All Broke Down (Rusk University #2) by Cora Carmack
Author:Cora Carmack [Carmack, Cora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780062326232
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2014-10-28T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter 15
Silas
I don’t mean to laugh, especially because my knees do hurt like a bitch, but her panicked determination to wheel me away to a hospital after a measly fall is just so damn cute.
If the same thing had happened to me on the football field, I would have been called a pansy already and told to get up and walk it off. I decide to do just that, and when I bend my knees to stand, pain spears through the joints. My legs are stiff, too, like I’m caked in drying cement. I must wince because Dylan is kneeling by me in seconds, her blue eyes intense on me.
“You are hurt. Damn it, Silas!”
I can’t remember if I’ve ever heard her cuss or not. Those words sound better from her lips than I think they ever have.
“I’m fine. Just a little stiff. It will go away.”
“How do you know?”
I give her a look. “I have some experience hitting the ground with considerable force.”
“Smartass.” I really like it when bad words come out of that good girl mouth. “What can I do?”
“Just help me up.”
She crawls underneath my arm, but she’s not strong enough to help me up, and it’s taking most of my willpower just to bend my knees. Putting pressure on them to lift myself up isn’t happening. It’s the project leader, Greg, who takes hold of my other arm, and together they help me up.
I shut my eyes against a pain so sharp, it feels like my nerves are rubbing raw against my bones. Dylan is right up against my side, and if her arms wrap any tighter around me, I’ll have difficulty breathing in addition to difficulty standing.
“Walk,” I mutter. One word is all I’m going to manage right now.
“Are you sure?” Greg asks me.
I nod.
Dylan says my name, and I make myself look at her. Her teeth are clamped down on her bottom lip, and her eyes are flickering around my face at lightning speed. “Nothing’s broken,” I tell her.
If something were broken, I’d be screaming where I stood. Ditto for torn ligaments or tendons.
Greg takes a step forward, and I follow. There’s no good way to do this. I can’t hobble or hop because both knees are smarting.
“Maybe you should take him to the hospital,” Greg tells Dylan.
“No.”
“Silas, please. What if something is wrong?”
I take another step, and the pain continues, but I’m getting used to it. It’ll fade soon, and I’ll just be sore. That’s all.
“Keep walking,” I say.
The stiffness is still there. I’m keeping my legs as straight as I can with each step, and after a few more strides, I can bear enough of my own weight that I let go of Greg, and just use Dylan to keep me steady.
“See?” I grunt at her. “Better already.”
“You are such a liar.”
“She’s right, man. Your expression looks like you just took a knee to the balls.”
I look up and Dylan’s redheaded friend Matt is ahead of us. I didn’t even know he was here, but it’s kind of nice to see another familiar face.
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