"J-J-James, I-I'm not allowed to leave my room!" Kendall said when the handsome brunet pushed him and the wheelchair through the corridors. "C-Carlos is gonna be real worried and I-I might get into trouble."
The brunet ignored him and Kendall got scared. This guy was crazy and he wanted to get away from him. Where was James taking him? The blond turned his head and looked up at the brunet that seemed almost oblivious to his presence and calmly pushed Kendall around on the floor. Then he stopped outside a room and Kendall looked up.
"This is my room." James announced. Kendall leaned forward and looked into the room. It was quite homy. The bed was made with the same blueish bedsheets as in Kendall's room but somehow it looked different. More comfortable and more like an actual bed. On the walls there were paintings and pictures of people Kendall couldn't see properly from the distance he was looking from and a vase with purple flowers were placed on the table by the bed. "Do you like it?" James asked.
"Yeah." Kendall replied quietly and looked around in the room.
"Do you want to come inside?" James continued to ask. Kendall nodded a bit and the brunet pushed him into the room. "You can come in here whenever you'd like." He said and jumped up in his bed. The blond in the wheelchair nodded a bit and looked around. His eyes stuck to a small stereo and a bunch of CD:s. The brunet seemed to notice that he was eyeballing the stack of CD:s and pointed at them. "Do you want to listen to some music?"
"Yes." Kendall said and carefully rolled over to the table with the stereo. James got up and turned the stereo on. "Can we listen to this one?" Kendall asked and held up a CD. James nodded and placed the shiny plastic plate into the stereo and pressed play and soon music was heard from the small speakers.
"This is my favorite one." James said. "I got it for my birthday."
"I have the same one at home." Kendall said. James smiled and the two continued to talk about the CD:s and the music and everything else that came to mind – like video games, movies and food – until there was a bunch of commotion outside in the corridor and the two boys looked out the door.
Carlos was running about frantically looking for something – or someone – and looked absolutely terrified. "Kendall?!" He called as he searched for the blond. Kendall watched the latino for a second and then replied to his calls.
"I'm over here." He said and the latino's eyes darted over to him and he visibly calmed down and let out a long sigh of relief.
"Jesus Christ, Kendall." Carlos sighed and walked over to him. "You scared me so badly. I thought you had ran away!" He said and shook his head and placed his hands on his hips. The blond frowned slightly and looked a bit ashamed and pouted at the floor.
"I'm sorry." He mumbled. The nurse shook his head again and grabbed onto his wheelchair. He didn't really seem to notice James and pushed Kendall's wheelchair out of the room and down the hall.
"Yes, well don't disappear like that again." He said. "Now, let's go back. I've got you lunch and you have to take your Disopyramide." He said. Kendall nodded and looked over his shoulder at James that was silently following without Carlos really noticing, something that amused the blond.
"James said that we'd eat lunch together." Kendall said and turned to Carlos. The latino looked over his shoulder and only then seemed to take a notice of the brunet following.
"Oh, did he?" Carlos asked and chuckled a bit. "Well as long as you are in your bed and not on the run in a wheelchair he can eat in your room." He said. Kendall and James exchanged smiles and were lead back into Kendall's room. Carlos helped the blond up in the bed and got both Kendall and his guest their lunch before leaving – and reminding Kendall about his appointment with Dr. Mitchell later that day – letting the two patients be.
As the two ate James suddenly stopped eating and just looked at Kendall as he ate. The brunet was sitting on a chair by the bed and Kendall was sitting up in bed, eating. "What?" Kendall asked when he saw that James was just looking at him and not eating his lunch.
"We're friends." James said. But it was more like a statement than anything else. Kendall smiled at him and nodded. Even though James were really weird and didn't speak much Kendall enjoyed having someone to talk to and was very happy about the day's small adventure he had been on.
"I guess." The blond said and kept eating. James hesitated for a moment and looked thoughtful.
"Hey..." He mumbled. "Kendall... Do you think you're gonna get healthy soon? I mean... so that you can like... walk by yourself?" He asked. Kendall nodded, he was delightfully surprised about James' sudden change in attitude, tone and... well everything. "When you can walk, will you visit me in my room?"
"Sure." Kendall said. "When I can walk again we can walk together." He said and smiled. James nodded and smiled back.
"Sorry if I don't talk much." He said. "And if I rush things." He added. "I'm just really lonely. It's kind of hard making friends when you're stuck in a hospital 24/7." He said and shrugged hopelessly.
Kendall couldn't help but ask, "How long have you been here?" The blond was very surprised to hear that James had been here for almost nine months. "Why are you here?" He asked. "You don't look that sick." he pointed out.
"I have cancer." James said and Kendall thought he'd choke on his food. What? Cancer? Like that horrible disease that everyone always talk about. Real cancer? "Lung cancer." James continued. "They don't really wanna let me out just yet." He sighed and slowly chewed on his food.
"I am so sorry." Kendall managed to get out – suddenly feeling sorry for his new friend – but James just shook his head.
"Says the guy that had a stroke." James chuckled. "It's okay. The doctors says I'm doing pretty good right now." He said and smiled softly. "And hey, I'm healthy enough to kidnap you." He said and laughed a bit. Kendall chuckled a little and smiled at the brunet. Right before his eyes he could see James relax, like he had been tense and on his guard.
Kendall smiled and finished his lunch. "Uh... I-I have to... you know... take my Disopyramide." He mumbled and help up the little pill. "Um... If I say anything weird... or fall asleep..." He continued quietly and blushed a bit. James nodded and kept eating his food, like he wasn't bothered at all by it. Kendall took his medicine and then leaned back in the bed and sighed.
"Are you feeling better?" James asked him. Kendall shrugged. "You look tired." The brunet pointed out on which Kendall answered with a weak nod. "If you fall asleep, can I stay here? I promise I won't prank you or anything." James said.
"S-Sure..." Kendall sighed and yawned a bit. He felt unconsciousness hovering over him and he placed his tray on the table.
"See you later?" James asked and the blond nodded once more and leaned back to go to sleep. The brunet stayed put in the chair and watched the blond sleep. He looked peaceful and relaxed and occasionally the corners of his mouth would curl upwards in a tiny smile as if he was having a good dream.
James leaned back in the chair and looked around in the room. He got up and looked around in the room for something interesting to do. He found a book lying by the bed and started reading it. James didn't really mind sitting around doing nothing since it was what he did most of the time. Most of the time he was alone, but this time he had company. The unconscious kind, but company none the less.
"Ah, James." A soft voice rang out. "What are you doing in here?" Dr. Mitchell asked and came into the room with a surprised expression. "As you can see this patient is asleep." He pointed out and nodded at the sleeping blond in the bed.
"I know." James said and looked down at his newly acquired friend. "He said that it was alright that I stayed." James quickly added. "We hung out before but he was tired and fell asleep." Logan chuckled lowly and nodded. "We had lunch together." James announced and smiled a bit.
"I see." Logan murmured and nodded. "Well, how nice." He said and walked over to the bed and inspected the papers a bit. "I was just gonna have a look at him. You didn't happen to note if he took his medicine?"
"He took it right before he fell asleep." James said and the doctor nodded. "Is he going to be alright?" James asked quietly. "When will he be released from the hospital?" Logan looked up at the brunet and sighed quietly.
"I'm not sure, James." He said. "We don't know for sure yet. He can't even walk at the moment so we'll keep him here until he can manage on his own." He said and patted the brunet on the head. "Why?"
"I like to hang out with him." James said. "He's not boring like the others. He can play the guitar and he reads good books and we like the same stuff." He said and shrugged. "I like having someone to talk to."
Logan frowned a bit and sighed once more. "I'm sorry to keep you here, James." He said. James quickly shook his head.
"No, it's fine." He said and smiled. "It's for the best, right? Besides. I don't really have anywhere else to go..."
"It'll be alright, James." Logan assured. "I'll see you tomorrow, alright? My office, ten o'clock." James nodded and smiled at the doctor that left the room and then went back to reading the book he held.
Hi guys! So I know I'm a day late with saying this but Happy Midsummer!
Yes, I am Swedish and yes, I did party last night and yes, I will party today too. As soon as I've gotten rid of this slight hungover. Haha..
So I decided to simply upload a neew chapter now and I've heard that some of you have finished your finals and all the tests and all that so good for you all! Now enjoy the summar, will ya?
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Love, Hannah