbing his eyes awake and sitting up. "Oh my head," he groaned, laying back down.

"I'll get you some aspirin." Micky said "Or do you want you're orange pain pills?"

"My orange pills?" Mike said, confused.

"Yeah," Micky said.

"Aspirin I guess." Mike said as he sat up again slowly.

"How...do you feel?" Micky asked, bringing him a cup of water and two white pills.

"Fine, I guess?" Mike asked, taking the pills. "Headache, but fine. Why?"

"You had a concussion and were out of sorts for almost two days." Micky said.

"Oh," Mike said "I don't remember that...I don't think..."

"What do you remember?" Davy asked. Mike sighed and closed his eyes thinking.

"Skating and Willy pulling me down pain in the back of my head then everything's kinda fuzzy until now." Mike said. Then a look of panic crossed his face.

"Oh My God!!" He said as he made to get up but Micky grabbed him and held him down.

"What," Davy asked looking around, "what is it?"

"The skating contest!" Mike said "I need to be there!" He got up again and was halfway to the door grimacing in pain when Micky went up behind him and grabbed him.

"Hold your horses there cowboy," He said, making Davy and Peter snort and Mike give him an unamused look "the contest is over. We had to take you to the hospital halfway through because you got hurt. The doctor there said she didn't want you showing back up there for a week."

"Oh," Mike said, frowning "I-I don't remember that."

"Yeah, well" Micky said leading Mike back the the couch "I'm thinking there's a lot you might not remember."

Mike looked at him.

"Like...what?" He asked hesitantly.

"Like you almost having to be taken to a mental hospital because of how you were acting in front of the police." Micky said rather bluntly.

"Wait, what?" Mike's eyes widened. "What was that about?"

"You ran off to the lighthouse for some reason or other and we called the police in case I couldn't find you," Micky said "I did find you and got you back home and the police were there." He said.

"I called them," Peter said.

"Anyway," Davy continued, "you took the police officer's hat and wanted to keep it." Mike looked at them.

"Well," he said trying not to bury his face in the couch cushions "can you blame me? Police hats are very nice."

"So you said," Micky smiled.

"What?" Mike asked, confused.

"Nevermind.," Micky said "you just said that before, is all."

"You wouldn't give it back and Peter finally gave you your green hat and the police officer took his hat and then called the nut house because he thought you were a danger to people."

"Oh," Mike said, "was I? Did I put you guys in any danger?"

"I don't think so," Micky said. "You mostly just laughed and repeated things."