1 year earlier
Noah and I are at the park and I'm watching him whip this old guy at chess when I notice some boys being loud and obnoxious by the swings.
Well when Noah finally finishes the old guy we leave him to his goggling and head over to the swings anyway.We sit down and the boys start to make fun of a little boy close to us.
Well being the little hero he is Noah jumps in to help the kid. Well then the boys start to pick on me. Pulling my hair. Making fun of my glasses and stuff.
So Noah slugs one of them. Which was a terrible choice on his part, because then they all pile on him. Like one big football tackle.
So as the idiot I am I start tugging at the boy on the top. He gets up and pushes me towards the swing. I kick him. In the shin. He buckles and I start tugging at the next guy.
But Noah has it under control so I stand back. The boys go running to the benches and Noah and I sit back down on the swings.
Well were swinging as high as we can when Noah says" maybe if we swing high enough we won't ever come down."
Well I came down. Hard. The boy I kicked pushes me. I landed on my arm and all three of us hear the crunch of my bone snapping.
It took me a few seconds to feel the pain because I was still so discombobulated. But it didn't take that long.
My arm hurts so much that everything else is muffled and irreverently. I barely notice Noah dragging me up to my feet. I only notice when I feel myself hit the ground again.
I look up at Noah. His banana yellow hair looks more yellow against his now pale face. His eyes are scrunched up with worry. He's trying to talk to me but I can barely hear him.
Now that I think about it, I probably freaked him out because I wasn't crying. I was just sitting there swallowed up in my pain. Clutching my arm.
Somehow, Noah gets me to my feet and starts to drag me down the street towards my house. I stumble along as Noah holds my uninjured arm and guides me down the sidewalk.
Finally I can't go any further and I collapse not far from Elroy's house. In the space of a few seconds from when Noah calls for Elroy and he runs up beside us I realize Noah's going to go somewhere.
I start to whimper. I wasn't that fond of Elroy and I felt safe with Noah. He gave me one quick glance and was running off down the street to my house.
It takes about 4 seconds for Da to come running out of the house and down the street with Noah at his heels. They crouch down next to me as Noah frantically try's to explain.
I look at Da and can tell he's not understanding any of it so I hastily whimper what happened in German. His face un scrunches a little as I explain.
He rubs my shoulder and then scoops me up in his arms. I never realized that Da was so strong but he picked me up with no struggle was so ever.
I look over Da's shoulder as he carries me to the car. He sets me down in the back seat, and I see him motion to someone. Then Noah hops in on my other side.
I fall asleep on Noah's shoulder as we drive to the hospital. All in all, at least I got a cool cast.
