Skeleton Keys

[Ricia]

"You're not in the system...." There was a long pause before she clicked a few things, "But Dr. Roen did leave a note here.... I need you to fill out a few papers and I need to ask if you had gotten an Adult to sign some papers." She turned in her chair and it rolled over to another counter. She picked up a clipboard and pen before shoving a few papers onto the board. "If you didn't... that is fine to. It says here you might not be able to... but Roen will still see you." She rolled back before handing him the clipboard and pen. "Just bring them back here when you are done... the wait might be a bit."

 

[Ixidor92]

"Thank you . . ."


Sanz took the paper and sat down at one of the chairs leaning up against the wall. Of course he hadn't gotten an adult's permission. But the mere fact that he had asked probably meant that his arm needed surgery. Sanz gave a sigh and started to fill out the forms. What were his options? He could try and forge one of his parents' handwriting, but he had never had good penmanship, and if either of them found out they would have no qualms over taking him to court for such a thing. Was there any other family he could contact? Maybe his sister, but as far as he knew she was halfway across the country right now . . . plus she might knock his head in if she found out how badly hurt he was.

 

[Ricia]

It took almost an hour of waiting, screaming kids and a few brave souls even approached Sanz to play. Though some of their parents gave extremely wary looks to their children being so close to someone so thug like. Eventually, Sanz'e name was called and he was shown into a cold clinic's room. Roen was sitting on a computer for a moment, but looked up when he came in, "Hey. Go a head and sit down. I'm going to make you go take an X-Ray in a bit." Roen told him, "But first I want you to do the pain scale real quick."

 

[Ixidor92]

Surprisingly enough, Sanz did not act like his usual self to any of the children who approached him. Some kind of knot inside him loosened up whenever they approached, and quickly tied itself back when an adult came to remove their child. When his name was called after an hour of waiting, he was extremely grateful. The pain meds from yesterday were most definitely wearing off, and brace or no, it hurt quite a bit. He followed the doctor's instructions without complaint


"I'd say it's somewhere around a seven right now."

 

[Ricia]

"Alright." Roen said before he rolled across the floor to Sanz and laying his hand on Sanz's arm, putting light pressure. "Now?" Roen asked.

 

[Ixidor92]

Sanz made some kind of groan behind a closed mouth along with a face when Roen touched him, but it definitely was not as bad as last night . . . though that may have been because the painkillers hadn't worn off entirely


"Somewhere between an eight and a nine."

 

[Ricia]

"Alright... one of my nurses are going to show you to get an X-Ray." Roen told Sanz, "Then we'll see what our options would be.... Since you can't get perental approvel."

 

[Ixidor92]

"Yeah . . ."


Sanz thought through what few options he probably had


"Tell me, would a family member who wasn't one of my parents be able to sign off on this thing?"

 

[Ricia]

Roen gave Sanz a look, "If they are not your family... don't tell me." Roen told Sanz. He was doing this illegeally basicly.

 

[Ixidor92]

Sanz shook his head


"She's my older sister, by six years."


Not that she would be pleased at all by such a request, but if he had no other options . . .

 

[Ricia]

"Just... dont tell me." Roen told Sanz, putting his hands up.


There was a knock on the door and a women came into the room. "here for ann X-Ray?"

 

[Ixidor92]

Sanz nodded his head at Roen's statement before the nurse came in


"Yes, I think so anyway."

 

[Ricia]

The women took Sanz somewhere in the back to get the X-Ray, which was not that long of a process.When he was shown back to the room, Roen was holding a peice of paper, ";Some one loves you. Your... pairents has signed for surgery. We'lll take a look at your X-Ray's and decied if you need it."

 

[Ixidor92]

Sanz had to blink once--twice--then try to come to grips with what he had just heard. He hadn't even told his parents that his arm was broken. The only people who knew were Sage and his mother, probably Violet, and then there was Rhea as well as the good doctor. So who the hell had signed for him?


"My . . . parents?"


There was not a snowball's chance in hell it was actually them. Even if they had somehow found out without him saying anything, neither of them would have signed.

 

[Ricia]

"Well.. it's signed by someone..." Roen said before rolling up to Sanz and handing him the paper. It was signed by someone, though the handwriting was light and a bit hard to read like anyone's signature.

 

[Ixidor92]

Okay. That was definitely not the handwriting of anyone in his own family. His parents both had signatures that could have been typed on a keyboard, while his sister had a very rough handwriting style that he could pick out from fifty lines of text instantly.


"But who?"

 

[Ricia]

Roen took the paper again and squinted at it, "I guess it doesn't matter. You got it." Roen put the paper down, "It's someone taking care of you for all I care.... lets look at those X-rays." Roen said putting the paper down and walking out of the room a moment.

 

[Ixidor92]

Sanz was about to say something just as the doctor left. During the few minutes he had, it dawned on Sanz that perhaps questioning the signature that would lead to fixing his arm was a more prudent course of action after said arm was fixed. This doctor seemed fairly tight-lipped . . . but that girl had been here the other night hadn't she? If he remembered correctly her name was Rhea . . . maybe she would be less tight-lipped than her brother.

 

[Ricia]

Roen came back in with a vanilla folder before pulling out several X-rays. It looked as bad as they feared, "Good thing someone is looking out for you.."

 

[Ixidor92]

Sanz gave a slight grimace when he saw the x-ray. It looked like his arm had been subject to a jackhammer. And someone without the decency to make a clean break


"How long will it take to heal?"

 

[Ricia]

"Well after the surgery... a month or two." Roen said before flipping the light back on. "When can you do it?" He asked before sitting down and turning his computer on again.

 

[Ixidor92]

"As soon as is convenient for you."


Great. If it was going to take at least a month, better get it set as soon as humanly possible. It wasn't like skipping school for a day would be much of a problem if the need came up

 

[Ricia]

"Any time is convenient for me. If you would like you can get back to me and call the office when you think you are available. The sooner, the better." Roen said writing into a folder then standing up and pulling the X-ray off the screen.

 

[Ixidor92]

"Is there any way we can get it done tomorrow?"


The sooner the better indeed. Didn't want to have the bones setting improperly

 

[Ricia]

"Em..." Roen scrolled through the computer, "Two days." Roen said. "So.. not tomorrow, but the day after. First thing in the morning." Roen clicked on the computer to book the appointment, having a feeling Sanz was not going to complain.