Author's note:

This is my first Queer as Folk fic. I don't own any of the characters, and I certainly don't intent any harm with this fic! It is only for entertainment!

Unexpected

Hunter's POV:

I don't really understand how I ended up here, but I really don't complain. I probably would be out on the streets right now, selling my ass if it wasn't for Ben and Michael. I am really grateful for their help, even if I don't always show it. But I certainly prefer going to school then sleeping on the streets!

I can even live with this new family that came with my new 'dads'! Deb is really nice, though a little overwhelming. But I always feel good and loved with her. And Michael's friends are also pretty cool, though weird. I mean, look at how Emmet sometimes dresses, seriously! Of course I more then like Brian! I'm not really gay, but I sure as hell would make an exception for him! Come on, he looks like a god, or a fucking superhero, like in Michael's comic book!

Which brings me to the one of the family I can't bring myself to like: Justin! It's not as if he was mean or something, he is just in the way of me getting fucked by Brian. Seriously, what does he see in that twink. He is just some stupid blond with a great ass and a talent for drawing comics, right?

Somehow I know that he is more, otherwise he wouldn't still be around, but I don't care. And now I'm stuck with him in our apartment waiting for Michael to come home. They had a date to work on "Rage", and he called to say he'd be late and I should keep our guest company. Great, entertaining a dumb blond!

He's sitting at the kitchen table, staring at his drawings, they're not even hand drawn, how pathetic is that? He kinda looks not so good, though. I don't know, like in pain. So I'm just gonna annoy him a bit, have a little fun!

So I go over and say: "You look like shit! If you continue this downfall, Brian's not gonna keep you around much longer!"

He looks up at me and just gives me a small, knowing smile, I hate it.

"I just have a headache, it won't deteriorate my good looks. But thank you for your sincere concerns!"

God I really want to punch his smug face sometimes, he knows I want Brian and won't get him. But I decide to be nice for once, since Michael will be back soon, and ask instead:

"If you want we have aspirin in the bathroom?"

"Well that'd be good, but are you sure it's aspirin, because I'm allergic to almost everything else!" he says.

"Yeah I'm sure! I can read you know!"

"Thanks Hunter that'd be nice" he says, and I walk off to the bathroom to find the fills.

I open the mirror cupboard, but only find Ben and my pills, and a tablet of plain white pills. I guess those are the right ones, Michael said we had aspirin here after all!

I hand him a pill and he nods his thanks and swallows it without water. I guess he is used to popping pills, E and such.

I'm just getting back to the couch when he becomes totally frantic and starts rummaging through his backpack, looking for something. He's totally freaking out now, and I just don't know what to make of his behavior.

I just want to make fun of him, when I notice that his lips turn blue slowly. He's not breathing properly, and now it's my turn to panic. I run over to him, and ask what the matter is, but he obviously can't answer, given he's not breathing, and all!

He collapses on his knees, and I become more and more panicked. Should I call 911? He finally finds what he was looking for, a fucking pen. Wow, he must be out of it. He can't breathe and still searches for a pen. What, to quickly write his final good-byes or what?

But before he can really do anything with it, his eyes roll back and he quickly shoves the pen in my hand before he looses consciousness. Great!

I take a look at the pen and realize it's a fucking epi-pen. Fuck, I have no idea how to use those, and Justin is fucking dying in front of me.

Thank god there are directions on it! Okay, I quickly do as instructed and give him a shot.

Nothing seems to happen, fuck!

I grab the phone and call an ambulance, and then suddenly everything takes so damn long, like in slow-motion.

Now I'm at the emergency room, 45 minutes later, and wait for the family to arrive. I called Michael immediately after we arrived. I couldn't even tell the paramedics Justin's surname or how old he is. Thank god he had his wallet with him!

The first to arrive is Michael, shortly followed by Ben and Deb. She immediately goes to information, to get to know more about his condition. They wouldn't tell me anything of course. Apparently she is considered family.

"Sunshine is ok, he stopped breathing only for a short time, and he only took one pill, so the reaction was not as bad as it could have been. They want to keep him over night." She informs us when she joints us. Meanwhile, the two dykes have arrived as well, plus kids. In a few minutes, we will be the attraction of the ER waiting room.

"I'll call Brian again, so that he can bring some stuff for Justin. I told he should finish his meeting first" Michael says before he goes outside to make the call.

"Poor Sunshine, it's always him" says Debbie, and she really looks worried. I'm still kinda shaky, so I don't really pay attention. I notice Lindsay sits beside me and puts a hand on my shoulder. I guess she saw that I looked kind of green.

After a while, Brian arrives, he looks great by the way, in company of an older blond woman. They both look really worried and head straight to the next nurse in sight. I guess she tells them where Justin is being treated, because they both head off to one of the examination rooms.

Barely ten minutes later they join us in the waiting room, looking relieved, but also annoyed. Brian immediately comes to me and thanks me for giving him the epi shot and calling an ambulance. I decide it is better not to tell him that I gave Justin that pill in the first place.

"He's not gonna stay the night, he wants to go home now. He just has to sign some papers that he's leaving against doctors orders" Brian explains, and everybody seems to have somehow expected that. I really just think that's dumb. What if something happens. It's only one night at the hospital, I really don't get it.

Michael and Ben decide to go home then, like "the munchers" and Debbie, so Brian and Justin's mom, as I have learned, will wait for him and take him home. Justin's mom thanks me too before we leave.

"You okay Hunter, you're so quiet? You did really good today, we're proud of you. I am sure Justin is going to thank you tomorrow as well, when we have dinner at Deb's", Ben says, on the way home. I only nod, because I'm not so sure about that. If I were Justin, I'd be pissed at me for giving me that pill! I guess I'll see that tomorrow then!