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His neck felt like hell and there were no words for the pain radiating down his back as he attempted to stretch in the limited space of his front seat. He must have feel asleep last night when he was sitting here thinking about what a mess he was in. He didn't know where to go from here he had said he would be back to the hospital in the morning but Aaron seemed less than pleased about the idea and his body was telling him he needed a shower and some decent kip.
He reached over towards the passenger seat and gathered up his things and when he looked back he found the vet standing at his driver's side window it's scared the crap out of him. The vet looked a bit worried but then again, when didn't he? Well, here goes nothing. As he reached for the door handle and jumped out.
"Hiya, Paddy."
The older man didn't waste time with formalities, "Where's Aaron? Been trying to get in touch with him and he hasn't showed up to the garage, and Cain's not exactly happy about that either, he's gonna get a right earful for it I'm sure."
"Paddddy."
The older man let out a breathless laugh, "Sorry rambling again, well do you know where he is?"
"He's…umm…well see he's…" the vet could see the hesitation in his voice which gave him reason for his fussin'
"Jackson what is it I've been up worried sick and he's not answering my calls and I've got some random motor in my lot!"
"He's at the hospital Paddy because…"
"WHAT? Wh-Wh do you means he's in hospital, is he h-hurt? What happened you were supposed to be talking t-to him how'd he end up there? I h-have to get over, I gotta tell Chas… She's going have me head for this! Why haven't you called me? Where aren't you with him?"
Paddy was rambling AGAIN and demanding answers but then continuing to ask another question before Jackson could get a word in.
"PADDY! It's not him. He's not hurt. It's his umm…mate"
"Mate? What mate…who Adam?" the mechanic didn't really have mates other than Adam and Jackson who else could it be, right.
"No, not Adam it's a long story Paddy but it's an old mate, his name is Kyle."
"Kyle? wait not The Kyle as in…?" but paddy stopped himself fearing he had said to much about something Aaron had confided in him about and he wasn't sure what the mechanic had shared with the builder.
That really rattled the builder's bones. So Aaron seemed have discussed the guy to Paddy enough for him to refer to the architect as "The Kyle" for god sakes.
"YES! Paddy and I KNOW about 'THE KYLE'"
"Umm…" trying to get rid of the awkwardness Paddy asks "What's Aaron doing there? Wasn't even aware that they were even speaking. Better question, why's Kyle even in the hospital?
"Well, they ran into each other in town don't know much else…He kind of had an 'incident' and his head's pretty banged up and he's unconscious." he felt awful about lying to the vet but he still hadn't gotten his head around what he had done and really wasn't ready for the earful he would be getting from people once or if they ever found out.
"Oh my…" the vet's eyes widened and his hand came up to his mouth to hide the shock, "please tell me this "incident" wasn't Aaron's doing"
"Of course not Paddy! It wasn't his fault…" relief flooded through the older man at the news
"Thanks god, Then I'm guessing that's Kyle's motor in my lot, eh?" which received a nod from the builder
"I have to go over there he's gonna need somebody and maybe he can make sense of all this."
"Yeah Paddy…but I came to get a shower in and head back over there I could just keep ya posted on what's going on if you like."
"I'd rather be over there myself; do ya want me to wait for ya?"
He thought it maybe if Paddy was there then they wouldn't row. He hoped.
"Yeah cheers Paddy. I'll make it quick."
He hadn't slept a wink, he was too busy tossing and turning in the hospital's very uncomfortable bedside chair. He had decided to stay beside Kyle's bed for the night even though Joe had sent someone in to bring him some blankets and show him how to turn the little couch into a recliner. Besides he didn't want to sleep just in case Kyle woke up. The doctors still hadn't come in to tell him much but a few nurses had come to check his vitals and they weren't much help. A bunch of useless people he thought well expect for Joe but his rounds were over and he wasn't expecting him until later.
The consistent sounds coming off the heart monitor become something of a soothing sound as his eyes got heavy through the night. They were a sign that Kyle wasn't making a turn for the worst.
Paddy had been ringing all last night and Cain was probably already calling him off the hook probably to give him a thrashing about not being at work to open up the garage. He didn't want to deal with anyone until he heard something, anything about Kyle's condition. But he decided to turn it off last night he just couldn't be bothered with it all.
So much had happened in a matter of two days but if he's honest with himself he's not all that surprised he seems to getting better at messing everything up.
Before he could finish his pity party in walked Joe with a big smile on his, too much of a happier camper for this time of the day aaron thought.
"Good morning!"
"Hiya, someone woke up on the right side of the bed."
"What you on about?"
"You're practically blinding me with that gob of yours." This earned him a smile as big as a Cheshire cat.
"How'd you sleep...?" he asked as looked over to see that the blankets he had sent for appeared to be folded on the couch. That fixed his smiling problem as it turned into a scowl.
"So either you just act like you the hate morning but really wake up extra early to make your bed or you didn't accept my offer of a half decent kip."
"Wouldn't have made much of a difference mate, cheers though."
"Let's go grab a cup a coffee and get out of this room, for a bit, maybe it will help."
Although, he enjoyed the small bit of distraction the nurse provided his attention was directed back to Kyle's motionless body. "Have you got any news first?"
"Actually that's why I'm here."
"Well why didn't you say so!" he felt a little irritated that the nurse had news and wasted talk with a bunch of small talk instead of given him some information that might help ease his mind.
"Aaron, relax okay, I'm not here to give you any news I'm afraid but I know the doctors will be coming around soon, though. Let's go out to the waiting room and talk."
"I don't want to leave him here"'
"It will only be a minute give your legs a chance to stretch out." He decided maybe getting out there for there wouldn't be the worst idea so he led the way.
First they both grabbed a coffee and made it over to the family room. Aaron couldn't wait any longer to hear what this was all about.
"Okay, what is it then?"
"Well, you know that you aren't allowed privileged information unless you are related or his partner, right?"
At Joe's words a panic seemed to set in over the younger guy, "Are you telling me I have to leave? Joe I need to be here, I can't leave him here."
"Aaron please calm down you're not making things easier by freaking out."
"Sorry"
"What I was going to say was that I kinda put you on the list." The mechanic didn't understand how that would work, who would believe that.
"As what, his brother…do we look like any brothers you know and I'm a bit young to be his pops!"
"Not exactly, Aaron…they think you're his partner." it made Aaron practically fall out of his chair.
"You what…? Did you ever think about when he wakes up and tells everybody the truth or if they get in touch with his actually family?" that didn't seem to faze the nurse at all.
"If he's your mate I'm sure he'll understand that you just didn't want to leave him by himself."
"Ok fine but what if his involved already…not sure the guy will be so understand about this?"
That was the first time he had even considered the possibly that Kyle might have been seeing someone after all the guy was well fit and a nice bloke. The guy was about the jump his bones a day ago could he possibly have someone...could he?
"Fine! I didn't think it through Okay! So much for doing a good deed, eh?" the nurse felt like an idiot he knew he shouldn't have done it but he just couldn't see the guy suffer just because of some stupid rule, he knew too well how it felt to be on Aaron's end and he just couldn't bear it.
"Aaron, I'm putting my neck out for you, here. I need you to go along with it when the doctors come in."
"Joe I don't know if I can do this. Not exactly comfortable with being gay let alone acting like some heartbroken lover waiting by his bedside"
"Not much a change from what you are doing now!" that made Aaron glare at the nurse with eyes laced with rage.
"Aaron, I mean please you have to, I could lose me job for this, PLEASE! I did this as a favor to you, you owe me that." But before the begging nurse could get an honest answer out of the mechanic in walked a man in a white lab coat.
Judging by Joe's face and the guy's clothing, Aaron knew this had to be Kyle's doctor.
"Are you here for Kyle Walker?" that made both men stand straight up from their chairs.
The man walked over to the mechanic and extended to his hand out to introduce himself, "Hello, my name is Dr. Reed, Kyle's doctor."
He obviously knew Joe because he gave him a sideways acknowledgment which Joe didn;t return before turning is full attention back to Aaron.
Aaron reached out to take the doctor's hand in his. "Aaron." He simply stated.
He felt as though both men were burning holes into him as he released his hand from the doctor's grip.
"Ah, so it says here that you are the patient's partner then."
Aaron looked down at the clipboard where his name seemed to be jumping off the page at him.
He looked towards the nurse and he's eyes were pleading with him to agree. He felt so trapped but he knew what he had to do.
The mechanic turned back to the doctor before saying, "Uh, yeah that's me, I'm Kyle's….partner."
Just as he made his declaration in walked Jackson and Paddy, both men couldn't hide their shock at hearing what Aaron had said.
Once Aaron saw them, he cursed his rotten luck, this could get ugly...fast.
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