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Chapter 6- My Family's Arrival
10 p.m.
It had been eight hours after J.D's arrival to the ICU and everyone was tense. Carla had told Turk that she didn't have a job anymore and he was okay with it. He knew what a jackass Kelso could be and he was happy that somebody had put him in his place. He had been off for three hours but refused to leave the hospital and neither did anyone else.
Elliot had just gotten off of the phone with Dan and his plane had landed twenty minutes ago. He told her that he had called his mom and she too was now on her way to the hospital. She and her husband was on vacation in Cancun but as soon as she heard that Johnathan was hurt, she purchased the next flight out. Since their was only one seat left on the flight, her husband decided to catch another flight and met her out there. Elliot was pacing back and forth when she saw Dan coming through the doors with his suitcase in tow.
"Elliot" Dan screamed when he saw her. "How is he."
"Hey Dan, right now he's stable but still in critical condition."
"So what does that mean." Dan asked
Elliot looked down to the ground and tried to think of something to tell Dan. She knew he deserved the truth but she considered Dan a friend and didn't know how to break it to him.
"Please Elliot" Dan pleaded. "I want to know the truth."
"Okay I am going to be honest, at worst if he doesn't get the blood that he needs and if there is any internal damage that we don't know about he could die."
"Oh"
"But look Dan, we are going to do whatever we can to save his life. He's got the best doctor on his case and they are taking good care of him."
"Do you promise"
"I promise" Elliot smiled.
"Can I see him."
"Yeah, follow me."
Elliot and Dan walked down the hall that led to J.D's room in the ICU unit part of the hospital. Elliot gently squeezed his shoulder
"Do you want me to go in there with you" Elliot asked.
"No" nodding his head "I want to see him alone, if that is alright with you"
"Oh course" she smiled as she removed her hand and walked back down to the lobby.
Dan stood outside the door for a couple of seconds and reminisced about his life with J.D. True he loved to torture his brother and he knew that he wasn't the best brother in the world to him but J.D was still his brother. The same brother he tricked into drinking blue toilet water by telling him it was blue kool-aid. Or telling him the best way to learn how to kiss was to practice on his own arm. Or beating up Kevin Masson when he call J.D a pathetic loser. Even though he wasn't always there when J.D needed him but he was there now, and was going try to be there for him in the future.
"If there even is a future" Dan thought to himself as he entered the room. As soon as he saw J.D the tears were beginning to come to him eyes. He wasn't prepared to see his brother the way that he looked. Bruises, scraps, cuts everyway. Tubes going in and out of his body while they machines beeping with every heartbeat that J.D took. Pale skin and non movement was too much for Dan to take as he fled out of the room. Being in that room felt like death was sitting there, waiting to take J.D away and Dan couldn't deal with that. Running down the hallway, he wasn't paying attention to where he was going and ran directly into Dr. Cox.
"I'm sorry" Dan stuttered as he tried to move out of the doctors way.
"Hey there Dan, did you get here."
"About ten minutes ago"
"Did Barbie give you an update about Newbie"
"Um…yeah she did, she told me everything"
"So then where are you going"
"I'm getting out of here Coxster, I was just about to go into J.D's room."
"Really then why are you running this way when his room is that way" Dr. Cox pointed
into the opposite direction, eyes never leaving Dan's face.
"I was about to go in but-"
"But."
"I couldn't do it, I was about to go and I chicken out."
"Do you mind me asking you why you won't go into that room with your brother."
"I can't be there for him like I thought, I can't. I thought I could but I can't."
"How selfish can you be Dan" Perry snapped. "That is your brother in that room, you have to go and see him. Do you not give shit about him.
"Don't you think that I know that Perry." Dan screamed. "Don't you think I realize that my brother is in that room with a chance of dying. I give a shit okay."
"Then why aren't you in that room."
"Because, J.D is my brother and I don't know anything about him. I have been his brother for thirty years and I don't know anything about him. Not his favorite food or color or hobby, nothing. I never took the time out to learn because I thought that I had time too. And now, there is a chance that he could die before I get to know him."
"Dan, I understand."
"No you don't understand. How can I call myself a good brother when I haven't taken the time to know who he really is. Hell Chris knows him better than I do, and they are not even related. I'm a horrible brother and everyone knows it." Dan shouted.
"You know what Dan, I don't know why you don't know your brother the way a real brother should because I got to tell you, that is just sad. But you know what will be even sadder, if you don't go in there with him. Go in there and tell him that you love him or whatever it is you want to tell him but tell him. Now how about you stop with the damn pity party that you're throwing yourself, because you're the only one there, and go in there and pray that your brother will makes it through. And maybe just maybe, when he pulls through this, you will get the balls to finally get to know at least something about your pathetic little brother." Perry ranted as he walked down the hall but not before shoulder bumping into Dan.
Dan looked down the hall that lead the way back to J.D's room. He knew that Perry was right about everything. His brother needed him now more than ever and there was no time to self wallow in pity and guilt. He sighed and started walking back to J.D's room and walked into the room. He wiped his eyes and sat down in the chair beside J.D's bed and kicked his feet up on the bed.
"Hey there little brother" Dan started. "How are you, okay stupid question. I know you're shocked that I'm here but what can I say, I love a free trip right. Plus I wanted to take some time off of work. Nah, I just kidding." Dan laughing as he held J.D's hand even tighter. "The reason that I am here is because you're my brother. I'm supposed to look out for you whenever you need me and I know that I haven't been the best brother in the world. But, I promise you if you get better, no when you get better, we are going to hang out more. We can even take that cross country trip that you always wanted to take with me. Rent out a 76' convertible, roll through the country with the top down. Taking pictures, having fun like brothers are supposed too do.
Dan sighed as he looked around the room and listened to the beeping machines. They seemed to be the only thing keeping him from falling off of the edge. He wanted to believe that J.D could hear him and he was responding with the beeping noises that were being made. He had to smile at the thought of J.D being in the room in spirit smiling directly at him.
"I know you probably don't believe me when I say that we are going to get to know each other but I swear I will. You have to believe me."
"Don't worry, he does." Turk replied as he walked into the room. "Hey Dan, Elliot told me that you were here."
"Hey Chris." Dan replied not taking his eyes off of J.D. There were no amount of words that could express the pain and guilt that he was feeling. Not ever Turk could imagine what he was going through or maybe he could.
"How you holding up."
"I should be the one asking you that, after all you're closer to him."
"Dan"
"No it's true, you're the brother that J.D always wanted, needed, no deserved. You're the brother that J.D deserved."
"Dan, I realize that you and J.D don't have the best relationship but you're always there for him when he needs you to be. Just because you're not that close, doesn't mean that he cares for you any less."
"How do you know" Dan asked. Could it be true that J.D actually love him the same
"Because, I have two brothers myself and I'm not as close to them as I am with J.D but I still love them. And if one of them was in this hospital bed right now, I would be doing the same that you are doing right now. Sitting right by their side, talking to them."
"You really think that he believes me, you think that he can hear what I'm telling him."
Turk looked at Dan and smiled. It was true that Dan and J.D weren't as close as one would think that brothers should be but any fool could tell that Dan really loved his brother.
"Yeah, I believe that he does." Turk said as he went to sit down. Before he could sit in the chair there was loud yelling that seemed to be coming from the nurses station.
"For the last time, I want to know where the hell my son is and if you don't tell me I will wring you so hard around the neck that the janitor will be using you for a mop." the voiced yelled again.
"Ma'ma please calm down."
"Oh I will calm down as soon as you do your damn job and point my in the direction of my son's room"
"Oh no" Dan smirked. "Mom's here"
Turk and Dan ran out of J.D's room and into the direction of where the noise was coming from. When they find it, there was a petite woman with long black hair and brown eyes yelling at a young intern who looked like he was on the verge of tears.
"Listen here you little ingrate for the last time, my son's name is Johnathan Dorian now tell me where he is."
"Mom, over here" Dan replied as he waved in the direction of his mother.
"Move out of my way" Mrs. Dorian told the intern and ran to Dan. "Dan oh my God, where is Jonathan."
"Mom, it's alright his room is right this way."
"How he is."
"Mom, please."
"Dammit Dan, tell me what his condition is now." she screamed at him.
"Ms Dorian, I'll tell you."
"Oh Christopher, I didn't notice that you were there." she replied as she ran over to hug him. "Can you tell me Johnathan's condition please."
Turk calmly told Mrs. Dorian what was wrong with J.D. He watched as tears began to fall from her eyes at the mention of him being in a coma and his need for more blood. He sighed as he watch her fall into Dan's arms and sob even harder at J.D's chance of survival. He watched silently as his own tears fell from his face and he wrapped his arms around her and tried to comfort her that best he could but he could tell it wasn't helping. She was faced with the possibility that her son had a good chance of dying and there was no comfort in that. After a few minutes of full blown sobs coming from Mrs. Dorian, she was finally ready to go into J.D's room and face him. Upon entering she quickly ran to his bed and crawled up beside him, and threw her are around his chest.
"My baby, my poor baby" she cried onto his shoulder as she used her hand to stroke his messy black hair. "Oh my God, my poor baby."
Dan walked around to the other side and sat in the chair beside him and grabbed his hand and laid his head on the bed. Turk closed the door and walked to the lounge because he figured that J.D needed to be around his family for the time being. He walked into the room and found Carla and Elliot sitting in there too.
"Hey baby" Carla replied as Turk sat beside her and placed his head on her shoulder, letting his tears flow to her shirt.
"Hey"
"How you holding up."
"I thought I was doing better but now I'm not so sure." Turk sighed.
"Elliot told me that Dan was here"
"J.D's mom is here too, just got here in fact. In his room right now rocking him, crying because he could die."
"Turk"
"You should have seen her when she came here. She was yelling at that intern David she was like crazy mad but as soon as I told her everything she looked like she had been crying for days. And Dan, I've never seen so distraught, not even when his dad died and he stayed in the bathtub for two days."
"Baby"
"If he couldn't handle the death of his father all that well, how is he going to act if J.D dies."
"I can't believe you would say that." Elliot screamed as she jumped up from her seat. "He's going to be okay, he's going to be okay because J.D knows that he can't leave us. He knows that we need him in our lives and he is going to be okay. So suck it up dammit and quit throwing yourself a damn pity party.
"Elliot, there is no need to scream."
"Yes there is Carla because if I don't scream, then I will cry and I don't want to cry because crying will make me think of death and I don't want to connect J.D to death more then he already is. Okay so please just let me scream." Elliot ranted.
Elliot began to breathe heavily as she sat back down in the chair and placed her head in her hands. Carla reached out her arm and pulled Elliot on her shoulder and let her cry. Elliot couldn't control the tears that began to flow from her eyes and she just curled up in a ball into Carla.
"Carla, J.D…. can't die,… he just can't…. We need…. him, I need… him" she cried softly into her shoulder.
"I know, sweetie. I know" Carla replied as tears began to fall down her eyes too and she rested her head onto on Elliot's.
Four hours later Dr. Cox had just finished his shift and walked into the staff lounge. Upon entering he saw Carla, Turk, and Elliot all asleep on the little sofa, curled up against each other. He signed as he looked at his watch and realized that it was two in the morning and they needed to go home and get some sleep.
"Hey" he shouted causing all of the them to jump up with a start, well Carla waddled up being seven months pregnant so it took her some time.
"What the hell Perry, why are you shouting." Carla snapped.
"Is J.D okay." Elliot asked.
"He's fine Barbie, still in critical condition but fine."
"Then why did you wake us up."
"Gandhi, it's two in the morning and I know for a fact that you have to be here at ten so I was thinking that maybe you three should go home."
"We can't leave, not until J.D wakes up."
"Listen here Barbie, if something is going to happen to Newbie, it's going to happen whether you are here or not so you would do better off at home where you can get some proper rest."
"We're not leaving"
"Leaving J.D would be the worst thing ever so we can't leave."
"Yes you are Barbie, because if you don't get enough rest and you come to work sleep deprived and exhausted and wind up killing somebody that will be far worst.
"You don't understand."
"I understand that it will be stupid if you stay here when there is nothing that you can do anyways."
The three of them looked at each other and knew that Perry was right. Staying there wouldn't help J.D get better any sooner and they all had early days tomorrow. Grabbing their things, they started to make their way out of the door. Talking, it was decided that Elliot would stay at Carla and Turk's place since it was closer to the hospital.
"If anything happens, make sure someone pages, or calls us."
"Don't worry, Nurse Roberts is on duty tonight so if anything happens she will call."
"Just make sure"
"Gandhi, I got it." Perry snapped as he watched the three of them leave. He sighed as they left because he felt like a hypocrite. He had yelled at them to leave when truth be told he wasn't going to leave. He had already called Jordan and told her that he wouldn't be making it home and she told him not to worry that everything was going to be okay. Perry had a feeling that it was going to get worse before it got better. He took his stethoscope from around his neck and laid it on the table as laid down on the chair and fell into a deep sleep.
I finally brought J.D's mom into the picture and Elliot finally has her moment. Dr. Cox is still being a hard ass about the whole situation but you know that he really cares on the inside. Don't worry, however, he will tell J.D how he really feels about him and hopefully it won't be to late.
What's coming up
1) A sorry Kelso
2) Help from an unlikely source
3) The arrival of a new vistor
4) A final decision
5) A mother's confession
6) A doctor's revelation.
7) Trip down memory lane
Stayed tuned for the next chapter and once again thanks for reading.