Chapter Six: Reunion
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-Hospital, Early Morning, Lobby-
Briggs and the others were finally all awake and had eaten breakfast, still refusing to leave the hospital until they could see Johnny, until they could be sure he was fine. Agent Goldman was still out, probably working on Johnny's case... A nurse walked in, a soft smile on her face. "Anyone here for a Joesph Tuturro?"she asked, looking around. Briggs and the rest of the Gracelanders rose up, walking over to her.
"We're here for him. How is he?"he asked. The nurse glanced at the reports.
"He's doing great actually... And he's awake... If you want to see him... But only two or three at a time..."she explained, looking up at them. Briggs looked at the others, wondering who should see him first. Paige, DJ, and Mike smiled at him and Charlie weakly, indicating what they wanted.
"I think Ms. Demarco and I will go see him first. What room?"Briggs asked. The nurse had them follow her, leading them to a room 78...
-Room 78, Johnny Tuturro-
Briggs and Charlie braced themselves upon entering, knowing that Johnny probably looked rough and felt like crap. Looking around though, they figured the off-white walls were worse looking than Johnny, who was definitely looking like Hell. He looked up from the television, smiling at them weakly. "Wassup guys? It's about time they let you in."Johnny tried seeming like himself.
Charlie walked over, gently taking his hand in a sisterly way. "You feelin' okay, John? You look awful."she smiled weakly as he squeezed her hand.
"I'm feelin' better... Can't really feel much right now though... They got me on some kind of pain meds... Some technical name... Anyway, I feel kinda... Loopy... Did you feel this way on..."he stopped himself, looking around to make sure the nurses and Dr. Chastity wasn't anywhere around before whispering, "Did you feel like this on the Heroin?"he asked. Charlie wanted to laugh at his state, and she would have too, if this was a lesser injury than what it was.
"Kinda... But it's good you're on something for pain... You very seldom do well with it. And you look like everything would hurt..."Charlie commented. Johnny smiled at her before turning his head to Briggs, frowning at how distant and far away his friend seemed.
"Briggsy... Why ya all the way over there? Do I look that bad? I swear it's not contagious..."Johnny tried to joke through his medical haze. Briggs walked over, shaking his head, trying to smile.
"I'm just thinkin' is all. Glad you seem fine."Briggs admitted, smiling. Johnny nodded, closing his eyes. He finally got to see some of his family, finally. Which begged the question...
"Where's Mikey and Paige and Jakes?"he asked, looking between Charlie and Briggs. Charlie sighed.
"They said we could only come in a few at a time... Small room, ya know?"Charlie answered, shrugging. She noticed how he was licking his lips and grabbed the water glass on his night stand, handing it to him. "There ya go..."she whispered, as he took it, getting a drink...
-Lobby-
Mike paced, wondering what was going on with the others, how Johnny was doing. Paige and DJ were talking about a new recipe that Charlie was thinking of doing, getting their minds off of what was going on, when Agent Goldman walked in. "Where are the other two?"he asked, his mind already thinking they were investigating against orders. DJ smiled softly.
"Johnny-boy woke up and Charlie and Briggs are visiting at the moment. Only two at a time you know?"DJ answered, grabbing a magazine. About that time, Charlie and Briggs walked back out, immediately surrounded by Mike and Paige.
"How bad is he? Is he doing better? How's he look?"both agents asked, worried. Charlie smiled weakly.
"The kid looks bad, but he's taking it rather well..."Charlie answered. Briggs scoffed.
"Only because he's high on the pain meds. Poor kid wouldn't know a punch at the moment, even if he was hit."Briggs retorted. Charlie rolled her eyes.
"Anyway, you two can go see him now if you want..."she told them, not even having to repeat herself before the blond man and brunette girl were gone. Catching the eye of Agent Goldman, Briggs glanced at him.
"So what can we do for you, Sir?"he asked, trying to bite back his bitterness towards the man. Goldman sighed.
"We... Think Anthony Tuturro may have something to with this... So, we've got him on the way up, along with Florida State's finest..."Goldman admitted. Briggs fought a smirk.
"Nice... Well... Tell Tony 'hi' for me. Okay?"Briggs spoke, walking over to get a magazine...