Shea was lying with his face facing the bench, which was away from Elli, so she couldn’t see his face.

And he wasn’t moving.

At all.

“Get up, get up, get up, Shea.”

Elli slammed her hand against the glass as her tears came hot and fast down her face because he still wasn’t moving. Even with the trainers and everyone out there, he just laid there.

“Get up! Shea! Get the f**k up!”

Chapter 27

“How are you feeling, Mr. Adler?”

Shea looked up at the doctor. The pain he was feeling was horrendous. After being out cold for more than two minutes, he woke up hearing trainers asking him if he was okay. He told them he was, but obviously he wasn’t since it felt like his arm was hanging on by a thread, and his head was pounding. He didn’t remember much after the hit that Kelser put on him, but he did remember looking for Elli.

He couldn’t find her, though.

Shea thought about Ryan, praying that he hadn’t seen anything. If he had, he hoped that Grace had taken care of the situation. Shea knew Grace was in the waiting room, every time he got hurt, even if it was minor, Grace was waiting. But for the first time, Shea wasn’t in a hurry to see her. He wanted Elli.

He was worried about her and he hoped she hadn’t seen the hit, but he knew she probably had. He didn’t know what was worse, the pain he was feeling or the pain of knowing that Elli was probably worried out of her mind.

“I’m hurting, but I’ve got only two questions for you, doc.”

The doctor nodded as Shea moved awkwardly in the bed, trying not to move where he would hurt more.

“How long will I be out?”

“You have a grade two acromioclavicular joint injury. No surgery is needed, but with physical therapy and rest, you should be on the ice in six weeks time.”

Shea nodded his head, it didn’t sound as bad as it felt. Six weeks, though, that sucked.

“Okay, is there anyone waiting for me?”

“I would say so, since I just got cussed out by some woman because I wasn’t giving her the information she needed.”

“My sister is a little hard to deal with,” Shea said with a shake of his head.

“Oh no, your sister was very nice, it’s your girlfriend who tore into me.”

“Elli?”

“Yes,” the doctor laughed, “Eleanor Fisher, and she can have my license if she wanted.”

A slow smile came around Shea’s face, damn woman and her temper.

“I want to see her.”

Elli was freaking the hell out.

After basically being carried out of the arena by one of her uncle’s guys, screaming, she was brought to the hospital where she had been pacing for the last hour. She was so scared, so freaked out. Shea had woken up when they started moving him off the ice, but Elli was already being moved out of her seat, while everyone stared and talked. Elli knew this was going to happen. Ever since Jakob had gotten hurt, she had this feeling in her gut that something like this would happen to him. She didn’t know how to handle the feelings she was feeling, except to cry and freak out.

Grace had arrived a little after her, and she was calm as a cucumber. Elli guessed it was because she was freaking out enough for the both of them, but it did bother her that Grace was fine while God knows what was happening to Shea. When the doctor came out, with no information at all, Elli cussed him up one side and down the other before she threatened him.

Not like she really could get his license taken away, but damn it, she needed to know if Shea was going to be okay! All he would say is, ‘We are assessing the situation.’

How long did it take to assess? And why the hell was he out talking to them when he should be assessing!?

Elli flung herself down beside Grace. Grace was still grinning from Elli’s freak out earlier, and it bugged Elli to pieces. Shouldn’t she be in tears? Shea could be dying for all they knew!

“Grace, I have to say, I’m a little upset with you,” Elli said, on the verge of tears.

“Why?” Grace asked, looking over at her. James sat on the other side of her. He had shown up after the freak out from dropping the kids off.

“Shea is back there, and we don’t know what’s wrong, he could be dying or dead or have no arm, we don’t know!”

“Elli, I’ve done this many times. If I do what you are doing, I would be a basket case by now. So do me a favor, and shut up.”

Okay then.

Elli blinked a few times and then looked towards the doors that would bring someone to tell her something about Shea. They sat for another hour and the waiting was killing her. Harper had texted to see if they knew anything since she and Jakob were worried, and they couldn’t come to the hospital because they were on their way to New York to see Jakob’s parents for Christmas.

“Elli,” Elli looked over at James, he was leaning on his knees, looking over at her as Grace was texting her mom, “What are your plans for Christmas?”

Elli knew what he was doing, he was trying to take her mind off everything. He was such a great guy.

“Going over to my parent’s house for the whole shindig.”

“That’s nice. I’m off work for the next three weeks, so we are going up to Boston to spend it with Jenna and Mark.”

Elli smiled, “That’s nice, y’all will have a great time.”

“We always do, the kids are so excited,” he said. Elli saw out the corner of her eye that the door opened and the doctor she had cussed out was walking out with Bryan. Elli stood up, quickly. Why did Bryan get to see Shea before her!?