Tripping Over Drum Sets, chapter 6
When I woke up, my ankle hurt a lot. I turned to look at Tre who was still sleeping. I tried to get out of bed as quietly as I could to try to walk on it but I could barely put any weight on it at all. Tre rolled in his bed and then woke up.
"Saidi? What are you doing?" he asked as he got up and sat beside me.
"Seeing if I can walk on it now. It's worse then last night though. I think... I think I need to go to the hospital or something." I said, almost in tears from the pain. Tre nodded and got dressed. I got dressed as much as I could and Tre helped me the rest. He opened the door and piggy backed me out to the living room.
"Guys? I'm gonna take Saidi to the hospital to check out her ankle okay? I'll be back for food for both of us in a while," he said. Billie Joe, Adi, and Mike all nodded as they ate their toast. Tre put me in the passenger seat and drove to the hospital. When we got there, he got out and piggy backed me to the emergency room and put my on a chair.
"I think I'm gonna be okay." I said thanking him. They nurse at the counter started to take my information and a doctor came in about 5 minutes later.
"You didn't break it, but you sprained it pretty badly. I want you to stay off it for a week and then it should be fine. Use crutches and take these." the doctor said holding up a bottle of pills. I took them and a pair of crutches and hopped off the bed. "They might make you loopy so don't do anything after you take them." he added. Tre helped me back into the car and drove back to The Bomb Shelter. I hobbled inside and Tre made some toast for us.
"So what did the doctor say?" he asked as he chewed on the toast.
"I didn't break it but I sprained it. I'm supposed to stay off it for a week and take these pills that make me loopy." I said. Tre laughed.
"Loopy eh?" he said. I nodded and laughed with him as I ate my breakfast. "Look Saidi, because I don't want you home alone with your ankle, I want you to stay here until you're healed. I've already talked to the guys and they're fine with it. In fact, they want you to move in with us."
"Move in?" I repeated.
"Yeah, I mean, even if we break up, we'll still be friends with Billie Joe, Adi and Mike." he said. I never really thought about breaking up. I thought what we had was real and he seemed doubtful that we would break up.
"Okay, they want me to move in? As well as you?" I asked.
"Yeah." said Tre as he nodded.
"Well, I was gonna give you the key to my home, but I guess I could sell it and help you guys pay the rent and stuff here." I said. Tre glowed with happiness and hugged me.
"Oh thank you thank you!" he cried. "You'll move in as soon as you can walk again!" he then got up and ran into the living room. I watched him jump up and down telling the guys about the "good" news.
"She said that she'll move in with us! Isn't that great?" he said. Mike and Billie Joe let out a laugh and both said "YES!" at the same time, punching the air. Adi got up and ran over to me.
"You're going to be so happy here!" she said as she hugged me. I finally had friends, a boyfriend, and a place to stay with my pals. This day was great.
"Oh! Saidi! You need to take your medicine!" said Tre. I picked up the bottle and took the prescribed amount. The doctor was right. It did make me loopy. Thirty minutes later, Tre had brought me to the living room to sit down and I was out of it.
"You... Tre here... is a really good kisser!" I said, slurring my words and waving my hands around pointlessly. "And you....you know what?" I said as I started laughing. Billie Joe and Mike were pissing themselves laughing at me and what I was like on this medicine.
"What?" asked Billie Joe.
"He has a really...cute...butt!" I said starting to laugh. Tre started to laugh too. Adi was busting a gut laughing at both me and Billie Joe and Mike.
"Oh my god!" she said through tears from laughing so hard.
"And to think! We get to have this every morning!" laughed Mike.
"Yeah! And you know what else?" I said.
"What?" asked Adi still laughing.
"I can juggle! And not balls either! Heh! Balls!" I said. Tre lost it at that point and fell on the floor joining Billie Joe, Mike and Adi.
"What... can...you...juggle them?" asked Mike.
"I can't remember. I think it was balls! Heh! Balls!" I said. Another loud burst of laughter came from the floor again as Billie Joe and Mike were rolling around.
"Ahh! My sides!" Adi cried as she rolled next to Billie Joe clutching her sides.
"It's like she's drunk and it's only 1:00 in the afternoon!" cried Billie Joe. Mike let out another burst of laughter and fell on the floor. Everyone was having a hard time trying to stand up or get themselves on the couch again. So I, being in the state that I was, thought that they were the weird ones not me so I started laughing at them.
There wasn't a lot we could do over the next week with my hurt ankle, so we mainly had a show of me on my medicine in the morning and watched movies through the rest of the day. Occasionally, Billie Joe and Mike would go to the store to get food and Adi and Tre would keep me company, making sure I wouldn't go nuts or anything.
"Saidi? What are you doing?" he asked as he got up and sat beside me.
"Seeing if I can walk on it now. It's worse then last night though. I think... I think I need to go to the hospital or something." I said, almost in tears from the pain. Tre nodded and got dressed. I got dressed as much as I could and Tre helped me the rest. He opened the door and piggy backed me out to the living room.
"Guys? I'm gonna take Saidi to the hospital to check out her ankle okay? I'll be back for food for both of us in a while," he said. Billie Joe, Adi, and Mike all nodded as they ate their toast. Tre put me in the passenger seat and drove to the hospital. When we got there, he got out and piggy backed me to the emergency room and put my on a chair.
"I think I'm gonna be okay." I said thanking him. They nurse at the counter started to take my information and a doctor came in about 5 minutes later.
"You didn't break it, but you sprained it pretty badly. I want you to stay off it for a week and then it should be fine. Use crutches and take these." the doctor said holding up a bottle of pills. I took them and a pair of crutches and hopped off the bed. "They might make you loopy so don't do anything after you take them." he added. Tre helped me back into the car and drove back to The Bomb Shelter. I hobbled inside and Tre made some toast for us.
"So what did the doctor say?" he asked as he chewed on the toast.
"I didn't break it but I sprained it. I'm supposed to stay off it for a week and take these pills that make me loopy." I said. Tre laughed.
"Loopy eh?" he said. I nodded and laughed with him as I ate my breakfast. "Look Saidi, because I don't want you home alone with your ankle, I want you to stay here until you're healed. I've already talked to the guys and they're fine with it. In fact, they want you to move in with us."
"Move in?" I repeated.
"Yeah, I mean, even if we break up, we'll still be friends with Billie Joe, Adi and Mike." he said. I never really thought about breaking up. I thought what we had was real and he seemed doubtful that we would break up.
"Okay, they want me to move in? As well as you?" I asked.
"Yeah." said Tre as he nodded.
"Well, I was gonna give you the key to my home, but I guess I could sell it and help you guys pay the rent and stuff here." I said. Tre glowed with happiness and hugged me.
"Oh thank you thank you!" he cried. "You'll move in as soon as you can walk again!" he then got up and ran into the living room. I watched him jump up and down telling the guys about the "good" news.
"She said that she'll move in with us! Isn't that great?" he said. Mike and Billie Joe let out a laugh and both said "YES!" at the same time, punching the air. Adi got up and ran over to me.
"You're going to be so happy here!" she said as she hugged me. I finally had friends, a boyfriend, and a place to stay with my pals. This day was great.
"Oh! Saidi! You need to take your medicine!" said Tre. I picked up the bottle and took the prescribed amount. The doctor was right. It did make me loopy. Thirty minutes later, Tre had brought me to the living room to sit down and I was out of it.
"You... Tre here... is a really good kisser!" I said, slurring my words and waving my hands around pointlessly. "And you....you know what?" I said as I started laughing. Billie Joe and Mike were pissing themselves laughing at me and what I was like on this medicine.
"What?" asked Billie Joe.
"He has a really...cute...butt!" I said starting to laugh. Tre started to laugh too. Adi was busting a gut laughing at both me and Billie Joe and Mike.
"Oh my god!" she said through tears from laughing so hard.
"And to think! We get to have this every morning!" laughed Mike.
"Yeah! And you know what else?" I said.
"What?" asked Adi still laughing.
"I can juggle! And not balls either! Heh! Balls!" I said. Tre lost it at that point and fell on the floor joining Billie Joe, Mike and Adi.
"What... can...you...juggle them?" asked Mike.
"I can't remember. I think it was balls! Heh! Balls!" I said. Another loud burst of laughter came from the floor again as Billie Joe and Mike were rolling around.
"Ahh! My sides!" Adi cried as she rolled next to Billie Joe clutching her sides.
"It's like she's drunk and it's only 1:00 in the afternoon!" cried Billie Joe. Mike let out another burst of laughter and fell on the floor. Everyone was having a hard time trying to stand up or get themselves on the couch again. So I, being in the state that I was, thought that they were the weird ones not me so I started laughing at them.
There wasn't a lot we could do over the next week with my hurt ankle, so we mainly had a show of me on my medicine in the morning and watched movies through the rest of the day. Occasionally, Billie Joe and Mike would go to the store to get food and Adi and Tre would keep me company, making sure I wouldn't go nuts or anything.
