The Call Off

STAR'S POV:

I'm going to get some sleep before I go into work tonight. Conri and his pack are out in the field training, so this is my opportunity to get some rest. I'm not sure how long he will be out there, but if I can get a few hours of sleep I'll be good for tonight. I don't need a lot of sleep since I'm getting used to these new hours of work. The only thing that matters is that I see Conri as much as I can. Working these hours it's hard to see my love. I sleep and he trains, then I work and he sleeps, so I miss him.

While I lay in bed, tring to fall asleep, all I can think about is Conri. I just love him so much and I want to spend the rest of my life with him and only him. I know nothing will ever tear us apart, but working these hours seem to be drawing us apart. I'm hoping I'm overreacting about this and it turns out that these hours are not drawing us apart! I usually overthink things then make the situation harder than it really is, so hopefully it's just me overthinking things.

As I lay here, I can hear Conri and his pack training. I wish I could go out there with them, but I must get some sleep. Just a few hours and I'll be good. It seems like it's hard for me to sleep right now though. I know I have to or I will not be able to do my job well. If I don't do my job, then Ben will be on my shit and I do not want that. I really don't want any part of hearing him yell at me, or even him near me.

I can finally start to feel myselft drifting off to sleep. My eyes start to feel heavy as they close slowly, and finally I fell asleep.

LATER:

A loud noise woke me up. I'm not sure what the noise was, but it was loud and it came from outside. I feel kind of out of it since I just woke up and I didn't get much sleep, well, it seems like I didn't.

I'm going to ask Conri what that loud noise was and where it came from, so I charged downstairs and went outside. It's so dark out that I can't even see where Conri is, so I went out into the field, Conri and his pack are not out in the field, I suddenly felt this horrible vibe go through my body, like something happened to Conri. I start to become nervous and scared, so I ran to Conri's tent.

When I approached Conri's tent, I stopped, suddenly. I can hear Nick and the pack talking to Conri, and it isn't a good talk. I became so scared that I charged inside the tent and ran over to Conri. He sits on one of the chairs inside the tent, I can see blood that must have dripped from him because there is spots of it from outside of the tent to where he is sitting.

I started to scream, "OMG. Conti, babe. Are you okay? What happened? Is there anything I can do to help you?" Conri looks at me and tries to calkm me down. He says, "Babe. Calm down. I'm okay. My leg is pretty messed up though. We all werer trining and one of the swords cut me. It was a mistake though, no one meant to do this to me, we all were going at it pretty good." "OMG. What can I do to help you? I need to heal you from this, but I don't know how to yet," I said.

Conri sits there with his pack, Nick has covered his open cut on his leg, he's holding pressure to it so that the blood stops. It looks to me like the blood isn't stopping. I'm so worried about him, I knew somethinglike this would happen to him. I had a feeling, I just knew it. I'm calling off tonight. Conri is more important than work. I need to be with him tonight and make sure that I do everything I can to help him.

"Conri, I'm calling off tonight! I will not go to work with you like this. You can't even walk on it and I think you may need that looked at by a Doctor," I said. "No. You can go to work. I'm fine," Conri replied. "No. I am calling off. I'm not leaving you here by yourself like this," I said in a stern voice.

"I'll be right back. I'm going in the house and calling Ben," I said.

Nick stayed in the tent with Conri while I went inside to call Ben. I must call off tonight, I can't leave Conri by himself, I must help him tonight and if he needs stitches, I will have to take him to the hospital. Ben better not even get mad at me for calling off, I never call off.

I hurried and grabbed my phone, I called the hospital and asked to talk to the charge nurse. When the charge nurse answered the phone, I told her what happened to Conri and that I must call off tonight. She seemed to be okay with it because she heard my frantic voice over the phone.

I called in enough time for them to find a replacement for me so there is no way Ben could get upset with me. After I hung up the phone, I ran straight back to Conri's tent. I did not want to waste anymore time away from him, he needs me and I will be right by his side. I feel so helpless, I want to help him, but what can I do right now.

I mentioned to the pack that they could leave, and that I will take care of him. I ask Conri if he wants to try to walk into the hosue and lay down, he tries to stand up, but he can't, he cannot put any pressure on that leg.

I start to get so nervous that I tell him I'm taking him to the hospital the one that I work at since it is the closest one.