“Well we had to do emergency surgery on her arm. Apparently she tried to break the fall with her arm and broke her arm instead. The bone was broken in two places. Unfortunately one part it tore through her skin so we had to repair some tissue as well. She suffered other minor injuries like a fractured rib.” We gasped and he sensed our fear. “But it’s just a hairline fracture so it’s not too serious.” He reassured us.

“Is she awake? Can we go see her?” I asked.

“Well they are wheeling her up to a room right now and she is still out of it. Give her about an hour or so, by then she should be up for visitors.”

“Thank you doctor?”

“Doctor Pierre.”

“Sorry we didn’t wait for the introduction.”

“Its ok. I understand you all were anxious.”

We asked Renee if she wanted to take Aiden and the girls home but everyone wanted to stay till Angelica woke up. We asked the receptionist for the room number and went down to the caf and lounge to kill time. About an hour and a half later we went up to the room. Angelica was still asleep. Her arm was bandaged and she was on drips. The nurse said it was a mixture of antibiotics and painkillers. There was another to replace the blood loss. I hated seeing her like this. We sat around the room, Bette and I on either side of her bed. Bette was stroking her cheek while I held the good hand. I didn’t want to hurt her, although I knew it was numb but I still felt that I would hurt her. She stirred a little and slowly opened her eyes.

“Hey sweetie.” Bette whispered smiling to her.

“Mom?”

She turned to face me, “Mom? Mommy?”

“Yes honey.” I kissed her hand. “You were out long?”

“What?” she tried to move, but she flinched in pain, “Oww.”

“Stay still sweetie. You had an accident.” Bette soothed her.

I could see she was trying to remember something. “The game?”

“You guys won. You scored the winning goal.”

“I did?”

“Yes you did.” It was my turn to answer.

By this time the other were at the bedside just looking on. It’s the first time they ever had someone so close in the hospital. When Carmen had the twins, or when I had Aiden it was always for something great, never something like this and I could tell they were scared seeing her like this. “Hey squirt.” She said trying to ease their fears. “Where’re the munchkins.”

They came closer to the bed. Cyanne tried to reach up to kiss her. But in the process came close to her chest. Angelica cried out in pain causing Cyanne to jump back. “Sorry Annie, sorry.” She started crying.

“Its ok.” Angelica tried claming her. “See, I’m good. Doesn’t hurt see.” But I could tell that she was in pain.

We talked about the game and other things trying to get Angelica and the twins into something else other than her injuries. Aiden did his best to cheer everyone up. Doctor Pierre came in to check up on her. He told us that she could go home tomorrow if not the day after. He also told us that we should give her time to rest. We took the hint and headed home.