You saved my life *Dalton Rapattoni*

Chapter 17

We got to the hospital and Dalton helped me out again. We rushed to the emergency room. "Hello, what seems to be the problem?" The lady at the desk said. "She has a broken leg and she has a few injuries." Dalton explained. "Ok, follow the nurse to the room." The lady said. Dalton carried me to where the nurse walked. He laid me down on a bed and Allison was put on a bed next to me. "Ok, so we'll do

x-rays on both of you. You guys can wait in the waiting room." The nurse said pushing the boys out. Another nurse came in and pushed down both, Allison and I. We were wheeled into a dark ugly room. Chills ran up and down my spine. "Now which leg is broken?" The nurse asked. "The right one." I answered. "Can you stand on it?" She asked. "No, not at all." I shook my head. The nurse pushed the bed under the x-ray machine.

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The nurse finished. "The doctor will look at the x-rays and then come back with the results. We'll put you in a room until the results come. Do you want to room with the girl you came with?" The nurse asked. "Yea, I would like to." I said. She pushed me into a room in the emergency part of the hospital. Allison was already in there. "Any news about the leg?" Allison asked. "Nope waiting for results." I said. "Same with me." Allison said back. The boys came in but,Will and Cole were missing. "What happened to Will and Cole?" I asked. "They went to go pick Emily, figured she would want to see you." Gabe answered. I smiled remembering Emily. I couldn't wait to see her again. "Who's Emily?" Allison asked. "My best friend." I told her.

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"How's your leg doing?" Dalton asked. "Still hurts like hell." I grunted. Then, the doctor came in. "Hello, we looked at your x-rays and your leg bone is completely shattered," The doctor explained, "This bone is severely broken and may never heal." My jaw dropped. "You on the other hand have a hairline fracture in you wrist and deep cuts that need stitches." The doctor turned to Allison. "So what will happen with Theodora?" Dana asked. "We will put her in a cast and she will have to use crutches. If the leg does not start to heal after a month we'll have to amputate the leg." The doctor answered. Again all our jaws dropped. "Will she get a prosthetic leg?" Dalton asked. "If she chooses to." said the doctor. I couldn't speak. I was too shocked.

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My eyes were wide and my jaw was still dropped. "A-a-a prosthetic leg? like a fake one?" I choked out. The doctor nodded. "We should measure you 2 for your casts." The doctor said jumping to another topic. The doctor took a measuring tape and measured my leg. He wrote something down and gave it to the nurse. "We'll be right back with your casts." The doctor said leaving the room.

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Then, Emily came rushing into the room. "Oh my lord! Theodora you look awful! Are you ok?" Emily asked worried. "Not really, I may have to get my leg amputated." I sighed. Emily gasped. "What?!? Why!?!?" She almost yelled. "The bone in my leg is completely shattered, it may not heal." I told her. "Oh my god, Theodora. Please never leave me again. I can't live with out you." Emily pleaded. "Don't worry, I'm not going anywhere." I comforted her. Emily scanned the room until her eyes landed on Allison. "Who are you?" Emily asked. "I'm Allison, you're Emily right?" Allison answered. "Yea, I am." Emily said. Everyone talked and chatted until the doctor came again. "Here are the casts. We'll put Theodora's on first." The doctor told us.

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The doctor commanded me to sit up. He carefully put the cast on, hurting my leg a little bit. Then, the doctor put a splint on Allison's wrist. "Now, you 2 may go home but, please be very careful with your injuries. Both of you also need to make appointments for getting stitches, you can do that at the desk." The doctor explained. The doctor left and Dalton had to help me up. I got balanced with my crutches and slowly made my way down the hall. "Umm, can I use one of your phones to call my friend?" Allison asked. "Yea sure, here you go." Cole said. "Emily was staying in your room but, I'm guessing you guys won't mind sharing." Dalton said. "Yea, that would be awesome." I laughed. "WOOP, WOOP! Party every night!!" Emily screamed. "Shut up! Were in a hospital!!" I yelled at her. "Sorry, I forgot." She said covering her mouth.

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"Hey, guys I just called my friend and she said that I can stay with her." Allison said giving Cole's phone back. "Oh, that's great! but if you ever need us call this number." Cole wrote down the house phone number for where we lived. "Is your friend going to pick you up or?" Will asked. "No, she's coming to pick me up." She said. "Ok, well we'll wait till she comes." Gabe said. We waited until Allison's friend came an then we went home.

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I feel like this is horrible but, I don't know! Thanks for reading and I love all of you lovely readers!! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! Don't be a Scrooge or a Grinch! -Carly