Love Story - Not Accepting -

[g i n g e r.]

Soon enough, Aspen let out a cough, ater trickling from the side of her mouth. Aspen's eyes fluttered open, but they were dulled from their usual bright electric blue. She narrowed her eyes, looking from Scott to Mitch. Her throat burned and felt like sand paper and was as dry as ever. She sat up but cringed at a pain that shot through her shoulder and forehead. She felt something slide down the side of her face and raised her hand to it, feeling blood. This made her even more confused.

"W-What happened...?" she squeaked, frightened.

[seraqle]

Mel smiled mischievously up at Joey before realizing what had happened to Aspen. She quickly stood up and ran over. Scott seemed to have done CPR, and Mel had to assume that Aspen had been dragged underwater. Two accidents in one day? Mel thought, confused. Mel looked out into the ocean and saw something black floating on the surface. Before Aspen could realize that Mel was there, she dove into the waves.

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Hempton Mitch Porter

I wipe the blood from Aspens face with my shirt, that I had taken off quite a while ago "I'm not really sure, the waves covered most of it"I say quietly "Scott swam out to get you when you hadn't came up for a while. I would have tryed to help... But" I look out to the water and shivered "I can't..." I say, my voice cranking some-what. "Where are you hurt?" I ask. I'm usually good with stuff like this. I wanted to become a doctor, but with my sense of humor, I don't think it would go too well.

[g i n g e r.]

Aspen's eyes furrowed together in slight confusion. So... she wiped out really bad in other words? Aspen groaned and flopped back onto the sand, letting out a pained squeak and squeezed her eyes shut, trying her best to block it out. She gave Mitch a thankful look and pressed the wadded up shirt firmly against her forehead. Then, to answer his question, she looked up. "My head, and my shoulder..." she mumbled quietly. then looked towards her right shoulder which didn't have any cuts or scrapes, but she couldn't move it. And if she tried it was incredibly painful. When Mitch mentioned that Scott got her out, her eyes widened at the realization that if nobody noticed, she could've died.

"T-Thank you Scott." she stammered quietly, shocked it the thought.

[seraqle]

Mel had spotted what she was going after, not very far away. It was Aspen's surfboard. Miraculously, it wasn't badly broken, jut a little more battered looking. Mel grabbed the board and got out of the ocean as fast as she could. She didn't trust this water anymore, at least not tonight. Mel held the board behind her as best she could, which looked pretty stupid, since the sides of it were wider than she was. Then she said, "I'm glad to see that you're okay, Aspen. I've got a little pick-me-up for you now."

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Hempton Mitch Porter

I quietly ask if she could hold my shirt on her fore head with her able hand while I cheak out her shoulder.I don't want to get in the middle of their talk. I move my attention to her should, an begin inspecting it. I don't want to hurt Aspen, but I must do something. I touch it lightly, than apply little pressure, expecting a reaction. I'm not exactly sure yet, but I believe it's dislocated, in which I can easily put back in place, but it would hurt. I've dislocated my shoulder before, it's not very fun. Im going to try to do alittle more before saying tht it actually is dislocated, but if I were, I want to warn her.

[g i n g e r.]

Aspen spotted Mel coming from the water and she managed to give her a smile. Honestly she didn't have to go out and get her board. She had one other at her house, that wasn't as good, but worked. Aspen would've waved, but one hand had the shirt, and the other, well, it would literally be a pain to move it. So, Aspen was about to tell Mel that she didn't have to get it, but felt a piercing pain in her shoulder as Mitch simply touched it. She let out a shriek and bit her cheek. And when he applied pressure she squeezed her eyes shut, feeling tears well up. Soon, she tasted blood in her mouth from biting down.

Aspen spoke to Mitch through clenched teeth. "Mind not touching it?" she growled. Her sweet self vanished as she took in what all happened. It seemed unreal.

[seraqle]

Mel laid Aspen's board beside her, and then knelt down. She tried to stay out of the way of Mitch, who seemed to be giving Aspen a full examination. Mel had only seen Aspen snap at people like she had a few times, and one of those was when she was in a lot of pain. "So, do have you come to any conclusions, Dr.Porter?" She asked, trying to lighten the mood. Inside, she was terrified that Aspen was really hurt. Badly.

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Hempton Mitch Porter

"Ahh..." I say "Well, I kinda have too touch it... If you trust me." I take out another mustache, and put it on "From what I belive, Your should has been dis-lo-cated" I say to both girls in a british accent, my hands placed neatly in my lap. "Now, we may either go to the hospital and get it back in professionally, or spare us our time, and have me do it" My voice is all serious, I just want to look cooler, with a mustache. I touch Aspens should the lightest I could "If it makes you feel alittle better, I have done it before, So I am perfectly trustable " I say, with a half smile as I take my light touch away "But im warning you, either way, hospital or me, it will hurt" I widen my eyes. I know this is going to take some thinking before a sure answer. I wont mind if she would rather a hospital, but it would take longer, and possibly hurt more than just doing it right then and there.

[g i n g e r.]

At the thought of going back to a hospital, Aspen froze snd immediatly replied, shaking her head vigorously. "No.. No hospital... Just do it." she whimpered, not being cheered up by Mitch's sillyness. She merely frowned and still held back the tears that her blue eyes glistened with.