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Even though she was breathless and hot, not to mention a little sweaty Ellie couldn't help but smile at Braeden's attempt to hop over to her. In slight fear that he might fall over, Ellie put her hands on his arms to help stabilize him if he needed it.
"Of course I would come, silly. I'm your nurse." She told him with a little laugh. If it weren't for her, Brae would have been in the hospital and traumatized for the rest of his life. "No, I wasn't in class. I was all the way in the student gardens. So I had to run up to my dorm and get the book," She said, while pulling out her little journal of convenient spells, "And then I had to run around the castle because I had no bloody idea where you were. You failed to mention that in your note, by the way." Ellie resisted the urge to roll her eyes and laughed instead. "I didn't even know we had a mirror over here." She muttered, glancing past the Lion to the mirror. Huh. Maybe she just hadn't been on the fourth floor too often.
Ellie looked down and inspected Braeden's giant toe. Huh. Pretty. She sighed a little, finally regaining her breath and opened the book. She flipped to the "H" tab and found "Healing Charms". "Aha..." She mumbled to herself. "Here we go, 'Episkey, used to treat minor to moderate injuries such as a split lip or a broken nose.'" She quoted. Sounded good, right? How different were split lips and split toes, anyway?
Taking a step back, Ellie knelt down on one knee and pointed her wand at his toe. She didn't ask if he was ready. He didn't have a choice. ^__^ "Episkey!" She cast and waited for the result.
"Oh, and here's one to clean up dried blood!" She exclaimed, a little too excitedly. Sheesh, she should be a nurse or something. Ellie pointed her wand at his toe again. "Tergeo!" She said.
Standing up, she looked at her lanky friend and smiled. "How's that feel?"
Braeden beamed as Ellie assured him she would, of course, come. GAH. The girl was SUCH a life-saver. He would've crushed her bones into a hug at that moment, but he was too scared to move and let his toe hit the floor. Again. For the 834758th time since he stubbed it. Exactly how that toe had managed to make it through the past forty-five minutes was a mystery he would never be able to solve.
The cowardly lion looked a little guilty when Ellie explained her run-around to him. And when she pointed out how he'd forgotten to write a location on his note, the boy smacked his own forehead. HOW could he have forgotten the most important detail of the note!? "I am…
so sorry, El," said the boy, who had never felt stupider in his life. Oh gawd. And even so, Ellie had still ran around the whole school trying to find him.
Could someone please show up and give Ellie an award for Best Nurse of the Year? Please? Thank you.
As Ellie flipped through her book to find the appropriate spell, Braeden proceeded to sit on the floor. His leg was tired of supporting all the weight it was used to only carry a half of. He watched as the Ravenclaw girl searched the pages with her bright blue eyes before seeming to find something. He raised his eyebrows slightly with interest.
He saw her point her wand at his toe, and grew a little uneasy. "Oh, uh-- El-- Shouldn't we firs--" TOO LATE. Ellie had cast the spell.
Braeden cringed, but was relieved to find that it had been completely painless. OH, THANK MERLIN. He wasn't sure if his body could handle any more pain. He watched as his toe slowly began to shrink back to its original size before Ellie blasted yet another spell at it. He laughed at her enthusiasm, and watched the pink stains disappear from his lion-patterned socks.
His toe was back to normal
and clean.
Again, where was that nurse award?!
"Bloody hell…" muttered an awestruck Brae as he pulled his sock off, only to find his foot looking perfectly healthy and normal. "El, you… you…" He turned his big brown eyes to her, sparkling like he might just burst into tears of joy.
"YOU SAVED MY LIFE!"