Can Not

ZAC

I didn't want to scream but I just couldn't stop it. I can feel myself starting to sweat from the pain and my breathing is rapid. I see her still working on my knee and I try so hard to look as normal as possible.

Then she gets off me and walks over to my side.

"How are you doing, Captain?"

I can see that her face is filled with concern and I give her a slight smile.

"I never thought that somebody so small as you can give a man like me so much pain. But in the same breath, I want to say thank you so much. Without you, I would have had a crooked leg"

I can see that the concern on her face is not going away and I realized that this was probably worse for her than it was for me. Maybe I had the pain but she had to enforce it. Then I lift up my shaky hand while I touch her cheek and say.

"Hey, I am okay. You do not need to feel bad"

AMY