"Damon, you sure you didn't miss a class at the class registration?"I asked as I looked up at the wooden door that had a golden plaque engraved.
'Dr. Leslie Brown.'
"I didn't. Now knock, baby."he said as he gestured to the door in front of us but before I could knock myself Damon knocked for me.
"Damon."I groaned as I looked up at him as the door opened and revealed a beautiful lady who had a warm smile which inevitably made me smile politely.
"You have to get it done baby. Good morning, Doctor Brown."he greeted politely as he placed his hand on the small of my back and gently pushed me inside.
"Gymnastic Olympic star, Imani James is the emergency appointment you booked?"she asked in amazement as she sat down on her brown chair and gestured us to sit down on the chairs opposite her.
"How are you doing sweetheart?"she asked as she analysed me to see what could be wrong.
"I'm good, how are you?"I politely asked as I placed my hand on my lap.
"What brings you here, sugar?"she asked as she looked at me in concern.
I hesitantly dragged my bracelets off my wrist and placed my wrist on her desk.
"Oh my gosh."she mumbled in shocked as she looked at my wrist that visibly looked bruised when you looked at it closely.
"You don't mind do you, sweetie?"she asked in shocked as she gently took my wrist in her hand.
"How long have you been injured? What I can see here is that you've been forcibly using your wrist."she said as she touched it a bit which made me wince a couple of times and she would apologize everytime.
"For a couple of months. 4 or 5 months?"I answered which made her sigh heavily.
"I think I need an x-ray to check on how severe this injury actually is."She said as she took her telephone and dialed a number.
After a seconds a nurse walked in and took me to a room where I did my x-ray, we waited for a bit until she walked me back to the office.
"Oh."she said in shock staring at the x-ray which made me which made me lean closer.
"What's wrong?"I asked in concern but Damon placed his hand on my thigh to calm me down.
"You have a grade 2 sprain which is a more severe sprain, but incomplete tear with moderate pain, swelling and bruising. Even if it feels stable, the damaged areas is tender, yeah?"she asked which made me nod in response.
"I need you to maybe ease down on gymnastics for a month so we can repair this tear."she said as she placed the x-ray on her desk.
"A month? I have a tournament this weekend that I've been preparing."I stated as I looked up at her.
"Sweetie I'm sorry bu-"
"No, no. I am going to that tournament. I'm sorry. Thank you for helping me and giving me that advice and Damon thank you for booking that appointment but I have to compete. Goodbye."I said as I stood up and pushed my chair in before I left and rushed out of the office.
"Imani. Imani wait."Damon said as he rushed towards me before he gently grabbed my hand.
"Damon, I need to compete. I can't stop gymnastics I'd rather do this whole tournament with my sprained wrist, okay?"I stammered looking down at my wrist.
"I need to go. Enjoy practice."I said rushing back to my dorm room and thought about all the stuff Lando had said to me.
"You're nothing but a gymnast. That's all you have and I don't think you see that. You need this, the same way you keep saying I need baseball."
"Imani. Girl. Oh, no."Nathaniel said as she stood in front of me.
"Nate."I sobbed before I hugged her tightly.
"Let's go to my room, baby."She said as she pulled away and held my hand leading me to her dorm room.
Once we got there she sat me down on her bed and left to get me some water.
"Talk to me, baby."she said as she opened the bottle of water and handed it to me.
"Gymnastics is all I have. I tore something on my wrist and it's going to get worse but I have to compete."I stammered which made her placed her hand on my knee.
"Girl, calm down. You're rushing baby. I need you to talk to me."She said rubbing my back trying to calm me down.
"Last year at a tournament, I sprained my wrist and I haven't been seeing a physiotherapist and it has become progressively worse. Damon called up his physiotherapist and she says I must be off gymnastics for a month. I have a tournament this weekend."I explained which made her sigh heavily.
"Baby, listen. You are in charge of yourself and whatever happens to you is all you okay? So if you continue to do gymnastics you will be off gymnastics even longer. Do not do something you will regret later. There will be other tournaments I promise."she said as she held my hand before she held my hands in comfort.
"I know your mama so I'll call her if you go."she joked which made me giggle.
"Man and she would kill me."I said whilst laughing at her.
"Okay. You good now?"She asked as she placed her hand on my cheek, I nodded in response and pulled her in for a hug.
"Thank you, Nate. I really appreciate you."I said hugging her tightly.
"I got you girl. Now let's go eat. I'm sure you haven't eaten."She said as she stood up and held out her hand for me to hold in which I did.
Nate and I got food to eat, we ate at the main hall where Keisha found us and sat with us.
"...And I feel so bad because I yelled at Damon."I said as I took a sip from my water.
"He's at the baseball field right now."Keisha smugly said as she took my food away from me and began to eat.
"Is that D for Damon?"Nathaniel asked as she looked down at my necklace.
"Ah what. I didn't even notice that."Keisha said whilst giggling and looked down at my neck.
"Are you both a thing now?"She asked as she gave me a small smirk which made me giggle.
"That's a yes."Nathaniel said whilst laughing at me.
"Oh my--when did this happen?"Keisha asked in shock whilst giggling at me.
"Last night."I shyly said with a big smile on my face.
"Oh damn! Mrs Sims."She joked which made me playfully roll my eyes and get up.
"I'll see yall later."I said as I grabbed my phone off my desk and made my way to the cafeteria to order water and Damon's favorite snacks.
When I arrived at the baseball field I realized that Damon was alone and he was cussing himself out.
"Hi babe."I greeted as I opened the gate with my hip and walk onto the field.
"Hey."he greeted as he placed the ball down and jogged towards me, he pecked my lips and took the energy drink that I handed him.
"You not mad at me?"I asked as I watched him down the energy drink.
"Why would I be mad at you, baby?"he asked looking down at me in concern.
"I just storm away from you after you booked that appointment for me and I didn't even say thank you."I explained as I handed him the other bottle of water.
"Baby, I'm an athlete just like you. I understand how frustrating injuries can be. I'm not mad at you."he said as he leaned down and pecked my lips a couple of times.
"Damon what's wrong. You seem tense."I mumbled as I looked up at him.
"As the team drills, coach made us watch a video of the “new Damon Sims”. He showed us this video of this seventeen-year-old kid from Ohio named Emmitt Page. In that video, Emmitt doesn’t consider me the next anyone but will take his shot at the MLB if he can. I've been trying to improve my speed but I'm just not getting it."he hissed in frustration
"Damon. You totally ignored me when I said you should get to know your team and bond with them instead of working on yourself as a player, Damon Sims is working hard to get numbers above a snotty 17 year old boy that said he's better than you. 17 year olds are snappy and snarky, D"I responded placing my hand on his cheek before I stood on my tip toes to peck his lips.
"I may be your girlfriend but I won't say bullshit to you. You also have college work to focus on too not a teenager."I warned whilst playfully tapping my fist on his chest.
"Gimme another kiss."he muttered with a childish pout which made me roll my eyes at him before I pecked his lips once again.
"That's not a kiss. That's a peck."he playfully insisted which made me giggle before nudging him.
"If you want a proper kiss then you better hurry up so we can go to your dorm."I seductively said before I walked away he jogged to my side and placed his arm around my waist and nodded.
"Let's hurry up then."he said and before I could even react he scooped me up and carried me bridal style which made me giggle as I wrapped my arm around his neck.
Damon only put me down when we got to his dorm which made people stare at us weirdly but to be honest I was just enjoying this moment to even care.
When he realized Cam wasn't inside he locked the door behind him before he leaned down to kiss me and one thing led to another, before we knew it we found ourselves on his bed still making out under his covers with no clothes on.
"That better have eased your stress because damn."I joked once I briefly pulled away from the kiss.
"Definitely and judging by how loud you were I was doing my job really well."he remarked whilst chuckling which made me laugh too.
"That was amazing. It would have been better with music."I joked whilst smiling as I leaned in for another kiss.
"Music? I got you."he said as he grabbed his phone and almost immediately 'say yes by floetry' hummed through the speaker of his phone.
I laughed as I pulled him in for another kiss.
"You're ridiculous."