stay horizontal until the resident GP arrives and does a thorough check of me on the roadside.
He seems happy enough by the end, directing his diagnosis to Blair, being the best multi-lingual person present. She visibly relaxes as he talks, before turning to me, “Nothing broken, possible concussion, you need to take pain relief and get some rest.” She instructs, “Oh and your not to be left on your own tonight, so you’ll be staying with John and I” she states, slipping her arm under mine and gently easing me up to standing; my head hurts too much to argue with her.
They escort me, slowly, back to their apartment, I’m gob-smacked; they have a double bedroom with an en-suite, a separate living room with a huge crystal chandelier and another bathroom off of it. I thought my room was impressive, but this is something else.
The sofa pulls out into a king size futon bed, which they set up, with minimal effort and lay me down, it’s by far the comfiest thing I have ever laid on!
“Right you get some shut eye, John and me will be in the next room if you need anything ok?” Blair says as she tucks me in.
“Oh!” my eyes fly open just as she is pulling the door closed, causing her to leap back into the room dramatically, “What? What’s wrong?” she gasps.
“Sorry, no nothing, it’s just, Carlos will be ringing me tonight, but if I’m here he won’t be able to get hold of me?” I ask, flushing now at the insignificance of my concern.
“That’s fine” she looks at me knowingly, “I’ll just ring reception and get them to direct the call here instead” she suggests.
“Thanks Blair, I feel like I’m really inconveniencing you, it’s your second honeymoon and your stuck looking after an invalid.” I pout, sincerely apologetic.
“It’s the least I can do, considering it was my fault. And anyway I’m hoping if you feel well enough tomorrow, you might fill me in on whatever was bothering you earlier?” she asks, with a wink.
“Oh yeah, I’d almost forgotten about that, and it was not your fault Blair, it was that stupid rocks fault!” she just shakes her head in disagreement, then leaves me to rest.
After two strong painkillers sleep comes quickly, but dreams filled with Jake plague my rest.
It’s some time later that the phone rings, breaking Jakes hold on my subconscious. I wake drenched in sweat, the pain starting to increase; there are a few bruises forming on my arms and legs and a couple of grazes, but other than that, the only problem I have is this relentless headache.
Blair eases the door open silently in case I’m not awake. Even when it’s apparent that I am awake, she still speaks in a whisper, “Hey, how are you feeling?” she asks.
“I’m OK, a little sore, but I’ll survive” I smile up at her.
“Carlos is on the phone, do you want to take it in here?” she suggests, nodding towards the phone next to the makeshift bed I’m in.
“Yes that would be great, thank you. What time is it?” I’m hoping it’s time for another dose of pain killers.
“It’s nine. If you just pick up the phone and press the flashing button you’ll pick him up off hold” she explains.
I thank her as she leaves the room, closing the door behind her.
“Hey” I say once I’ve followed her instructions with the phone.
“Hey sweet, what happened to you? Are you OK?” he asks, his voice etched with concern.
“I had a fight with a rock, I’m a little sore, but you should see the rock!” I try and make light of my misfortune.
“Blair told me what happened, it’s no where near that casual, you were knocked out! I’m coming straight back as soon as the weddings over tomorrow!” jeeze, he really is worried.
“You don’t have to do that, really I’m fine, just a couple of grazes, it’s nothing, Blair is taking excellent care of me” I endeavour to re-assure him.
“No I’m doing it, you’re not even allowed to stay in your own room! Just because you’re not in hospital right now doesn’t mean it’s not serious. The wedding service is at 14.00, so I should be out of the church by 15.00 half past at the latest, I’ve looked at flights the earliest one I can make will have me back there by 18.00. Stay with Blair till then, I will collect you from her room.”
I’ve never known anyone to be so worried about something