UNEXPECTED TOUCH
~CHELSEA~
{Playlist suggestion: "Shelter" by Birdy}
Dr. Chen left twenty minutes ago, his face a mix of concern and resignation. He'd helped me get Kade to the training room, examined the knee, and given him a stern lecture that Kade had pretended to listen to.
"Ice. Rest. No weight on it for forty-eight hours," Dr. Chen had instructed, looking at me instead of Kade.
Like somehow I'd become responsible for making sure the stubborn i***t followed directions.
"I'll make sure," I'd promised, not sure why I was getting involved at all.
Now we sat in awkward silence, Kade on the padded examination table, me on the rolling stool beside it. His leg was propped up, an ice pack secured around his knee with an elastic bandage.
"You don't have to stay," Kade said, breaking t
