"I'm sorry but your father is dead, he died during the night the trauma was too great, there was nothing we could do for him"
"What do you mean there was nothing you could've done for him you bastard, he was your patient you should've tried something damn it!"
"Troy! Troy! Wake up it's all right, it's all right" came a voice from the deep voids of Troy's mind, blinking rapidly he opened his eyes and saw Ryan leaning over him with one hand on Troy's bare chest. "Ryan?" said Troy sitting up, he was covered in sweat and he felt tears stinging his cheeks. "You were thrashing about in your sleep, did you have a nightmare?" Ryan asked as he put his arms around Troy.
"Yeah, the doctor came into the room and told us that my dad had died and there was nothing he could do…and" he stopped suddenly as he began to weep.
"Shhhh… it's all right it was nothing more than a nightmare, its okay your dad is going to be okay, come on let's go back to sleep." Ryan said coaxed Troy back down onto the bed.
Leaning back against the pillows Troy stared up into the ceiling, sleep seemed to of escaped him for the moment, he looked over at Ryan who had his right hand on Troy's chest, sleep had taken him back quickly. Troy returned his gaze back to the ceiling, slowly his eyelids began to grow heavy and sleep took him. It seemed as though he had only been asleep for a few minutes until he was again being shaken awake, this time more vigorously. His eyes popped open to see Ryan shaking him; he was already dressed and looked worried, "What is it?" Troy said as sat up and stood up from the bed, "Your mom called and well she needs up down there now" He said trying to keep his composure. Troy's eye widened with fear, he quickly got up off the bed and raced to put on a shirt. He grabbed his truck keys and cell phone, taking the stairs two at a time, Ryan and him sprinted out of the house slamming the door behind them, they got in the truck without even taking the time to properly back out, they were back on main street heading towards the hospital. Pulling into the closest parking spot, Troy killed the ignition and got out of the truck. He and Ryan made into main entrance, Troy approached the reception desk and the same nurse was there, she looked up as he approached and said, "Your mom's expecting you, you remember how to get there right?" all Troy did was nod, he took off down the hall at a full sprint with Ryan right behind him. As they rounded the corner, Troy came almost to a stop. Ryan nearly slammed into him, "What's wrong why'd you…"but Ryan saw why, Troy's mom was standing there with Doctor Collins, he had his hand on her right shoulder and she was crying. Troy opened his mouth and attempted to call out but all the came out was this wet guttural noise, she had this and looked over at the two and began to cry harder. Dr. Collins looked over at Troy and just shook his head, walking over to her Troy put his arms around his mom and they stood there weeping together, "I'm truly sorry for your lose" Dr. Collins said and with that he turned and left. Ryan just stood there with a look of disbelieve on his face, Troy looked over at him with utter sadness in his eyes. Ryan closed his eyes as the tears began to well up, he let out a little sob and turned his face away from Troy. "Come on Ry you have to be strong for him" he said to himself as he began to sob, he turned back to face the two and Troy was standing there looking at him tears streaming down his face. Ryan grabbed him in a large embrace, "I'm so sorry" he said as he kissed Troy's left cheek, they broke the embrace and walked into the room. The body of Jack Bolton lay there with a sheet over the head; Troy's mother was sitting next to body staring at it, tears falling silently from her face, "Mom is there anything that we can do?" Troy asked as he placed his hands on her shoulders, "No honey I just have to sign some papers with the hospital and then I'll be home, I'm just glad that you got here in time, I'm sorry that you couldn't say goodbye I know that he would've like that you were here" she said through her tears. Troy took his hands off her and took Ryan's right hand in his left and they left the room, "Do you think that we should leave?" Ryan said as they continued down the hall, "There's nothing more that I can do, he's dead and my mom has to stay and wait on the hospital papers, let's just go home and go back to bed" Troy said his voice sounding heavy with emotion, they made there way out to parking lot. Troy unlocked the truck and got in, Ryan followed suit as Troy started up the truck, and they pulled out of their parking.
"Troy are you all right?" Ryan said looking over him; Troy's face was stony and hard
"Yea I'm fine but you heard my mom we really didn't need to be there" He said not looking at Troy. They came to a stop sign and Troy finally looked over at Ryan, "For the past five years of he has had nothing to do with me, sure he's my dad and I love him but it felt as though I was weeping over someone who hated and despised me" Troy stopped there and Ryan could sense the anger building up inside of Troy.
They made it back to Troy's house and pulled into the drive way. Ryan and Troy got out of the truck and started towards the door. Troy opened the door and headed back again towards his room. They laid back down on the bed and Troy fell almost instantly to sleep wrapping his arms around Ryan. Ryan could feel that Troy was hurting on the inside, "It's just a waiting game until he realizes what's happen, and I'll be with him all the way" he closed his eyes and went to sleep.
a/n: Okay this chapter is short I know but I want to focus on after Coach Bolton's death and what effects it brings. Keep reading and please r&r