Riker starts his treatment today and he's really scared. "baby don't be scared they are going to help you" Rocky assured him and they both got out of the car. Rocky grabbed Riker's hand and they went inside. Riker is having surgery today to get the cancer tissues out of his lungs. Riker signed in then went into a room. he changed into a hospital gown and sat in the bed with Rocky. Riker held Rocky's hand and cuddled into his side. "I love you" Rocky smiled "I love you too" Riker returned his smile. "ok mister Lynch we are ready for you" the nurse smiled so Rocky kissed Riker before he was taken off in a bed. Rocky sat in a chair in the corner and pulled out his phone.
Hours later the doctors moved a bed back into the room and Riker was laying in the bed shirtless with a large bandage covering his chest. Rocky stood up and walked over to Riker. He looked at sleeping Riker and moved a strand of his blonde hair off of his sleeping face and smiled. Rocky pulled the chair to the edge of the bed and sat there watching his brother.
Mark and stormie walked down the long hallway and found Riker's room. They walked in and saw Rocky sitting next to Riker who was still unconscious in the bed. "hey Rocky how's he doing?" Stormie asked "he's been asleep for the past hour and the doctor said he should wake up any time now" Rocky sighed and looked at Riker. "hey don't worry too much, he'll be ok. the doctor said the surgery went perfectly and they got all the cancer cells out of him so he should be ok" Stormie explained and looked at Riker again. "Rocky sweetie do you want us to stay until he wakes up or are you good here?" Stormie asked "yeah it's just ten at night and we wanted to check up on you two" Mark explained "you don't have to stay. I'll call you tomorrow" Rocky told them so they hugged him and left.
About an hour after Mark and Stormie left Rocky had almost fallen asleep when he felt someone move. He looked up at Riker and a smile grew on his face as he saw Riker's perfect hazel eyes staring at him. "Hey babe" Rocky smiled "hey" Riker smiled weakly. Rocky leaned over and connected their lips. "I love you" Riker smiled "I love you too" Rocky smiled and the doctor walked in. "hey Riker, so everything went perfectly but you will still have to be on twenty four oxygen and after you've fully recovered you should be able to start singing again" the doctor smiled "awesome so when can we go home?" Rocky asked "well after he gets changed you are good to go" the doctor smiled "great, thank you so much" Rocky said and the doctor left so Riker could get dressed. The two boys walked out of the hospital together and got in Rocky's car.
They got back to the house and went to Riker's room to sleep. Rocky laid down in bed and Riker followed. Riker tried to curl up into Rocky's chest but rolled over and gasped in pain because of his stitches. "what's wrong?" Rocky asked "My stitches" Riker sighed "It's ok, just sleep on your back" Rocky told him. "I love you" Riker mumbled "I love you too" Rocky smiled and propped himself up on his elbow. He leaned over and kissed Riker before falling asleep.
Riker woke up and looked at Rocky asleep next to him. "Rocky wake up" Riker groaned "what?" Rocky asked sleepily it's like noon and I need a kiss" Riker whined causing Rocky to smile. "you're adorable" Rocky chuckled and kissed Riker before getting. Riker stood up too and grabbed his oxygen and walked out to the kitchen shirtless.
When Riker walked into the living room a bunch of family and friends jumped out and yelled surprise. Riker jumped and couldn't breath. "shit nice job guys" Rocky said and rushed Riker to his room where his emergency oxygen mask is. Riker took deep breaths until he could breath again. "better?" Rocky asked so Riker nodded. The two walked back out to the living room. "well I guess no more surprise parties for me" Riker chuckled "well I guess you could say we scared you half to death" Ryland chuckled causing a harsh glare from Riker and Rocky. "Ryland don't make jokes about that" Mark said and Riker sat down. "why a party when I just woke up?" Riker asked sleepily "just to celebrate you being cancer free now" Stormie smiled "I'm not in the mood to party, I'm not allowed to sing or play sports or anything like that" Riker grumbled and went back to his room.
Riker laid in his bed staring at the ceiling with tears in his eyes. He can't do anything now. He can't even do what makes him happy, singing. He sat up and picked up his acoustic guitar. He played a few chords and sighed. He put the guitar down and silently cried. He felt his chest get tight and he suddenly couldn't breath. He panicked and tried to call for help but he couldn't all he could think of was a loud noise to get someone's attention. He threw a large book at the wall and it created a loud thud. Riker started panicking even more as he struggled to breath.
Rocky heard a loud thud come from Riker's room so he looked at mark and sprinted upstairs. He opened the door to see Riker on the bed and his face is turning bright red. "Riker what's going on?" Rocky asked worried as he ran over. Riker panicked and couldn't talk and rocky grabbed the oxygen mask and put it over Riker's face. it was barely helping "Dad!" Rocky screamed so Mark appeared in the doorway. "what's happening?" Mark asked "He can't breath and his oxygen is barely helping" Rocky said worried "I'll call the ambulance" Mark said and ran downstairs to get his phone.
Mark couldn't find his cell phone so he grabbed the house phone. The operator picked up and Mark told them he needed an ambulance as soon as possible. "ok we will have an ambulance over in about an hour there's a couple of people ahead of you in need of help" The operator explained "no, I need an ambulance now! My son is upstairs dying because he can't breath and he has lung cancer! get me a fucking ambulance or else my son will die and I will sue you!" Mark yelled into the phone "I'm sorry your son was dumb enough to smoke and got lung cancer but he'll have to wait" the operator said getting bitchy "He's twenty three and has never smoked in his life! it's not his fault! Ever heard of Riker Lynch because that's who you're killing now get me a fucking ambulance!" Mark yelled really pissed off. "Ok sir I've put you on the top of the list and there's one on it's way right now" the operator said "thank you" Mark sighed "good bye" the operator sighed and Mark hung up.
Stormie looked at Mark worried and he sighed "Rocky is upstairs with Riker we need to see if we can get Riker down here and keep him breathing until the ambulance gets here" Mark sighed "ok I'll get the boys to help" Stormie replied and rushed off. Mark ran back upstairs and looked at Rocky who was holding Riker so he stayed sitting up. "Hey is there any chance we can get him downstairs?" Mark asked "We could try. I can carry him and someone stay close behind with his oxygen" Rocky sighed "let's do it" Mark said so Rocky looked at Riker. "hey we are going to move you downstairs so the medics don't have to carry you downstairs" Rocky told Riker so he nodded. Riker was not breathing right. All he could do is take quick breaths in and out like he was hyperventilating.
They got Riker to the couch and the ambulance finally got there. "ok mister Lynch stay calm and we will help you ok" one medic said and Rocky set Riker on the gurney. "I'll meet you at the hospital ok?" Rocky told Riker so he nodded and the medics took him to the ambulance.
While in the ambulance the medics tried to switch his oxygen to a stronger supply. When they took the mask he was already using off Riker couldn't breath again. They had trouble with the other mask so Riker felt his chest tighten again then he couldn't breath. He started shaking a lot and his eyes rolled back. He was going into shock.
Rocky was waiting at the hospital and the medics came running through with a gurney that held Riker. Rocky ran after them and saw they were giving Riker CPR and trying to help him breath. "what's happening?" Rocky asked worried "he stopped breathing and went into shock" the nurse explained then he was forced to stop running as they went through a doorway. Rocky went to the waiting room and sunk into one of the chairs. He tried his hardest not to cry but he failed.
Stormie saw Rocky sitting in the chair crying so she rushed over. "oh baby what's wrong?" Stormie asked sitting next to him "mom, I don't want him to die. I need him" Rocky cried so Stormie hugged him. "sweetie he won't die any time soon, he's fighting. for you. I know that he loves you more than anything and he's fighting to stay alive for you" Stormie assured him then he got an idea. "mom I have an idea and I need R5, a camera, some crew members and a place to film" Rocky smiled slightly "you won't have a bass" Stormie reminded him. "that's because it's for the bassist" Rocky smiled and stood up. "wait right now?" stormie asked "duh now let's go, I'll call Rydel and you call some crew members. tell them to meet us in the garage" Rocky smiled as they went out to their cars.
Everyone sat around the garage confused and Rocky got their attention. "we are going to make a music video for Riker" Rocky smiled "awesome what song am I singing?" Ross asked "back up, I'm singing lead to gone gone gone by phillip phillips" Rocky explained "awe that's adorable, I love that song" Rydel smiled "ok so what's your plan?" Jeff asked "well I have a bunch of pictures of Riker and I together and we can set up and film on the beach out back then we can edit the pictures into the video" Rocky smiled "awesome we can do that" Another crew member smiled "ok Jeff you're filming it, Ben I need you to download all the correct music parts for us, Alex you are sound, Rydel you are make up, Mom you're clothes, Marcus you are sound, Ross...you are in charge of tuning guitars and I will edit it. oh and Ellington make sure your drums are good to go" Rocky commanded "ok, let's do this" Stormie smiled and everyone went to work.
"Rocky, good news there's no bass in this song just acoustic, piano, drums and a tambourine" ben smiled "awesome, Ross tune two acoustics" Rocky smiled and went over the lyrics. "ok I got all the music downloaded so here's your guys' parts" Ben smiled handing each member a piece of paper. the all smiled and Ross handed Rocky a guitar. Ellington sat at his drums and Rydel turned on her keyboard. They rehearsed like ten times then they set up on the beach.
Rocky smiled as he walked into the hospital with his ipad that he downloaded the video on. He walked into the room Riker was in and was happy to see him awake. "hey babe, how are you feeling?" Rocky smiled and sat down "ok, I was scared when I woke up alone" Riker replied weakly "I'm sorry but to make up for it I was busy making this for you" Rocky smiled "Rocky I'm not stupid, you didn't make an ipad" Riker chuckled "no, it's a video on the ipad" Rocky chuckled and pulled up the video. Riker took the ipad and pressed play.
The video ended and Riker looked at Rocky and smiled "I love you" Rocky smiled so Riker kissed him. "I love you too" Riker smiled and handed Rocky the ipad. "I also downloaded it onto your computer so you can watch it when ever you want" Rocky smiled. "I don't know what I would do if you would've punched me and hated me after I kissed you" Riker chuckled "I wouldn't hate you. If it went the complete opposite then I would've punched you and not talked to you for a week while I thought about what happened then just forgot about and everything go back to normal" Rocky explained so they both shrugged and Rocky kissed Riker again.
"I thought you two were brothers?" the doctor asked walking in on them kissing "we are" Riker smiled "then why were you kissing?" the doctor asked "because that's what people who are dating do" Rocky replied in a duh tone "you do know that's illegal right?" the doctor asked "yeah but it's love and it doesn't matter if we are related" Riker sighed "I won't tell, I believe love shouldn't have limits" The doctor smiled. "thanks" Rocky smiled and the doctor looked at Riker. "so, this happened because stress, you need to stay calm and try not to stress yourself out" the doctor told Riker "well that's hard when I'm in a band and millions of people around the world rely on me but I can try" Riker sighed "what do we do if this happens again?" Rocky asked "get him his oxygen mask and get his arms above his head because that opens up his lungs" the doctor explained so the two nodded. "ok well you can go home now" The doctor smiled so Riker stood up. "I'll get your oxygen" Rocky told Riker so Riker nodded. "thank you, we will see you in a month to get his stitches removed hopefully not sooner" Rocky told the doctor "no problem" the doctor smiled as the two left.