Chances [L/H]

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I was lying sideways on the floor, not feeling anything from the knees downwards. The sound of footsteps running down the stairs took me out of this numb daze. I felt an arm on my back and suddenly I was being lifted into the hold of two arms and being lead outside. "Codie…Codie…" My head fell to the left, resting against a broad chest. My eyes rested on Luke's face, which looked afraid. He was biting down on his bottom lip, with his eyes darting all over the place. "Shit!" He gasped as he stared past my eyes to the back of my head. "You're bleeding…" His voice was shaking as he quickened his pace. "Where… Where are…" My head fell backwards, my eyes closing shut. 

I hopped out of the the hospital room, crutches under both of my arms. As soon as I stepped out into the corridor Luke rushed over and put his arm round me for support. "I'm so sorry!" he muttered, his lips pressed to my head. "Don't be you muppet. You carried me all the way here!" I said looking up at him. "Thank you!" I had broken my foot by falling over the box at the bottom of the stairs and had hit my head on the way down. Luke opened the door for me and helped me in and out of the car. As soon as we got home he ran up the path to the front door, making sure it was wide open before I reached it. He held my elbow as I hopped to the living room. "I got mum to set up the sofa as a bed as it will be a struggle for you to get upstairs" Luke explained as I looked down and saw a duvet and pillow laid out on the sofa. I looked over at the blow up bed beside it on the floor, and looked up at Luke. He smiled and said, "You didn't think I'd leave you to sleep alone did you!" Later on in the evening I was in the living room on my own, with my pjs beside me. I stood up from the sofa, balancing on one leg, leaning down to pick up my pjs. I managed to do the top half, and gently pull tops over my head avoiding the stitches. When it came to the bottom half, I managed to lift the leg of the broken foot high enough to remove one half of my trousers, but when it came to the other I was puzzled, I couldn't exactly put any kind of pressure on my broken foot. I slowly sat back down on the sofa, with my legs in the air slightly, but I couldn't stretch far enough to pull the other trouser leg off.  "Let me help!" I heard Luke mutter as he came into my sight, kneeling down in front of me and removing my trousers. I looked at him as he pulled it over my foot. "That was sexy" I muttered. He tried to keep a straight face but ended up cracking into a laugh. "Not while your foot is broken missy!" He said as he stood up and pecked my lips. He then knelt back down and put my pjs bottoms on, lifting me up, with my hands on his shoulders, as he pulled them up. "You sure you still wanna wait till my foot is no longer broken?" I teased. He nodded quickly, "Come on! Bed time!" I pulled back the duvet and slowly placed myself down on the sofa as Luke went to grab his pjs and leave the room. "Woah where you going?" I asked. He looked at me innocently. "To get changed…" "You don't need to leave the room." His eyes shifted nervously. "Close the door and get changed in here. I won't peek." I smirked. Luke closed the door and went over to the other side of the room to change. I watched as he lifted his top over his head, revealing his defined abs and the v line which was visible above his trousers. "You said no peeking!" I covered my face with my hands. "It's nothing I haven't seen before" I heard Luke walk over to the blow up bed and removed my hands. "You're sleeping topless?" I said as he leaned on his elbows. He shrugged his shoulders with a little smirk. "When this foot is mended, you better run!" I laughed. Luke shook his head as he laughed. "What?" I asked. "Nothing… I'm just glad you were failing Science" I raised my eyebrows, "Well that's a first! But me too." We stayed up for an hour or so talking about school and memories we had from it. In the end I was beyond exhaustion, and could hardly keep my eyes open. "Goodnight Luke" I said as I turned my head to face the back of the sofa. "Goodnight Codie" He muttered, as I felt his hand reach and take mine. I smiled to myself before closing my eyes and falling asleep.