The ambulance speeded down the Minnesota streets, in the direction of the hospital. Charlie couldn't believe what was happening. They'd only been together a day and already people were finding out.
He was afraid, to say the least. He didn't want to have to worry about discrimination yet. He was scared for his and Adam's safety, but instead of thinking about the problems that he knew was going to happen, he thought about Adam. He thought about their first day as a couple. Their first kiss the night before. And when Adam asked Charlie to be his.
"Sir, we need you to fill this out." Charlie sat in the waiting room while they took Adam into the emergency room. He wanted to follow but he was asked to stay behind. He filled out most of what he knew about Adam, then he called Adam's father to get the rest. It turned out that no one in Adam's family knew if he was on medication or his social security number, only Adam did.
He walked to the counter, handing the woman behind it the clip board with Adam's information attached. "I filled out all I know and I asked his parents for what I didn't know, and they don't know either. To get the rest of the information, you have to give this to him." Charlie said before walking away.
"Wait," the woman called him back, "One of the paramedics told me you were his boyfriend. You've been together a day?" She asked.
"Yeah." Charlie answered.
"I just want to say congratulations on landing your man. My brother's been trying to find the right guy for himself as well." She confided in Charlie.
"Thanks. It's good to know not all people are ass holes." He spoke about Jonathon and David. He didn't understand why they would go to this extreme, on a first encounter.
"Hey, Charlie!" Charlie turned around at the voice of his original ducklings. In the lobby stood all the original ducks that didn't go to the Good Will Games, along with Jesse. Peter had been the one to call his name, and he turned around and embraced the smaller boy.
"Hey, guys. It's been a while." He spoke softly, not sure as to what he should say.
"Guy called, he said Adam's in the hospital. He didn't tell why. What happened, Charlie?" Jesse asked.
"Are they coming?" Charlie avoided the subject.
"As far as I know, yeah. They were just starting to round them all up when I got the call. Charlie, what happened?" Jesse asked again.
"Adam was stabbed in his right hip." Charlie said, trying to hide his tears. He heard them all gasp, along with the other ducks that now stood in the waiting room.
"Why would someone do that?" Connie asked.
Charlie tried to hide his emotion. "I don't know." He said before Guy pulled him aside.
"Listen, Charlie, I know you two don't want to tell them, yet. But it'd be better if they knew. Charlie, if something happens even half as bad as one of you ending up in the hospital, you're going to need their support. Maybe we all could pull together and protect you guys, but you're not going to get it hiding in the closet. Charlie, you don't have to tell them if you don't want to because I know it's early in your relationship, but think about it for the near future." Guy walked away before Charlie could reply to him.
An hour later, Charlie plopped himself down into one of the chairs and Fulton came crashing down next to him. "How you holding up?" Fulton asked softly.
"Not good. I want to be in there with him, but they won't let me go. It's family only right now until they can get him stable. I want to see him." A tear slipped out Charlie's eye.
"Hey, I know you want to be there for him, and it's a really big shame that this had to happen to you guys, but you've got to live up to it. After this, you're relationship can only be stronger, there's no going down for the two of you." Fulton said.
"Are you all here for Adam Banks?" A man walked up to them. They stood and nodded their heads. Charlie spoke to him though.
"Is he okay?" He asked somewhat scared of the answer.
"Well, he lost a lot of blood, and we don't have any of his type so he is not stable right now. Normally, we'd ask his family members but seeing as they're not here-" Portman cut him off.
"We are Adam's family." They all nodded in agreement.
"I meant blood related. But, as I was saying. Normally we'd ask the family to do this, but we need blood and we need it fast. Adam has type AB blood, does anyone know if that's their type?" The doctor questioned.
"It's my type." Jesse spoke up. "But you can't use it." He said closely afterwards.
"May I ask why?" The doctor questioned.
"Yeah, I have cancer." He said. All the ducks knew, as a matter of fact, he had become so frail before their freshman year he had to turn down the scholarship he'd received.
"It's my blood." Charlie said.
"Any complications?" The doctor asked. Charlie shook his head. "Then follow me." Charlie walked closely behind the doctor into a room where they could talk alone. "Are you Adam's best friend?" The doctor asked.
"Sort of." Charlie said.
"I noticed you came in with him. What do you mean by sort of?" The doctor asked, getting ready to inject the needle to get the blood.
"We're more than friends. He's my boyfriend." Charlie smiled. He loved to call Adam that.
"Really? No wonder he's been fighting to come back to conciousness. You two must be very cute together. I wish you the best of luck." The doctor said. He took the needle out of Charlie's arm when he got the best amount that he could without Charlie needing blood. "Well, that's it. When we give him this blood, you'll be the first to see him. And now you really are blood related." The doctor said, bringing a smile to both their faces.
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Three hours later, and half the Ducks asleep, Adam was finally stable and they were allowed to see him. As the doctor had promised, Charlie was the first to know. He walked into the room to see his boyfriend awake and talking to a nurse. "Hey, Adam." He spoke softly, so as to not scare his boyfriend by the sudden voice.
"Charlie." Adam said as Charlie came closer to the bed.
"I'm just about done and then I'll leave you two alone." The nurse said finishing up.
When she left Charlie bent down to kiss Adam. "I was so scared." Charlie confided. "I didn't want to lose you and if the doctor hadn't asked for my blood, I would have." Charlie said kissing Adam's hand.
"What?" Adam asked confused.
"You lost a lot of blood, Adam. I'm just thanking God that we have the same blood type, because Jesse and I are the only ones with the same type. AB. And guess what, Adam." Charlie spoke softly still, bringing a smile to his boyfriend's face.
"What?" Adam asked.
"Now we are blood related." Charlie smiled.
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The next day Adam was able to get up and move around the hospital, with Charlie's help of course. He had just gotten out of bed, and was ready to learn the halls. Charlie had slept in the room with him that night, they shared the bed. It had been one of the best sleeps they had ever encountered because they were able to insure that they wouldn't lose each other, because they held on tight.
Charlie had asked what his first stop wanted to be, and Adam answered with the waiting room, wanting to see his passed out friends. They walked there, with Adam leaning on Charlie for support.
"I love you." Adam whispered to Charlie before speaking up to the group of sleeping Ducks. "Look at yourselves." He said loudly, all the Ducks waking at his voice. "You're not even up to greet your friend. Get up, you all look shameful." He said making Charlie laugh.
Charlie looked towards Luis and winked. Luis knew what Charlie meant, Adam could always make him laugh.
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A.N. Sorry, it's kind of short, I wanted it to be longer but my fingers are starting to hurt, not to mention my bad wrist. Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and I hope to hear from all who read. Bye!
~*Angel*~
