Here's chappie 6! Hope ya'll enjoy! You know what to do at the end.
A/N: The only characters that appear in this chapter are Bo, Luke, and Dr. Toole. The rest will be back next chapter.
Chapter 6: Meeting Each Other All Over Again
At the hospital, a young nurse with dark brown hair and brown eyes was going to Bo and Luke's room to check on both of them before her shift ended for the night. Bo, who had just fallen asleep, was awakened by the nurse changing Luke's IV. Bo being curious looked over at the nurse and watched what she was doing, keeping quiet the entire time. When she was done with Luke, the nurse turned around and jumped a little when she saw Bo watching her.
"Oh, you startled me." The nurse said as she walked over to check Bo's IV. Bo didn't take his eyes off of the nurse, mostly out of curiosity as to what she was doing and partly from the fact he thought she was pretty.
"So, how are you feeling?" The nurse asked kindly.
"Tired. My head and chest hurt." Bo said in a barely audible voice.
"Alright, I'll go get Dr. Toole." The nurse said as she turned to walk out of the room. Bo didn't respond, instead he turned his attention to the unconscious man lying in the bed next to his. Bo couldn't help but shake the feeling that he somehow knew who he was, but he couldn't place a name or anyway of how he could possibly know him. Bo had drifted to sleep after a couple of minutes, but it wasn't a peaceful sleep, it was instead filled with a nightmare.
Bo was running as fast as he could along side his cousin. Both of them were trying to get to an old drainage ditch that their uncle had dug a few years back to help keep the front yard of the small farm that they lived on from flooding when it rained. They had almost made it to the ditch where they would be safe from the pursuing twister, but just before the cousins reached the ditch, fell to the ground. Stopping to see what had happened, Bo saw his cousin lying in the mud, unmoving. Knowing he couldn't leave his cousin, Bo turned around and ran over to his cousin's side. Luke was unconscious and the twister was closing in fast. Bo didn't have enough time to react before there was a severe pain going through his head as he fell to the ground, unconscious.
Bo awoke with a start, his breathing heavy and painful. Bo tried to slow down his breathing enough to where it wasn't so painful. Bo wasn't sure how long he'd been asleep, just as he got his breathing under control again, Dr. Toole came into the room. He walked over and stood next to Bo, a clipboard in his hands.
"Good evening Bo, how are you feeling?" Dr. Toole asked kindly. Bo looked at him for a moment before he responded.
"My head and chest hurts." Bo said barely above a whisper. The doctor didn't reply right away, instead he looked at his clipboard, and wrote some things down.
"Alright, on a scale from one to ten, ten being the most severe, and one being the least, what would you rate the pain in your head?" Dr. Toole asked. Bo thought for a minute before answering.
"Four."
"Alright, now what about your chest?"
"Seven."
"Alright." Dr. Toole said as he helped Bo sit up enough so he could listen to his breathing. Bo winced at the amount of pain that went through his chest as he sat up. It seemed that every muscle in his body was protesting him sitting up. Dr. Toole put his stethoscope on and began listening to Bo's breathing. Bo shivered a little from the cold stethoscope touching his bare skin. Once the doctor was done, he helped lay back down, which proved to be just as painful as sitting up. The doctor then started listening to Bo's heart.
"Well, your breathing sounds normal and your heart beat is good. I'd say that the pain is from your ribs and muscles. You do have several fractured ribs, and because of your injuries, your muscles have stiffened. I'll go get some painkillers that can be administered through your IV." Dr. Toole explained. Bo looked at the doctor for a moment before what he had said sunk in. Instead of answering, Bo turned his attention back to Luke.
While Dr. Toole had been checking on Bo, Luke had started to wake up. The doctor's attention was taken off Bo, when he heard a faint moan coming from the other bed. Looking over at Luke, Dr. Toole was glad to see him starting to come around. Walking over to check on Luke, Dr. Toole started asking Luke the same thing he asked Bo a few minutes earlier.
"Good evening Luke, how are you feeling?" Dr. Toole asked. The reason he knew Luke's name was because he had seen him a few weeks earlier when Luke had stepped on a nail and had to get it looked at and to get a tetanus shot so he wouldn't get sick. Luke looked at the doctor for a moment confused. It took him a moment before he realized that must be his name.
"I hurt…"
"Where do you hurt?"
"All over…"
"Okay, on a scale from one to ten, ten being the most severe, and one being the least, what would you rate the pain?"
"Five…"
"Alright, are you having any problems breathing?"
"No…"
"Alright." Dr. Toole said as he started checking Luke over. After seeing nothing further to be concerned about, the doctor let Luke relax again.
"I see nothing else wrong, other then your previous injuries. Now, I'm going to get the painkillers for you both. I'll be back as soon as I can." Dr. Toole said as he left the room, leaving the two young men alone. Both of them remained silent for a few minutes, that is until Bo broke the silence.
"I'm Bo, what's yer name?" Bo asked in a whisper since talking loud hurt his chest. Luke looked over at Bo, unsure of what to say. Finally deciding to say something, Luke began with his name.
"My name's Luke."
"Nice to meetcha."
"Nice to meet you too. Why are you whispering for?" Luke asked curiously, speaking in a normal tone, although his voice was a little scratchy.
"It hurts to talk loud."
"Oh, I see, so why are you here?"
"To be honest, I really don't know. To tell you the truth, I don't remember anything from before I woke up. Why are you here?"
"I'm like you, I don't remember. One minute I'm waking up in a house and then the next thing I know I'm here talking to you."
"Ya know, this my sound strange, but I feel like I know you."
"Yeah, I kinda feel the same way about you. That is strange. It's like we've met somewhere before."
"Yeah, it's still strange though." Bo whispered just before letting out a painful yawn that made him wince. Luke noticed that and wondered if Bo was alright.
"Are you alright?" Luke asked suddenly.
"Huh? Oh, my chest just hurts is all." Bo said as he gently rubbed his aching chest. Luke looked at him not sure of what to say next. Since he couldn't remember anything, there really wasn't anything he could think of to talk about. The doctor came back in a few minutes later and put the painkillers in both Bo and Luke's IVs. After the doctor was finished, he left the room and left Bo and Luke alone once again. Neither of them knowing what to say to the other.
Hope ya'll liked that. Ya'll know what to do now. :-)
