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Wes, Ryan, and Jamie nodded.
“Yes.” Wes spoke. “That’s why I have to swim.”
Win’s voice came through the phone, ringing loud and clear through the room. “No swimming, Wes. You heard the doctor.”
Wes dropped back onto the pillow, staring at the ceiling.
“Visiting hours are over,” the doctor announced. “He needs to rest. We’ll discharge him tomorrow as long as he stays stable.”
I pulled the phone to my ear. “You got all that?”
“Yeah,” Win said, solemn.
“I’ll call you in the morning,” I told him.
Win hesitated. “Yeah. Okay.”
“Try not to freak too much,” I told him.
“Easy for you to say,” he retorted.
No, it wasn’t. Nothing about any of this was easy.
A muffled voice in the background caught my attention. “Who is that?” I asked.
“No one.”
“It’s the middle of the night there, and you say it’s no one?”
“It’s my roommate. He heard me on the phone.”
Wes’s forlorn voice pushed out everything else. “I don’t think my stomach is up to drinking it.”
I looked up to see him frowning at the latte the girls brought him. The girls cooed and made weird sounds, leaning in to hug him.
“Watch his head!” I barked. Then into the line, I said, “I gotta go. I’ll call you tomorrow.”
“That’s okay. We’ll bring you another one tomorrow,” Rory told him.
“Tomorrow?” Wes asked.
Ryan nodded. “We’ll be here after practice. Drive you home.”
Wes glanced at me.
Jamie made a rude sound. “Don’t look at him. You can’t ride on a motorcycle with a concussion.”
I frowned.
“Okay, thanks,” Wes said. “What about Coach?”
“Don’t worry about him,” Ryan said. “I’ll talk to him.”
Wes nodded. His eyes were red-rimmed and drooping. His skin was near translucent, and his lips were dry and cracked.
The nurse from before popped her head into the room. “Time to go.”
Everyone waved as they filed out, and I watched them go. When they were gone, the nurse arched her eyebrow at me. I arched mine back.
