Being Different Isn't Normal
Chapter 2: Shocks
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"Next time just promise me that you won't let me spend $3000 in one day" Jane Nichols laughed as she headed in the front door
"Look I can't promise anything when picking new furniture is involved" Walter joked
"Oh Walter" she laughed embracing her husband in a kiss
"Where's Drake, when he's 'sick' he normally would be down here watching t.v and eating Doritos's "Walter asked
"I dunno Walt I think he's really sick this time" Jane said suddenly serious
"I think I'll just go check on him" she said running quickly to the stairs
She reached the last step and still had no answer, she was starting to get worried, even he didn't sleep that heavily.
Slowly she approached his and Josh's room; she tapped lightly and headed into the room.
He wasn't there.
She decided not to panic just yet; he could be anywhere she thought, heading for the bathroom.
She pushed the door open …
"WALTER" she screamed
Walter came charging up the stairs
"What's wrong?" he asked
By the time he had gotten to the bathroom Jane was already sobbing heavily
"Why would he do this, he never had any reason to be depressed" she cried looking at her son's pale and fragile body lying on the cold tiles
"Heaven's knows, look just stay here and be as calm as you can be and just wait while I call an ambulance"
Jane nodded silently before returning to her son, she knelt beside him, she picked up his hand, he was freezing, he wasn't wearing anything but his boxers. The green razor was still clutched in his hand it still gleamed through the caked in blood.
"Why would you do this to yourself?" she cried over her son's body
"Wake up" she sobbed "Please sweetie wake up" she was in hysterics
She hugged him tightly to her as she gently towelled off some of the dried in blood on her son's arms. She'd have never thought that he would be depressed, he always seemed so happy, why would he do this? She sobbed why?
They weren't waiting long for the ambulance to arrive, the drivers however didn't seem phased by it, they obviously must have seen it every day. It shocked her to think that anybody-let alone her own son could do this to themselves
She sat beside him in the ambulance, holding his cold hand all the way there, Walter had gone to pick up Josh and Megan feeling that they needed to know about their brother.
They wheeled him straight into the accident & emergency unit, where a group of doctors huddled over the bed to decide what was best to do.
Finally, they had decided what to do. Jane followed in a daze, she had no idea what they were doing but she knew she had to be there.
He was wheeled into a private ward where they told her she couldn't be, the nurses escorted her to a waiting lobby where she was forced to wait for three solid hours before she was aloud back in to see her son.
She walked quietly into the room still clutching a raggedy tissue. Her tear-stained eyes evident of her worry and stress, the doctors began explaining to her what was wrong with her son.
"I would like to explain to you what is wrong with your son" a young female doctor smiled
"I don't want to know I just want to see him" she cried
"Well miss I need to explain what's wrong, it was most likely from blood loss that he fainted but we also suspect lack of nutrition, has your son been eating properly Mrs. Nichols"
"He said he was sick, so he didn't want any food, I did ask him though" she sighed walking over to the chair beside his bed
"We're not saying that you deprived him of food, we're just trying to look into the cause of this and if needed, provide physiological help"
"My son is not a mad man" Jane shouted
"Again Miss we're just trying to find out the cause for such drastic measures. Has your son seemed depressed lately or maybe finding school a bit too hard?"
"He never complained and he didn't look depressed"
"Most teenagers don't really show many signs miss," the doctor sighed looking over at Drake's bed
"He's sedated now after the blood transfusion we gave him for the blood loss so he probably won't hear you if you talk to him, but when he wakes up I would like you to ask him why he did this, he's more likely to tell you than any member of staff here" the doctor said
"Ok" Jane nodded before the doctor left the room
TWO HOURS LATER
"Thank God you're here" Jane smiled throwing her arms around her husband
"Sorry Josh had to use the bathroom five times!"
"What when I get scared or nervous I have to pee" Josh argued
"Look look I'm not giving out I'm just glad to see you all" Jane smiled
"What's wrong, or did they say?" Walter asked
"They said that he probably fainted from blood loss and lack of nutrition, they have him sedated now, he's just after having a blood transfusion, for the blood loss"
Jane hugged him again.
"Why did he do it?" Megan asked suddenly concerned for her brother
"None of us know sweetie, any reason"
Megan nodded silently as if to understand, she had no idea why her brother would do such a thing. She secretly hoped that he would be okay. However, she could control her emotions, unlike Josh who had to pee every five seconds because he was scared of the hospital.
Drake had to be taken over night for observation, Jane was insistent that she stay with her son at all times, even if it meant sleeping on a chair.
The hospital told her to go home and take a rest, but she was having none of it she wanted to see her son. Finally, they agreed to let her stay with them, they provided her with a small trolley bed that would stay beside him all night, it wasn't very comfortable but she didn't care she wanted to be there when he woke up.
Sometime that night
"Hello" came a voice
"Where am I?" it asked
Jane stirred, she opened her eyes slowly. A smile spread across her face "Honey you're awake" she beamed
"Mom?" Drake asked quietly
"Yes dear its me, and you're in hospital"
Drake lay back down on his pillow, he had a feeling why he was here, the last thing he remembered was feeling very dizzy. He looked over at his mother who was positively beaming, he shook himself out of the daze he was in "Why am I here" he asked weakly, although he had a feeling of the answer
"I found you on the bathroom floor honey, what's wrong with you?"
"Nothing's wrong with me, please can we not talk about it now I'm not feeling great" it wasn't a lie, yet it wasn't the truth, he had enough strength to tell her why, he just wanted to avoid the subject
"Sure honey, but if you don't answer me, the doctor's will ask, and then you'll have to give an answer" his mother smiled still joyful that he was awake
"It's serious mom, that's all you need to know ok" he said in a weak whisper
"Honey I can't just let this drop you're gonna have to tell somebody sometime"
"Well when that time comes let me know," he sighed shutting his eyes
There was silence for a few minutes. Drake's head was spinning, why'd the doctor's have to know why he did it? Why was it anybody's business why he did it? He decided it was probably better to tell his mother than a strange doctor, maybe then she could cover for him- that was if she didn't hate him
He broke the ice-cold silence "Mom" he sighed
This was it.
"Yes sweetie" his mom replied
"I have something to tell you - a-about why I did what I did" he said. He was still weak but he was strong enough to tell her, after all, she deserved to know.
"Why did you do it?"
"You promise you won't hate me" he asked, his heart racing
"Honey whatever it is I won't hate you" his mother gave a slight smile
"Promise?"
"Yes I promise, now just tell me"
"Mom I'm sorry" He began to cry, "I'm gay"