A/N: I'm having so much fun writing this. As I sleep, I dream of new things to add & I just simply have to jot them down. Now for some review replies.
Sunshannieshipperheart: Thank you so much for your kind words : ) they mean so much to me! & honestly, I didn't even notice my mistake until you pointed that out, so Zendaya shaped cookies for you x3. & as to answer your confusion, Deuce has so many things going on in his head after the break up with Dina, he's experiencing a sort of mind shatter. In my fic, he always had a thing for Rocky, but he also had a deep love for Ty that he's beginning to let take over. Everybody reading this should read 'Leave Raquel Alone – Her Story' its utterly amazing & this here review I'm shouting out wrote it :D
0809m: Thank you for your kind words also, I'm sending you Tyce cookies as we speak ;D. I checked out some of your Teen Wolf fics, and they are by far amazing : ) I too have a couple Teen Wolf fics if you're interested : ) hope you continue reading my story!
Charlie/Elroy237/Ryu333 & blue wigged thespian: I LOVE YOU ALL :D
Chapter Three
Deuce awoke due to a warm feeling around his waist, and soft, cool breathing that gave him a relaxed sensation in the pit of his heart. He was laying on his side and the warm feeling around his waist, was Ty's arm, and the cool breaths of air was Ty's face, which was nuzzled in the crook of Deuce's neck. He turned to lay on his back, and a still sleeping Ty shifted to still have his arm around the Latino's waist.
Deuce took a long look at Ty, and notice how the older male's hair was growing out, and how his dimples dented in and out every time he breathed through his mouth. Deuce smiled and traced the edge of Ty's jaw with his index finger, feeling the smooth skin that he had. How couldn't anyone fall in love with Ty? He's just so beautiful, he thought before yawning out loud.
Ty stirred a bit, much to Deuce's dismay, and opened one eye. "Morning buddy. How you feelin'?"
Deuce stared into Ty's eyes, well eye .. and licked his lips, forgetting that he was asked a question, "Oh, I'm alright. You slept okay?" he said, gesturing to the placement of Ty's arm.
"Actually, yeah. Best night ever, and sorry about holding you while you slept, I guess it happened while I was asleep .. what happened to you last night?" replied Ty, sitting up to stretch.
"What do you mean?" asked Deuce.
"I could've swore I heard you crying in your sleep, and when I woke up last night to check on you, you weren't in the bed. I kind of got worried, but I figured you probably went into the bathroom or something."
Deuce's heart blipped. Did Ty overhear his conversation with Rocky? He figured he didn't since Ty was in such a good mood. "Oh yeah, I had a bad dream so I went to the bathroom to wash off my face."
"Deuce .. if there's something wrong, you'd tell me right?" asked Ty, looking down. "I mean, we're still best friends right? I wanna help you."
"I thought you said a little more bro, and a little less mance?" joked Deuce before getting a pillow thrown at him, "Of course Ty, if anything was wrong with me, you'd be the first to know."
"Oh .. alright. And about last night, I guess old habits die hard .. We used to wake up like that all the time during sleepovers remember? Even when Rocky was young and scared and she'd sleep with me, I'd be holding her like a teddy bear the next morning. I guess .. I just feel the need to protect you guys." Said Ty, looking out the window.
"Hey, hey, hey!" said a voice from the doorway. Both boys turned to see who it was, and there stood Rocky, "Come on guys, me and CeCe made breakfast."
"Oh no, CeCe set foot in a kitchen?" yelled Deuce, "Someone call poison control!"
"I heard that!" screamed CeCe from the kitchen, as the sounds of pots and pans were heard falling on to the ground, their screeching roar echoing throughout the apartment walls. "Uhh … Rocky …"
Rocky's face turned into one of anger, and she turned towards the two boys, "Better come now before she sets the apartment on fire."
Both teens laughed and shook their heads. They all knew how badly CeCe cooks, so they figured Rocky was the one who made breakfast but let CeCe get credit. Ty grabbed a pair of clothes from his closet, and dresser and headed towards the doorway.
"I'm gonna take a quick shower alright? You go ahead and eat." He said, before leaving the room. Deuce sat there and groaned before flopping down on the bed once more. How could this get any worse? Sure he was mesmerized by Ty's beauty when he woke up, but as soon as Ty awaked, the dream of last night made its way into his psyche, and now he was afraid of even a single touch from Ty, regardless if they were spooning. He jumped and screamed as Rocky flung herself onto the bed next to him.
"I saw how you two were sleeping this morning." She squealed, poking him in the ribcage, "That was so totally the cutest thing I've ever seen in my life!"
"Rocky! Please, I don't want him to hear anything .." Deuce said excitedly, furiously pointing towards the left wall in the room, which was the same wall to the bathroom on the other side, "These walls are thinner than paper."
"Oh Deuce, relax. He won't hear a thing, besides it didn't seem like he minded when he used you as his own personal human teddy bear." She retorted, raising an eyebrow.
"He explained that this morning, he said he felt the need to protect me is all. Just like he used to do for you when you guys were young. He even apologized for it." He countered.
"Deuce, I honestly think that maybe Ty might like you as more than his best friend." She replied, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Please don't get my hopes up." He simply said, brushing a hand through his hair. Why get him excited for a simple thought? Might as well tell him it'll never happen.
"Maybe .. maybe you should tell him .." she said softly, shrugging her shoulders.
Deuce stared at her in shock, wide-eyed, "Are you crazy!? You've gotta be kidding me! He happens to be one of the straightest people on Earth! I can't tell Ty I'm in lo-" he began, before Rocky leaped forward and covered his mouth with her hand.
"Shut up!" she whispered, panic and anger in her eyes, "You want CeCe and Ty to hear you? Now I'm gonna let go of your mouth, and when I do, I don't want to hear a single word from you until you hear me out, understood?"
Deuce slowly nodded, before Rocky continued, "Okay, so today's the Chicago Fair at the park. There's gonna be rides, and games and all sorts of stuff. We're all gonna go together, and then me and CeCe will ditch you and Ty, and you can have him all to yourself. See where things go, and if you feel comfortable enough, tell him."
"That'll never work, what if –" he began, before being shushed by Rocky once more.
"Stop with the negativity! Look, when me and CeCe both auditioned for Shake it Up, Chicago! I went in there thinking that I didn't have the guts to perform on live television, and that I'd make a fool out of myself, but when CeCe threw me onto the dance floor, I took it as my chance to let it all out, and look, I'm on the show." She said.
"But that's different! If you didn't make the cut, you wouldn't lose a thing. If I tell Ty how I feel, then I'll lose him forever. I don't think I'd be able to handle that pain Rocky. I lost Dina, and I'm suffering .. imagine if I lose the one person who kept me tied to sanity?" he replied, tears in his eyes, "You don't understand how it feels to be alone okay? You've had Ty and CeCe all your life, but me? I was alone for ten years before that boy walked into my life, and I attached myself to him so quick and so hard that I've dug myself a huge hole and now I'm stuck in it. I wake up every day terrified that I'll be alone again, that Ty won't be there when I need him!"
Rocky's heart broke at the boy's words. She simply thought that Deuce's infatuation with Ty was something small, but here she comes to know that Deuce has had these feelings locked up inside for quite some time, and that he's finally realized it. She hugged Deuce one more time, and held him close to her, her shirt soaking up the tears that the broken boy left on her shoulders.
"Deuce, I'm so sorry .. I really am. I didn't – I didn't know you loved my brother that much. I know where you're coming from, about keeping it in. But don't you see what it's doing? You can't simply play tug of war with both fear and love while your heart's on the line." She said soothingly.
"I know, but .. I don't think I can bear the loss of someone I love so much. Ty was there when my Dad was in the hospital getting surgery back when I was eleven. He held me all night, and even bought me breakfast the next morning. I remember how sad he was when your Dad first left on his very first medical trip to treat patients in Uganda, and how I let him sleepover so he won't feel alone. We've been through so much, I don't wanna lose him." Deuce explained, wiping away more tears from his stinging eyes.
"Rocky? Deuce?" came Ty's voice from the doorway, hair still damp and wearing a fresh pair of clothes while holding his cologne. His eyes flickered to Deuce's crying state, and Rocky's sad eyes, and he dropped his cologne, "Deuce? Deuce, what's wrong?"
He rushed to Deuce's side, and when he did, Deuce started crying even harder, his breaths short and clasping at his chest. "I …. Can't … Breathe …"
"CeCe! CeCe!" Rocky yelled from the bedroom, laying Deuce flat on his back, "Deuce, come on, breathe. Oh my god, Ty .. he's shaking! I think he's having an attack! CeCe! Hurry it's an emergency!"
CeCe came rushing towards the room, her eyes widening in shock as she ran to Deuce's other side. "Oh my god Deuce! What happened to him!?"
"Rocky what did you do!?" yelled Ty, his face contorting to anger and fear, "He was fine when I left him, and as soon as you walk into the room this happens!"
At seeing Ty's anger, Deuce started shaking even more violently, his heart beating faster than average, and sweat trickling down his forehead.
"I didn't do anything! He was upset and started shaking and I don't know what to do, call 911!" she sputtered, on the verge of tears. CeCe got up to grab her phone when it began to ring, her mother's name flashing across the screen.
"Mom, I can't talk right now! I think Deuce is having a seizure!" she screamed into the phone, tears pouring down her cheeks, ruining her mascara. She hung up, and dialed 911, explaining to them the situation, and after hanging up she turned towards the others, "They're on their way, they said to keep Deuce on his side, and to hold one of his hands!"
Ty lurched forward and took hold of Deuce's hand, his fingers intertwining with the Cuban's, "Buddy, everything's gonna be okay, the ambulance is on its way okay? Please, bro stay with us okay?"
"CeCe? CeCe!?" came a voice from the living room, running around frantically. CeCe noticed her mother's voice, and called out to her. Georgia ran into the room, taking sight of Deuce's shaking body and damaged state, "Oh my god! Did you call an ambulance?"
"Yeah, they're on their way." Replied CeCe.
"Deuce, come on man please, stay with me okay? Don't leave me, don't leave us!" yelled Ty, who was shaking as well. Deuce's eyes rolled back into his head, and his body went limp, causing the most ghastly silence to fill the room, before a scream was heard.
"DEUCE! DEUCE! OH MY GOD! WAKE UP! WAKE UP!" screamed Rocky, shaking his motionless body up and down. Ty felt the room get darker, and then it started spinning, as his own body went limp from shock. All he could hear, were footsteps, screaming and crying, as the darkness overtook him.
Ty felt something tapping his hand, as his body twitched, swatting away whatever was bothering him. Two more taps caused one eye to open, and then the other, as he stared into the face of Tinka Hessenheifer.
"T-Tinka?" he asked, sitting up right before a cloth dropped down onto his lap. He looked around at his surroundings, and saw that he was in St. Augustine's Memorial Hospital on a couch in a waiting room in ICU. He saw Rocky and CeCe both stirring as they seemed to be waking up as well, and Flynn sitting across from him, fear evident in the boy's eyes.
"Ty, you must vake up. You have veen sleeping for a few hours now." She said, stroking his hair back.
"W-what happened to Deuce? Is he gonna be okay?" he asked frantically, standing up in a rush before feeling dizzy and almost collapsing. Tinka caught his fall, and set him back down on the couch.
"Ty, you must relax. You fainted from shock at seeing Deuce hurt .. he is in zee ICU room now. I vas supposed to be babysitting Flynn vhen his mother called CeCe, and after she ran to help you guys, I vas vatching him, and she told me to bring Flynn here." She replied.
"I wanna see Deuce." He replied simply, a lonely tear releasing from his right eye.
"In due time Ty, vut now he must rest." She said, before hugging him and sitting next to Flynn. They stood in the waiting room for a few hours before Mrs. Jones walked in.
"Is he okay Mom?" CeCe asked, yawning afterwards.
"Deuce is fine, he's getting some rest and some fluids in his body." She said, sitting down on a chair across from them.
"What happened exactly? Did the doctor say anything?" Rocky asked.
"Rocky, your Dad was his screening doctor, and from what he's told me, since Deuce's parents are still in the room with him, is that Deuce's body wasn't getting any sufficient nutrients, and that he's been dealing with a lot of stress lately, which has been making his body go into a sort of .. weak state. I guess the seizure was long overdue. He had what they call a panic attack, and if he goes back to eating normally and stressing less, he'll avoid them. They're pretty common, just about anyone can have them." She explained.
They all sighed in relief, and Rocky spoke up once more, "So when will they send him home?"
"They wanna keep him the night just to monitor his recovery." She said, grabbing her keys from her bag, "But he'll be released tomorrow morning. Come on kids, we have to go."
"I'm staying." Said Ty, "Rocky can stay with me too, and we'll leave home with our Dad .. is that cool?"
Georgia walked over to Ty, and put a hand on his shoulder, "Of course honey, I'll bring you guys over some McDonald's later okay?"
"Thank you Mrs. Jones." He said, before waving goodbye to everyone. Rocky finished hugging everyone as well, and sat next to him, "What's happening Rocky?"
"Deuce is just going through some really rough things. The breakup, his Dad having to leave for a work issue, and his Mom hardly being home .. plus school, and selling those things he sells, its pressure Ty." She said softly, leaning her head on his shoulder.
"But why won't he talk to me? I can help him!" he said, putting his head in his hands, sobbing lightly.
"Ty .." she began, biting her lip, "He'll tell you when he's ready, but for now .. you have to respect that he won't open up just yet."
"I just .. I wanna know. I used to know him, but now .. it's like he's getting sicker and sicker just from holding all these things in." he replied, looking at his sister.
"I know Ty, I know. But right now, what he needs is positive thoughts, and prayer. When he's ready, he'll tell you what's going on with him, and when he does .. you'll know." She replied.
"Rocky, if you knew something, you'd tell me right? If something bad was going on with him, you'd let me know right away?" he asked her.
She frowned, "It's not my place Ty, you'll have to hear it from him. Just be patient, and wait."
"He's my best friend Rocky, I'll wait forever if I have to." He said, tears of determination in his eyes.
A/N: Agh, I hope you guys don't kill me .. but just so you won't .. here's a little something I'd like to share with you. The reason I wrote this story, isn't only because I just simply adore this pairing, and that there aren't enough fics about them .. but also because .. I, too have deep feelings for my best friend, so everything Deuce is feeling, is what my heart speaks. This story, is what I'm going through .. minus the seizures and hospitals, and spooning with my best friend. But .. yeah, Deuce is Me. This is my situation, in a story.
