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Chapter 4: Finding something?
Seth, Kirsten, Sandy, Caleb, Julie, Marrissa, and Summer sat in the waiting room on the third floor of the hospital. The doctors said that they were running tests, and that they could go in when Ryan would wake up again. Seth, Summer, and Marrissa sat on the other side of the waiting room, "What do you think is wrong with him Seth?" Marrissa asked. "I don't know, they can't find nothing, I don't understand while they are keeping him here if they can't find something." Seth explained. Just then the others walked over to the three. "We're going to go down to the cafeteria, do you guys want to come?" Julie asked. "Nah, I'll probably go to the vending machine and get something." Seth replied. "We'll bring you guys up some food, okay?" Sandy replied. "Okay." Marrissa replied, while the adults left the three in the waiting room.
"So, now what?" Summer asked. "I guess we wait." Marrissa replied. "So, when do you think that Ryan will get out of the hospital?" Summer asked Seth. "Don't know, hope soon." Seth replied and stared down at his hands. "Right." Summer replied. Just then a doctor came out, "Um, can I see a Mr. and Mrs. Cohen?" the doctor asked. "Um, there not up here right now, but I'm there son Seth, so can I help you?" he asked while walking over to the doctor. "No, I really need to speak to Mr. or Mrs. Cohen." the doctor replied. "Hey, this is his brother, can't you tell him anything?" Marrissa protested. The doctor shook his head, and motioned for Seth to come over.
"Your brother has a rare disease..., not many people have it...," the doctor started. "You can cure it right?" he asked. "Yes, I was getting to that, but he'll have to be here for a few more days, I don't know how the cure will effect him, but there is a pretty good chance that it will work out okay. He'll still have to recover at home for a couple weeks or months to regain his strength, can you have your parents to come to my office so we can discuss this when they come back?" the doctor asked handing Seth a card. "Yeah, sure, can I go see him, is he awake?" Seth asked. "Yeah, don't stay long." the doctor replied then left the three teens. Seth approached the door, "Seth, where are you going?" Summer asked. "To see Ryan, you want to come?" he asked. The two girls nodded and followed Seth out the door, then to Ryan's room.
"Hey." Seth said as sitting down beside his friend and adopted brother. "Hey." Ryan replied. Marrissa and Summer walked into the room. "Hey Chino." Summer said. "Hey." Marrissa replied. "Hi." Ryan replied softly. "So, how you feeling?" Seth asked. Ryan nodded, "The same, have the doctors told you the news yet?" Ryan asked. "Yeah, he didn't want to, but he did." Seth replied. "Did you use the old 'Seth charm' on 'em?" he asked. "No, it was actually Marrissa." Seth replied and pointed at Marrissa. "Oh, Thanks." Ryan said. "No problem, all though we still don't know what the news is." she replied. "Oh, right, sorry. I was in such a hurry to come in here I forgot. He has a rare disease, it's curable, he has a pretty good chance that everything will be okay. He'll be out of school a few weeks or months, but he should be okay." Seth replied.
"That's good." Summer replied. "Yeah, that's what I said." Ryan replied. Marrissa nodded, "So, you need anything?" she asked. "Nah, I'm fine." Ryan replied. "Oh, okay." Marrissa replied. "So what have you guys been up to?" he asked. "Nothing, just sitting out there hoping that you would be okay." Seth replied. "Oh." Ryan said. Just then the adults came into Ryan's room.
"Ryan!" Kirsten exclaimed and ran over to him. "Hey." he said giving her a hug. "You okay?" she asked. Ryan nodded, "Hey." Sandy said patting his adopted son on the shoulder. "Hey." Ryan replied. "How you feeling?" he asked. "Pretty much the same, um, the doctors wanted you to go see them...," Ryan started but Kirsten interrupted. "What does he want to see us about, is something wrong?" she asked. "No, everything is okay. They said I had a rare, but curable disease. I may take the treatments well, or I may not. Then I have to recover for a couple of weeks or months." Ryan replied. He was starting to get a real bad head-ache.
Kirsten sighed a breath of relief, "That's good." she replied. Seth handed his mom the card, "Here." She read it, "Thanks, Sandy?" "Yeah, I'm coming, be right back." he said, then the two left the room. The room fell into an uncomfortable silence. "So how's the company doing?" Ryan asked Caleb. "Fine." Caleb responded. "Good." Ryan responded. He hated uncomfortable silences, especially when they were around people he knew. "So, Julie, uh, what have you been up to lately?" he asked. "Nothing, of course." she replied dryly. Ryan nodded. Just then there was a knock on the door. "Come in." Ryan said. Just then, a nurse walked in, "Allright, everybody out. Mr. Atwood needs his rest." she said. "Um, mam, can I stay in here? I'm his brother." he replied. "Allright, you can stay...," she said pointing at Seth, "...Everybody else get out!" she said while ushering Caleb, Julie, Marrissa, and Summer out of the room.
"Well, that's a relief." Ryan said. "Yeah, I know. 'Uncomfortable silences' is just so..., uncomfortable." Seth said. Ryan stifled a chuckle, while the nurse came back in with a tray. She set it down infront of Ryan, then left. Ryan lifted the top off of the tray to see chicken, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, and a peice of bread. Ryan started to dig in, but then stopped, "You got anything?" he asked. Seth pointed to the bag beside him, "Mom brought me something." he said while pulling out his food. He had a cheese-burger and french-fries. Ryan looked at Seth's food, and Seth at Ryan's. "Want to trade?" Ryan asked. Seth nodded, "Yeah, I do." Ryan handed Seth his tray and Seth handed Ryan the bag. The two dug into the other's dinner.
Somewhere in the hospital...
"Well, what are the risks?" Kirsten asked. "One, that he may not recover. Two, he may get damanged in some way. The medicine effects different people different ways." the doctor replied. "When will we get to take him home?" Sandy asked. "When we figure out how the treatment has affected him." the doctor replied. "Well, what do you want to do?" Kirsten asked. "Do it." Sandy replied. "If it was my child, then I would do it, I mean, he has such a high risk that it will do what we want it to do, but it's up to you guys." the doctor said. Sandy nodded, "Yeah, do it." The doctor nodded and left the room to tell the nurses the news. "Well, what are we going to tell Ryan when they want to do this in two days?" Kirsten asked. "I don't know, maybe we should start with the truth." Sandy replied while the two walked out of the office.
"So what did you have for dinner?" Sandy asked. Kirsten and himself decided not to tell Ryan until later. Ryan and Seth came up with an idea to where they were not lying to them, and now they hoped that it would work. "Um, she brought me chicken, mash-potatoes, macaroni and cheese, and a piece of bread." Ryan replied smoothly. "That sounds good." Sandy replied. Ryab nodded. Kirsten and Sandy sat down. "You know, all of you guys don't have to stay...," Ryan started. "We want to, you know you would stay if it was one of us, or even Seth." Sandy replied. Ryan smiled, "Thanks." he replied.
"So, watcha watching?" Sandy asked. "Ball-game." Ryan replied. "Nobody important, the game has like, two minutes left any way." Ryan replied while turning off the t.v. "So, what did the doctor want to talk about?" Seth asked. "The um, recovery process." Kirsten replied. Sandy nodded, "Yeah, the recovery." "Right." Seth and Ryan said at the same time. "Exscuse me, but Mr. Atwood needs his rest." a nurse who had slipped in said. "Of course." Sandy replied. The three did not move. The nurse shook her head then walked away. "What's her problem?" Sandy asked. "She's always like that I guess." Ryan replied. "Not only does Ryan need rest, but you do to Seth." Kirsten replied. "Why do I have to go to sleep?" Seth asked. "Because, it is eleven o' clock, and you haven't slept in a long time." Kirsten replied while throwing a blanket at Seth. Seth leaned back in the recliner, and Ryan laid back in his bed. "Good night." Sandy and Kirsten replied. "Night." the two boys replied while drifting off into the realm of unconciousness.
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Kirsten and Sandy watched the two sleep. It was twelve now and the two had sat in silence for an hour. "So, what are we actually going to say?" Kirsten asked. "I don't know Kirsten, I don't know." Sandy replied. The two turned back to the sleeping forms infront of them and watched as they slept.
TBC...
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