Physical Therapy

Geno’s POV

I couldn’t stop pacing. She wouldn’t answer her phone no matter how many times I called her. I needed to explain how this happened. I was so lost in my thoughts and waiting for the phone to ring that I didn’t hear my parents come in.

“Evgeni, what’s wrong?” my mother asked

“I screwed up mom” I told her before telling her and my father what happened. “Now she isn’t answering her phone and I need to talk to her” I said

“You need to calm down;” she said “she is upset and needs time to cool off before talking to you”

“Yeah, I know but I need to explain everything” I said and then my phone rang. I answered it without looking “Roxy?”

“Evgeni?” I heard but not from Roxy.

“Sarah? Please don’t yell, I feel bad enough” I said but was cut off by a sob. “Sarah what wrong?”

“Evgeni, Roxy was in an accident. She is in surgery right now.” She told me and I think my heart stopped

“What?” I whispered “Where are you?” I asked and she gave me the address to the hospital. “I be there soon” I hung up and rushed to get on coat, shoes, and to grab my keys.

“Evgeni, what’s wrong?” my father asked

“Roxy, she was in an accident and is in surgery. I need to go” I told them before bolting out the door and into my car. I drove as fast as I could on the icy roads but I felt like I was crawling. I finally got to the hospital and parked the car, I ran to the ER waiting room. I was looking around frantically for Sarah but couldn’t see her anywhere. A nurse finally came up to me and asked if I needed help. I was so frazzled I started speaking to her in Russian and she looked at me like I was crazy.

“Evgeni!” I heard from behind me and saw Sarah with red puffy eyes and tear stained cheeks.

“How is she? Where is she?” I asked as I gave her a hug.

“I don’t know she is still in surgery. What happened?” she asked me

I sank down into one of the plastic waiting room chairs and put my head into my hands. “I fuck up” I said

“What did you do?” she asked

“I had girlfriend before Roxy and a long time ago I found perfect present for her. I had it wrapped and ready for Christmas. I had set up to be delivered on Christmas; I forgot to cancel after break up. She got present and called to thank me, she left message and Roxy listened to it. I tried to explain but she ran” I said and I was holding back tears. “I fuck up”

“Geno, it was an honest mistake and if you could have explained it to her she would have listened. She is just so in love with you and trusted you so much not to hurt her like Ryan did. She thought the worst thing possible and ran with it. This is not your fault” she said as she rubbed my back reassuringly.

We sat in silence for a while before a doctor came out and asked for Roxy’s family. We both stood up and made our way over to him.

“Hello, I am Dr. Collins and I am treating Miss Stone” he said

“Is she alright?”Sarah asked

“She has suffered a serious accident and if she wasn’t wearing her seatbelt and the airbag didn’t deploy she most likely would be dead. She has suffered a severe concussion, a broken left arm, and a fractured left femur. She had some internal bleeding but that was taken care of in surgery.”

“Will she be okay?” Sarah asked because I was in too much of a shock

“She is resting right now but should be fine” he said and I let out a breath I didn’t know I was holding

“Can I see her?” I ask

“Only family is allowed back” he said

“This is her fiancé” Sarah says and I shoot her a look

“Oh in that case you can see her in a few minutes” he says before excusing himself.

“Thanks” I say as we wait for the nurse to come lead us back to her room.

“I know you need to see her” she says

We wait for a few minutes in silence before a nurse guided us to her room. I don’t know what I was expecting but what I saw when I walked into that room wasn’t it. Roxy lay unconscious on a hospital bed with bruises all over her. She had a cast on her left arm and her left leg was outside of the blankets and wrapped. Her head was bandaged and I could see the start of a black eye. She also had cuts on her face and arms from the glass.

I couldn’t hold it together anymore and let the tears flow from my eyes as I walked over to sit next to her. I grabbed her hand as gently as I could and kissed her knuckles lightly.

“I so sorry, I love you” I whispered over and over again.

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It had been a few hours since I arrived at the hospital and Roxy still hasn’t woken up. The doctor said it was because of the concussion and her brains way of healing itself. She looked like she was sleeping but couldn’t wake up. Around 6 o’clock I got a call from Jordan.

“Hey man, I called your house but your mom said you were at the hospital. What’s wrong?” he asked and I walked out into the hall to take the call.

“Roxy and I had fight after practice and she got into accident” I said and tried to keep the tears at bay.

“Is she alright?” he asked with worry in his voice.

“She has concussion, broken arm, and leg” I said into the phone

“Shit” he said “What hospital?” after telling him the address and name he told me he would be there as soon as he could. Since I was already in the hall I decided to call Dan and tell him what happened.

“Hey Geno, what’s up?” he asked in a happy tone.

“Roxy was in an accident and now in hospital” I said

“What? Is she alright?” he asked

“No, she has concussion, broken arm and leg” I said and I heard him sigh.

“When are visiting hours over?” he asked

“One hour, Jordan on his way now” I said

"Okay,I will see you in the morning before practice"

“Ok I see you then” I said and hung up. I was about to walk back into her room when Jordan came jogging down the hall.

“Hey man, how is she?” he said kind of out of breath

“Hey, same. Jordan, she really messed up and I don’t know what to do”

“I don’t know what to tell you. You just have to fix this, she loves you so much.”

“I love her too, I scared she won’t listen to me when wake up”

“She is going to have to, she can’t go anywhere” he said before patting me on the shoulder and walking into her room. I followed after him and heard his small gasp when he saw her lying there. “She looks so tiny and helpless” he said barley above a whisper.

“I know, it kill me that I did this” I said in the same voice

“What are you talking about? You did not do this. You did not hit her with that car.” He said back to me

“She got into car because of me! My fault!” I practically yelled and tried to fight back tears but failed. We sat in silence until the nurse came in and told us visiting hours were ending for the night. I tried to convince her to let me stay but she would not budge.

That night I couldn’t sleep. I tossed and turned and stared at the ceiling until I saw the sun start to come up. So I got up, turned off the alarm that I didn’t use, and went down stairs for some desperately needed coffee. By the time I got back to the hospital it was visiting hours again so I went to sign in.

“I’m sorry sir, you are not allowed to go back there” the nurse said to me

“What? I back there last night”

“Yes but that was when the patient was unconscious and didn't have a say in the matter” she said with a sad look on her face

“She doesn't want me back there?” I ask

“I’m very sorry sir” she says then returns to typing something on the computer.

I take my phone out and call Jordan because I know she will see him.

“She is awake” is the first thing I say when he answers

“That’s great dude, did you tell her?”

“No, she won’t let me in room. Will you come see her before practice?”

“Yeah, let me get dressed, I will be there as soon as I can” he says and hangs up.

I wait about twenty minutes before Jordan gets here and gets to go visit her. I am fidgeting the whole time he is back there but stop when I see him walk out with a sad look on his face.

“What she say?” I ask

“She is still really hurt but I told her to just let you explain. I also told her how torn up you are over this and how much you love her. She still loves you, I can see that but she is just hurt.”

“What do I do? She won’t talk to me or take my calls” I ask

“What if you write her a letter explaining everything?” he asks

“I need someone write for me” I said “Could you?”

“Yeah I will help you man” he said with a nod and I felt a little bit of pressure come off my shoulders.

“Thanks man. You should go to practice” I say

“You’re not coming?” he asks “You are not allowed back there, so you might as well do something else”

“Yeah I guess” I say as I watch Dan walk into the waiting room and sign in before going back to see Roxy. He is in there for about twenty minutes before he comes back out and leaves.

“Well let’s get to practice” Jordan says and we make our way out of the hospital. I just want this whole thing to be some horrible nightmare and I will wake up any second with Roxy in my arms.