Broken By A CEO

Chapter 4

Rose POV

Derrick was so supportive as he drove me to the hospital. His hand on mine whenever he had the opportunity to hold it. It wasn't a lot but it was something, at least.

Once we got there, he immediately got us sent to a vip suite. I'm guessing he's quite popular around here. I wasn't attended to for around twenty minutes, but I didn't mind since I wasn't an emergency case.

Derrick left five minutes ago in order to grab me a coffee from a local cafe. He's been checking up on me literally every five seconds while I'm here, so I gave him a little job. He didn't irritate me but he did care so I just wanted to distract him from the guilt he must be feeling from the elevator incident.

"Miss Greene, how are you?" A doctor asks with his clipboard in hand. He checked over my blood pressure and heart beat then wrote on the check board.

"I'm good, I just can't move my arm at the moment." I replied and he nodded while examining my shoulder. I noticed that my arm has slightly swelled a bit. It looked really bad and I'm scared.

"Right we are going to take you to the X-ray room and hopefully check if it's jus sprained or broken. Hopefully it's just a small thing." He says and I nodded. They helped me into a wheelchair. What is with hospitals and wheelchairs? Apparently, it's a so called protocol but honestly who follows protocol nowadays?

It's like kids following school rules. Not everyone does.

Anyway, they took me to the X-ray room where a bed lay with a huge box slightly above it. Now I was really nervous. This was a make or break point. I could easily go back to my hometown with a sprain or a broken arm. Crap. What about work? I won't be able to work for a while? I'll have to cross that bridge when I get to it.

Where's Derrick? I want him with me. I'm gonna struggle but he can't be in here with me during the X-ray because no one can. The radiation can cause harm to others that are also in the room, so they have to leave. Stupid to be honest because I'm so scared right now. I've never had a broken bone and this could be my first time.

No Rose, don't think like that. It's going to be alright and your going to be fine. You'll go home with nothing but a slight sprain that will easily be fixed in a week or so.

But what if.....

Screw your what ifs. Just calm down, it's going to be alright. If need be they may have you in a cast but they aren't going to bloody amputate your arm. There's a thing called surgery that can easily fix problems so stop panicking or else.

Okay I give up. You win. What am I going to do now? I need to find a comfort place in my mind to relax and hopefully calm down enough to get through this.

They wheel me into the room where they help me onto the bed and place the camera in the right place to take the photo. Then they leave.

I'm all alone. There's no one here beside me. It's uncomfortable. Many questions linger in my mind but they are unspoken. They aren't important at the moment. It's all going to be okay. Just remember that.

Breathe in.....1..2..3..4..5..6..7..8..9..

Breathe out.....1..2..3..4..5..6..7..8..9..

Breathe in.......

Breathe out......

Then several flashes are seen from the corner of my eye. The photos are being taken and I close my eyes thinking of ways to calm down.

There was that one time that I was on the beach with my mum and dad. They use to sit together while I built sandcastles with my bestie Anna. She's so nice, a bit cheeky but that's what I like about her. She was a great friend. She use to always come over ours and would watch films together while eating sweets or biscuits. She was always the immature one out of us. We grew up together until one day just before college, we started drifting apart. I miss her. There isn't one day that I don't think about her. I imagine her calling my name.

"Rose......Rose.....ROSE!!!!!" Someone shook me and I notice the doctor come back in with the wheelchair. I mumbled an apology to her but she just shook her head and smiled. She helps me into the wheelchair and we head back to the room.

I notice Derrick outside the room with two coffees in his hand. Once I'm inside and on the bed he gives me one.

"Thank you." I say to him and he nods.

I take a sip and instantly get the satisfying feeling of warm liquid soothing down my throat. It heats up my insides and stops the chills I've been feeling. It relaxes my body and muscles. It helps calms the nerves that arose earlier.

Once I was finished, Derrick took the disposable cup and put it in the bin outside the room.

"So how was the x-ray. Was it okay?" He asked and I nodded.

"Haven't found the results out but the actual scan was alright." He then nodded and looked at my shoulder which was visible.

It was very red and swollen. There was a bump that wasn't there before and bruises forming.

Trying to steer my gaze away from the damage. I saw the time and was shocked. It was one in the morning, that's so bad. I thought it was earlier than that. Christ, I'm meant to meet Danielle at nine this morning. Actually if I go to bed at two it should be fine. Just might only get six hours sleep. I've lasted on four before so there's no issue.

Moments later the doctor enters with once again his clipboard. His eyes scanning the important imformation. He looks so serious yet when he speaks, he sounds so passionate about his job. I mean, I've been through my fair share of doctors and yet they all sound like pathetic robots. It's almost as if their movements are expectant.

"Hello miss Greene, we've checked through the x-ray images and unfortunately you've got a scapula fracture which caused the swelling and extreme pain in your shoulder. Luckily it's only minor so we won't have to operate on the shoulder. However, you'll have to be in a sling for at least a fortnight. Then you'll go to your local GP and they'll examine the wound further. If the sling needs to be on longer than it might be on for up to two months then a shoulder support will be placed. If not then they will probably put you on shoulder support for another two weeks then check on it again, When you visit your GP they will also provide you with information on a physiotherapist to get in contact with, to help avoid stiffness in the arm and to start small exercises to strengthen the muscles."

Oh thank god that I don't need surgery. I blow out a sigh of relief and I notice that Derrick also relaxes more as well. I'm guessing this affected him as much as me. He does care about me a lot. I just hope that he doesn't take it to the next level because I'm not ready for a relationship.

It scares me to think of someone like that. It's just not right. I just don't feel that spark, that connection like in every story. Is that bad? Am I meant to have it? I don't know.

Gosh how stupid am I being. Believing all this fiction nonsense. I mean if it works for others then fine it works, but for me, I don't think it will. I might as well go on undateables. He looked at me then looked at a man who just entered the room. I didn't know him. Was I meant to? Christ what is with meeting people today.

Please no one else, I can't stand it. I thought sarcastically.

Who the hell is this dude? He was very tall, around six foot and three inches. That makes me look like a midget. His brown hair drenched in water as if he had just recently taken a shower. His eyes a crystal blue with a wash of green. He was wearing a tuxedo and dress shoes that any girl could die for. So why the hell was he here in my hospital room.

"Cameron, this is Rose my friend. Rose, this is Cameron my boyfriend and fiancé." I looked at Derrick and gasped. I didn't know he was gay. Oh Christ, Lord forgive me. This is all too new for me. I feel like a third wheel in this room. I'm the one injured and yet the intense staring contest between the two men intensified to a whole new level. It was if they were surrounded by a personal bubble.

I cleared my throat, only to have the both look at me in annoyance as if I'm ruining the moment. Christ they were literally undressing each other right in front of me. PDA in it's original form.

"What??" I asked as they continued to stare until Cameron rolled his eyes and Derrick subtly laughed.

"Sorry about this, Rose. Would you mind if I borrow Derrick, please?" I nodded and Cameron grabbed Derrick's wrist, pulling him out of the room. Bet they wanted some very much needed privacy.

While they were away, not much happened. The doctor came in and placed a cast on my shoulder which hurt like hell, then put a sling on. He insisted on getting me booked into my GP as soon as possible and also getting in contact with a physiotherapist. He also informed me of the precautions like avoid getting it wet and don't touch it. Then he gave me the discharge papers and i signed. I left the hospital but before I did, I left a note for the doctor to give to Derrick.

To Derrick,

Thank you so much for the help last night and this morning. I'm glad that you have someone who cares for you. Thank you for what you did with that first aider, she really scared me but I'm happy that I met you. You helped me through that incident, even though I looked like a coward but you helped me overcome some of it. If it wasn't for you I think I could have died of hyperventilation so I'm really thankful for you for helping me out. I'm going to be going home on Monday and I won't see you anymore. You and Cameron are such a nice couple that I have had the privilege of meeting. Maybe we may meet up in the future, but not anytime soon. You've been so nice and I really wanted to say how grateful I am. So thank you.

Rosetta Greene

I smiled at the note that I had written. I hope I never forget him. He was so nice and kind. I just couldn't believe he was gay, not that I have any issues with gay people cause I don't. It's just that I thought he was flirting with me. I didn't know that he was just being friendly, did I? Oh well, I'm glad that got sorted.

That could've been awkward as hell. Oh well. Time to go to the hotel and sleep.

I went back and this time used the stairs. I'm not risking it again. Heck, I might not even use a lift again in my life. I'm not breaking my other arm. I was exhausted by the time I reached my floor and got inside. I just instantly laid down and fell asleep in the clothes that I was wearing.

It was about time I got some actual night sleep after a very long day.