friend, someone I felt comfortable with but I hated feeling like I was unburdening myself. “We are friends, at least I feel we are. I won’t tell anyone else, except Joey cause I don’t keep anything from him, but he won’t tell anyone.”
I let my head fall back and closed my eyes. “I have always suffered from migraines. Well, since my early teens. As I got older, especially after I had Lily they got worse. I have been to doctors and specialists. They call it complicated chronic migraine/headache. Which basically means I have some form of headache all day every day and they don’t know how to help me. There is nothing to prevent them, except a list of triggers to avoid. I have meds I take for different headaches, and I have meds to take when I get a severe migraine attack. Since we travel a lot Tyler took an EMT course so he could administer the medicine properly. It is usually easier for him to do it then to go to an emergency room. Lily is worried that I am not taking the steps to stop my normal daily headache from getting worse. Usually if I don’t, that’s when I end up needing Tyler to give me shots.”
When I was done I glanced at Cora, expecting the normal well have you tried this, or that or yeah I have migraines too I know what you mean speech. Instead she reached over and clasped my hand gently, sitting in silence with me while we watched our girls play.
“Maybe we should go see how the boys are doing.” After I had a chance to push the pain back to its manageable hole where it belonged I climbed to my feet and turned to Cora. Reaching my hand down to help her up. She smiled and let me help her up, and then she grabbed another skateboard from beside the tree, winking at me.
“Is that a good idea?” She shrugged and grinned at me then we moved to the area where Tyler was showing Jamie different techniques. Jamie seemed to be catching on pretty well, beaming from ear to ear each time he was able to execute the move correctly. Tyler had always been good with younger kids, everyone except his own sister. He came in to the foundation offices every once in a while and played with the kids who came in, talking to them about his own experiences. Helping bring them out, talking about their own confusion and pain. And he clearly had a knack teaching them skateboarding as well.
“Hey Cora has another skateboard! Let me show you young punks a thing or two.” Daniel walked over to where we were standing. He grabbed the skateboard from Cora, giving her a resounding smack of a kiss on her cheek. He turned to me and winked his gorgeous blue eyes before he turned back to where Tyler, Jamie, and Joey stood shaking their heads in unison.
“You are not wise, mate.” Joey laughed.
Daniel grinned at Joey and winked.
“He is going to kill himself.” Cora giggled as Daniel set the board down and took off. We walked over to where the other three were standing watching the large man gracefully skating. He arced back to us, grinning like a little kid.
“See I can do it!” He started going a little faster and moved to make a tight circle around us when he suddenly tilted the wrong way, coming too close to Jamie knocking them both down. We all rushed to reach them but it happened too quickly. Daniel wrapped himself around the little boy protecting him completely from impact and turning so he would land on his back but that left him completely vulnerable. He hit hard, cracking his head then he laid still.
Chapter Three
(Kathryn)
I reached him first, hearing him moan. I knew not to move him from Tyler’s training but I couldn’t help kneeling down next to him and reaching a hand to his cheek.
“Don’t move him mom. I need to check him.”
“I know Tyler. I’m not going to.” Cora came over to try and take Jamie from him but Daniel tightened his arms. I reached over, placing a gentle hand on his arm. “Daniel? It’s okay. You can let him go, he’s okay. Cora has him.”
I let my head fall back and closed my eyes. “I have always suffered from migraines. Well, since my early teens. As I got older, especially after I had Lily they got worse. I have been to doctors and specialists. They call it complicated chronic migraine/headache. Which basically means I have some form of headache all day every day and they don’t know how to help me. There is nothing to prevent them, except a list of triggers to avoid. I have meds I take for different headaches, and I have meds to take when I get a severe migraine attack. Since we travel a lot Tyler took an EMT course so he could administer the medicine properly. It is usually easier for him to do it then to go to an emergency room. Lily is worried that I am not taking the steps to stop my normal daily headache from getting worse. Usually if I don’t, that’s when I end up needing Tyler to give me shots.”
When I was done I glanced at Cora, expecting the normal well have you tried this, or that or yeah I have migraines too I know what you mean speech. Instead she reached over and clasped my hand gently, sitting in silence with me while we watched our girls play.
“Maybe we should go see how the boys are doing.” After I had a chance to push the pain back to its manageable hole where it belonged I climbed to my feet and turned to Cora. Reaching my hand down to help her up. She smiled and let me help her up, and then she grabbed another skateboard from beside the tree, winking at me.
“Is that a good idea?” She shrugged and grinned at me then we moved to the area where Tyler was showing Jamie different techniques. Jamie seemed to be catching on pretty well, beaming from ear to ear each time he was able to execute the move correctly. Tyler had always been good with younger kids, everyone except his own sister. He came in to the foundation offices every once in a while and played with the kids who came in, talking to them about his own experiences. Helping bring them out, talking about their own confusion and pain. And he clearly had a knack teaching them skateboarding as well.
“Hey Cora has another skateboard! Let me show you young punks a thing or two.” Daniel walked over to where we were standing. He grabbed the skateboard from Cora, giving her a resounding smack of a kiss on her cheek. He turned to me and winked his gorgeous blue eyes before he turned back to where Tyler, Jamie, and Joey stood shaking their heads in unison.
“You are not wise, mate.” Joey laughed.
Daniel grinned at Joey and winked.
“He is going to kill himself.” Cora giggled as Daniel set the board down and took off. We walked over to where the other three were standing watching the large man gracefully skating. He arced back to us, grinning like a little kid.
“See I can do it!” He started going a little faster and moved to make a tight circle around us when he suddenly tilted the wrong way, coming too close to Jamie knocking them both down. We all rushed to reach them but it happened too quickly. Daniel wrapped himself around the little boy protecting him completely from impact and turning so he would land on his back but that left him completely vulnerable. He hit hard, cracking his head then he laid still.
Chapter Three
(Kathryn)
I reached him first, hearing him moan. I knew not to move him from Tyler’s training but I couldn’t help kneeling down next to him and reaching a hand to his cheek.
“Don’t move him mom. I need to check him.”
“I know Tyler. I’m not going to.” Cora came over to try and take Jamie from him but Daniel tightened his arms. I reached over, placing a gentle hand on his arm. “Daniel? It’s okay. You can let him go, he’s okay. Cora has him.”
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