[ Luke ]
After sitting in the hospital waiting room for a half hour, a nurse led us to one of the rooms where we waited even longer. When a doctor finally came to us, he was a middle aged man who seemed to be balding and there was a sour look on his face.
He looked down at his clipboard and his lips tightened to form a white line. "Mr. Hemmings...is it?"
Apple Rose nodded slowly.
"It says here you came in saying you have two broken fingers." He continued. Pulling his gaze away from the clipboard, he took a look at the broken fingers. "We'll need to run some x-rays and tests to determine what exactly is wrong. But it says here you're only seventeen years old. We'll need a parent or guardian's permission before we can proceed."
"What?" Both Apple Rose and I gasped in unison.
"No." She protested, shaking her head quickly. "I'm Luke Hemmings, from 5 Seconds of Summer. My band and I are on tour and my family stayed in Australia."
"Then a guardian can give their permission." He stated simply.
"You don't understand." She explained.
"Ashton!" I breathed as an idea came to me. Pulling my cellphone out of my pocket, I dialed Ashton's number. It was a while before he finally answered the phone. The moment I heard someone on the other line, I said into the phone, "Ashton!"
Confused, he slurred. "Who is this? Luke?"
He was clearly drunk. "Its Apple Rose. Ashton, listen to me. You need to come to the Mulholland Hospital right away. Luke broke his hand and they don't want to help us because he's underage. They say they can't do anything to help him without a guardian's permission."
Apple Rose signalled to me that she wanted the phone and I handed it to her. Her voice sounded pained as she hissed into the phone. "You get the hell over here right now." She told him. "This bastard of a doctor won't help me until my parents or guardian allow it. If you're not here in the next ten minutes, I will murder all of you."
She threw the phone back at me after hanging up and I looked at the doctor with a nervous smile. "Excuse him. He's in so much pain he doesn't know what he's saying."
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[ Apple Rose ]
Luke informed the doctor my guardian was coming and apparently we had to rely on his drunken friends to come save us. The doctor rolled his eyes in annoyance. "I have other patients to take care of." He informed us.
"Sorry." I murmured, but all I wanted was for him to leave.
Then I'd request a different doctor because this one wasn't too fond of us. Still looking annoyed, he asked us, "How did you even break your fingers?"
At the same time that I said, "I fell down." Luke said, "He ran into a door."
I shot him a look. He opened his mouth to speak, this time saying, "He fell down." At the same time that I blurted out. "I ran into a door."
"Okay." The doctor let out a frustrated sigh. "While you two get your story straight, I'm going to see my other patients who actually need my help." He then turned around and headed out the door, closing it behind him.
"Ugh." I groaned in disgust. "I hate this guy."
Luke nodded in agreement. "He looks like a butcher." His eyes darted to my unnaturally twisted ingers. Biting his lip, he asked me, "How does your hand feel?"
I shrugged. "Its just numb now."
"I'm sorry." He apologized, clearly looking upset. "This is what I get for listening to an American."
"Hey," I complained. "Americans are fun, okay?"
"Right." A smile tugged at the corners of his lips.
Patting the spot on the examination table next to me, I grinned, "Get over here and sit next to me, Aussie."
"You're not insulting me." He commented, surprised.
I shook my head. "I'm too tired. Lets be non-enemies for the moment."
He climbed up onto the examination table and sat next to me. I leaned my head on his shoulder, which must have looked awkward since I was in his body and he was so much taller than me. We sat there together until his four friends burst through the door.
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[ Luke ]
"Luke! We're here to save you!" Ashton anounced, with Niall, Calum and Michael right behind him. On their faces were looks of concern, followed by looks of confusion when they saw that Apple Rose was at the hospital with me.
"Who is she?" Niall asked.
Michael replied with an amused tone. "Remember that girl on the news? The model who fell on the runway?"
Apple shot them a glare when Niall tried to hold back a laugh, but failed. "That's her?" He chuckled.
I saw her open her mouth to speak, but I interrupted her. Jumping off the exam table, I spoke loudly, "Luke and I were just meeting up because I'm here for a fashion show and I wanted to get my phone back. That was when he tripped and tried to catch himself on his hands and his fingers broke."
The four looked down at the broken fingers, their faces contorted in disgust. "I can't believe this happened." Calum groaned. "How are you going to perform now?"
"Well, he doesn't have to play guitar..." Michael mused.
"He can still sing!" Ashton grinned. "We're saved. Praise Jesus."
That was one thing we hadn't thought about. Apple looked at he, her eyes widened in horror. I shot her a look that told her to agree until we could think of something to solve this problem. "I don't know if I can perform at my best, guys."
"Why do you keep speaking in American english?" Michael asked.
"Because I want to, okay?" She snapped. "I am injured and I'm going to be wearing a cast on my hand for God knows how long, I think my english is the least of my fucking problems."
"Relax." Calum said.
But she shook her head. "No, I will not relax. I am not going to perform until my hand heals, I refuse. I am going on vacation in Brazil and all of you better not fucking complain or I'll snap your fingers so you can see what the excruciating pain feels like."
"Our fans won't be very happy." Ashton pointed out.
"They'll understand." She argued.
And so it was decided that the boys and Apple Rose would give a press conferrence, explaining why we had to withdraw from the world tour for a few months.
Ashton was surprisingly accepted as my guardian without question and signed the paperwork to have them fix my hand. Now all that was left was to wait and see how Apple Rose and I would return to our rightful bodies.
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since this story got 12k reads, i thought it would be a good idea to add another update.
so i hope you enjoy it.
thank you so much for the support you've been giving this story, it really means a lot. and i hope it all continued this way. just wanted you all to know how much i really appreciate you. so thank you.
i was going to make this next scene be apple rose getting interviewed, but then i thought this would be more amusing.
but the interview will come soon. so stay tuned for that.
i love you.
-clary xx
