The Night Everything Fell Apart

Chapter 10: My Back, Francis! Please, Help Me!

Francis POV 

"Mary, come back to me please!" I scream and suddenly she wakes up. 

Mary starts screaming in pain. 

"Francis! My back! Help me Francis!" she screams.

 "Where's Nostradamus!" my mother screams. 

Just then, Nostradamus comes in and runs up to us. 

"What happened?" he asks.

 "I was holding her up, so she could dance and suddenly she bent backward and started screaming in pain," I say to him, he nods and picks up Mary.

 He runs out of the room with Mary, me, my mother, and Bash follow Nostradamus and Mary. 

When we enter, I hear Mary screaming.

 "Francis! Where are you! Don't leave me!" she screams. 

I run around the infirmary to find Mary and I found her in a private room with her on her side and Nostradamus touching her back. "Mary! I did not leave you!" I said to her, as I bent down in front of her face. She's crying and still screaming. "Francis! It hurts!" she screams. 

"I know, honey, I know. It will all be over soon." I tell her, as I begin to stroke her hair. 

After an hour of Mary screaming in pain, Nostradamus held her up with one hand, while he layed pillows down on the bed, then he layed a screaming in pain Mary on the pillows.

"Francis, could I talk to you outside?" Nostradamus asks me, I nod. "Mary, I'll be right back," I tell her and before I turn towards the door, she reaches her arm out to me, but she suddenly hurts herself. 

And she begins crying in pain. I run up to her. 

"Mary, don't do anything that will hurt you," I tell her and she slightly nods.

We head towards my mother and Bash, then I turn to face Nostradamus. "What's wrong with her?" I asked. "When she bent backward her back cracked and It will heal, but she will have to wear a back brace for the rest of her life," he tells me. "No, no. Not my Mary." I say, starting to cry. 

"Francis, you have to be brave. For you, for Mary, for Scotland and for France." my mother says to me and I nod. "Can you take me to her?" I ask Nostradamus and just then, I hear Mary screaming. "Francis! Help me! Please!" she screams. Me and Nostradamus run towards Mary's room, with Bash and my mother behind us. "Francis! Help me!" she screams. Me and my mother head to Mary's side, while Nostradamus is on the other side of the bed. "Sebastion, I need your help," he says, to Bash. 

Bash goes up to Nostradamus. "I need you to hold Mary on her side," he tells him and he nods.

Nostradamus moves Mary onto her side, while she cries and screams for him to stop. "Please, please stop! It hurts! It hurts!" she screams. "Shh, Mary. It's all going to be okay." my mother says, as she strokes her hair. "I just want it to be over," Mary says to me, crying. 

"I know. I know." I tell her, softly. Bash holds Mary on her side, while Nostradamus starts to check it. "Please! Please, stop! It hurts! It hurts! Francis! Please, help me! Make him stop! Please! Francis!" she screams, looking at me. 

After about an hour of Mary screaming and crying for Nostradamus to stop, he gently puts her back down on the blankets. "Ahh! Please! I just want to die!" she screams, as he lays her back down. "Mary, no you don't," I tell her, as I stroke her hand. 

"Francis? What's wrong with my back?" she asks me, and I'm so afraid to tell her. "Well, darling, you broke you're back and will stay in bed till birth and after, you will have to wear a back brace," I tell her and she starts to cry. 

"You hate me, don't you?" she asks me, crying. "No, Mary. I don't hate you. I love you so so much and you don't even know how much." I tell her. "I think i'm gonna go to sleep." she tells me and I just nod. Soon, she's asleep and I quietly leave the room. 

Right after, my mother comes up to me. "How did she take it?" she asks me. "She tought I hated her and I told her I don't and then, she fell asleep." I tell her. "Francis, go get some rest and I'll look after Mary, okay?" she asks me. "Okay, mother." I tell her and leave.