A/N: Hello! Had a good weekend?
malecglitterfan: Glad that you liked the cute part. And come on, I wouldn't be myself if I didn't place something bad in the chapter.
kokosz: Widzisz, ja zawsze mogę zaskoczyć :D Cieszę sie, że było to urocze dla ciebie.
runwithwarlocks: Are you from Germany? Ah, so your girlfriend has a great taste in music. Give her my best! Wish you have an account we could talk more.
red wolf: I'm really happy that you liked the whole 'romantic' part. And yes, you should now by now that I love to put drama here and there, even in sweet chapters.
ChopinDaVampire: That's great!
BowTie : Też tak myślę, ale wolałam się upewnić, co podchodzi jeszcze pod T a co już pod M. Kiedy chodzi o Magnusa...to randki nie mogą być mniej wyszukane :D Słyszę, słyszę. Pytanie tylko, czy posłucham? *evil grin*
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Important note!: To this chapter, at first read one shot "Wanna be best friends?" in Maybe We Are A Fairytale - One Shots. The story from it is mentioned in the chapter below.
All rights to the characters belongs to Cassie Clare. Except for Ellie, Dr. Anderson and David.
Edited: ChopinDaVampire: Thanks. I can't believe I wrote that.
Enjoy the new one.
Chapter XXI
"We need to be there for him"
The room was awful. White and light blue walls, white cabinets, not so big bed covered with white sheets. All dull and it made me sick. There were two chairs, and no shocker here, they were white. And a small Carolina blue sofa that could only fit two people if they were skinny enough. There were variety bags hung on a metal stick with some chemical stuff.
And there were we in the middle of it. And by 'we' I mean Alec, Maryse, Robert and me.
"Alec, as you know chemo is supposed to reduce the amount of lymphocytes in your blood" said a female doctor with brown hair. Her name-tag said 'dr. L. Anderson'
"Supposed?" it slipped out of my mouth "So you're not sure that it's gonna help him?"
"There is always a possibility that the treatment may not work. Like with every other illness" she explained, not making me any less worry. Alec squeezed my hand reassuringly, smiling a little to the doctor "As I was saying the treatment will go for at least three months. You're going to take chemo twice in a month. As for now you can take it and go home. But if your immune system will impair you're gonna have to stay in the hospital"
"Ok" my boy mused. There wasn't any emotion in his voice, probably because he already knew the whole process. Unlike me. I did research over the weekend but nothing really specific was in books and internet.
"Does Alec have to change his diet now?" inquired Maryse.
"Not really. After all he still sticks to a healthy food right?" Alexander nodded along with his parents "So now just add to it more fruits and vegetables so he could get vitamins from them"
"We'll take care of it" Robert spoke for the first time.
"Ok. So…any other questions?" asked doctor. All of us shook our heads. I wanted to know more, but yet I didn't know what to ask about. "Then let's talk about chemo. I changed meds for you, because your body seems to resistant the old ones. And of course you're gonna be taking a bigger dose since you're an adult now. Now let's talk about side effects."
"What side effects?" I asked with a bit panic in my voice. Alec was still brushing my hand with his thumb.
"With taking chemo there could be various side effects" I swallowed hard listening to her speech "Starting from feeling tired for a while after taking a dose. Or feeling non-stop tired. It's different for every person. Then nauseous, throwing up" that made my stomach sick. I felt my whole breakfast in my throat at once "Hair may or may not fall out"
"Exactly may not" interrupted Robert silently, looking meaningfully at Alec. Still in his hazel eyes you could read worry even when he's pulling a fake smile on his lips.
"Yes, they may not fall out" doctor Anderson smirked at Alec "Last time we didn't even have a chance to find it out, did we Alec?"
Her words made me clueless. It's like they were talking in some code, making me confused. I think Alec realized it at some point.
"Last time I shaved my head before I started to take chemo"
"Why?" I asked silently
"Tell you later, ok?" I just simply nodded.
"Anyway" the doctor spoke once again "Soon some nurse will come and we'll start, ok?"
"Yeah"
"Hope you didn't plan anything today" she smiled at us "Because that will take ten hours. If you'll need anything I'll be in my office. Maryse, Robert come with me to fill papers"
Soon after they left some tall brunette guy in a green attire came in with some plastic bag filled with some ugly yellow substance.
"We're seeing each other again Alec. How are you?"
"I've been better David" The said guy hung that not so big bag on the stick. And then he took Alec's left arm into his hands. "Meet Magnus, my boyfriend"
"Nice too meet you"
"Like wise kiddo" he smiled at me. He wasn't really handsome but his emerald eyes were pretty. Of course not as beautiful as Alec's. "No Ellie today? Thought that she'll come with you"
"She'll…Ouch!" Alec yelped when David ram a needle in his vein on a forearm. "Gentle please"
"You ok sweetie?" I was holding Alec's right hand entire time, glaring the nurse for hurting my guy. Alec only nodded.
"Ellie will come later. She's in school"
"Mhm…" David finished plugging the needle in Alec's vein and then he clicked something on the pipe. Soon single drops of the yellow substance were sliding through the pipe. "Done. Now you rest, read, whatever. If anything press that red button" he pointed at the pilot on the bed. "Then me or some other nurse will come. Ok?"
"Sure. Thanks"
When we finally were alone, Alec turned to me leaning down. Understanding his attempt I moved myself closer and pressed my lips to his in a sweet kiss.
"You don't have to stay here with me" he said when we pulled away.
"I know. But I want to"
"And school?"
"Baby it's just one day" Alec sighed "It's not like I'm going to fail because of a small absence"
"Ok." Alexander laid himself down on the bed and scooted to the left side "Lay down with me Mags"
I climbed on the bed next to him and gently, being careful to not disturb the needle in his arm I placed my arm on his hips.
"Thank you that you're here with me. I love you Magnus"
"I love you too baby"
…
"So yeah…I shaved my head to take control on my life then" Alec just told me the whole story about how he met Ellie. How they became friends and how they helped each other during being in a hospital.
"And we looked like two weirdoes then" we heard a familiar female voice coming through the open door. Ellie was standing in a doorframe, smiling at us, with arms crossed on her chest "I'm telling you Magnus. We looked like aliens. Hey honey-bee"
"Hi El" Alec smiled, getting up on the bed to a sitting position.
"So fill me in" she sat down at the edge of the bed "How long are you staying here?"
"Only three days. Today chemo and two days to regain some strength. You know, so Magnus wouldn't have to carry me everywhere" he joked.
"But it could give me some muscles" Ellie burst in a laughter along with Alec and me.
"I can tell that you have a fine share of muscles already honey" Alec placed a kiss on my cheek, making me grin like an idiot.
"Ok. Stop with this love. You guys make me sick"
"Jealous El?" Alec grinned at her.
"Now you make comebacks? Damn you"
"You taught me that" she stuck her tongue out on him.
That two were hilarious together. Like a true sibling. I wasn't even sure if Alec acted like that with Jace or Isabelle. But with Ellie he was always free, cool, and he didn't watch himself in his talking. Just like he was with me. I loved to watch this version of Alec. He was then happy and that made me happy.
We were talking and laughing for an hour more, until Alec started to yawing and his eyes were half closed. No longer after he fell asleep, and me and Ellie moved to the couch.
"How are you holding up?" Ellie asked, smiling shyly at me. This was one of the many things that she shared with Alec.
"Me?"
"Yes. It's nothing new for us. But you…it's so new for you. So?"
"It's not easy" I whispered, bringing knees up to my chest. "It's not easy to watch him like that"
"And it's only beginning" she finished "It's gonna be worse, believe me. When chemo starts to influence him. It's gonna be worse. Are you ready for it?"
"I love him. And I won't leave him in this if that's what you're asking about" she was looking into my eyes for a while, being completely quiet. I wanted to know her thoughts so badly. "I'm gonna be here and support Alec"
"That's good. Because he'll need all support and love that he can get in this"
"What would it be like?" my voice was almost a whisper, when I looked into her green eyes.
"Not pretty. Last time he got so skinny, so you could simply see his bones through the skin. He threw up a lot. He was tired too. I was feeling almost alike, except that I wasn't that skinny like him" Ellie took of her green jacket and from the inside-pocket she took out a red wallet. From there she took out a photo with her and Alec. From the time they were in the hospital. Alec and her were both bald. "Yeah…I didn't want to wait for my hair to fall out and neither did Alec."
The boy on the picture didn't look like my Alexander. Not at all. He had no hair, under his blue eyes were dark circles. And he was skinny, at least on his face. I could easily see his cheek-bones.
"I keep that photo to remind me how we started our friendship" Ellie interrupted my thoughts. "You need to prepare yourself that this can happen again. That he can look dreadfully"
"I know"
"I'm scared too" she took my hand into her and squeezed it tight "I'm scared as hell. But we can't show him that. We need to be there for him. Alec needs us"
"And we will" I smiled a bit to her "We will be there for him"
…
After Ellie went home I moved to lay next to Alexander. His chest was slowly rising up, and he was silently snoring. He looked so peacefully now, like nothing is wrong. I started to thought about what Ellie has said. About how it will be worse and worse with time. I know that it will be a hard time for all of us. I need to prepare myself for it. And I hoped that I will have this strength inside of me.
"You look so beautiful when you're absorbed in thoughts" a hoarse voice interrupted my thinking. I looked down to see two pools of blue staring up on me.
"Hi"
"Hi" he cringed his nose when I kissed him on it.
"Sleep well?"
"Yeah. Ellie went home?" he looked around the room to find only his mom curled up on the couch with a green blanket on her. Once his eyes were back on me I nodded "How long we've been here?"
"Seven hours. And soon I have to go home. Visiting hours will be done" Alec smiled ghostly and nuzzled his head in the crook of my neck.
I stayed a half hour more before the nurse came and said that me and Maryse have to go home. Alec was adult now, his mom didn't have to stay with him.
"I'll come tomorrow after school, ok?" he waved at me and blew my a kiss when Maryse was waiting outside for me "I love you"
"Love you too" he whispered back, as I was opening the door.
When I was finally home in my bed I was contemplating again about Ellie's words about what will happen to Alec and how bad it will be.
And I knew it. I knew that I have to be there for him. That I have to prepare myself for every possibility. That I have to support him.
And I was willing to do it without a hesitation. Because that what the love means. To be there for in sickness and in health. And I love Alec more than anything.
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