PARENTHOOD
Chapter One Hundred and Seventy Two "GRACE!" Adam shouted as he ran into the A & E and held six year old Faith in his arms. She was crying while holding onto her left wrist and Grace ran to them, looking from Adam to Faith. "What happened?" Grace asked as they walked to the examination room and Adam softly hushed Faith. "My brother and Frankie are off planet with Cameron and I'm babysitting. Faith went outside to play on the swing set and tumbled down the slide!" Adam said as he paced back and forth and placed Faith's head on his shoulder. "I should have been outside with her but, no, I had to go to the loo!" "Adam, it was an accident," Grace said as she tried to take Faith from him but he shook his head and kept pacing. "No, I should have just wet my pants. Now look what happened! Duer is going to kill me, let me regenerate then keep killing me until I hit my thirteenth life!" "No he won't," she said as Adam stopped pacing as he sighed and she stroked his hair. "Can I look at her now?" "Ok," Adam sighed as they walked to the examination table and Adam gently placed Faith down. Faith sniffed as Grace walked closer and stroked Faith's hair. "Hello, Sweetie, can you tell me what you were doing when you fell off the slide?" Grace asked as Faith sniffed then sighed and blinked. "I was climbing up the slide and fell off," Faith said and Grace nodded. "Why didn't you use the ladder?" she asked and Faith shrugged. "Well, let's have a look, ok?" "Yeah," Faith sighed as Grace took hold of Faith's left arm then looked at Adam and Adam was huddled in a corner. "I think Uncle Adam is feeling a little scared," she whispered to Faith and Faith looked over at him. "Uncle Adam, are you scared?" she asked. "Yeah, I'm scared that you're mad at me for not being there to catch you," he said and Faith giggled. "You're a silly head," she said as Adam got up and walked to the examination table. "I am?" he asked and Faith nodded. Grace had been looking at Faith's wrist, which was swollen and bruised, and Adam gently stroked Faith's hair. Grace felt her hearts hurting as she moved Faith's fingers and Faith moaned, making Adam feel worse. "I'm sorry, Sweetie," Grace said then looked at Adam and Adam tilted his head to one side. "It's broken." "I am a dead man," Adam sighed as Grace rolled her eyes and smiled. "No, you're not," she said then looked at Faith and smiled. "Right, we need to take an x-ray to see how badly it's broken." "Cool!" Faith said while Adam's eyes went wide and he blinked his eyes a few times. "Hold on. What happened to the waterworks?" he asked and Faith giggled. "I was only crying because you were crying." "I was NOT crying!" he said as he gave her a stunned look and Faith arched an eyebrow at him. "Ok, maybe a little bit." "I'll go see if which x-ray tech is available," Grace said when she left the room and Adam hopped onto the examination table, sliding Faith closer. He stroked her hair as Faith placed her head on his chest and he kissed the top of her head. "Uncle Adam, have you ever broken anything?" she asked, looking at him and Adam smiled while gently taking her left wrist in his hand. "Yep, I've broken this finger," Adam said as he held up his right hand and wiggled his pinkie at her. "I also broke my right ankle and my left wrist." "All at the same time?" she asked and he laughed. "No, not all at the same time," he said and kissed the top of her head. "How did you break your pinkie?" "Well, this was back when I was human," he said with a smile then half closed his eyes and placed his head on top of her head. (Adam's universe) "Wrench," Adam said while his feet stuck out of the console and Rose sat on his legs, the toolbox sitting next to his right leg. He never knew how much maintenance it took to look after a newly grown TARDIS as he sighed and brushed the hair from his eyes. Rose handed him the wrench while he nodded and looked up at the wires. He started to tighten the bolts while Rose watched him and noticed that his Incredible Hulk t-shirt had rolled up enough to expose his stomach. He glanced at her when he shook his head and she smiled. Rolling his eyes, Adam looked back up at the wire when two pieces of metal suddenly slipped down and caught his right pinkie in a tight grip. "Oh bugger!" "What happened?" she asked as Adam dropped the wrench onto his chest and closed his eyes tightly. "Two of the support braces slipped and caught my little finger!" he said and she gently crawled on top of him and he looked at her. "What are you doing?" "Don't get any ideas. This happened to...to him once and I had to help him get loose," Rose said and Adam sighed. She knew that he didn't like to be compared to the Doctor as he nodded and she gently rolled onto her back, feeling his heart slamming against her. Rose looked up as she saw the two pieces of metal clamped around his little finger and a tiny bit of blood shimmered in the light from one of the circuit boards. "Can you wiggle your finger?" "Um, no, I can't," he said as she reached up and gently touched his little finger. Adam yelled as he tried to jerk his hand away when they heard a light snap and he sighed, rolling his eyes. "I just broke it, didn't I?" "Yep," Rose said as she nodded her head and Adam looked up at the wires. He could feel the TARDIS panicking as he reached over and stroked one of the support braces. "It's ok, Baby, I know you didn't mean it," he whispered while Rose carefully moved down his body and sat up. She looked through the toolbox when she found the pliers and he looked up with wide eyes. "Um, what are you going to do with that?" "I am going to cut your finger off," she teased and his eyes went wide. "No you're not!" he said as she giggled then yelped when the TARDIS shocked her and she dropped the pliers to the floor. "Ha, that will teach you!" "I was kidding!" Rose said while looking at the ceiling then picked the pliers up and slid up Adam's body, lying down on her back. Adam was softly whimpering from the pain as she reached for his left hand and he slid his hand on top of hers, wrapping his fingers around her fingers. She felt him calming down as his heart thumped in a steady rhythm against her and her head rested under his chin. "You're going to be ok." "It still hurts," he mumbled and she slid her hand out from under his hand and rubbed his thigh. "I know, but once we get it free, I'll take you to Torchwood and..." "No! I am not going there!" he half shouted and she sighed, rolling her eyes. She knew that he hated Torchwood more than he hated getting his finger stuck and she patted his thigh. "Adam, you know that we can't take you to a normal hospital," she said and he sighed, closing his eyes. He did know she was right, but the idea of any Torchwood doctor touching him made his stomach do flips bad enough to make him sick. It was bad enough that she had talked him into getting tests done to see if they could have children at some point, but he had sworn that was the last time he would let them touch him. If the TARDIS' medical bay was finished, he knew they could use the medical equipment he had "borrowed" from Torchwood to fix his finger, but it wasn't and he sighed, opening his eyes. "Ok, we'll go to Torchwood after you free my finger," he sighed and she smiled, patting his thigh. Using the pliers, Rose loosened the metal braces as Adam slid his little finger out and held his hand to his chest. Blood rolled down the back of his hand as Rose saw that the little finger was bent in an odd angle and he sweetly smiled at her. Nodding, Rose carefully backed off of him then helped him up and held him against her side as they left the control room. "Owie," Faith said as she looked at Adam's little finger and Adam showed her a cartoon version of his finger wearing what looked like a body cast and was lying in a hospital bed. Faith giggled as he kissed her hair and she sighed, snuggled against him while he slid his arms around her. "How did you break your wrist?" "Ah, that was your Uncle Alan's fault," he said with a smile and half closed his eyes.
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