Hey everyone! I'm back with my new chapter :) thank you so much for the reviews. I really thouhgt people were going to hate me for doing that to Ross. haha. Anyway. Here is the new chapter and I hope you all like it :)
- Chapter 12 - Out of the hospital into trouble -
The night came fast and Riker was still at Ethan's house with Ethan, Seth and Benny. Riker had helped both off them with their bloodied faces. Riker would have kicked Ethan's ass like he thought he was going too, but when he was there he hadn't the courage to actually do it. He didn't want to sink lower than Ethan. He made sure that when he left Ethan's house that Benny and Seth also left to go home.
The rest who were at the hospital with Ross were heading home, you don't think on leaving your son on his own when he just has lung cancer. The doctor had told them to go home and get some sleep. Ross needs his rest too so they agreed and were heading home to Riker. At least, that's what they thought.
They walked into their house quietly. It was a little late, and maybe Riker had fallen asleep. Their grandparents also came in, because they were going to spend the night at theirs. They were going to sleep on the guest room.
Everyone walked into the living room. Riker was not there. Ryland walked back and went into the kitchen. No Riker. Rocky went upstairs seen as though he is the one sharing his bedroom with him. No Riker. He checked the bathroom. No Riker. Other rooms maybe? No. Not a Riker at all. He walked downstairs back into the living room. "Riker's not in the kitchen." He heard Ryland saying. "He is also not upstairs." He said at the moment he walked in.
"That means he is not even home." Rydel said. "Yeah, but if he's not at home as he said he would go. Than where is he?" Stormie asked. Just as Mark was about to say something the door opened. Riker is home. He walked into the living room where he saw everyone looking at him. "Hey." He said. "Hey. Where have you been?" Mark asked. He wanted an explanation. "I was at a friend's. Playing games. For a little distraction." Riker lied. Stormie nodded. She is tired. Just like everyone else. Luckily the guest room is already set up, so everyone could get ready for bed and sleep. For how much sleep they could get.
Ryland could not find some sleep at all. At first when he came in he sat down on his bed and looked around. His and Ross' room was a mess as always. His and Ross' room. He likes to say that, but soon it could be over. He doesn't know when, but it could be. He just realizes that his brother's end is way closer than he thought. Of course he knew the chance off Ross dying is big, but now that he sits there on his own in their room, it clicks in his mind.
After looking around at his and Ross' stuff he prepared to go to bed. He laid there in his bed and again he looked at their stuff. It feels weird for him to be there on his own. Finally, he found some sleep, but it didn't last long.
When Ryland woke up after like an hour off sleep he knew he would not find sleep again so he just went down. He walked into the kitchen and saw everyone else. He thought they were asleep. Apparently they weren't. He looked at the clock. It was only 5:24. Not the perfect time for everyone to be awake, but who can blame them. The only ones that weren't there are their grandparents.
"No one could sleep?" Ryland asked. Everyone nodded. "That was predictable." Rocky said. They all took place at the table and for some reason they all took place where they all normally sit down. Riker always sat across Ross. He stared at the empty spot and thought about Ross. Thinking about Ross still being at the hospital, in a bed, on his own. Laying there on a course of chemotherapy. Who would think that that would happen to Ross? No one did. Ross never had anything, of course not never, because he is a human. At least you get what Riker means.
"What's going to happen with R5?" Rydel asked. "We don't know." Mark said. "We are going to stop R5 for now and be there for Ross. We don't know how it all ends, but we do what we got to do. And if Ross doesn't make it, we'll see. Go on for Ross or stop because of Ross not being there to fill in his part. I know no one wants to think about the last, but we need to be realistic" Ryland tries to explain. Everyone nodded when he said the last sentence.
They all went back to bed, because there wasn't a reason to stay up. Some did find a little sleep, because they were too tired and some couldn't find sleep, because their mind was filled with questions or something else that kept them awake.
The same day, just a few hours later it was time to get up. Stormie made a little breakfast, and currently they were having breakfast. And again Riker was staring at Ross' empty spot. Rocky who normally sits down next to Ross saw Riker staring at Ross' place. He moved a bit and woke Riker up out of his trance. They made eye contact. They didn't do more than eye contact, before someone noticed and was going to ask them about it.
They decided to go back to the hospital and face Ross. They walked into his room and saw him. He had his eyes closed, but that didn't mean a thing seen as though the last time when he had his eyes closed he was awake. And they were right. When Ross heard the door open he opened his eyes and saw his family. He tried to smile and he did, but his smile faded quickly. He didn't feel well at all.
"Hey, how do you feel?" Stormie asked him. She sat down on the chair next to his bed and took his hand in hers. "Like a bus drove me over." He answered. At first his voice cracked, but it cracked less at the end. "You even look like that." Rocky said trying to crack a joke. Ross was the only one who let out a laugh. Maybe because he is not under the people anymore like he used to be. "See, it was funny. Ross laughed about it." Rocky said. The rest let out a little laugh knowing Rocky wants to make everyone laugh, but that is not really going to work right now.
The doctor walked into the room and checked if everything was still okay with the course of chemotherapy. "Everything okay?" Mark asked him. "Yeah, everything is fine." The doctor said. "I know you all just got here, but don't make it too long, he is tired and he needs his rest. How hard that sounds." The doctor said. "We understand." Stormie said. "Tomorrow is the last day for the first course of chemotherapy. Next week we are going to test if it worked and Ross does react on it. If that's the case than he can go home for a little time." The doctor said. Everyone nodded and the doctor left the room.
The days went fast and Ross was about to hear the results from the test. Hopefully he was allowed to go home. Even though he wouldn't do much seen as though he is really tired.
Finally after waiting for a few hours the doctor came back. "We have the test results." The doctor said starting off. "He can go home, but there are a few things I need to make sure before he can go. At first, I need to make sure that there is someone there with him when he takes his medicines. At second, someone needs to make sure Ross does take his medicines. At third, always call when you think something is wrong with him or he acts weird or whatever. You can better warn than wait until it's over. At fourth, make sure Ross does get enough sleep and that he gets enough rest. Don't let him do more when he can't. And watch him with that. And I think that's it. Ross is free to go." The doctor said.
Ross was really happy when he heard he was allowed to go home. A smile appeared on his face and it was a time ago when they saw that smile on his face. They smiled when they saw him smile after not smiling for at least a few weeks.
They came home and the first thing Ross did was sitting down on the couch. The rest joined him and they watched some TV. Their parents aren't really from watching TV on the day, but for now they make an exception.
After watching a movie and five episodes from different series their parents did have enough, so they put off the TV. Of course no one liked that, but they also knew that their parents were right.
The day went fast and Ross already had some sleep and he took his medicine on time. He was sleeping on the couch so he didn't have to go upstairs. He wanted it that way, because he didn't want to sleep in his bed. No one knew why, but they left the living room so he could sleep. They didn't mind. They sat down in the kitchen and took something to drink and to talk. They had no idea about what, but they were going to talk.
"He looks better, since he is here." Ryland stated. "Yeah, he does." Their mom said smiling. "But how hard it is, that doesn't say anything about his health." Mark said. The rest nodded and some smiles faded from faces. If they could do something about it or take his place they would have done that, but unluckily that's not how the universe works.
A few days later everything was still fine. Ross was fine. He still took his medicines on time and everything went well. He was even less tired, but still tired every day and he also still needed to sleep. "Can we please go do something? I'm stuck on this couch." Ross whined like a little baby. "Well, I already called the doctor and first he asked me some questions and I answered them, but he told me that it's fine to do something that won't take too much energy from you." Stormie said. She was a bit done with Ross' whining. He was doing this for at least two days, but she can't blame him. If she was him, she would do the same. Everyone would. It's not funny when you have a normal disease and be stuck on the couch. And in a week Ross has to get back to the hospital to be stuck to that hospital bed for at least two weeks again if everything is alright. Or else it's going to be longer.
So they decided to go for a little walk. And they mean little walk. Ross was done with sitting and laying down on the couch, so there wasn't really something else they could do and the doctor told them that it's okay to go for a little walk. That was until they walked around a corner and stood right in front of Ethan, Seth and Benny…
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