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She turned her head, and I saw more blood curling around her ear and running down her neck.
Shrugging out of my sweatshirt, I moved through the broken driver’s side window and placed the sleeve of the sweatshirt on the girl’s wounded head.
I took stock of the girl’s body, and was happy to see that the only thing wrong with her seemed to be the wound at the back of her head.
“Can you tell me your name?”
“Judith,” she answered a little more coherently.
“Hi, Judith. I’m Channing. Do you go to school?” I asked her, trying to keep her talking.
“Yes,” she confirmed. “But I was on the way to visit my dad in Texas. My mom and I were having a road trip.”
I looked around the car, not seeing the mom anywhere, which made me worry that the girl hit her head harder than I’d thought.
We spoke for nearly an hour.
Emergency crews responded within minutes of my call, but there were just so many people to be seen, that it took time to get help to everybody.
At one point, a man wearing fire gear walked up, assessed the patient, and told me to continue what I was doing.
I did, and watched the hectic world around me.
I saw Loki pop up every now and then, as well as Silas and Cleo, but I didn’t see the two younger ones until much later in the day.
***
It was my screaming bladder that finally sent me away from the pandemonium.
Judith had been cut out of her car, and I’d stood by watching anxiously. I’d forged abond with the sweet young woman over the past couple hours, and I felt an attachment to her that I couldn’t explain.
However, when my bladder decided that it wouldn’t hold any longer, I dashed towards the woods and walked until I could no longer see anyone or anything before relieving myself.
Then I went to the truck, grabbed a blanket out of the back, and waited, not sure what else to do.
I could see all of the men in my group, but they were all hard at work helping the crews make sense of the accident.
I shivered, still overwhelmed with the destruction.
Placing my hands on the hood of Loki’s truck, I hoisted myself up until I was sitting on it, and then leaned back against the windshield and surveyed the area.
“Ma’am?” A motherly voice said from behind me.
I jumped and sat up to find an older woman in jeans and a sweatshirt standing there, smiling fondly at me.
“Yes?” I asked.
“I’m Judith’s mother. I just wanted to say thank you for staying with her. You’re a very good woman,” she smiled sweetly.
I blinked, and then a beaming smile overtook my face.
“Oh, I’m so happy to see that you’re okay. Did you know that they sent Judith to the hospital already? I asked.
She nodded. “Yes, I did. I just wanted to thank you.”
“Oh,” I said, blushing slightly. “It wasn’t any big deal. I’d bet you would’ve done the same for me.”
She nodded sagely. “I would’ve. Please take care of that baby of yours. They truly change your life.”
