Phil and I were at VidCon about to go on stage, I was feeling light headed and a little weak, I couldn't tell Phil that I had forgotten my Insulin at home, we were just minutes away and I couldn't disappoint everyone out there,
"Dan, are you alright?" Phil asked taking my hand, "You look a little pale." He brushed my bangs away from my head and felt my forehead,
"Yeah...fine, just a little tired is all." I said with a small laugh, "We have this and then the autograph session, I'll get some rest after, alright?"
"Ok, just tell me if something's wrong." He said and looked away just as our names were called, here we go. We both stepped up on stage and looked out at the crowd, everyone was going crazy and it was so loud,
"Hello everyone!" I said and waved, keeping a fake smile on my face was so hard, I can do this, I can do this, I kept telling myself as I tried to sound upbeat and positive but my vision was getting blurry and all the sounds were mushing together,
"Dan?" I heard someone ask, "Dan!" My vision cleared enough to notice Phil was calling me,
"Sorry about that, just have a lot on my mind is all." I said with a laugh, "What were you saying?"
"We were about to play a game, here." Phil said and handed me the note cards that had our names on them, "So, Dan and I will be playing 'Who would rather' the rules are simple..." His voice dragged on and I just couldn't focus on anything anymore and I fell to the floor, my breathing rigged and slow, the crowd grew silent and a few gasps were heard,
"Dan? What's wrong?" Phil asked dropping down next to me, I grabbed hold of Phil's shirt with a shaky hand and closed my eyes,
"I..forgot my Insulin at home..." I said looking away, Phil's going to be so disappointed,
"What? Love, you can't forget things like this." Phil said and motioned for someone to come help,
"I'm sorry...I realized at the airport, but I didn't say anything, we were already late for the plane and we had to be here right after..." I said, tears streaming down my face,
"It's ok, we'll get you help, don't worry." Phil said and stood up, talking to one of the medics, I'm guessing. Someone knelt down by me and gently lifted my chin,
"Daniel? Do you have any Insulin with you, any at all?" It was one of the medics, I shook my head,
"No...I left it all at home..." I said and watched as they brought a stretcher out,
"We have to take you to the hospital, can you stand?" She asked and held my arm as I attempted to stand, my legs gave out and if she wasn't holding me I would have fallen to the floor again,
"Alright, carefully now." She said as she helped me up, they quickly strapped me down and rushed me off stage, Phil wasn't close behind.
Why didn't Dan just tell me? I wasn't disappointed, of course, more concerned than anything, "Dan why didn't you say anything before?" I asked as we sat in the ambulance, I watched as the paramedic gave him a shot of Insulin,
"The fans...I didn't want to disappoint everyone..." He said and squeezed my hand, well as much as he could with how weak he was,
"You wouldn't have disappointed anyone, everyone would have understood if you couldn't make it. I think everyone is more disappointed that you collapsed on stage." Phil said and kissed my hand that didn't have the IV drip in,
"I didn't mean for this to happen! Do you think I wanted things to get this bad!" Dan yelled weakly, "Damnit..." He said and slammed his fists down on the bed,
"I understand why you did it, love. So very noble of you but remember your health comes first, all your fans know this and they support you. So, please, don't let everyone down and let this get the best of you, alright?" I asked and smiled, he nodded and brought me down for a kiss,
"I love you, Phil." Dan said and rested his forehead against mine,
"And I love you, Dan" I said and sat up as the ambulance came to a stop,
"Alright, we need to get him into a room." The paramedic said as we walked down the hall and into the next available room,
"Can I stay with him?" I asked sitting down next to his bed,
"Of course." The Doctor said with a smile and left the room, I looked back down at Dan, who was now asleep,
Rest, you'll need it. I said and took out my phone, Twitter was already blowing with comments about how Dan was doing,
Please be ok, Dan!
Lot's of love and prayers!
Rest Dan, the fans still love you!
So many comments and so much love, our fans were the best, I decided to calm everyones nerves,
Dan is doing just fine everyone! He had a little incident with his Diabetes, but he'll up before you know it! Thank you everyone for the love you're sending hm, he really needs it and sends it all back to every single person.
I hit send and looked back down at Dan, he always looked so young and innocent whenever he slept, I'm so glad you're alright, Dan. I don't know where I would be without you.
