What if you were here?
Summary: Leo comes back to Pine Valley just to find out that there are a lot of things that he has missed.
Chapter 5: hope
Greenlee sat quietly filing trough a magazine, without paying much attention. Sarah sat next to her
"Are you sure I there's nothing I can do?" her friend asked. Greenlee shrugged
"David just call" Liam said abruptly entering the room. "They are on the way"
"Shh!" Sarah pulled him away from Greenlee "LD's defenses are dropping"
"What does that mean?"Liam asked nervously as she eyed Greens
"Means he doesn't have much time and they haven't been able to find a match" Sarah's eyes were watering. Liam held her close
Greenlee had been watching the whole scene from inside .her son didn't have much time and she knew it, but at least there was something that helped her cope with the idea of losing Leo. He would be reunited with his father
Meanwhile…
"Can the fucking plane land any faster?" Leo said impatiently as he and his brothers headed waited
"Hey David?" Trey whispered "how do you want to handle it?" David's gaze met Leo's
"We have to think about that boy first" he ran his fingers through his hair. "Sarah says it's pretty bad"
"Did she tell you what it was?" Trey asked. David leaned closer
"No, but I have a pretty good idea" the doctor remained thoughtful for a while "it has to do with the asthma, I'm sure of it"
"Can someone die from asthma?" Trey's voice broke "could he die?"
"It's possible, but I'm not sure" David took his seatbelt off and headed to the exit. Trey and Leo followed
"We have to think things trough man" David told Leo "LD might be very delicate and Greens could have a nervous breakdown"
"What do you mean?" Trey asked. He and Leo locked their eyes with David's
"I mean, we have to think about what's best for your family" David told Leo firmly
"Come on" Trey picked his luggage
Meanwhile
"Mom?" LD spoke weakly. He tried to sit up straight on the bed. Greenlee pulled him back
"What are you doing?" Greenlee's voice broke "you need to rest"
"What happened?" LD asked. His eyes met Greenlee's and she started sobbing
"Greenlee?" Sarah entered the room "hey buddy feeling better?"
"I guess" LD was still looking at Greenlee. She turned around to face Sarah. Cleaned the tears from her eyes and followed her outside
"Trey just called me, they almost here" Greenlee's heart sank. "I just hope David can help" Sarah said hugging her
"So what now?" Leo asked his brother as they entered the hospital. He was numbed from excitement and sadness
"Here" Trey handed him a jacket and a pair of glasses "wear this until we can figure it out"
David spotted Sarah and Liam at the reception "how is he?"
"Not better" Liam said as he led David to where Greenlee was. Sarah looked around
"Where is Trey?" David ran a hand trough his hair "he's taking care of some things back there"
"What kind of things?" Sarah questioned
"Don't worry, it's nothing" David smiled weakly
"David!" Greenlee hugged him thigh "where is Trey?"
"He's coming" David kissed Greenlee's forehead "how's LD?"
"The doctors thought it was asthma but now they're saying is not" Greenlee collapsed in his arms "you have to help him"
"I will, let me find the doctor" David lifted her face "don't worry, we'll fix this" he walked towards LD's room where the doctor was doing his usual rounds. The boy's face lighted up, when he entered.
"Greens?" Trey appeared suddenly behind her
"Where were you?" she asked hugging him
"I had to take care of something" Trey rolled his eyes
"What are you not telling me?" Greenlee asked. Trey froze
"Come on" he led Grandee away from LD's room
"Stay here" David told Leo as he made sure Greenlee wasn't near "watch him for a couple minutes"
Leo entered his son's room. He watched the boy sleep soundly. He couldn't believe he had given Greenlee a part of him without knowing. LD opened his eyes for a second, then he drifted back to sleep. Leo sat next to his son drifted into a weird dream of the night he had copiously died.
He was awaked by a sudden shake. He turned around and jumped to his feet. Greenlee, Trey and David stood in front of him.
"Le..." Greenlee was speechless. It had been so long… she had to raise LD alone and Trey and David had known about Leo's hiding from the start
"Hey Greens" he tried to hug her, she pulled back and started crying. Trey and David shared a puzzled look as she slapped Leo
"What was that for?!" Leo asked trying to ease the pain with his hand. Greenlee then hugged him
"For lying to me!" she said sobbing against his shirt "and I'm not done you either" she warned David and Trey
"Excuse me?" Dr. Salomon entered the room "I believe I have discovered what's wrong, with the help of of course" he smiled at David "it appears that Leo has some kind of blood disease