PART DOS
"James, we need you outside. Come fast and bring Logan." Jeremy said before ending the call and placing the phone in his back pocket.
Within minutes James, Logan and the girls rushed outside and ran up to us when they noticed something wasn't right.
"Oh my god, what happened?" Jaime began to panic.
"I'm fine...it's fine. I fell down and...Oh shit." I tried to do my best to have them not panic, but the pain was just getting worse with the attempts of Carlos and Jeremy trying to hold me up.
"Here, I'll put him over my shoulder. Jaime, go get his coat and hat. Becca try to get a hold of Kendall, Logan come with me and drive us to the hospital." James said as he walked over to me and, as gently as possible, put me over his shoulder with the help of Logan.
"What about us? We want to help." Jeremy said still very concerned.
"Guys, really, I'll be fine. It's probably nothing more then a broken ankle. Go inside and enjoy your breakfast, Okay? Please, lets not let this ruin Christmas." I said, trying to adjust myself on James' shoulder. Jaime ran out and put my hat on my head and coat around me, then James walked over to the car with Logan following very close behind him, just in case he happened to lose his balance.
"Okay, we will back in a little while, depending how long they are going to take. I will call you as soon as we know what's wrong, and if anyone gets a hold of Kendall, tell him to meet us at the emergency room." James said while sitting me in the back seat of his Range Rover, making sure to have my legs stretched out on the seat. He gave Jaime a quick kiss before getting in the passenger side and driving off. I looked back and saw Carlos, Jeremy, Jaime and Becca waving and blowing kisses at me. I couldn't help but feel as if I had ruined Christmas for them, and the fact that Kendall was nowhere to be found made me feel worse.
After a 10 minute drive, which is really a 15 minute drive, but thanks to Logan's frantic driving, we got there in record time, we made it to the hospital and parked right at the entrance. Logan ran out and got a wheel chair from inside, while James quickly got out and somehow got me out without hurting me and sat me right down on the wheel chair. He rushed me inside and was barely able to tell the lady at the front desk what happened. She rushed us inside and walked us over to an empty exam room. You would think I was having some sort of mini heart attack with the way James and the lady were rushing around.
About an hour later and a whole bunch of tests, the doctor was able to tell me that I broke my ankle. 'No shit' I muttered to myself.
"Any word from Kendall?" I asked, now getting more upset than anything. The fact that he wasn't here in my time of need, even if it wasn't a matter of life or death, he wasn't here, kind of upset me.
"Nope, nothing." James said, sneaking a peek at his phone, since we weren't allowed to use phones inside.
"Do me a favor and try to call using the phone in the receptionist desk, please." I asked, now feeling numb, mostly because of all the drugs that were given to me.
"Sure thing, I'll be right back." James said, walking out the room. Right as he was about to leave, I heard a familiar voice, not too far away. I smiled while trying to fight the drowsy feeling I suddenly felt.
Just as my eyes were about to shut close and felt myself involuntarily began to fall back on the pillow I heard James and Kendall walk back in the room.
"Ryan baby are you OK?" I barely heard Kendall ask, while still trying to fight the sleep.
"Hey, Kenny, where were you? Where have you been?" I asked opening my eyes once I felt his warm hand on mine. He sat next to me on the hospital bed and leaned in enough to place a kiss on my forehead. I scooted towards him when I felt his warmth, feeling the need to be as close to him as possible. He must have felt the fear that came over me and wrapped his arms around, James and Logan quietly excused themselves to give us a bit of privacy.
"It's okay Ryan, I'm here. I'm not going anywhere I promise, I'm here for you." He whispered in my ear while holding onto my head. Before I could even answer, the doctor walked in the room, holding a pair of crutches. James and Logan walked in right behind him.
"Sorry to interrupt, , but you are all set to go home if you would like. Before you go, I need to give you a few instructions. You're going to have to stay off your feet as much as possible, and rest as much as you can. You're going to have to keep that splint on for a few day and use this crutches to move around when needed. Come back in a few days and we will put a cast on your leg, until then take the pain killers and most important stay off your feet." The doctor said while walking over and handing Kendall the crutches.
"Thanks doctor, will do." I said, while I sat up enough to reach for the crutches.
"..And I assume that your friend here will be helping you out right?" He asked looking over at Kendall.
"Um..boyfriend and yes I will be helping him, even as stubborn as he can be, he has no choice but to listen." He said smiling at the doctor who seemed like he had seen a ghost with Kendall's 'Boyfriend' comment, and to make it worse Kendall leaned in to give me a quick kiss. He quickly wrote a prescription for pain killers and walked out not even bothering to say good bye.
"Wow, what an uptight doctor huh? Logan, please tell me you're not going to be as uptight as him." I joked while doing my best to scoot myself to the end of the bed, but of course Kendall beat me to it and helped me up.
"Oh no, most definitely not. I want people to actually like me and feel like they humans and not just a paycheck." Logan joked while walking to the bed to see if I needed extra help. Kendall held me up while handing me the crutches, he didn't let go until he made sure I could keep my balance. I took a few steps with the crutches to show him I was capable of moving on my own before he let go of me and walked along side with me. We all walked out the room and made our way to the elevator, but not before stopping to give Kendall a quick kiss once we spotted the same doctor walk down the hallway. He just rolled his eyes and walked away while we all chuckled. We made our way outside and to James' car, Kendall quickly helped me in, making sure not to hurt me, then sat next to me, holding my hand the whole ride home. Still feeling a bit sleepy, I smiled weakly at him before leaning back on the car seat and closed my eyes for what seemed like a few minutes.
I was woken up and a bit startled by the sound of knocking on my window. I looked over and saw Jaime, Becca and Jeremy knocking on the window and waving like idiots.
"Guys, I haven't been gone that long for you guys to miss me that much." I joked while rolling my window down.
"Don't flatter yourself, you weren't missed all that much, we are just glad you're okay and that it wasn't anything too major." Becca said as she opened the car door for me. I moved my body around and held onto the seat while trying to scoot myself out.
"No, wait Ry, let me help you." Kendall said before I could make another move. He rushed out to my side and wrapped his arms around me and pulled be up a bit so I could stand up. Jaime grabbed the crutches and handed them to me as I did my best to balance myself before taking a few steps forward.
"Do you think you can make it to the door?" James asked a bit worried when I began to wobble a bit.
"Yes, dude I think I'm capable of figuring this out." I snapped at him, now feeling a bit annoyed that they made me seem so helpless.
"Relax Ryan, he's just trying to help alright?" Jaime snapped back at me as she walked past me.
"I'm sorry, I'm just a little frustrated and tired okay?" I apologized trying my best to keep up with her. Of course Kendall wasn't too far off, standing right behind me just in case I happen to fall back. Once inside the house we all made our way into the living room where we all sat around the tree and made small talk. I was enjoying the company and glad everyone was here to celebrate Christmas together, but began to get annoyed that any time I would move at the slightest Kendall would freak out and felt like he needed to help me.
"Baby, I'm ok." I whispered each time trying to assure him that I was ok, but he ignored it and would continue to do it regardless.
"Okay, so Jaime and I have some big news for you all." James announced loud enough to talk over everyone.
"Wait no, before you do that I have something I want to say first." Kendall jumped in and interrupted him.
"Kendall, trust me this is big. I'm sure you can wait buddy." James said while helping Jaime up from the floor. Kendall also got up at the same time and carefully helped me up as well.
"James, can I please have this moment?" Kendall asked now a bit frustrated that James wanted the attention on him as always.
"Baby, let him go first ok. Is it that big of a deal?" I asked knowing that Kendall was now irked.
"Yes, it is. Ryan, come here for a second." He said while helping me over to the living room entrance, not realizing that he had me right under the mistletoe.
"Everyone, Jaime and I are going to-" James began to say but was cut off by Kendall who quickly turned to me and grabbed my hand and asked "Will you Marry me?" at the same time as James was finishing "Have a baby."
The rest of the group all simultaneously yelled out "What?" while looking at either of the pair in complete disbelief. My eyes went wide not sure how to even answer, and it made it worse that everyone was anticipating the answer.
"Ryan, say yes, yes he will." Becca and Jeremy yelled out in complete excitement. I turned and glared at both of them not wanting them to answer for me.
"Hey, I got this...Yes, yes he will. Wait I uh mean, Yes..yes I will." I corrected myself, I was having a hard time trying to keep my composure. Before he could even answer Jeremy, Becca and Jaime ran up to us and wrapped their arms around both of us.
"Guys I know this is a major moment and all, but do you think I can just maybe get a few minutes to propose to my boyfriend properly?" Kendall managed to say as he squeezed himself out of the hug.
"Fine, go ahead and have your moment. Just pretend we aren't even here." Jaime said while separating from the hug. Becca and Jeremy stepped back as well, but their eyes were still glued on our every move. I rolled my eyes at them then turned my attention back at Kendall who reached out for my hand.
He grabbed a little gray box out of his pocket and slowly opened it, revealing a plain, silver man's wedding band.
"Baby, ever since I met you, you've brought nothing but love and happiness to my life. You hold a special place in my heart, and I just can't imagine going through the rest of my life without you in it. You're not just my soul mate, but also the love of my life. These last two years we have spent together have been amazing. Ryan, will you marry me?" He asked. Seconds after he finished, everyone in the room yelled out "Yes!" all at once.
"Damn, really you guys?" I turned to face the group and rolled my eyes at them.
"What are you looking at us for, you were just asked a question. Don't you think it needs to be answered?" Becca asked while pointing at Kendall. I turned back to Kendall and raised his hand a bit to signal him to get up. Once he was standing up, I leaned in and pressed my lips just enough to let a soft 'yes' escape, then continued with the kiss, while the rest of the group began to clap and whistle at us as we kissed. While still in the middle of the kiss, he managed to slip the ring on my finger, then held onto my hand firmly.
"Does this explain why you were gone most of the day?" I asked once I backed off the kiss.
"Kind of. I went to go visit your mom to ask her for your hand. I wanted to make sure I did this as traditional as possible, since it is important to your mom." He said while wrapping his arms around me as gently as possible.
"Baby, there is nothing traditional about us, but it means so much that your putting the extra effort with my mom." I smiled at him while trying hard to keep my balance.
"You're worth all the trouble, and I'm willing to do anything it takes to keep you happy. That's my promise to you." He said before placing a gentle kiss on my forehead.
I heard everyone in the background let out a long, continuous 'aww' as I blushed, then it hit me.
"Oh crap, Jaime, Congratulations. I'm sorry girl. " I announced, feeling a bit selfish for taking away her moment as well.
"Thanks Ryan, and don't be sorry. This was also a big day for you as well. I'm just glad we can all be here and be able to share our happiness with each other." Jaime, along with James, walked over and gave Kendall and I a big hug.
I reached down and rubbed on her barely there bump, smiling at the thought of adding on to our little family. Everyone in this room had a special place in my heart and we're more like one big dysfunctional, but yet somehow put together, family.
Just as I was looking around the room at every one's faces, they all walked right over and joined in on the hug.
"Merry Christmas, I love you all." I said while reaching out to hold onto James and Kendall for balance as everyone joined in the hug. At that very second, I felt really lucky to have such special people like them in my life.
"Merry Christmas." Everyone answered right back all at once. We all then went back to sitting around and just enjoying each other's company, just like Christmas should be.
The end
~And with that I think I'm going to take a break from writing for a good minute *whispers outloud* "OH no don't go" ... I know ...I know... I will return before you can even finish saying "Flubbernutterbutter" See you all soon. XOXO
Peace to yo face!