Halstead Sister One Shots

Scraped Knees And Bandaids

Gracies POV (5 Years Old)

"Please be careful Gracie" Jay said once we arrived at the park and I began to pedal off on my bike,

"I will" I shouted back as Jay sat down on one of the benches and I continued to ride around, staying in sight of my brother at all times. After around ten minutes of riding my bike I decided to go have a rest. I turned the handle bars and began to pedal towards the bench where my brother was sat, not noticing the large stick that way lying in the middle of the pathway. I had no time to react as I felt my bike begin to tip over and I hit the ground with an almighty THUD (and a scream)! I could feel my knee and elbow begin to become painful and looked down with teary eyes at my scuffed up hands. I stayed on the floor crying uncontrollably and saw Jay running over,

"What happened?" He asked concerned as he picked my bike up from on top of me and lied it down on the floor next to me. He then turned his attention to me and picked me up off the floor and allowing me to cry in to his shirt "tell me what hurts sweetie" Jay encouraged and I lifted my head up to look at him through tearful eyes,

"My knee and my elbow and my hands" I blubbered and Jay unclipped my helmet and put it on the floor with my bike,

"Ok ok" he soothed "you're ok" he assured "look, it's nothing that a bandaid can't fix" he promised as I continued to cry,

"It hurts" I wept,

"Shhhh" Jay tried to soothe as he held me close to him "shall we go home and get you fixed up?" He asked and I gave a sad nod in reply "are you gonna be a big girl and walk for me?" he asked me and I shook my head and clung to him tighter making him sigh. He manoeuvred me with ease and picked me up putting me on his hip. He then bent down and picked my bike up from the floor and put the helmet on the handle before picking it up with his other hand and beginning to walk from the park.

Luckily the park was only a short walk from our apartment and we where stepping out of the elevator and entering out house in record time.

"Will" Jay shouted as he left my bike in the hallway and carried me to the bathroom where he put me down on the counter next to the sink "Will" he repeated,

"Where are you?" Will asked from somewhere else in the apartment,

"Bathroom" Jay replied and he began to fetch the first aid supplies from the cupboard,

"Gracie, what'd you do?" He asked in concern and my tears increased at the sight of my other brother,

"I fell off my bike" I cried as Will took over from Jay and lifted my blood stained dress slightly to see my bloody knees,

"What did you do that for?" He asked and I frowned,

"I didn't do it on purpose" I exclaimed,

"Do we need to chop them off Will?" Jay asked and I widened my eyes in horror,

"NO" I shouted and Will gave our other brother a glare,

"He's being silly Gracie" he said shaking his head "of course we're not going to chop your legs off" he assured and I relaxed slightly "all we need to do is clean them up and put a bandaid on" he explained "did you hurt anywhere else?" He asked and I nodded,

"My elbow and my hands" I told him and he lifted my arm slightly to have a look at my elbow,

"You don't do things by halves kid" he commented "let's sort your knees out first" he said as he grabbed some antiseptic wipes and gently dabbed my scraped knee making me wince in pain and hold me leg away from him "I know it stings baby, but it will go off really quickly" he encouraged "I need to make sure it's all clean before we put the bandaid on" he explained. I reluctantly brought my leg back down and bit my lip as Will continued to gently, yet quickly, clean both of my knees "there we go" he finished "big deep breath in for me" he instructed and I did as I was told in confusion. I felt my knees sting once again as Will rubbed some kind of lotion on to my knees "good girl" he praised "you get to have cool bandaids now" he said as he grabbed the box from the cupboard "which one do you want?" He asked as he showed me the different Disney characters,

"That one" I said as I pointed to the big square bandaid with daisy duck on it. He carefully unwrapped the bandaid before precisely placing it on my knee then doing the same with the other one. He repeated these steps on my elbow and cleaned and put some lotion on my hands, but he said they didn't need bandaids. "You're forgetting something" I told him as he wiped away my tears,

"What?" He asked with a slight frown,

"You haven't kissed them better" I told him obviously and a look of realisation flashed over his face,

"Of course" he smiled "how could I forget" he added before planting a quick kiss on all of my treated injuries "happy now?" He asked and I nodded,

"They still hurt" I said and he planted a comforting kiss on my forehead,

"They will do for a little while, but they'll get better" he promised as he lifted me off the counter,

"Jay" I shouted as I ran in to the living room "you need to kiss my boo boos better or they won't be fixed" I exclaimed and he smirked but did as I had instructed "I don't think I like my bike anymore" I said sadly,

"You only think that because you've had a bad experience" Jay explained "but it's important that you don't stop riding your bike otherwise you'll never do it again" he added,

"But what if I fall off again?" I asked nervously,

"Me or Will can stay next to you until you get your confidence back, ok?" He asked and I nodded,

"So, what are the afternoons plans?" Will asked as he walked in to the room,

"Nothing" Jay shrugged,

"Anyone fancy ice cream?" He asked and I smiled back at him,

"Me please" I exclaimed and he smiled back at me,

"There''s that smile we like to see" he said "go put your shoes on then" he instructed and I skipped off to do just that.