Truth or Dare?

Chapter:15

AN: This chapter is going to be slightly intense with some mushy stuff, but I hope you'll read it anyway! Enjoy!

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Adam took a bus to the hospital that night. He got there around one o'clock in the morning. The hospital's ICU unit was fairly quite that night, except for a few surgery patients. Adam went to the front desk and asked about his dad. The nurse pointed to a male doctor standing in the corner looking over some, what looked to Adam like x-rays. Adam quickly walked over to the man.

"Excuse me sir," Adam began,"I'm Adam Banks. Were you the doctor that called about my father?"

"Yes, I was," said the doctor,"my name is Phillip Chandler. I'll be looking after your father while he's in this care unit."

"Is he okay?" Adam asked, not really sure if he wanted an answer.

"I'm going to be honest with you son," Dr. Chandler said,"we don't know yet. We're waiting for the test results from the lab right now."

"What tests?" Adam asked.

"Just some blood work and a couple of x-rays. Right now it's just a waiting game for all of us." The doctor patted Adam on the shoulder and left to see another patient.

Adam sat down in the small waiting area and put his head in his hands. He looked around the room; it looked almost like a mental ward with its white walls and the way the lights reflected in the floor tiles. Adam finally decided to call Charlie. He thought he needed to know, and he needed and wanted the comfort of knowing someone was there. He walked over to a pay phone and dialed Charlie's number. The phone rang several times before Charlie answered it.

"Hello?" he answered, still asleep.

"Hey," Adam said, sadness filling his voice.

"Adam?" Charlie asked. It's one o'clock in the morning; are you okay?"

"Uh, my dad was in a wreck a few hours ago," he stated. I'm down at the ICU care unit at the hospital."

"Oh my god," Charlie said, in shock,"is he okay?"

"They don't know yet," Adam answered. I was wondering, if you could,... could you come down here and wait with me?"

"Sure," Charlie said. I'll be there as soon as I can." Then the two of them both hung up the phone. Adam then, went back to his chair and waited.

A few minutes later, Adam saw charlie walking through the doors of the ICU unit. He emediately saw Adam and went over to him.

"Hey," Adam said,"glad you could come."

"Yeah, have you gotten any news on your dad?" Charlie asked.

"No, no one's telling me anything and its not comforting," Adam said.

"How did he get in a wreck?" Charlie asked.

"I'm not sure," Adam began,"all I know is he stormed out after I told him I was gay, and he didn't come back. That's when I got the phone call."

"You told him you were gay?" Charlie asked in surprise. Adam only shook his head. "I guess that's what happened to your cheek then, huh?"

"Yeah," Adam answered. Then, the doctor walked up to Adam.

"Adam, you're dad's fine," Dr. Chandler stated. He's in recovery, and he's awake if you want to talk to him." Adam looked at Charlie who shook his head in agreement for him to go, and Adam shook his in agreement to the doctor. He then led Adam to his dad's room. As Adam entered the room, alone, he saw his dad staring at him standing in the doorway.

Adam then walked over to his father's beside. His first thought was that his father would turn away in disgust, but Adam's father never took his eyes off of his son. He sat down in a chair beside his father and, for a moment, neither of them said a word to each other. Adam was the first to speak.

"What happened?" he asked, he knew his dad probably wouldn't answer him.

"One too many beers," his dad said. After our little fight, I went down to the bar and had more liquor than I could hold. I just didn't know what to do. I finally came across a situation that I didn't know how to handle."

"Dad," Adam said,"you're not suppose to handle me being gay. That's my job. You're suppose to react and that's what you did."

"Yeah, but I reacted in the wrong way."

"No you didn't. Dad, you don't have to like me being gay, but I would like you to try to accept me for who I am and not by my sexuality. That's all I'm asking."

"It'll take some getting used to, but I think I can do it." Adam smiled and he gave his dad a hug. Charlie watched from the window, and he entered the room. Adam's dad shook his head as if to tell him it was okay for him to be there. Charlie sat down by Adam until they both went home.

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AN: See, sappy, but I think it was good. REVIEW! (please)