unexpected decision. ||Josh Richards||

Chapter 21: is she ok?

When we got to the hospital I was waking up a little more. I saw josh worried next to me and a some nurses. When I could finally clearly see what was around me, I looked at josh. He saw me looking at him and smiled. I didn't feel well at all. My head was pounding.. like a lot. The nurses left the room and josh put his hand on my head. I smiled at him and said in a soft voice "what happened..?" Josh said "Jackson got you in a pretty bad tackle. I don't even think it was a tackle, more like an attack." I frowned a little and the door opened. I looked up and saw Charli hysterical, Dixie trying to calm her down, and my two worried brothers. They all came over and hugged me. Charli hugging the longest.

I said "I-I'm ok." Tayler said "well you have a pretty bad concussion so guess who's not going to school for the rest of the week." I smiled a little bit because that meant I could sleep in. Charli said "before your brothers attack Jackson because I know they're going to, I'm gonna go and literally kill him." That's how Charli was. When she's upset she gets super aggressive ready to beat someone's ass if they're being annoying. That's why I love her. "Char maybe you shouldn't." Dixie said, trying to calm her down. Dixie then said "look me and Charli gotta go. Nik, feel better and get lots of rest." I smiled and nodded and Charli and Dixie left.

Now it was just me josh and my brothers. I said "so Bryce, h-how was your date?" Bryce laughed knowing I was trying to keep the talking topic off of myself. "Good actually. She's really nice too." I smiled. I was happy for Bryce. Last time he dated someone he got his heart shattered. The girls name was Sidney. They'd been dating for about two years at the time but turned out she was cheating the whole time. The person she was cheating with had no clue about it either, causing him and Bryce to become good friends. "Cool, now tayler how was work?"

Tayler gave me a look kinda like "don't even try". He was worried, I knew it. Now that this happened tayler is gonna want to take me out of football.. but he knows I would go back to how I was, un happy and depressed. When I was depressed, like how I used to be (I still am but not too bad), I had tried to commit a couple of times. Luckily my brothers were there to stop me. Tayler finally said "seriously Nik, I know your trying to change the subject. My work was fine by the way. Nothing special. How was the game besides the whole.. you know." I smiled and said "good actually. Me and josh had a lot of good plays." Bryce said "yeahhhh joshy boy! Oh and you two Nikki." We all laughed but I laughed a little softer because my head hurt.

After about an hour we were allowed to leave so I got up and changed in the bathroom and went to the car with my brothers. As I was walking through the waiting room I saw the whole team there. I smiled and said "h-hey." They looked up and all I heard was one big loud sigh of relief. They all came and hugged me in a big group hug. Jaden said "don't worry, I got some payback on that kid." You remembered you only told josh about Jackson. You said "t-that was actually m-my abusive ex. He wanted me hurt and he got it." The group hug got tighter, more comforting. I smiled and jaden said "so can we go back and actually beat him up now?" I said "you guys can, but I got a pretty bad concussion so I'm stuck home for the week." They all frowned and told me to feel better. I smiled at them and we all left the hospital.

I got in the car with Bryce and tayler and we started driving home. Tayler said "those boys seem nice." I laughed and said "they're like you guys. Chill and fun to hangout with, but also overprotective." Tayler said "we are not over protective!" I couldn't help but laugh. "Try to live my life tay. If you were me with two older brothers who ask questions when you look at a boy, then You'd understand." Tayler laughed and said "ok maybe I'm protective, but atleast I care right." He's right, I am happy to know he's there for me. By the time we got home I had fallen asleep in the back on bryces shoulder. Bryce slowly dragged me out of the car into the house. He didn't really feel like bringing me to my room so he left me on the couch to sleep, which honestly was better so I was closer to everything in the morning.