Worth The Pain

Heath Slater could barely hear the voices all around him. All could hear was a steady beeping. He could barely make out that there were people around him. He mainly saw blurry images.

"Heath!"

Finally a voice he could grab onto.

"W-Wade…"

He heard his own voice, cracked and broken. That scared Heath.

'What's wrong with me!' His brain screamed out, but of course no one answered. The other voices were back. He made out another.

"I'm sorry. You can't go back here, Mr. Barrett."

~'Back where? Where are they taking me? Wade!'~

"He's my boyfriend."

"I'm sorry, Mr. Barrett. You can't come in here."

"Please, I can't just let him be alone."

~'WADE! Wade, I need you! Wade, please don't let them take me by myself! Wade!'~

The beeping was faster. That was the most annoying thing to Heath.

~'Shut that damn beeping off! Wade, where are you? I need you. I'm scared.'

The doctors panicked. They rushed around trying to stabilize the beeping then one long beep.

Earlier That Day

Wade Barrett and Heath Slater were cuddled up in their hotel room "watching" some crappy movie. Their lips were locked in a very lazy battle. Neither side winning, but neither side trying either. A knock on the door forced them apart. Wade grumbled and cursed whoever was on the other side. Heath giggled as Wade walked over to the door and growled at whoever interrupted them.

"Heath! Save me from the grizzly bear!"

Heath chuckled and sat up on the bed. "Wade let Justin in."

Wade growled again and moved aside for Heath's bestie and their teammate, Justin Gabriel, to walk in.

"Thanks for calling off your dog." Justin smirked, ran over to the bed and jumped behind Heath before Wade could attack. Heath laughed hard. He almost fell off the bed in doing so. Wade walked back over to the bed and picked Justin up. He sat him on the floor then climbed onto the bed behind Heath. Wade wrapped his arms around the younger man and glared at the South African on the floor.

"Why is Wade so grumpy today? Did you deny him sex?"

Heath shook his head, "No, you denied him sex when you knocked on the door."

Justin bit his lower lip and looked down, "My bad."

Heath leaned over and kissed Wade's cheek, "Be nice. You're the one that told him he had to be here at a certain time."

"I thought that he would be late like he usually is."

"I am not always late! You take that back!" Justin yelled at the eldest man.

Heath shook his head, "I'm not going to be anywhere near this argument."

Heath pulled away from Wade and walked into the bathroom. For the last couple of weeks he had been feeling ill, but he didn't let anyone know. Heath unzipped his toiletry bag and grabbed his medicine that he'd been taking. He ran the cold water and filled up the cup. He took the two pills, a sip of water then closed everything back up. Heath walked back out of the bathroom and sat back down on the bed. Wade and Justin were still arguing. Heath leaned back on Wade and just listened to the two men yell and scream at each other. Justin and Wade stopped arguing when they saw Heath had fallen asleep. They were worried.

"Wade… is he alright?"

Wade shook his head, "I don't know. I've been noticing that he's been taking pills. I've asked him about them and he said that they're vitamins. I don't think they are."

"He looks really pale. I really don't like the way he looks right now."

"I think I'm going to talk him into going to the doctor. I want to find out if there's something wrong with him." Wade sighed and moved Heath so he was lying down on the bed.

"What if something is wrong with him?"

"Then I will do whatever I can to help him get better. I worry about my boy."

"You really love him, don't you?"

Wade smiled small then nodded, "I do. He means the world to me."

Justin smiled. Wade touched Heath's head. It was burning up. His smiled immediately faded into worry. Justin's smile disappeared when he saw the look on Wade's face. "What's wrong?"

"He's burning up. His head is so hot. Justin, we have to get him to the hospital." Wade got off the bed and pulled his shirt on. Justin handed Wade his shoes.

"I'll get the car."

"Thank you, Justin." Wade pushed his feet in his shoes then pulled a shirt over Heath's head and pushed his shoes onto his feet. Wade picked Heath up and rushed him out of the room.

Ten minutes later and two cops on their ass they arrived at the hospital. While Justin stayed outside to explain to the officers what was going on Wade rushed Heath inside. A group of doctors and nurses took Heath from Wade and started asking question. Wade answered them to the best of his ability. Heath opened his eyes a little bit seeing blurry images, quiet voices, a loud beeping then Wade.

"Heath, his name is Heath."

"W-Wade…" Heath tried to speak. Wade heard him.

"Heath, baby. I'm right here." Wade took Heath's hand and squeezed it.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Barrett. You can't go with him." One of the nurses pushed him back.

"W-Wade?" Heath's voice was full of fright. He couldn't see or hear Wade anymore.

"I'm his boyfriend. Please I don't want to leave him alone." Wade begged.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Barrett. You can't go in there." The nurse led him to a waiting room. "Just stay here and I'll come get you when they okay it."

Wade nodded even though he hated the thought of leaving Heath all alone. A few minutes later Justin walked in and sat down beside Wade. He put a hand on Wade's knee letting him know that he was there for him.

"I'm scared, Justin." Wade whispered.

"He's going to be alright, Wade. I promise." Justin took Wade's hand and squeezed it. Wade broke down. He wanted his baby beside him. He wanted Heath. He didn't know if he could live without him. Justin wrapped his arms around the older man and held him tight.

Three Hours Later

Wade and Justin were still in the waiting room when the doctor walked in. Justin pushed on Wade's shoulder and he looked up. When he saw the doctor he stood up.

"Mr. Barrett, I'm Dr. Harrison."

Wade shook the man's hand, "How's my boy?"

"We lost him for a few minutes."

Wade tensed up. Justin stood up and touched Wade's arm. He looked at the doctor, "But you got him back right?"

Dr. Harrison nodded. Wade relaxed a bit. "He's asleep right now so you can see him."

"What was wrong with him?" Wade asked.

"He had the flu, so he did what he thought was the right thing by taking penicillin."

"What do you mean?"

"Mr. Slater had an allergic reaction to the penicillin. It was actually making him sicker instead of making him better."

"So he's allergic to penicillin."

The doctor nodded. Wade ran a hand through his hair. "Go and see him, Mr. Barrett. I'm sure he's going to want you there when he wakes up."

Wade nodded, "Thank you, sir."

Wade and Justin headed to Heath's room. He was fast asleep on the bed. Wade walked over to it and ran a head through the red head's hair. "Oh, baby."

"I'm going to go call Mr. McMahon and let him know that Heath's alright."

"Alright, Justin." Wade nodded, but his eyes never left Heath. Justin left the room. Wade sat down on the bed and took Heath's hand in his. He let a shaky sigh go and the tears that he didn't want to let fall in front of the doctor.

"Wade?" Wade looked from his boy's hand to his face. His brown eyes were glimmering. Wade half laughed half sobbed when he saw those eyes. "Why are you crying?"

Wade didn't say anything. He just leaned down and kissed Heath with everything he had. Heath melted against Wade's lips. There was so much passion in that one kiss. When Wade pulled away they were both panting for breath. Wade leaned his forehead against Heath's.

"I thought I'd lost you." He whispered.

"I'm not going anywhere, Wade."

Wade smiled, "I love you, Heath. You mean the world to me."

"I love you, too, Wade." Heath caressed his cheek. Wade leaned back in to capture Heath's lips in another passionate kiss.

~End~

alright. I'm thinking of doing a part two, so if I should tell me. 3