Disclaimer- Not mine, never were, never will be.
Author Notes- Just when you thought I'd dropped off the face of the earth, I'm back. I know the horror, the horror. Anyhow, thanks to Arcadia for beta reading this a while ago, and I just got around to doing a few changes. So there ya go.
Sticks and Stones
Chapter 8- I Find it Funny That You Think Your the Boss of Me.
"Alex." Jamie said surprise evident in his voice.
"Sorry, I can come back." Alex began.
"Naw, Peter's just playing overprotective big brother." Alex's glance fell on the older boy, and he vaguely realized the resemblance between the two.
"I am not!" Peter protested. Alex smiled a bit.
"I was able to get away for a little while and wanted to find out how you were doing." Alex took a moment to take a good look at the boy, Jamie was paler than he'd ever seen, and his eyes were no where near as bright as they use to be.
"Well ya know, I've been better. Of course I've been worse."
"How have you ever been worse?" Peter demanded.
"I was just trying to put a bright spin on this situation." Jamie replied.
"Its not your style Jamie." Alex replied with a slight grin.
"Fine, no more bright spins, I'll sit here and be deadly serious."
"You couldn't be deadly serious if your life depended on it." Peter replied. Jamie made a slight noise of protest and raised the bed a little bit.
"What have the doctors told you Jamie?" Alex asked, breaking the playful mood.
"I won't walk again. There's no chance of that. They took out my kidney and part of my liver. I lost lots of blood and there was internal bleeding. I'm lucky I didn't fall into a coma. That's what they've said so far." Alex nodded, flinching internally at the dead, flat voice Jamie slipped in to. He glanced at Peter who flinched visibly at what his younger brother had just said.
"When you go home, your gonna have to take it easy!" Peter broke in.
"I will."
"I'll have you put under house arrest if your not taking it easy enough." Alex blinked slightly, realizing Peter was serious about the house arrest.
"I find it so funny that you think your the boss of me." Jamie replied, with a smirk.
"I am the boss of you." Jamie snorted in laugher and Alex had to smile.
"Well Jamie, I'm gonna go now, but you call me if you need anything okay?" Alex said.
"Okay, thanks for stopping by Alex." Alex retreated from the room. At least with Jamie's brother there, Jamie seemed to be in better spirits.
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"I don't understand why anyone would wanna hurt Jamie."
"Yes you do, you just don't wanna admit to that to yourself." Caitie replied.
"What?"
'Oh come on Val, he's a nojo. He speaks for himself, and he doesn't let anyways sway his opinion. People view that as a threat. You know that very well, your the one who had gone about calling him a bonehead."
"I apologized for that!"
"I know you did, but the point is, because he is the way he is, some people view him as a threat."
"But who? Thomas wasn't the person, and he does seem genuinely upset." Val said.
"I don't know Val. All I know is that whoever it was, they're still out there." Val paused for a beat.
"You think they might try again?" She asked in disbelief. Caitie shrugged.
"I dunno. I'm heading down to the hospital if you wanna come."
"Yeah, just lemme grab my coat." Val replied.
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After some coaxing, Jamie had convinced Peter he'd be okay if he went down to the cafeteria, and he was finally alone. Not that he wasn't grateful that his mother, brother, and friends all cared enough about him to come and see him and wish him well, but he hadn't really had much time to think. He shifted his thoughts unwittingly shifted to the thought of never walking again. A nurse walked in with a needle and set the needle in one of the IV's.
"This should help you some kiddo." He said as Jamie watched the liquid drip into blood stream. He thanked the nurse who scurried away and went back to thinking. At first, he thought he had just been thinking to much because his head began to hurt, but then when he began to get queasy and vision began to dim a bit he realized something was horribly wrong, and maybe it hadn't been such a good idea to send Peter to the cafeteria. Now Jamie began to have difficulty breathing. Finally, his eyes rolled into the back of his head and he blacked out.
There another chapter. Hopefully I'll get more of this done fairly soon. If your still even intrested that is.
Author Notes- Just when you thought I'd dropped off the face of the earth, I'm back. I know the horror, the horror. Anyhow, thanks to Arcadia for beta reading this a while ago, and I just got around to doing a few changes. So there ya go.
Sticks and Stones
Chapter 8- I Find it Funny That You Think Your the Boss of Me.
"Alex." Jamie said surprise evident in his voice.
"Sorry, I can come back." Alex began.
"Naw, Peter's just playing overprotective big brother." Alex's glance fell on the older boy, and he vaguely realized the resemblance between the two.
"I am not!" Peter protested. Alex smiled a bit.
"I was able to get away for a little while and wanted to find out how you were doing." Alex took a moment to take a good look at the boy, Jamie was paler than he'd ever seen, and his eyes were no where near as bright as they use to be.
"Well ya know, I've been better. Of course I've been worse."
"How have you ever been worse?" Peter demanded.
"I was just trying to put a bright spin on this situation." Jamie replied.
"Its not your style Jamie." Alex replied with a slight grin.
"Fine, no more bright spins, I'll sit here and be deadly serious."
"You couldn't be deadly serious if your life depended on it." Peter replied. Jamie made a slight noise of protest and raised the bed a little bit.
"What have the doctors told you Jamie?" Alex asked, breaking the playful mood.
"I won't walk again. There's no chance of that. They took out my kidney and part of my liver. I lost lots of blood and there was internal bleeding. I'm lucky I didn't fall into a coma. That's what they've said so far." Alex nodded, flinching internally at the dead, flat voice Jamie slipped in to. He glanced at Peter who flinched visibly at what his younger brother had just said.
"When you go home, your gonna have to take it easy!" Peter broke in.
"I will."
"I'll have you put under house arrest if your not taking it easy enough." Alex blinked slightly, realizing Peter was serious about the house arrest.
"I find it so funny that you think your the boss of me." Jamie replied, with a smirk.
"I am the boss of you." Jamie snorted in laugher and Alex had to smile.
"Well Jamie, I'm gonna go now, but you call me if you need anything okay?" Alex said.
"Okay, thanks for stopping by Alex." Alex retreated from the room. At least with Jamie's brother there, Jamie seemed to be in better spirits.
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"I don't understand why anyone would wanna hurt Jamie."
"Yes you do, you just don't wanna admit to that to yourself." Caitie replied.
"What?"
'Oh come on Val, he's a nojo. He speaks for himself, and he doesn't let anyways sway his opinion. People view that as a threat. You know that very well, your the one who had gone about calling him a bonehead."
"I apologized for that!"
"I know you did, but the point is, because he is the way he is, some people view him as a threat."
"But who? Thomas wasn't the person, and he does seem genuinely upset." Val said.
"I don't know Val. All I know is that whoever it was, they're still out there." Val paused for a beat.
"You think they might try again?" She asked in disbelief. Caitie shrugged.
"I dunno. I'm heading down to the hospital if you wanna come."
"Yeah, just lemme grab my coat." Val replied.
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After some coaxing, Jamie had convinced Peter he'd be okay if he went down to the cafeteria, and he was finally alone. Not that he wasn't grateful that his mother, brother, and friends all cared enough about him to come and see him and wish him well, but he hadn't really had much time to think. He shifted his thoughts unwittingly shifted to the thought of never walking again. A nurse walked in with a needle and set the needle in one of the IV's.
"This should help you some kiddo." He said as Jamie watched the liquid drip into blood stream. He thanked the nurse who scurried away and went back to thinking. At first, he thought he had just been thinking to much because his head began to hurt, but then when he began to get queasy and vision began to dim a bit he realized something was horribly wrong, and maybe it hadn't been such a good idea to send Peter to the cafeteria. Now Jamie began to have difficulty breathing. Finally, his eyes rolled into the back of his head and he blacked out.
There another chapter. Hopefully I'll get more of this done fairly soon. If your still even intrested that is.