Half a heart

Chapter 22

TW: mentions of struggling with eating and injuries and fainting

Charlie's POV:

I am now in the back of the car with Harry and Louis, we are on the way to the hospital because I hurt my ankle yesterday while running and it's gotten worse now making it hard for me to walk on. "Charlie how are you doing" Liam's voice peers from the front seat. "I'm alright, my ankle really hurts." I try and think about other things to try keep my mind off the pain from my ankle. The pain was getting worse and excruciating, i bite my bottom lip to keep tears from escaping. "Charlie...are you okay? Harry asks and his hand rubs my arm before he flicks a few loose curls out of my face. We arrive at the hospital shortly and Louis and Harry help me out of the car and into the emergency room. I sit in the waiting room with the boys and then my name gets called by a doctor, I try and stand up, but Harry had to help me walk over to the doctor. "You must be Charlie spring?" I nod and follow the doctor into the little examination room. "Harry, can you stay with me please?" I instated on Harry staying with me, so he did. The appointment went okay but the doctor got me a wheelchair and told me I needed to go for an x-ray. Harry took me to the x-ray area, and we waited and 5 minutes later I got taken into the x-ray room and had to get Harry to help me on the bed so I could lay down and get the stupid x-ray done.

The x-ray only took about 10 minutes and then I was back in the examination room. "Okay Charlie so looking at the x-ray it appears that you fractured your ankle so we need to put a cast on your ankle for 8 weeks and then when you come to get the cast off you will have to wear a moon boot for 4 weeks. Would you like crutches or a wheelchair to help you get around and to keep weight off the ankle?" "I will take crutches please" i replied and another nurse came in and placed the crutches by the door, the doctor began putting a cast on my ankle. It took a while to do the cast but eventually it was done, I haven't used crutches in a while, so I had to refresh myself on how to use them, but I got the hang of them and was able to use them pretty well. Harry walked behind me as we made our way back to the waiting room where the rest of the boys were waiting. "Oh, Charlie what happened, what did they say about your ankle?" Niall asked as we walked out of the hospital. "They said Charlie fractured his ankle and needs a cast for 8 weeks and a moon boot for another 4 weeks" Harry said as Louis helped me into the car and then held onto my crutches for me. "Charlie are you sure you want to go to school still?" I was hesitant but then I replied with "yes please if that's okay?"

3 new messages from Nick🧸

10:04am

Nick: hey Charlie, are you okay?

10:20am

Nick: hey are you coming to school today? You went in form is everything okay?

10:30am

Nick: char are you okay? I haven't heard from you today I'm worried about you Charlie.

11am

Charlie: hey Nick, I'm so sorry about not answering but I was in the hospital all morning but I'm now just getting to school. Can you meet me by the school gate when I arrive to school, please?

11:02am

Nick: oh char, I will be by the gate when you get here, just let me know when you arrive.

11:10am

Charlie: I have just arrived at school now I might be a bit slow getting around today.

"Nick is going to meet me at the school gate" I say as I get out of the car and wave bye to the boys. "Bye Charlie have a good day and if there are any problems just call one of us" Liam says to me, and I nod and I use my crutches and get over to where Nick is standing by the gate giving me his soft, comforting smile. I get over to him and I don't even say a simple hi to him instead I say "you called me char..." "oh I'm sorry it slipped out by accident" he says and rubs the back of his neck. "I like it, it's cute" I boop him on his nose and he giggles. "Fine you win char. What happened to your ankle and what's with the crutches?" Nick takes my bag, and we begin heading to our science class I tell him what happened.