I Found Him On My Doorstep <3

Are You Okay?

We didn’t tell the driver which hospital to go to and of course he went to the one furthest away. The one that mum worked at. Meaning 1. We’d have to pay him more money and 2. We’d have to explain to mum what happened.

“Here you go” I handed the driver a twenty and told him to keep the change. I turned to Cody who was waiting for me a couple of metres away. “So how are we going to explain this to mother?”

“What? Mum works here too?” Wait, he called her mum...oh yeah. I guess I’ll have to get used to that.

“Uhh...Yeah.” I said.

“Well I guess we can just say that either you or Adam fell on top of me when we were mucking around or something...” he thought out loud.

“Yeah, I guess that could work.” I whispered as we walked through the main entrance. Cody was still worried. I could see the little frown lines on his head and his eyes were quite distant as if he was thinking about something. Which is most likely Jake, he has always got so much to think about. Maybe if he went home it would be easier for him. I mean he’s never going to feel at home in my house. I’ve seen the way he acts when he’s there. To him it’ll never be a home and that’s how he’s going to treat. I’ll have to talk to mum later.

We found one of the nurses in the fracture clinic and told her our ‘story’. She bought it and told us to go wait in some room and a nurse would be there to re-cast Cody’s arm. Cody sat down on the one chair that was in the room and patted his knee. I hesitated cause I didn’t want to hurt him.

“Come on Toni, I’m not a china doll.” He laughed at my hesitation. I eventually told myself that I wouldn’t break him and went over to sit on his knee. I sat down on him sideways and put my arms around his neck as he put his non-injured arm around my waist.

“Does it hurt again?” I asked him out of interest and concern.

“Little bit, I’ve probably re-broke it. Which means more time with a cast.” He sighed. “I hate it so much, do you think if I asked for a brace they’d let me have it instead?”

“I dunno...” I said suddenly really tired. It was like eight o’clock in the evening and we had gotten up early. All I wanted to do was sleep. Surprisingly we hadn’t seen mum about anywhere, I guess she must be busy which means we have no explaining to do.

“Hello there, I’m Melissa and I’ll be putting a new cast on your arm toda –Cody? Toni?” mum walked into the room not realising it was us. “What happened? Are you okay?”

“Yeah were fine.” Cody recited the story that we told the other nurse.

“What were you doing so that Toni fell on top of you?” She asked with one raised eyebrow.

“Oh my God mum. Are you seriously asking that question? We were tickling each other okay!” I stated.

“If you say so.” She sounded different, she sounded far away. I looked into her eyes and I saw the worry but she quickly covered it up.

“So Cody same colour?” she asked getting a bandage ready to put on his arm and making sure there was enough of the stuff.

“I was actually wondering if I could get a brace?” He asked quietly. He could sense that she was not in a good mood. “I hate having a cast. It’s so awkward and I can’t even wash right with it on”

“Let me see your arm then.” He set it up on the bench thingy and mum started prodding it. I hadn’t really looked at it but seeing it now it was all bruised and still swollen. “Well I guess I could give you a brace as long as you promise to only take it off when you get a shower.”

“Of course” He replied all smiley. She handed him a brace and showed him to take it on and off properly so as to not jostle his wrist too much.

“That should be you two finished.” She said plastering a smile on her face. I knew it was false.

“Mum can I talk to you?” I asked.

“Not now Toni I’m working” She snapped at me and slammed something down on the table and gave out a big sigh. “I’m sorry, we can talk when I come home okay. I’ll be there in a couple of hours.”

Cody said goodbye to her and we left. What is her problem? Is she okay? Is the stress of having Cody and Alli in our house getting to her? Wait Alli doesn’t live with us. She may as well though she’s been here for the past four days. Maybe Cody and Alli really should go home. I don’t think she can handle it, but I don’t want them to go home. I’d be so lost at night without having Cody in my bed.

Both Cody and I went straight home and went straight to bed. I was so tired that I couldn’t function right. I’ll just have to talk to mum in the morning.