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Green sat in the ER room, waiting for the doctor. Blue lay in the bed grumbling about how unfair the fight was.
"Let it go already," said Green still staring at the magazine.
"I wouldn't be in here, if I'd have gotten some help from you!"
Green looked over the magazine annoyed. "I recall you saying, 'I don't need any help'. So, I stayed on the sidelines, watching you get your butt kicked."
Blue crossed his arms and sank farther into the bed. "Argh, I'm ready to go. What's taking so long!"
"We'll leave when the doctor releases you. We're waiting to see if you have a concussion."
"This is boring!" groaned Blue. "I'd rather be out there finishing my fight."
Green tossed the magazine to the side and headed for the door.
"Hey," called Blue, "where are you going?"
"To get a snack. Maybe they have some free coffee. Want me to bring you anything?"
"No. Well, yeah…maybe some peanut M&Ms."
"K. I'll be back."
"Take your time!" shouted Blue as he walked out. "Looks like I'll be here for a while."
Two minutes later, Vio walked in the door with his nose in a chart. He glanced at the patient and froze dropping the chart. Red?!
"Wow," said Blue eyeing the fuchsia scrubs, "that was fast. Did you find any coffee or M&Ms? Why are you dressed like that?"
"Are you okay?" said Vio, his voice shaking as he rushed over to the bed. "What happened to you?"
Blue raised an eyebrow and nodded slowly. "Yes, I'm okay. I've been telling you that for the past two hours. You were conscious for my butt being kicking, so you tell me."
Vio scowled and then studied the monitors. He put two fingers on Blue's wrist and counted silently as he studied the watch on his own wrist. "Your pulse is normal."
Blue started to pull the IV out of his arm, but Vio popped his hand. "Leave it in," he said sharply.
Blue shook his hand. "You're acting weird. Maybe you should switch to decaf."
Vio frowned. He took out a small flash light and shined it in Blue's eye. "Follow my finger. That's it, good. Now the other eye. Good. You seem okay. Just a nasty bump on the head. Looks like it should go down in a day or two. You just need to rest, okay?"
"Green, I've been telling you, I'm—"
"What did you call me?"
"I didn't call you anything. What's your problem?"
"Is this about this morning? Look I'm sorry. But just because we argued about your book, doesn't give you the right to—."
"What book? I don't even read!"
Vio's face fell. "You don't remember…do you?" He grabbed Blue's shoulders. "Who am I to you?"
Blue lifted a bruised eyebrow. "You're Green. And you're 'really' freaking me out."
Vio raised his hand to his mouth. "You don't know who I am? It's me—Vio—you're brother! I work here in the hospital. I'm going to school to work in the medical field as an RN and who knows maybe even a doctor one day. You work part time in the gift shop around the corner. You're also going to school for a degree in hospitality. Doesn't any of this sound familiar to you at all?"
Blue looked at him like he was crazy. "Decaf."
There was a knock on the door. "Hello there. I'm Dr. Renado. So, who do we have here?" The doctor picked the chart up off the floor flipped through the pages. "Blue?"
"Blue?" echoed Vio.
"That's me!" said Blue lacing his fingers behind his head as he leaned back.
The doctor continued flipping through the pages. "Hmm. Looks like you were brought in unconscious. You seem to be okay now." The doctor took Blue's head in his hands and gently turned it. He then looked in his ears and eyes. "No signs of concussion. Just a little banged up is all."
He turned to Vio. "Does he have a regular doctor?"
Vio nodded.
"Okay. Let's get the paper work done and you can go home, Blue."
Vio cleared his throat. "It's actually Red. His name is Red."
"No. It's not!" said Blue eyeing Vio suspiciously. "What's gotten into you?"
The doctor looked at both of them waiting for an explanation.
Vio pulled a spare bottle of pills from his pocket. "This is his prescription from his doctor."
The doc read it and nodded understandingly. "I see…well."
Blue was fuming. "What are you babbling about? I don't take pills."
Vio looked at Blue with worry. "He thinks that we're characters in a book."
The doctor nodded sympathetically. "I can give him something to calm him down to help you get him home. Can you hold him?"
Vio nodded as the doctor walked over to a cabinet and pulled out a bottle and needle.
"W-what are you doing?" asked Blue nervously eyeing the doc's tiny weapon.
Vio held his arms. "Red, just hold still. Don't make this difficult."
Blue struggled. "Let me go! You're not poking me with that! Ow!"
"There," smiled the doctor. "You'll feel better in no time."
Blue looked at the doctor then at Vio. His vision started to blur and the noises in the hall grew distant. "What…was…that?" He blinked at the fuzzy fuchsia Vio stepping towards him.
"Just relax. I'll get you home soon, okay?"
"Home?...Green…why…di—" And with that Blue drifted into a deep sleep.
The doctor turned to Vio. "He'll be fine. Now, if you'll follow me, I'll sign off on his paper work at the nurse's station and you two can get out of here."
Just after Vio and the doctor left, Green walked in with a cup of coffee and a package of Reese's pieces.
"So, I found the coffee, but they were out peanut M&Ms. Will these do? Blue? Huh. Out like a light." They must have given him something to keep him quiet. I know I would have.
Green walked over to his bed and pulled his cover up to his chin. Hang in there, Tough Guy. We'll get out of here soon. Now where's the restroom?
Right after Green set the coffee down and walked out, in came Vio dressed in jeans and purple plaid with a wheelchair and backpack.
"Okay, Red, I just clocked out. Let's get you home and in Bed." Vio grunted trying to move Blue to the chair. "Geez! I don't remember you being so heavy. As soon as you get better, you're going on a diet!"
Vio expertly wheeled Blue out of the room.
Green sauntered in five minutes later. "Blue? Oh, no."
Chapter 3 will be a while in the making. But hold tight. It's going to get interesting! Thanks for hearting and following the story!