Don't hate me I promise there will be some good things ahead. Stay with me

When I came to, I didn't know exactly where I was. I looked around, frantically trying to make sense of the worried faces around me.

Then I realized: I was in the hospital. I looked down at my stomach and saw that it was covered by a bandage.

I looked back up just as Eric pushed his way through the nurses. I could see he'd been crying, and when he finally saw that I was okay, he wiped his eyes. "Will, don't scare me like that ever again..." He grabbed my hand and held it tightly. "I can't lose you..."

I blinked, and one of the nurses looked at Eric, then down at me. She was really pretty, with dark hair and green eyes.

"He'll be fine sir. The police are out looking for his assailant now."

Eric nodded, and I could sense the anger coursing through him when he squeezed my hand.

"What happened..?" I murmured.

"A civilian witnessed the latter part of the attack, and after your attacker fled the scene, he carried you all the way to the hospital." After she'd finished explaining, the nurse smiled. "I have to go now, but I'll make sure to check up on you later."

She patted my arm and turned to leave the room.

"Hey, wait.." I moved around a little, trying to get comfortable in the hospital bed.

The nurse turned back towards me. "Yes?"

"The guy that saved me... is he still here?" I asked.

"He's in the waiting room. As of now it's best you have as few visitors as possible, until you settle down." She smiled comfortingly.

"Can I see him? I want to thank him.." I touched my bandaged stomach gingerly.

"I.." She paused, and Eric shot her a pleading look. "I suppose. I'll get him."

She left the room, and a moment later, my savior walked through the door. He was tall, with medium length blonde hair. The one eyes was a bright green "How you doing?" He asked, as he sat down on one side of me. "I'm Tyler." He flipped his hair, and my breath caught in my throat.

"I.. I'm good." I smiled a little, and he returned the smile.

"Great. You're not hurt too badly are you?"

I shook my head. "Thank you though.. for saving me I mean".

He shrugged. "It's no problem... I'm sorry I couldn't have showed up sooner."

I studied him, and observed that he was around my age. "I haven't seen you around school."

"I'm uh, I'm homeschooled." He laughed a little, and ran his hand through his hair.

I nodded. "That makes sense." I smiled a little, and heard Eric clear his throat. "I'm gonna go get some dinner... I'll be back in a few."

I looked at Eric, and nodded. "Alright Eric.. don't be in much of a hurry."

He stood up and walked out of the room, and I looked back at Tyler.

He grinned at me. "So who was that?"

I nodded. "That's my Uncle Eric.. I live with him. Both of my parents passed away so..."

Tyler nodded slowly. "I'm sorry. I live with my dads."

I blinked, not sure if I'd heard him correctly. "Dad or dads?" I asked.

"My biological parents put me up for adoption, and my adopted dad is gay, so yeah, my dads." He laughed. "I'm uh.. I am too."

"Really?" I said, maybe a little too quickly. "That's awesome, so am I!"

He laughed quietly, and smiled. "I kinda guessed. I don't know, I mean, I just can tell. Y'know, when someone is?" He shrugged. "So do you have a boyfriend?" I could tell he was a bit more nervous than he had been before.

I shrugged and shook my head. "No... there's this guy but he kinda hates me because I am..."

"That kinda sucks..." Tyler frowned. "My last boyfriend cheated on me with a girl, so.. I've been single since May. We'd been dating for seven months."

"I'm sorry.." I frowned and he shrugged. "It's no big deal." He shot me a smile. "Hey, I've gotta go, but uh... do you wanna hang out sometime?"

I smiled and nodded. "Sure. The park on Wednesday?"

"Sounds good. Four o'clock?" He stood up, and as I nodded again, he shot me a thumbs up. "See you then." He placed a hand on my arm for a second, and then left the room.

I closed my eyes and after a few moments, I was grateful to be asleep.

Next Update: Nov/17. Thanks for reading