Rags to Riches J3T x DM
Okay so this is the last one shot I will add before I get round to doing the requests.. Please bear in mind that I am coming up to the end of my current college course so I am going to update on a slightly less regular basis because I do have a lot of work to finish off and not a lot of time to do it in. You can still leave a request and I will get round to doing it..
This is an AU loosely based around Iron Fist so I am using the whole Dad's run an office together and one set of parents died and that kind of thing...
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George p.o.v
You'd think that being the heir to a massive fortune and a massive corporation would make you the most spoiled brat on the planet or really happy because you can go out all the time and spend loads of money. Well, I am neither of those things, my parent's never spoiled me and I am twenty-one years old ow. I am rarely happy because people always treat me differently because of how wealthy I am. I don't really have many true friends either. Too many people try to take advantage of my and threaten the reputation of the company so I only have four friends I trust the most.
I went to public school with Jordon Terrel, Jorel Decker, Dylan Alvarez and Matthew Busek. There was another guy called Aron Erlichman but he became a bit of a dick after a while so we kicked him out of our friendship circle. I am currently fed up with being in the office so I told my dad that I was going to go out for lunch and then go and relax with Jorel if he was around and available since Jorel has been sent to boarding school a few times. My dad was fine with that, he usually is. I walked out of the office and to the nearest café to grab lunch. I was just about to text Jorel to find out if he wanted to meet up with me but he got there first.
Jorel: Meet me at the local/nearest park. I would have met you at Bernie's but I am trying to help someone who might need more help than I can give.
Me: Sure! I will be there in five.. What do you mean by the whole helping someone thing?
Jorel: Remember that shy blonde kid in Jordon's class that your dad is the godfather of?
Me: Yeah I do. Didn't he go missing like two years ago after his parent's house caught fire.. Why are you asking this now?
Jorel: I found him unconscious in the park. He needs medical help real bad but you know what hospitals are like when people don't have insurance..
Me: Yeah, I know.. I am on my way as I type. We'll either take him back to mine and I'll pay for a doctor to come look at him or I will figure something else out. Either way dad will help us out for sure especially since it is his godson we are dealing with.
Jorel: Thanks dude, you might just be a lifesaver. See you in a min!
I don't care how weird people will think I am since I am now running to the park and I am in a full suit get up. Jorel was near the entrance to the park with the unconscious blonde in his arm. If I remember correctly the kid was definitely in most if not all of Jordon's classes in high school. The kid looked like he was on death's door if I was honest. "Hey Jorel, do you know what happened to him?" I ask, taking the blonde from him since he was struggling. "Not really, I know he is battered but he was awake when I walked up to him and he recognized me but then a minute later he passed out and I had to catch him," Jorel says as I carried the kid towards the shade. The heat of Los Angeles won't help the poor kid out at all.
"I'll call dad, he'll come and get us I think. This is worse than I thought," I tell Jorel after I laid the kid back down in Jorel's arms again and he made sure that the kid's still breathing. I know dad isn't too busy today so he should be able to help us. I just pray that the kid can survive long enough so we can save his life. I gave Jorel my blazer so we could cover the kid more and see if that does anything to help him out. I take my phone out of my pocket to call my dad, this kid's life depends on this phone call. I press my dad's name in my contacts and then dialed the number. I was relieved that he picked up straight away.
DAD: Hey George what's wrong?
Me: Hey Dad, we found your godson at the park near Bernie's but he looks like he is at death's door and we really don't know what to do.
DAD: Stay calm, even if Danny is at death's door there is still the possibility that he might come round and he doesn't need to panic as well. I will come and get you three and then we will go to the ER and I will sort the costs of Danny's treatment, he is my responsibility and he should be on the insurance by now.
Me: Okay dad, thanks.
DAD: You're welcome George, see you in a minute.
Me: See you.
True to his word he was here in less than five minutes. He parked really close to the entrance and took the kid off Jorel to carry him to the car. This kid hasn't even reacted to anything going on around him. He just lay limp in whoever's arms was carrying him at the time. We all got in and Jorel and I were still keeping an eye on the kid who is called Danny while my dad sped to the ER. We were told to let my dad know if Danny suddenly got worse. I was really worried for Danny now, he really didn't look like he was going to survive the car ride let alone any form of treatment. When we got there, they took my dad and Danny through and left us behind in the waiting room.
~1 hour later~ G.P.O.V
My father walks up to us after spending the last hour waiting with Danny and in another part of the trauma unit waiting for news about Danny's condition. He wasn't happy but he wasn't crying either so I prayed the news was good. "Danny's still alive but they have said that the next twenty-four hours are going to be critical in his chances of survival since they are now at fifty-fifty," my father tells us and we follow him up to the intensive care unit where they have moved Danny to give him the best care round the clock. It wasn't looking too good for him but at least he isn't dead. They said he has pneumonia because he had a chest infection that wasn't treated and got worse and he also has multiple infected wounds all over him which needed treating so a coma was the best way to give his body rest and to heal.
We stay with Danny for a while before we decided to go home. There wasn't really a change in his condition so there wasn't much point in all three of us staying there. My father said we'll go home and he'll go back to keep us updated on any changes in his condition over the next 24- 48 hours. He let's jorel stay over for the night as well since we were supposed to be hanging out together and we decided to save a life. "I have faith that Danny is going to recover from everything he is going through" my father says in the drive home. "Yeah and he can stay with us when is well enough to be discharged from the hospital," I tell him and I know that he is happy.
"Thank you George, I was going to suggest that Daniel moves in with us when he is available to leave the hospital," my father tells us and I smiled at him. My father told my mom that he had to leave work in a hurry so she was waiting for us when we got home and she was looking to see who else had come home with us. She hugged me and my dad really tightly and then hugged Jorel tightly too. "Where did you go? I got so worried," she asks us. "The boys found Daniel at the park near Bernie's today and had to take him to the hospital. He is in a coma but we have faith he will pull through just fine," my father tells her. She was very shocked that Danny had been found and how ill he is but seemed relieved that her godson was alive and not missing anymore.
"Go and be with him Kevin, I'll look after these two," mom tells dad and then he gets back in the car to make the drive back to the hospital and Danny's intensive care room. I wonder how long it will be before we get to hear anymore news about Danny's condition and when he will be able to come home to a new life. I guess no news will be good news and that his condition would have remained stable and he hasn't become worse but ideally we would love it if he recovered well because he is the only surviving member of his family and he needs us now more than ever.
~1 week later~ D.P.O.V
"He should be waking up anytime within the next half an hour now he is completely off the sedation drugs," I assume a doctor is telling whoever is with me now. I can barely remember anything that has been going on since I saw Jorel whenever that was. It could have been days, weeks or even months since that day. The last thing I can clearly remember is seeing Jorel for the first time in two years and then it all went black and I passed out on him. I felt a warm hand grip the hand without the IV line in it. "Hey Danny, it's Kevin Ragan," the other male voice in the room tells me. I've heard the name Kevin Ragan before. I think he is my godfather, my dad picked him on the day I was born because of how close friends he was to my parents before they died in the fire at the estate.
I manage a weak grip back on his hand to let him know I could hear him. He jumped a little at first but that was because he wasn't expecting me to hold his hand back. "Hey buddy, take your time waking up. You've been through a lot this past week," Kevin tells me and I know now that it has only been a week since I last saw Jorel. I want to focus more on opening my eyes now. They feel a lot heavier than usual so I am struggling a lot more to open them. "It's okay Danny, take your time. There is no rush for you to wake up," Kevin tells me as I struggle to open my eyes. I achieved victory after probably five minutes and after having them adjust to the light I managed to keep them open.
I looked at Kevin and then to George who is sleeping on another chair in my hospital room. "How are you feeling?" Kevin asks me, I tried to talk to him but I found that I couldn't so I gave him a thumbs up and a smile. I am surprised to find myself in an intensive care room with no one else around and in a private room but I am guessing that Kevin is paying this hospital bill on my behalf. "That's alright, don't worry about anything but resting and getting better I have everything else covered," Kevin says and I sigh in relief. So there is a slight possibility that I am not homeless anymore. I can't get the money out of my parents will until I turn 18 and that isn't till next year. I should have gone to Kevin sooner for help but I got too afraid.
"Dad, is Danny alright?" George asks as he wakes up from his nap. I saw a clock on one of the walls and it said it was about 3 in the afternoon. "I'm okay," I managed to say at last and George came running over to the other side of my bed. "Danny! I am so glad that you are okay now," George tells me and I smile at him. "Tell Jorel I am glad that he found me," I tell George after Kevin helped he have a drink because I thought I would have dropped the plastic cup. I knew Jorel had recruited George to help him out and he knew I was thankful for that. They told me everything that happened after I had passed out on Jorel and I thanked them for their help too. I am still expecting to end back on the streets after this short stay in hospital is done. I only have a slight hope that they will take me in.
"Danny, how would you feel if I told you that you would be moving in when you get out of here?" Kevin asks me once George and I had hugged each other. "That would be amazing Kevin," I reply. We do have to wait for the doctors to let us know when they think I am going to be well enough to go home. I know it wouldn't be today since I have only just come round from a coma so they will want to keep an eye on me for at least 24 hours. "Awesome, I wasn't going to let you go back to the streets now that you have been found and since you are under 18 the hospital wouldn't let you leave unless you had somewhere to go anyway," Kevin replies. I smile at him, I need to pay him back for this somehow.
"I'll get you two a drink. Back in a minute," Kevin says and shortly after he leaves George and I alone. I couldn't hide my feelings from him, my heart monitor and respiratory rate would give it away at every breath hitch and every time my heart starts to beat faster. "I missed you a lot Danny," he tells me as he takes his dad's spot and holds my hand. "I missed you too George," I tell him. Even though we didn't hang out a lot at high school I was still a friend of his. He was happy and I was happy knowing I am safe and I have a chance of having a decent future now. I am getting tired but I want to talk to George more so I force myself to stay awake.
"So you have been living on the street for the whole two years since the fire?" George asks me. I have to think about this one a little bit. "Pretty much, I have been on the streets since the funerals really since my relatives didn't want me around. I didn't know what to do after my parents had died and I certainly didn't want all of the fake sympathy," I tell him. I had no idea at the age of just 15 what to do and how to life an independent life. I would have ended up at a child's home until I turn 18 and wait to be either placed in foster care or get adopted by someone. That's one thing I didn't want, no one really adopts a teenager, they all want babies and toddlers mainly.
"You wouldn't have gotten it from us, we'd still support you through everything," George tells me. I never should have doubted for one second that they would be supportive and not overbearing. However, there was still that fear of it only lasting so long before even they can't cope with me. I doubted that they would support me full time. "I know but there would be all the teachers, parents and other students at the school. I get that being the other heir to Murgan enterprises means that I will be in the spotlight a lot but I wasn't ready to deal with that two years ago," I explain to George who listened to the whole thing.
"So you would be ready to work there full time now and get tutored on the side to pass high school?" George asks me. I am not sure, would I be able to handle working so close to my crush? Probably not but we shall see how it goes and cross that bridge when we get to it. "Yeah, I have got to find a way to pay you back somehow for saving my life," I tell him and he smiles at me. "You don't really have to pay me back and I wouldn't accept it if you did. Danny, you are my legal responsibility and I promised that I would look after you no matter what," Kevin tells me when he walks back in carrying a bottle of Mountain Dew for me and a bottle of Coca-cola for George.
"Okay, so I'll do my best to make you proud," I tell Kevin. He had a smile so I guess I was already doing a good job. "You would make me proud anyway Danny. You are a very good young man," he tells me. I don't know how to respond to that. No one has ever said that about me for two years but then again I think I am still missing, presumed dead to most of the population of Los Angeles right now. "Uh thanks, I guess," I tell him and he gives me a gentle hug. "The doctor says you can go home tomorrow, they just want you to take it easy for a few more weeks, you are recovering from a lot of injuries and pneumonia and those don't just disappear overnight," Kevin say and he sits on the chair George fell asleep on earlier.
"I'm sure Danny will rest," George says and he sends a cheeky wink my way. It took everything that I had not to blush like mad at the wink. "I know he will, he doesn't even have to start work at the office until that time has passed," Kevin says and I interrupt them both by yawning. I definitely feel too exhausted right now to stay awake and to even do anything. "Go to sleep Danny, we will both be right here when you wake up again. I promise," Kevin tells me and I feel like he is telling me the truth for once. I feel like I have people in my life again who really care about me.
~1 week later~ D.P.O.V
I am now one day away from saying that I have been staying with the Ragan's for a week. Despite a couple of protests from my godmother, I started working in the office three days ago because Kevin said I was well enough to do some light office work and start on finishing my high school education. George has been teaching me the ropes and helping me grasp the basics of working here successfully. "Hey Danny, how are you doing today?" George asks me when he walks into our office for the first time today, he had a meeting to go to first thing. "I am alright, I think I am getting the hang of working here now," I tell him and he smiles.
"That's great Danny. I am glad that you feel like you are settling in nicely," George tells me. George and I share an office while Kevin gets my own office set-up to suit my style and what I will need it for. It will only take a couple more days to complete but it is nice to have George here to help me settle into my new life. This feels strange to have people around me who want to look after me and they really want me to do well in life. Jorel even came to see me at one point and it was nice to have him around and be stronger and not pass out on him.
Sometime this week George and I will meet u with the rest of our little friendship group who haven't seen me in two years. I miss them but at the time I felt that I couldn't go back to them for help. I don't feel like I can tell George how really feel about him. I do have a massive crush on him and I can't act upon those feelings. He's not bi-sexual like me so he will never accept me when he finds out. He might get angry or even disgusted at me which is why I don't plan on telling anyone about it anytime soon.
"Dan, do you want Pizza for lunch?" George asks me when he gets his phone out. "Oo, yes please George, I've not had a good pizza in ages," I tell him and he chuckled at my reaction. He usually buys pizza from dominoes and occasionally Pizza Hut. I let him decide on the toppings because he makes the best choices and I take a bit too long making my decision. "Alright, I'll order you one as well," he tells me.
"Do I owe you anything?" I ask George who looks at me like I have gone completely insane or crazy. "No, you don't owe me anything. If anything Danny this is payback for when you bought me lunch all those times I couldn't," he tells me. I vaguely remember buying him lunch a few times throughout high school and when he was at home sick and he wanted food he didn't have at home. "Thanks George, but you don't have to pay me back for that? I was just being a good friend," I tell him. He showed me the order for our lunch and I gave him a thumbs up so he knew I approved of the choices.
"You're welcome Danny, lunch should be arriving here as soon as possible. Is that okay with you?" He asks me. My belly answered before I could and growled very loudly. I blushed. "I think that's perfectly fine by me, not sure my belly has the same thought though," I answer and George chuckled at me again. "Well, your belly will be very happy when the food shows up," he says, teasing me slightly. Kevin loves how George and I are getting along now. He mentioned that if George and i ever do get together then he would be fine with it. I think that was good and he probably read me like an open book.
George left to go to reception to pick up the pizzas when his phone let him know that the order had arrived. I was getting really hungry so I felt grateful that the pizza had shown up now. At the moment George left, his dad Kevin walked in. "So, when are you and George getting together officially?" He asks me while George is still out of the room. It was so straight to the point it caught me off guard. He didn't dance around the subject. "Uh, maybe later on today. I don't really know because I just feel like he is going to reject me," I tell him. He looked to the door and then back to me to make sure George wasn't about to come in. "I know for a fact George won't reject you. He worried a lot while you were really ill in hospital. My boy is in love with you," Kevin says and I can't stop the blush.
"I'll ask him after work today and see what happens from there," I tell him and he smiles. "That is the only thing that you can do," he tells me. We had no chance to discuss the subject any further because George had come back with the pizzas. My eyes lit up, I was definitely ready to eat now. "Yay food, I am starving," I say and both George and Kevin chuckle at me. "Yup, you are definitely hungry Dan," George tells me. He passes me my lunch and I wasted no time in tucking into it just as Kevin left the room. George didn't question his dad being in the room since he usually checks up on me once a day to see if I was over working myself or not.
George was worried that my appetite had been changed when I got out of hospital because I didn't really eat much the first day or two. Then he learned that I haven't eaten three full meals a day for the last two years. I will now be eating three meals a day for hopefully the rest of my life. George wasn't the only one who was happy to see me eating properly again. "Do you want anymore Danny?" George asks me when he sees that I have finished my lunch before he has. I feel quite full right now so I think I am going to say no this once. "Nah, I am stuffed now," I tell George.
"Alright, just making sure that you've had enough to eat. Don't want you to feel hungry still Dan," he tells me. Myabe Kevin is right, George seems to be a lot more caring towards me than he used to be. I don't know if that is because they thought I was dead for the last two years or because he really does feel the same way I do about him. I guess I am going to be finding out later on. "You okay Danny? You seem to be deep in thought a lot" He asks me when he finished his pizza. "Yeah, I'm alright. Just thinking about how different my life is now," I tell him.
"A good kind of different or a bad kind of different? He asks me. I hope he wasn't getting worried. "A good kind for sure. This time four weeks ago I was homeless and on the street thinking I had no one who cared about me and I had no future that I could see," I tell him. He hugs me tightly and I hug him back. "Aw Danny, I am glad that we have been able to help you and give you that future you deserve," he tells me. My heart flutters and I feel my stomach do a somersault. I feel there is something between us. "I am so grateful for all the help you have given me," I tell him and he hugs me again. "Danny, I have been meaning to ask you something," he tells me.
I'm getting really nervous now. I hope what he has to ask me doesn't change anything between us for the worst. "Danny, what would you say if I told you that I loved you more than a brotherly kind of love?" He asks me and I swear I could have fallen off my chair at this point. My eyes got really wide and he was nervously waiting for me to say something. "You feel the same way about me that I do about you?" I reply still feeling like he might be lying about his feelings. I am not very trusting for a while towards people considering everything that has happened to me these last two years.
George knew I felt upset so he grabs my hands. He rubs my hands as well to try and get me to calm down. "Of course, I love you Danny. I know you have not had a good life recently and I want to change that. I want to show you that someone out there really does love you," George tells me and I really want to break down crying. "Oh my god, I love you too," I tell him and he lifts me into a hug. "I'm glad, I have always wanted to have someone like you as my boyfriend. Well, that's if you would like to be my boyfriend that is," George says, starting to ramble a little bit.
"I would love to be your boyfriend George," I tell him and he smiles at me. I know that Kevin is going to be happy when he finds out that George and I are now in a romantic relationship and we are dating each other. He probably talked to George to find out about his little crush on he while I was in the hospital and probably a little while before that. We have a few more hours left of work before we get to go home for the night. A personal assistant from our floor walked in and we made ourselves look like we were doing very important work. Well, I did need to do my school work for today but I am a bit confused by the work I have to do. "Mr Ragan, you have a meeting at half three today. Mr Murillo, you tutor is going to be coming everyday starting tomorrow at nine," she tells us.
"Thank you Megan," George says and then Megan leaves since she doesn't really need to stay in our office. I look at George once I know she is gone. "Hey, can you uhh help me with this maths problem please? I don't understand what I have to do at all," I explain and George walks over to my desk to look at the maths problem that I was really struggling with. He then managed to explained how to solve the problem in a way that made it easier for me to understand. I then managed to solve the questions on my own which was good. "Thanks George," I tell him as I complete my maths work for the day. "You're welcome Danny," He replies.
I was left on my own when George went to the second meeting for the day and another meeting that I wasn't needed for. Kevin said that it would be better for me at the age of 17 to focus more on my education then making a commitment to the company full time which I wouldn't be able to fulfill. George is slightly older than me since he is 21 and it is kinda his job to help run the company anyway. When I turn either 18 or 21 then I will take my position as shareholder and stuff within the company. By then I would have learned everything I need to in order to be able to work in the office efficiently so I will make Kevin proud.
George came back from the meeting at half four so we have half an hour left of the work day since office jobs are usually nine to five. I have done all of my school work for today to the best of my abilities. George looked incredibly bored when he walked in but he gave me a hug and quickly lightened up. "Be thankful you don't really need to go to these meeting yet Danny," George tells me and I chuckle. We both can get bored easily so there are some meetings that are just not what we are interested in. I have already proven that I struggle with Maths so things to do with accounting and numbers would not make any sense to me and I would really struggle in those meetings.
"Yeah, I have another two years of education first," I tell him. When I say two years I mean it because I am including this current academic year into it since it isn't anywhere near over yet and we have at least another two semesters to go through. "Lucky you then Danny, I am sure that you will graduate high school and be in the top percent next year," he tells me. I don't doubt that I will pass all my exams in high school but maths is going to be my main problem unless I learn how to solve all the problems or I can get George's help. That way I will have a higher chance of passing those exams. "Yeah, I will," I tell him with a smile.
~At home~ 7pm~ Danny p.o.v~
Now George and I are at the apartment since work ended about 2 hours ago. We just lazed around after we had dinner at 6 pm. Kevin does have his suspicions that something is going on between us but he doesn't know exactly what is going on between us yet. I am all cuddled up to George on the sofa while the TV plays some random show that I am not interested in at all. "Are you bored there Danny?" He asks me when he saw that I was staring at him and I wasn't looking back to the TV. "Yeah, I am very bored George," I tell him. Kevin is sitting on the loveseat with his wife who wasn't paying attention to what was going on around her.
George made sure that I was sitting on his lap and I was facing him. He had his arms around my waist to make sure I wasn't going to fall off his lap and end up on the floor. We both weren't phased by the fact that his parents were still in the room and they were going to be present for anything we do until we go to our own rooms or they leave the room. "Well, I know how to solve that boredom problem of yours," he whispers into my ear and I blush straight away. He slams his lips onto mine and it took me by surprise so that's why he had his arms securely around me. I kiss him back now I am over the initial shock. "I love you George," I tell him. Kevin had watched the whole thing and was grinning like a cat who go the cream. "I love you too Danny," George replies. "I KNEW IT!" Kevin shouts.
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