Im sorry this took a while to update but i've been ill and really busy all week so literally finished it, sent it to Em to check then uploaded :) so i have spent my saturday writing for you :) i hope you love me ;)
but anyway, this is a fluffy chapter, next chapter is really important and im gunna say it will be amazing because it will be written by Em :) enjoy this chapter anyway and please Review :)
The next day was as hectic as the last; they woke up together on the same chair they fell asleep in,
"Hey how are you feeling this morning?" Chris said as he stroked Darren's cheek
"A little better now you're here, I just wish Chuck would wake"
"He will, it's only a matter of time, now come on let's get some breakfast before we go speak to the nurse" Chris got off Darren's lap, stood up and started making his way towards the door.
When he turned around he nearly cried at the sight. Darren was hunched over Chuck's unmoving body, clenching the motionless hands in his own and placing a firm loving kiss to his older brother's head. Chris stood in the doorway of the hospital room and smiled at his boyfriend. He loved his brother so much and would do anything for him, Chris realized that Chuck was everything, Chuck was the person Darren went to if he needed something, they were closer than brothers, they were closer than blood, and they were one. They were each other's rocks if something was to happen, they helped one another get through the battles that life would throw at them, and they needed one another more than they knew. And now Chris had to be that for Darren, he had to be strong for the one he loved, to help him through this, make the pain go away. He could do that, he needed to do that, and he would always do that.
"Ch-ris, Chris!" Darren was suddenly right in front of Chris with his arms wrapped around the younger male's waist
"Oh sorry, I was thinking"
"About?"
"You, and Chuck, and how close you are"
"Hmm, yeah well, he's my brother and I love him, but I also love you, so let's go"
"Sure, I love you too"
They walked out of the room and went down to the hospital cafe. They ordered coffee and sandwiches and sat down at the table and chatted mindlessly about their lives, all the time they were there they always kept their hands entwined, it's like they needed the contact. When Chris looked down at his watch he noticed they had been sat there, talking to each other for three whole hours,
"Oh my god, babe, we have been here for three hours!" Chris exclaimed in shock as he looked back up at his boyfriend
"Shit! Seriously, we better get back up there; we need to talk to the nurse before my parents arrive"
"Oh yeah, your parents, do you want me to make myself scarce when your parents get here?"
"No, I need you here, I'm going to tell them about us and I don't care what they think, or what consequences come with it, I need them to know and understand, and I need you to be with me, they already know you and love you, this shouldn't change a thing"
Chris moved his hand to cup Darren's face "Of course I will be here, nothing will ever change that, believe me when I say you will never get rid of me, always and forever remember?"
"Always and forever" Darren replied as he leaned in and kissed Chris' lips.
When they pulled away they made their way upstairs to the nurses' station,
"Hi, can I speak with Nurse Mary please?" Darren said to the receptionist
"Yes, sure I will just go and get her" she replied as she disappeared behind a large brown oak door.
When she came back she was followed by a slightly older woman, maybe in her 50's, she had long brown hair put into a pony tail at the back of her head and had deep brown loving eyes, her fringe stopped just above her eyes and she gave off a nice vibe, a vibe that said she was someone you could trust, someone that you could talk too and she would be completely understanding.
"Darren, how are you holding up today hunnie?" she said as she approached the pair, she enveloped Darren in a tight hug
"I'm alright thanks; this is Chris, my boyfriend. How is he doing?"
"Hi Chris, and he's making good progress, his heart rate is good, his blood pressure is good, is brain waves are equal. He is pretty stable as it seems"
"That's good, when do you think he will wake up?"
"Honestly, I don't know, people can stay in comas for minutes, hours, weeks, months or even years, so at this point it is really impossible to tell, sorry, but with Chuck's progress, I would say that he has a good chance of waking up soon, but I'm not promising anything"
"I understand, I won't get my hopes up, but he's doing ok right?"
"He is doing fine"
"Thank you Mary, for everything, truly, thank you"
"No problem, it's my job, anything for you Hun, remember, I'm always here for you"
"Thank you, it's a bit awkward though"
"Darren, it's only awkward because I've seen you naked" Darren and Mary laughed at this statement and Chris stood there a bit shocked at the comment, what was going on?
"Well that wouldn't be my fault would it? It was mums choice." the pair laughed even harder at that comment but it just shocked Chris even more
"You mother always did make very good decisions."
"Yes she did, I'm glad she chose you, I honestly don't know what we would do without you"
"It's been a privilege to be your family nurse and to deliver both you and Chuck has been the highlight of my career" OH! So that's what she meant about seeing Darren naked! She delivered him!
"It's been a privilege to have you as our family nurse, we are truly honoured"
"Shut up Darren, don't make me cry!"
"Whatever Mary, I'm going to see my brother, 'cos he cares about me!"
"Yeah! Go see your brother!"
"I'm going!" Darren started to walk away, and then he turned back around laughing and ran up to Mary and wrapped his arms around her.
"But seriously Mary, thank you" Darren said between giggles
"No problem, now take your boyfriend and go and see your brother" she replied as she kissed him on the forehead and pushed his towards room 263, when they walked into the room, Chris was still laughing at the humility of the conversation at just happened
"What's so funny?" Darren asked as he turned to face Chris
"Nothing, just the relationship you and Mary share, it's just ridiculous"
"I know, but she's amazing, and she's always there"
"I understand, come on, let's sit"
They both made their way to the side of the bed and sat on a chair, Chris sat on Darren's lap as Darren took Chucks hand in his own, they both sat there not talking, just relishing in each other's body heat. It seemed like they had been sitting there for minutes until they both fell asleep, but the truth was, they had been sat like that for two hours and thirty four minutes until they both fell into a relaxed state of sleep.
They had been asleep for an hour and a half before they both woke up to someone shaking their shoulders, Darren hazily opened his eyes as Chris snuggled further into his shoulder, in front of him he saw his mum crouching down shaking his shoulder
"Hey, did you sleep well hunnie?" she asked as she placed a kiss on his forehead and brushed his curls out of the way
"Mmm" Darren murmured in reply
"I see Chris is finally here"
"Oh yeah" Darren tuned in and realized Chris was still in his lap snuggling his chest, Darren reached up and brushed the hair out of Chris' face "Babe wake up, my parents are here" Chris whined at the comment but still opened his eyes to meet Darren's, he smiled lovingly at his boyfriend. Darren's parents were standing in the room confused about what's going on "Mum, dad, this is Chris"
"Hunnie, we know who Chris is" Darren's mum said confused
"Mum, dad, this is Chris, my boyfriend" at that statement Darren's parents looked from one boy to another and smiles broke onto their faces
"I knew it Cerina! I told you" Darren's father said as he walked towards the boys and threw his arms around them
"I know Charles; I was the one that told you! I'm so happy" Darren's mother made exactly the same action and enveloped the boys in a tight hug.
Between the four arms wrapped around them, Darren and Chris had huge grins plastered on their faces
"What are you talking about? You knew it?" Chris laughed into Darren's chest
"Chris, I keep in regular contact with your mother and we have both noticed how your moods change when your around each other and when you're not, we kept tabs on the both of you and we noticed how both you boys acted in the two years you didn't see each other and then we noticed the change in mood when you arrived back in America, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure it out, we have known for months" Cerina giggled
"I didn't expect that, but I suppose this is a better reaction than we expected, but you guys are ok with it yeah?" Darren asked his parents
"Darren what have you always said?"You fall in love with a person not a gender?" Of course we are fine with it, we would never judge you, if your happy, we're happy, and we love Chris so of course we are fine with it" Charles said as he peeled himself off the two boys. They were all smiling huge grins for the rest of the afternoon as they all sat around Chucks bed chatting. Chris never removed himself from Darren's lap.
When it came to 8:00pm they all decided they were hungry so Darren's father went out and bought takeout, when they had finished they got rid of the empty Chinese cartons and continued their conversation.
It came to 10:30 and they were all in the same positions. Darren was sitting on a hospital chair with his hand in his elder brothers motionless palm. Chris was still sat on his lap and Darren had his spare arm around Chris' waist keeping him where he was so he couldn't move. Darren's parents were sat on the opposite side of the hospital bed that Chuck was laying in,
"So how long are you both here for?" Darren's father asked the couple
"Well we didn't actually get returns. We got one way tickets as we didn't know how long we would be here, so I don't really know" Chris replied
"Yeah we only ordered one way tickets, I mean we will go back when we have to but I want to spend as much time here as I can because I want to be here for Chuck. Hey do you think we could stay at home for a bit if we get tired of this hospital?" Darren asked his parents
"Of course you can you know you are always wel-"
"OH MY GOD!" Darren exclaimed from where he was sitting
"Baby? What is it?" Chris asked, his parents and Chris were starting to get worried
"Chuck? Can you hear me? Squeeze my hand again if you can?"
"Wait, did you feel him?" His father asked keeping his eyes on their entwined hands as he saw Chuck clench his hands and squeeze Darren's palm as tightly as he could,
"Yes! And he did it again! Oh my god get Mary quick!" Darren said fighting through the tears that were pooling in his eyes. His mother rushed out to get Mary as they all kept looking at Chuck.
Suddenly out of nowhere, everyone heard a murmur and saw Chuck slowly open his eyes and squint at the bright light in the hospital room
"Dare? Darren?" Chuck whined
"Chuck, I'm here. Don't worry" Darren said as his tears started to fall and he clenched his hand even tighter onto his brothers. right at that moment his mother and Mary walked in,
"Oh my god Cerina, he's awake, our boys awake!" Charles said as Cerina ran over to him and burst into tears, everyone in the room was crying at the joyous news, even Chris and Mary didn't have dry eyes,
"Chuck, hi, nice to finally see you awake, how are you feeling?" Mary asked him as she moved closer to the bed
Chuck was feeling a bit more awake and aware of what was happening "I'm feeling alright, my chest hurts a bit and I figured I was unconscious for a bit and I'm in a hospital, also it's nice to see you too Mary."
"Yep, you're in the hospital, and your chest hurts because you broke three ribs, you also broke your arm but that's in a cast, and not only were you unconscious, you were in a coma for three days, but your vitals seem good and your eyes aren't dilated so you seem alright now." Mary said with a huge smile on her face
"Awesome, but that's not the thing that I'm worried about at the moment, Chris why are you sitting on my brothers lap? Darren did you finally get a bit of that fine man ass?"
"Chuck! Trust you to say that?" Darren replied softly hitting Chuck on the unbroken arm, Chris at this moment was hiding his laughter by nuzzling his head into Darren's chest, his parents and Mary were all in fits of laughter
"But did you? Are you finally together? Tell me you are? It's been torture watching the both of you for the past two years"
"Not you as well. Why didn't you all tell me you knew?" Darren asked
"So it's official, you are an item?" Chuck asked whilst looking at his brother, Darren started to giggle so Chuck got the picture "YES! You have seen the light! Finally!" he started to laugh, when the laughter died down he started again "But seriously, I'm happy for the both of you, you deserve each other"
"Thank you, its means a lot; you are the best brother I could ever think of having"
"No worries! Is Mary there? Any way I could get some pain relief, I feel like I have an elephant sitting on my chest and it's not as pleasant as it might seem."
"Sure, I will just go get something, it's good to see your okay hunnie" She kissed Chuck on the forehead and walked out of the room to get some pain relief for him.
The rest of the night and early hours of the morning were spent talking, laughing, crying and reminiscing. Things were perfect, they didn't have to hide their relationship from Darren's family, Darren's family accepted them and Chuck was awake. Nothing could ruin this. Right?
CHUCK'S AWAKE BITCHES! hehe hope you enjoyed this chapter, but as i said next one will be important so stay tuned, also i have no idea when it will be up as next week is CHRISTMASSS! heehee ;) sorry im excited :) anyway if you want to talk to us, or ask any questions or anything either PM me on here or message us on tumblr
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