An Unending Journey

Chapter 5 Trevor

 As soon as he left the stadium, going to the locker room to change, he couldn’t stop thinking about Lydia and he hoped that she is OK. ‘I got to hurry because I promised her I would be up there with her’ he thought to himself. He pushed the door open to the locker room and went straight to his cubby and started changing, he didn’t care about a shower at the moment. As he finished dressing and everything, Michael caught him, “Hey, where the fire?” he asked. Trevor looked back at him and was slightly confused. Then it dawn on him he was in a hurry and it much look funny to Michael. “Lydia was pushed down the stairs of the bleachers and broke her arm. I promised I would meet her at the hospital,” Trevor said. Michael gasped, “Was it real bad?’ Trevor shook his head and said, “Not that bad but you could tell it was broken.” Michael said, “I’ll ride with you, I’ll just text Davis that I am going to the hospital with you and for him to get another ride.” Trevor and Michael walked out and go into his car.

The ride to the hospital was quiet. Trevor mind was on Lydia anyway, so any conversation they had, wouldn’t have his full attention. They finally arrived at the hospital and saw that Samantha and Mr. Wilson was in the lobby. Trevor and Michael rushed over to them. Mr. Wilson noticed them and asked, “What are you guys doing here?” Trevor said, “I promised Lydia that I would meet her here after I seen what happened to her at the game. I feel horrible about it. Can I go see her?” Mr. Wilson nodded and told him to follow. They went through the double doors and Mr. Wilson led him down the hallway and took a left at a nursing desk and past two rooms on the left side of the hallway. Then they stopped at the third door. Her dad knocked on the door and then snuck his head in, “Hi, how are you feeling?” her father asked. Lydia said, “Hi, Daddy, they just came in and gave me some pain medicine and done some x-rays. They confirmed that is broken. I’m just waiting on them to come and caste it.” Mr. Wilson nodded and said, “Well, there is someone who wanted to come and check on you.” Mr. Wilson pushed the door a little wider and revealed Trevor. Trevor smiled his gorgeous smiled and said, “I promised you that I would meet you here to see how you were doing.” He walked in and noticed that Mrs. Wilson was sitting by her bed holding Lydia’s good hand. “I’m glad to see you Trevor. How have you been?” Lydia’s mom asked. Trevor said, “I’ve been good and we won our first game of the season tonight.” Mrs. Wilson smiled and stood “I’m glad, now if you will excuse us, we will go get us ourselves some coffee and give you guys times to talk.” Her mom winked at Lydia and touched Trevor on the arm in passing.

As soon as Lydia’s parents were out the door Trevor went over and grabbed the seat that her mother was in and pulled it in closer to her bed. Trevor smiled and asked “You want to watch T.V?” Lydia shrugged and said, “Sure.” He grabbed the remote and started flipping through the channels. Lydia grabbed his arm with her good hand and said, “Hey, go back one.” Trevor obliged and flicked it back and noticed that it was the History Channel. Trevor turned towards Lydia and gave her a questioning look. She shrugged her shoulders and blushed, “Now you know my secret, my dream is to someday teach History at the college level.” Trevor smiled and nodded and thought to himself that he liked that she was so ambitious. “Your secret is safe with me. My secret is instead of playing ball professionally, I want to become a Veterinarian. I’ve also loved animals. I used to volunteer at the local animal shelter during the summers.” Trevor looked at Lydia after that confession, he has never told anyone that before, not even Michael. He looked down at his hand and noticed that she was holding his hand, must have happened while he was spilling his secrets. He blushed lightly and looked back at Lydia and she was smiling with light blush on her cheeks as well. He liked how she looked when she blushed, “Thank you for telling me you secret. Am I the only one who knows?” she asked. Trevor kept her hand in his and nodded. Trevor said, “Just my family knows. I haven’t told Michael and he has been my best friend since we were kids.” Trevor looked at Lydia and asked, “So, what time do you want me to come over tomorrow? If you still want me to come over and study and take you out.” Trevor didn’t know what she would say, given what happened tonight. Lydia squeezed his hand and said, “Of course, I want you to come over. How about lunch time? You could sign my caste too. And I am definitely looking forward to going around town. Maybe you could show me all your favorite places to go.” Trevor smiled and nodded. He was looking forward to taking around town too. And maybe getting her mind off her arm. The nurse came in a few minutes after that discussion. Trevor turned back to Lydia and stood, “I think I am going to head home. Michael came with me, so, I got to get him home. And I’m pretty beat after the game,” he said and reached down to give her a hug and told her he would be at her house at noon tomorrow.

He left Lydia with the nurse, and walked back into the lobby and found Michael, Samantha, and the Wilson's. Mr. Wilson stood up and asked, “Lydia OK?” Trevor said, “Yeah, the nurse is in there with her, putting on the caste. I told I’d see her tomorrow so we could work on our project for school and that I would take her around town to get to know the place better.” Mr. Wilson nodded and said, “I’ll go back there with her so she won’t be alone.” Trevor nodded and asked Michael, “Are you ready to head out?” Michael stood and nodded. They said their goodbyes. As they walked to the car, Michael asked, “How was she?” Trevor said, “She was good. I think the pain med's were kicking in and she loved the distraction. We watched a little bit of T.V. and talked.” Michael nodded. They got in and drove home. Michael decided since it was late that he would just crash at Trevor’s house. Trevor didn’t mind. They pulled up and went in the house. Davis ran up to them and asked about Lydia and Trevor told him that she was alright it was just broken arm. Davis nodded and went back to his game on the xbox in the den. Michael joined him. Trevor went upstairs to take a shower and hit the bed. Ready for tomorrow.