Charlie rushed into the house.
"Paul!" She ran up the stairs, her frustration blocking her worry for Mike.
Mike walked slowly because the pain in his side was almost unbearable. He rounded the corner, hoping to find someone in the living room, but there was no one in there. He could hear Charlie and Briggs talking upstairs and he could hear Johnny and Paige laughing in the kitchen. He sighed and took another step. Pain radiated through him. He gasped and grabbed his side. When he pulled his hand away it was coated in blood. He tried to call out to someone, but his voice failed him. he decided he needed to reach someone. he headed for the kitchen because it was closer. He took a couple steps and stopped as the pain washed over him. He reached a hand out to the couch, but he couldn't quite reach and fell onto the floor. He lay there in pain, as a blood puddle formed under him.
Paige laughed at Johnny's idea for Jake's party.
"You can't put a bounce house inside."
"Watch me." They stopped laughing when Charlie walked into the house calling for Paul.
"Somebody's in trouble." Paige just rolled her eyes at Johnny and went back to look at the party decoration catalog. "We should decorate with these!" Paige pointed to a picture in the catalog.
"How about...NO." Paige pretended to be hurt. "How many strippers should I..." Johnny stopped mid sentence when he heard what sounded like a body hit the floor. He ran to the living room with Paige hot on his heels. He stopped when he saw Mike on the ground, visibly in pain and a blood puddle rapidly growing.
"Oh My God!" Paige ran to Mike and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Mike can you hear me?" Mike slowly opened his eyes and made a small nod. "What happened?"
"A-ask C-charlie." Paige looked at Johnny and in a second Johnny was flying up the stairs to get Charlie. Paige turned back to Mike.
"Let me take a look, ok?" Mike nodded weakly and his eyes started to droop. "No, you need to stay awake, you hear me. Eyes on me." Mike's eyes opened a little more. "Good. Stay with me." Paige lifted up Mike's shirt and cursed under her breath. "You pulled all your stitches." She looked into Mike's eyes. "You stay awake. I need to grab my phone from the counter." Paige kissed his forehead and ran to the kitchen.
"Charlie!" Charlie turned to look at Johnny.
"Not now. I'm busy."
"Can you tell me why Mike is bleeding out on the living room floor!"
"What?" Charlie pushed past Johnny and ran down the stairs. She dropped to her knees next to Mike. "Why didn't you tell me you were bleeding?"
"N-never c-came up." Mike's teeth chattered and he began to shiver.
"Johnny grab a blanket, he's going into shock." Charlie placed some pressure of Mike's wound. "Did anyone call 911?"
"I just did. Ambulance is 5minutes out." Paige slipped her phone in her pocket and sat down on the floor. She placed Mike's head in her lap and looked into his eyes. When they started to close she lightly patted his face. "Stay with me Mikey. Keep those blue eyes open." His eyes began to close again. "Mike look at me." There was no response. Paige felt for a pulse. She looked up at Charlie with tears in her eyes. "Charlie, there's barley a pulse."
"Don't quit on us Mikey!" Charlie applied more pressure to the wound and prayed the ambulance would get there in time.