A/N So erm, another chapter! YAY :) I actually don't like this chapter as much as others, did debate whether or not to upload it, did anyway, I'll just wait and see what my lovely readers think :D
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So now all that's left is to say ENJOY
After several long, exhausting, mentally and physically hard hours, Dougie and all the equipment he now needed to live life had been transferred to the Mcfly life.
As he was bed bound for several months and didn't want to not be around people, Charlie and James had moved the sofa against the wall in their rather large living room up to Dougies room and James and Tom had installed Dougies new electric bed with sides where the sofa used to be.
His new wheelchair was folded up and stored under the stairs, along with a couple of IV stands and blankets and pillows for whoever was spending the night on the other sofa.
They had decided between them that they would rotate who slept on the sofa, but they knew they needed too as Dougie panicked if one of them wasn't near him at all times.
As the last of the doctors and ambulances drivers and the palava of other people who had overseen Dougies moved leftm, Danny, Tom, Harry, James, Matt and Charlie flopped either on the sofa or on the floor around Dougies bed.
Dougie himself had fallen asleep, completely exhausted.
"Well, wasn't that fun!" Danny exclaimed with a tired sigh.
"Yeah...fun" Tom replied with a smile.
"Wow, if that's your guys idea of fun, remind me to hang out with you more often" Charlie laughed, sarcasm dripping from every word. Danny glared playfully at him.
"Watch it mister. If I wasn't so bloody tired I'd smack you upside the head" he mock-threatened.
"Ooo I'm scared now" Charlie retorted.
"You should be"
"I am"
"Good" Charlie gave up at this moment and settled for waving a rather rude hand gesture in Dannys direction. Danny gasped at this.
"Charles Simpson, that is disgraceful behaviour" he scolded. Just then, a tired moan issued from Dannys bed.
"Now look what you've done, you've gone and woken the sleeping beauty" Charlie told him, mock-disapproval lacing his tone.
"Oh so now it's my fault" Danny exclaimed.
"Er, yea-"
"Guys, shuut up" came Dougies stronger, but still rather weak tone.
"Sorry Dougie" both boys replied.
"Bloody well should be" Dougie said with a grin in his voice.
"How you feeling Sleeping Beauty" Tom chipped in, feeling like this could've gone on for a while.
"Pretty good at the minute actually, those painkillers the doc gave me are bloody brilliant" Dougie replied, sounding better, but sleepier than he had in a while.
"They're also meant to make you really drowsy and have a dreamless sleep, so it's time we left you to get some" Tom told him sternly.
"But one of you is staying here right?" Dougie asked, panic lacing his voice.
"Shhh Dougie, I'm taking sofa duty tonight" came the cheerful, dulcet tones of James. Dougie turned his head and smiled gratefully at the older boy.
"Cheers James" he said.
"No probs. Oi Danny-kins, help an old man make his bed" Danny complied and they began to drag pillows and blankets over to the sofa.
The other boys called their good nights and headed upstairs, Matt and Charlie sharing Dougies room.
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Sometime in the night James was bought out of a peaceful slumber by a single, piercing scream. James immediately jumped out of bed and ran over to the writhing, sweaty, screaming boy on the bed.
"Dougie, Dougie, shhhh, Dougs, its me, James, you're safe here, no ones gonna hurt you" James continued to soothe the screaming bassist, speaking soft words and stroking his hair. Slowly Dougie started to calm down, stopping screaming, tears still running down his face.
Without James or Dougie noticing, one by one the other occupants of the house had stumbled downstairs as Dougies pitiful screams had woken them and were stood in the doorway. As the boy calmed down they moved forward till they were grouped round his bed.
"Dougs, what is it? What happened?" Danny asked, fear very present in his trembling voice.
"It was THEM!" Dougie screamed through his tears. "They came here...they know where we live...I CAN'T STAY HERE ANYMORE" the other boys exchanged worried glances.
"Dougs, they're not coming back. I know they know where we live, but they're not gonna come back now mate" Harry told him, worry in his voice.
"But they know where we live. I can't stay here. They might come back"
The boys continued to try and reason with Dougie for a while, but he wouldn't listen to any of them. He was adamant that his captors were going to come back and get him.
Eventually, out of sheer exhaustion, Dougie fell asleep mid sentance. The others moved away from his bed side and grouped in the middle of the room.
"Guys, if he really feels this way, I suppose we're gonna have to move" Danny said, worrying his bottom lip.
"Yeah. I suppose it's all part of the healing process" Tom added.
"And none of us want Dougie in a place where he doesn't feel settled" Matt finished. The six boys stood there, staring at each other, listening to the quiet sound of Dougies breathing.
"I suppose it's settled then" Harry broke the silence.
"We go house hunting tomorrow" Tom said and all the boys nodded their agreement. As though responding to some silent, unseen signal, everyone called their goodnights again and headed back to bed, or in James' case the sofa.
They all lay in silence, brooding on their thoughts. It was harder than anticipated. None of them thought they might have to move house, but now they thought about it, the more sense it made.
They all lay there, Dougie the only one asleep as the seconds stretched into minutes stretched into hours until the dawn chorus broke into their thoughts. They all started stretching, preparing themselves mentally for the day ahead.
A/N so hope you enjoyed that, I'm not so sure about this chapter but hey. Hopefully get the next one up tomorrow, should be able to write quite a bit before ballet :) More than usual I would like to hear your thoughts on this chapter and whether it works cause I'm really not sure... So REVIEW! Until next time mon potes, keeping reading :) (there's a cheeky new Harry Potter next gen oneshot I've uploaded, go check it out if you will ;) )
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