Justin's POV
It feels like hours have passed when Brian wakes me up. Which it was, apparently the whole bomb thing had traffic backed up. When we get to the hospital Brian takes care of the paper work. Which would explain the fancy room I get, it almost feels more like a hotel room.
My doctor is a nice lady named Clair, I have a feeling she took care of Brian too. Because she gives him a scolding look when she shoos him and mom from my room. Plus, Brian doesn't argue with her when she kicks him out. She gives me a pretty basic checkup, she takes my blood, gives me some antibiotics, the cut in my hand was pretty well taken care of.
But according to her since the bandage wasn't changed it got infected. She had to reopen it (with a scalpel which really hurt) to get the puss out and clean it properly. After that she made me do one more test (which I found extremely unnecessary) but I did it. After that she looked at my ankle.
"Well Mister Taylor it looks like you've come out of this relatively well. You're a bit dehydrated, your ankle's not bad but you'll need to stay off it or it could break. Other than that you're all good, but I will be checking on you throughout the rest of the day. If you need anything just press the call button and I'll be with you shortly" she says
"Thanks doc"
"One more thing, your whole um…crew is waiting to see you. Do you want them all to come in or would you like me to tell them one at a time?" she asks
I laugh lightly "you can send all of my friends in. I can handle it; I only have one question"
"Okay"
"Am I okay to uh eat whatever I want?" I ask
This time she laughs "sure, the drugs forced into your system have been worked out. You're good to go"
"Well in that case could you send Brian in first then everyone else?" I ask
"Sure" she says leaving
It takes a few minutes for Brian to come to my room. When he does he's carrying a bag that smells heavenly. He smiles at me and his body relaxes, almost like he was holding a breath.
"How you feeling sunshine?" he asks pulling the side table up to me and sliding it in place
"Sunshine? What happened to angel?" I ask playfully
He smiles and starts unpacking the bag without answering.
"What's this?" I ask as he unloads the bag
"I figured that you'd be hungry so I went to Al's Steakhouse and got you their famous-"
"Beef stew!" I finish for him excitedly sitting up. Brian uses the remote by the bed to adjust it.
"You got it" he smiles
"How'd you know?" ask as he takes the lid off the food
"After you had it the first time you declared it your new favorite food. Remember?" he says
"Yea I do" it was the closest thing we ever had for a date
As soon as Brian hands me the fork I dive in. They gave me a pretty big bowel of stew. Which is as usual on top of a fluffy bead of rice, Brian even got me a few of their rolls. I rip one open and steam comes out, I dip it into the stew so it can sop up some of the gravy. Then I pop it into my mouth it tastes so good that I moan. And I can feel Brian staring at me, when I look at him his eyes are filled with lust.
"Sorry" I say around a mouth full of food, remembering his 'start something we can't finish' comment
"It's fine angel, I've waited this long I can wait a few more days" he says tilting my chin and kissing me.
I drop my fork and roll and wrap my arms around his neck. He deepens the kiss and I feel a stirring under my flimsy hospital gown. I didn't even hear the door open.
"Geez Brian did you at least get an all clear from the doctor before trying to get your dick in him?" Debbie asks
I laugh and Brian rolls his eyes and groans as we pull apart.
"As a matter a fact I did" he says sitting on the other side of the bed next to me
Then everyone's on me first Debbie, Lindsey then Mel. Before I can tell her I'm sorry she stops me.
"It's not your fault honey, I'm just glad that you're okay" she says
Emmett says the same thing when he hugs me. Everyone hugs me and kisses me and cries. I'm able to stay strong until Debbie finally makes her way over to my bed. Then I turn into an inconsolable puddle of tears. Brian, mom, and Debbie try to calm me down but it doesn't work.
The doctor comes in and I feel something cold in my IV.
Brian's POV
I hear some movement coming from Justin's bed that wakes me up. I see him sitting up and rubbing his eyes, with a confused look on his face.
"You're awake" I say sitting up from the chair I was sleeping in
"What happened?" he asks sitting up
"You were over reacting about something that's not your fault. And your…our stupid overreacting doctor sedated you" I tell him sitting on the bed with him
"Sedated me? Why?" he asks still confused
"I knew that bitch was lying when she said it was a light sedative" I say pouring him a cup of water.
He takes it gratefully and drinks it all in one gulp. Then he hands me back the cup, and I can see the fog from the drugs fade. And he starts to tear up.
"Don't Justin, it's not your fault. Hobbs is-was an obsessed psychopath-"
"Was?" Justin asks
"While you were sleeping" I say bitterly making him laugh "I talked to Carl and he said that there were a few people injured in the bombing. No deaths except for Hobbs, they found some male remains in the garage. And they think it's him" I explain
"So…it's really over?" he says, his eyes start watering again before he wraps his arms around my neck and hugs me.
"Yea angel you safe" I say holding him tightly
We sit there for a while before he breaks the hug.
"I'm sorry about Michael, you…you hate me don't you?" he says wiping his eyes
"Of course not honestly I've been too worried about you to really process that" I tell him
"Really?" he says genuinely surprised "I always thought that even though you were with me. I always kinda thought that you loved him more than me. Which probably sounds horrible, at least right now" he admits.
"I loved Michael that's true but I was never in love with him. But I am in love with you Justin Taylor"
He gives me his signature sunshine smile and I can't help but kiss him. Before we can get too carried away he stops me.
"I'm still hungry" he says making me laugh "and I want to brush my teeth and shower, and I want real clothes. Not this gown thing" he complains
"One thing at a time" I tell him
I call the doctor into the room so she can help him with the IV while he showers. I'd already bought him a few toiletries. Toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, stuff like that. I ordered some more of the beef stew for Justin. And I asked the doc about getting Justin real clothes.
She gave me a white t-shirt and some loose blue pants. I help Justin get dressed after his shower. He seems back to his regular self after the shower.
"Better?" I ask settling him back into his bed
"Uh huh, still hungry though. Do you think they have anything good in the hospital café?" he asks
"Please Justin like I'd really let you eat that crap. I ordered you more stew I was just about to pick it up." I tell him
"You're leaving me?" he asks slightly panicked
"Just downstairs to pick up your food" I assure him before kissing him and heading downstairs
I bump into Carl after I pay the delivery guy for Justin's food. He's arguing with what looks like a doctor and few officers. I walk over and ease drop on their conversation.
"Doc are you sure?" Carl asks
"Yes I'm sure, the remains we found in the garage aren't Christopher Hobbs. They belong to a man named Derek Stanton, he was a patient here. That's how I had his DNA of file, I'm a hundred percent sure that those aren't Hobbs remains" the doctor explains
"I want two officers at Taylor's door and I want this hospital locked down" Carl says to one of the officers. "I want everyone back on full alert make sure to keep the APB out on Hobbs" he says to the other.
"Uh boss" one of then says nodding to me, Carl turns around and sees me.
I'm not sure how I look but I walk to the elevator and push the button. I pray it comes before Carl catches up to me. As soon as the elevator comes Carl yells after me, I try to close the door but he slips in before it can close.
"Are you going to tell Justin?" he asks
"Of course not, because you're gonna do your fucking job. You're gonna keep Hobbs away from this hospital and away from Justin!" I yell barging off the elevator. I'm getting that fuzzy numb feeling again.
I practicality run to Justin's room when I see him all happy and safe the feeling goes away. He was in the middle of talking to Jenifer and looks up at me and Horvath with a confused expression.
"What's going on?" he asks immediately knowing that somethings wrong
"Nothing" I say setting up his food for him
He's pretty hungry so he starts eating before saying "bullshit"
"Look Justin-"
"I already said no Carl" I say cutting him off
"Brian you're not exactly the boss of me" Justin say shoveling a mouth full of food into his mouth
"He deserves to know Kinney" Carl says
"Can't you at least wait until he eats?"
"He can tell me now" Justin says wiping his mouth
"We have reason to believe Hobbs is still alive" Carl says
Jenifer plops down in her chair and Justin stops mind bite.
"But we've got two officers outside and we've got the hospital locked down. You're safe here" Carl explains
Justin nods and starts eating again. "What about everyone else?" he asks
Of course he'd be worried about the rest of the gang and not his self.
"We don't think he's gonna go after them anymore. We think he's completely focused on you, both of you" Carl says looking at me.
Justin grabs my hand and squeezes it tightly, great this is exactly why I didn't want him to know. I kneel by his bed and kiss his hand.
"I'll be fine angel nothing's gonna happen to you" I assure him "finish your food I'll be right back" I say digging in my coat for my emergency cigarettes and lighter.
"You can't just leave after hearing that! And you said you'd try to quit that" he scolds
"Well if it helps I've only been drinking since you've been gone. I'll be right back I promise" I say kissing him before he can protest.
Carl makes an officer go with me to smoke. I take it across the street just to make sure I don't violate any nonsmoking laws. Justin's been trying to get me to quite ever since I got over the whole cancer thing. Even though I told him I got ball cancer not lung cancer. Even though I know he's right, I toss the now offensive thing on the ground and step on it.
As soon as I do a black van pulls up to us and I hear two gun shots. The officer that was watching me goes down and the passenger door opens. Hobbs points the still smoking gun at me and says
"Get in"
"Why should I? In a few minutes this place is gonna be crawling with cops" I say
"Because I could just shoot you, sneak my way into the hospital and kill Taylor. Or you can get in the fucking van"