A/N: Yes I had to do an Easter update. Happy easter everyone! I send you all virtual chocolate eggs! Yummmm...
Also I have just realised I made a HUGE mistake in my chapter 'Aftermath', about Robin not being found. I am really sorry about this and the chapter has been edited.
College.
Chapter 21 – Conciousness.
The best friends were silent for a moment. Allan's eyes remained closed as he cursed his subconscious for admitting his secret; he'd decided he had preferred being unconscious.
"Look, Will..." Allan tried to explain.
"Don't worry about it," Will answered abruptly, "It's not true is it?"
Allan's eyes opened and Will searched them hopefully, wanting some reassurance that his best friend didn't love his girlfriend. He found no comfort in Allan's eyes, only guilt.
"How long?"
"Since a while after we met her..."
Will gawped, that had been years, "Why didn't you..?"
"Because I knew you liked her, I wouldn't...it's fine."
They were silent for another minute before Allan spoke again.
"Did Djaq hear?"
Will turned to his weak friend and nodded slowly, "We haven't talked about it though."
Will tried to forget, trying to conjure up the happy feeling he had felt when he'd seen Allan awake. But it was all gone, instead an image of Allan and Djaq together filled his mind, tainting all his memories green with Allan's hidden jealousy.
"I need to confess..." Allan broke into Will's thoughts, "We kissed, before, just once...or twice, but she wanted to go back to you and..."
Allan trailed off as Will's face flushed with anger, stood up Will towered scarily above the bed making Allan cower.
Will left without another word. Both men had tears running down their cheeks within seconds; neither saw the other cry.
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Robin was vaguely aware of an annoying beeping noise. Every time it sounded the high pitch went through him causing a slight twitch of his head, which in turn sent a throbbing pain spiralling down his spine.
"Slight movements started at 1800 hours, checked for pupil dilation then and there was nothing. Movements of the head have continued since then, checking the pupils again at 1900 hours," A woman reeled off a list and Robin's brain struggled subconsciously to figure out who she was talking to.
His eyelids were forcibly pulled open as a painfully bright white light was shone down on him. He could see nothing except the blinding white.
"Pupils dilating," The woman said with relief in her voice, taking away the light and letting his eyes droop closed again.
Robin's mind began to cloud again, images of bright orange and yellows mixing with deathly blacks. In the end the darkness won, he sank into unconsciousness.
Sorry, short chapter. Please review!