A Step Closer to Love

The doctor walked in with a smile on his face and a folder in hand. “How do you feel?” he asked looking at her. He looked so handsome that she could not help but be drawn to his beauty. She stared at him.

He snapped his fingers in her face and her eyes jumped to life and blushed uncontrollably before she tried her best to gather herself together. “I asked how you feel”

“My leg hurts so badly” she comments trying to mask her expression of embarrassment.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“I have prescribed some injections of painkillers and you will be given them soon. Just get someone who can get you something tangible to eat”

“Someone is already going that” she replied.

“Okay good then, as soon as you eat ring the bell at the bedside to alert the nurses who will help you”

“Thank you, doctor, what are the results of the test?”

“Oh yes, you have a little sprain on your left ankle so even if you get discharged later tonight be careful using the legs. I will write a note for you to have crutches assigned to you” he says.

“I will have to use crutches?” she asked afraid. She recalled when the extreme bullying took to her and she had a broken leg. It made her use crutches for three months. The wounds were intense. That was when her mom started paying more attention than ever and even proceeded to change her school against all odds.

“Yes, but you will probably only use it for a week or so. I noticed you had prior broken bones in the same leg, so using a crutch would help heal faster, ” he explains. “Are there any other questions you might want to ask?”

“No that will be all. Thank you so much”

“Once you have your meal ensure you get your injections and you will be discharged by the painkillers wear off”

He turned to leave and met Kieran at the door. “Hello,” the doctor said to him. Seeing them together was obvious that the doctor and Kieran were the same age.

“You are the doctor yeah? U hope she is alright?”

“Are you a relative of hers?”

“She is like a sister to me” Kieran replied. Arabella could not agree more. They were meant to be siblings in the eyes of others. She could swear that she was him sighing in relief quietly.

“I have explained the situation to her and she is fine so you do not need to worry” he explained.

“But I did not hear anything about the test result from you?” Kieran asked.

“As I said I already explained the situation to the patient”

Kieran’s eyes fell on her and she nodded affirmative. Why did it feel to her as if they were about to fight about the test result? Kieran moved away from beside him to the soda and table in the room.

“Thank you Doctor” she shouted after him.

“What did he say?” Kieran came to stand beside her immediately the door shut.

“Easy sir” she said with a smirk.

“I have been worried about what the result said and why they took so long to bring it by”

“It’s fine, it’s just a simple sprain so I would be given crutches to use for the main time”

“You would have to use crutches for the main time?” Kieran asked stunned. She said it so casually it actually shocked him. Why would she say it like it is something someone should be used to?

“Yes but maybe a week or two”

“Why do you say it so casually?” he asked back unable to hide his shock.

“Because it is not the first time. I have used it once before”

“Ohh” he exclaimed. He was not comfortable with her familiarity with the crutches but what could he say?

She explained to him that the doctor asked her to have a meal and then asked the nurses to give her injections and then when the effect wore off she could go home. He had asked countless times if it was okay for her to just go home like that and she had assured him. His face gave him away that he was not convinced but he had no choice but to accept because she insisted.

“What do I tell your mom?” she asked sleepily.

The injection given to her was to make her dizzy and then fall asleep after a while. She was concerned about how worried Everly would be when she saw her on a crutch.

“I will think of something do not worry”

“Why do you have to think of something all by yourself when I put us in this mess?” she spoke so slowly it took all that Kieran had fit him to understand clearly and fully what it was she was trying to say.

“You sound so drunk”

“No I don’t” she slurred making him chuckle a little.

“So you do laugh?” she asked slowly to herself but he was able to pick out the words she said.

“Is there any human who does not?” he asked amused by her theory.

“You sound like someone who had been drinking for hours. If you do not want me to come up with a solution all by myself we can come up with one once you are awake and fully alert” he suggested.

She nodded to herself. She could not help but deny that he gave very nice solutions to problems she had faced all day.

“I am so sad that I missed seeing Michelle Michigan” she murmured

“You have been told not to worry,” he said looking up from his phone. Her eyes were closed but her lips did not seem to stop speaking. When he did not hear her voice again he glanced back at his phone screen.

Aurora had sent a message saying she was worried about him. He wondered how she still dared to still text him after his brutal rejection. She must be very brave to do so.

“Kieran?”

He looked up and noticed her eyes were closed. He wondered what she was trying to say. He paused and waited for her to continue.

“Thank you for everything today. I wonder what I would have done without you”