Joe & Dianne~ it was fate

chapter eight~house bound

Joe's POV
i saw dianne suddenly trip, i don't know how, and land in an awkward position. i could tell she was in pain because she was crying and usually she's a tough little trooper. i ran over to her and sat next to her pulling her into my side for a comforting hug. i could feel my shirt getting damp from her tears and i knew she needed to go to a&e. eventually, after about 10 minutes dianne had calmed down.
"right then you" joe said standing up "i think it's best if i take you down to hospital to get that ankle checked out, it looks pretty swollen to me"
dianne whimpered in pain as joe carefully helped her stand up, only really resting her weight on her good foot. joe tried to walk with dianne leaning on her but it just wasn't working, so he scooped her up and carefully walked back to the apartment, luckily it was only about 2 minutes.
Dianne's POV
we got back to the apartment and i was still in agonising pain. joe had helped me into his car and he ran inside to get some essentials. joe got back to the car and asked if i was ok. i said
"i'm ok but i have a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach"
"don't worry" joe replied "whatever happens i'm here" dianne rested her hand on top of joe's which was on the gear stick.
Joe's POV
we pulled into the hospital and i parked up and ran inside to grab a wheelchair. when i got back to the car dianne looked as if she's been crying again.
"are you ok gorgeous ?" i asked
"it's just hit me that if this is serious i won't be able to do the here come the girls tour" she said with so much sorrow in her voice"
"it'll be fine ok. no need to worry" joe said softly.
i wheeled her in through the automatic door and they signed in and took a seat.
"we could be here a looooong time!" dianne said to joe
he just laughed and then dianne rested her head on his shoulder.
*5 hours later*
my shoulder was numb and i was pretty sure dianne was asleep. finally after 5 brutal hours we were called into to be seen. i carefully shook dianne awake and she slightly groaned. i told her we were going in and i pushed her through into the examination room.
"i think we'll need an x-ray on that" the doctor said prodding at dianne's swollen purple ankle. she was clearly in so much pain as she was squeezing my hand so much!
"ok and how long will we have to wait?" i asked
"you can go straight in we've quietened down a a lot now"
Dianne's POV
"ok from the x-rays i can see that you have a very minor buckle fracture in your second metatarsal" the doctor said to both joe and dianne.
"and that means....." dianne asked with panic in her voice.
"you can dance if you spend at least a week resting and wearing the support boot for the week" both joe and dianne let out a sigh of relief.
"thank goodness!" dianne said, her smile beaming ear to ear. the doctor strapped me up into the boot, gave me some pain medication and said i was good to go.
"right then you clumsy thing, let's get you home" joe said helping dianne back into the car.
Joe's POV
we arrived home and i helped dianne to the sofa. i swaddled her in with blankets and pillows and put on her favourite film. i order a pizza for us to share and just sat next to dianne, letting her lean on me. soon after we'd eaten the pizza i could hear dianne's quite, soft snoring so i picked her up and took her upstairs to bed.
"unfortunately you're going to be bed bound for a few days" he said to his girlfriend asleep peacefully.

A/N finally a longer chapter! hopefully they will stay like this but i do struggle for ideas so please leave any ideas below.