"It looks swollen." Catlin pointed out, sitting next to Mia on the benches near the track field. Mia winced when Catlin touched it lightly but tried to play it off as a yawn.
"It's alright, just hurts...a little," She told her, starting to stand but regretted it after 5 seconds of intense pain.
"You sure, I mean I can help you if you want me to-"
"No thanks Catlin," Mia cut her off, trying to walk towards the track field. She never liked asking people for help. Mia was very independent in her own little way, she even has a job at Abercrombie in Mission Creek Mall that paid enough for her to buy the important necessities.
Leo and Tasha always try to buy her or get her into not spending her money on clothes since that's what they want to do for her but Mia feels like she asks for too much.
When she got to the track and bent down into her running position she noticed Leo, up in the seats where the audience should be, reading. She smiled up at him and waved even though she knew he didn't see and looked back in front of her where the track was.
Catlin kept an eye on her for a second, making sure she was absolutely fine but then looked back ahead of her.
"Three, two, one, Go!" Yelled coach Trent clicking the stopwatch, as everyone on the track team started to run. Mia was ahead along with Ling, a foreign exchange student, and Kyle, one of the fastest kids in school.
Catlin was speeding behind her trying to catch up as well and at the same time trying to check out one of the football players (Chase obviously). It hurt like crazy when she ran but pushed the pain aside until something made contact with her foot making it twist as she fell to the ground. It didn't hurt at first until a large amount of pain shot through her leg and soon it was unbearable.
"Ahhhhhh!" She screamed alerting everyone on the field making them stop.
Trent ran over to her side observing her foot. Leo, in a few seconds was also by her side doing an x-ray of her foot without anyone noticing. He found out that the bone was badly broken and she needed medical attention immediately.
"How much does it hurt?" Asked Trent picking her up but when her left foot made contact with the ground she yelped in pain again.
Leo looked down on the ground and saw the object that made her trip.
A football.
When he looked up, he also noticed that the star quarterback was gone as well.
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"What is taking them so long?" Groaned Leo, sitting down in the waiting room chairs. Tasha was right besides him using her phone, trying to distract herself from her complaining son. Mia just needed foot surgery to screw in some bones back in place since a cast wont keep them together.
She will need one, after surgery of course.
Leo wanted to leave already for many reasons.
1: The strong smell of disinfectant and
2: The many sad and sick people.
But the main reason was that this was the same spot 7 years ago where they pronounced his father to be dead. Every time he came he would always feel warmth and protection yet cold and scared all at once.
"When is the doctor coming back?" Leo asked whining again as his mom just sighed and looked over at him annoyed.
"Leo she's fine. The doctor said that she needed a few screws in her foot, that's all."
Leo hit his head against the wall avoiding all eye contact when everyone looked his way. Tasha patted her son's shoulder and asked, "Leo, do you know who threw the ball?"
Leo's eyes widened, "Why do you ask?"
He already knew the answer to that, in fact it's the whole reason he asked just to make sure.
"To sue them," she said plainly, standing up and walking away.
Sighing, Leo looked over at the entrance and was shocked when he saw the one person he least expected to be here, Chase Henderson. Instead of his jock uniform he usually wears, he was wearing jeans, a dark blue shirt and a black jacket. When he caught sight of Leo, he sucked in a sharp breath and walked over to him as Leo crossed his arms angrily.
"My mom wants to sue you. Just wanted to let you know before you go into poverty," Leo said harshly not making any eye contact.
Chase sighed and ran his hand through his spikey hair, "Look I'm sorry about what happened earlier with the football and everything. I just wanted to ask if there's any way I could make it up without getting in trouble?"
Leo thought for a moment before a triumphant smirk played across his lips. He knew that Chase would never have apologized in public so he could keep his bad boy image up so Leo has to think of something that would embarrass him while not bieng near people from school.
" Well you have 2 choices and you can only pick one. First choice, my mom can sue you..." Chase shook his head as Leo continued, "...or you could help Mia whenever she needs it except during school hours. Your choice."
Leo sat down in the waiting room chair looking up at Chase expectantly.
"Alright I'll be her 'helper' til she gets better."
Leo nodded, took out his phone and started to use it as Chase left without another word.
