My Internetainer

Sprained Ankle

-Unfortunately things are not as you expected, you hurt you leg pretty bad young lady, you need to stay in bed for at least two weeks before your ankle is alright. Eventually you will be in more and more pain so you will be taking painkillers and you will have a bandage around your ankle since you sprained it. I suggest minimum movements and someone around you often, motivation won't hurt you, but it will be painful. Also you need to put ice on it and an ointment every four hours. I will come and visit you again the following week.

I look at the doctor with my mouth husking wide open. I can't believe anything of what he just said, my ankle is hurting but it can't be that bad, there is no way I have to stay in bed for that long or even taking painkillers, he has to be wrong. I nod at the doctor who walks out along with my mother and lefts me with my dad.

-You are very clumsy you know that? How did you manage to hurt yourself that way?

-I just bumped into a log. I told you that.

-Yes but you didn't tell me why. I know moving shoot you a bit off and you are always with your head in the clouds since then but not see a log just in front of you really concerns me....what were you thinking?

-I don't know, I just didn't see it.

-I'm just worried that's all, you can talk me to me for everything, and you know that.

-I know, I'm really telling you the truth.

He goes downstairs also and lefts me alone. I know that he is worried probably because if Rhett wasn't there I would be in a bad situation right now, but I can just tell him that I was spying on our neighbor for the very first day I met him! And he didn't pass by to pick his shirt... I grab a comic booκ from the pile that's always next to my bed and start reading. As I was diving and losing myself in the story forgetting the today's episodes I hear the doorbell, footsteps and then murmurs. Is Rhett here? I try to hear but I can't tell if it's his voice or not, the door is closed.

Now I can hear multiple steps on the stairs getting closer and closer. The door opens and my mum gets in along with Rhett. She gives me a deadly look and walks away.

-Hey! I came to see how you were doing, did the doctor checked you?

-Yes and I'm stuck in bed for two weeks.

-Really? I know you couldn't walk but you didn't seem to be hurt that bad.

-I know that's what I thought, but it seems I am, I sprained my ankle pretty bad.

-I'm sorry for you, can I do something?

-Don't be, it could have been worse if you weren't there, you already helped me more than most guys would. Thank you, you are a life saver. Your t-shirt is on the desk, thanks for giving it to me.

-Oh thanks.

-You can stay if you want.

-I came with my mother actually. I told her about your accident and she got very worried so she decided to come and see how you are doing, so I came too. If you don't prefer to be alone to rest or something I will leave when she does.

-Go on, have a sit.

I point at my office chair; he drags it closer to the bed.

-Do you read comics?

-Yes...

-Your cousin again?

-How did you know?

-Guessed it.

-I'm into them too, especially with Daredevil, captain America and Green lantern.

-Really? So you are keen on characters who haven't incredible superpowers, they are more humans. That's not very regular; you are the first one to tell me so. Not that this is bad, Captain America's comic books are amazing.