Fiona walked downstairs to find Mandy, Mickey, and Lip sitting around drinking coffee. "What you three up to?" the three turned startled by her presence. "nothing." Lip deadpanned. She walked into the kitchen and started another pot of coffee.
Fiona walked back into the living room. "So it's only about six right now, after Debs and Carl wake up I'll cook some breakfast. Then we'll go and see Ian. Hopefully he can come home soon." The three nodded and turned on the TV. A little bit later Debs was running down the stairs and handing off Liam to Lip. Jimmy was down the stairs next and after that was Carl. Fiona cooked breakfast and V came over.
Once everyone had eaten the group piled into the van. The ride to the hospital was tense. No one really knew what to say. Especially to Mickey who had his head in his hands. No doubt he was crying again. The group pulled up to the hospital.
Once everyone was out of the car they all headed up to the third floor where Ian was. The doctors told them that he doing very well and that they'd been weaning him off the sedatives for a while now. They all packed themselves into the room. Mickey sat close next to the bed the pure worry in his eyes was enough to tell that he and Ian were more than just friends.
Eventually Ian regained consciousness. The first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was Mickey face in his hands while Fi and Lip paced around the room. "Ian!" he heard Debbie yell out and soon everyone was staring up at him. He turned his attention back to Mickey who was looking at him now. His eyes were red and puffy, he'd been crying. "Mick…" everyone was silent and eventually Fiona pushed everyone out of the room so Mickey and Ian could be alone.
"Ian…I-I'm sorry" Mickey wiped his eyes and slowly moved one of his hands onto Ian's bed. "What happened?" Mickey looked into Ian's eyes, he was nervous as to how he would react to what Mickey had done. Ian saw his nervousness and he took Mickey's hand. Mickey smiled just a little and started to talk.
"Once they all passed out I ran to go get Fiona. She called Lip and he came with Mandy and Kev. We brought you here told them we found you beaten in an alley. We waited for a while here till they said you were okay and we went back to your house we told Fiona mostly everything. Jimmy and stuff was there as well as V and Kev. All the kids are back at home now. I stayed at your house last night; Mandy went and got her stuff and mine. Fiona said we could stay at the house. Last night I slept in your bed, I hope you don't mind."
Ian sighed and turned to Mickey, "No, I don't mind. Once I go home you're more than welcome to sleep there… with me." Mickey smiled, "Yeah I think that could work Firecrotch." The two boys laughed and a few seconds later Fi walked in. "Hey Ian I Have good news the doctor says that you can go home today. The shoot in your leg just hit muscle and you'll be in pain but you'll be perfectly fine and the one in your arm isn't as cookie cutter and your arm will be in a sling for a while but all got. No ROTC for a while but you'll probably be plenty occupied." Ian nodded and Mickey squeezed his hand it was faint but Ian felt it.
