Austin drove us home and to our surprise, Mum and Dad were actually home early for once. But they were mad, really mad. Mum rushed to Avery and asked why we'd been out for so long. She swore that if Avery gave a dumb excuse like 'She and Austin got carried away' or 'Dave wanted ice-cream', she'd end us. Avery didn't open her mouth because she didn't want to make Mum worry too much. Mum lost her cool instantly. She grabbed Avery by the collar and tightened her grip. "Answer the question: What took you so long?"
"Jamie, calm down. They're back and that's all that matters", Dad said as he tried to loosen Mum's grip on Avery.
"Big Brother got hurt", Dave blurted out. Mum stared at him and asked Avery whether it was the truth. "Yes", Avery admitted. "Connor got hurt. We had to rush him to the hospital and it took him sometime to recover. Not to mention the traffic-". Ave explained as she caught her breath. "Sorry Mum."
Mum flushed red as Avery ended. "I am so sorry. I overreacted", she looked at my arm and signed. "How did this even happen, Connor?"
I looked at Dave and back at Mum. I just shrugged and said I didn't know.
"Just try to be more careful", she said. "Let's get inside. It looks like a storm's coming"