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"The nurse called down to the operating room, at this moment Cody is not in any distress, there is nothing to report" Moesby announced returning to the room.
"That can't be right, I can sense Cody is in pain, he's in trouble" Zack protested, he didn't know why he felt like there was something wrong if there was actually nothing wrong with Cody, other than that he was in surgery of course.
"Well the doctors say he's doing as well as can be expected, he's very weak" Moesby tried to reassure Zack but all his words succeeded in doing was confusing Zack more.
"Zack you've just come out of major surgery, you're very weak, you could have died, are you sure your feeling this correctly?" Carey pressed, hoping that he could admit he wasn't right and relieve some of her apprehension about Cody's condition.
"NO MOM, I'm sure, I can feel distress and I can feel weakness, Cody is in trouble and he needs me, I've got to go and see him, he needs me" Zack was obsessive, he was convinced something was wrong and that he had to do something about it
"No Zack, you've got to stay here, you're too weak, and so you can't leave the bed" Carey said firmly and Kurt nodded in agreement, but Zack was still defiant.
"Don't you care that Cody is in trouble" Zack persisted. Kurt and Carey didn't want to tell Zack what had happened during the surgeries, that Cody hard nearly died, that he had nearly died or indeed tell him that Maddie had died. Carey was beginning to think that being frank with Zack was the best policy, but he had just woken up and was still woozy from the drugs and since it was midnight she wanted him to sleep.
"Zack, please, just try as get some sleep, if the doctors tell us anything about Cody we'll wake you" Carey pleaded with her son
"How could I possibly sleep when I know my brother needs me, don't you care about him, why can't I see him" Zack was continuing to be defiant
"Of course I care Zack" Carey responded slightly offended by Zack's remarks. By this point a nurse had noticed all the commotion come from Zack's bedside and come to investigate
"Please Zack, keep calm, I've spoken to the operating room downstairs and they assure me that the surgery is going just as they expected, Cody is pushing through" The nurse tried to calm Zack.
"I'm sorry, but I have a connection with my brother and I can tell there is something wrong" Zack defiantly responded.
"I promise, if there was something wrong with Cody they would have told us. You need to rest Zack, I'll give you something to help you calm down" The nurse responded before going to a drawer and getting out a syringe of sedatives and injecting it through Zack's IV tube.
"Please...I know something is wrong with...with...C..Cody" Zack tried to say as the sedatives acted quickly and he lay backwards onto his pillow.
"He should be able to sleep now, we'll continue to give you updates on Cody's situation, but it won't be til morning that he'll be out of surgery" The nurse said to Carey and Kurt receiving their thanks before leaving.
Carey watched Zack's tormented soul drift off into sleep, she was glad he was asleep but it tore her up inside that she wasn't able to calm him down.
Once Zack had drifted off to sleep Carey turned to Kurt and Moesby "Do you think Zack might be on to something?" She asked with a note of fear in her voice "Do you think there might be something wrong with Cody?" She finished
"I don't know" was Kurt's only response
"He could be feeling Maddie's death, or about Cody's scare before or his scare, or it could have been the drugs, there's no way to know" Moesby said trying to reassure Carey.
"I think Zack might be on to something, and Zack's asleep, I'm going to go back down to Cody. Kurt, Zack will be asleep until morning at least, its 1am and you spent last night on planes across the globe, you look like hell" Carey then said looking at Kurt
"Thanks" Kurt responded sarcastically
"My point is go back to the hotel and get some sleep" Carey summed up
"I'm not going if you're not" Kurt protested
"I slept last night a little at least, and I'm not leaving Cody. There's no need for both of us to be zombies tomorrow, so please Kurt, go back to the hotel I'll call you if anything changes" Carey said firmly and Kurt decided there was no point in arguing and so he departed the hospital room.
Carey began to gather her things to go down to Cody, she had packed a blanket from the hotel that morning since she had been planning to stay the night anyway and she figured she could rug up and watch Cody's operation. As Carey went to leave she noticed that Marion Moesby was still in the room, she had been so focused on Zack and Cody that she hadn't noticed him there.
"Marion, why are you still here? Go back to the hotel, they aren't your boys to be worried about" Carey said, not in a hurtful or angry fashion but in a stating the obvious way.
"I'm not leaving you alone Carey, if the boys' father will leave so quickly then I'll stay with you" Carey ignored the quip about Kurt's leaving; she knew that Moesby was in love with her, the last night had told her that.
"Look, Marion, let's go for a walk" She didn't want to have this conversation in the room with Zack, even if he was drugged out.
The two walked out onto a hospital balcony fifteen or so levels above the Manhattan streets, the lights in the buildings bright and the sound of cars below, this was of course the city that never sleeps. It was a warm summer's night and the sky was clear and full of beautiful stars and a glorious full moon.
"Ohhh, aren't they beautiful" Carey gasped as she saw the stars lighting up the night sky; they brought her a moment of joy in all the pain she was feeling inside.
"Not half as beautiful as you" Moesby responded romantically.
"Marion, look...about last night" Carey began before she was cut off
"Wasn't it amazing" Moesby cut in "I've wanted you for so long Carey" he kept on
"It was, but, I don't know if it can work between us. I don't know why you'd want me to be honest, with all the baggage I'll have with Zack and Cody" Carey said sadly
"We can get through it together, why else would I be here" Moesby responded with the same honesty he had always treated Carey with.
"I don't know Marion" Carey was unsure of the situation "I don't know how Zack and Cody would feel about us" Carey's concern was Moesby's greatest obstacle, he didn't know how they would take it, certainly now was not the time to be discussing such things. He decided to go past that point and continue speaking "It's hurt me so much Carey seeing you with other men this past year...seeing you with Kurt today as well, none of them love you as I do"
"I know Marion, I just don't know if I can love you, I don't know if I can love anyone at the moment, or if it's fair for me to love anyone now" Carey's eyes began to fill up with tears as she spoke her deepest heartfelt truth.
I thought I'd mix it up a little by putting in some relationship romantic drama/tension to bypass all the hospital drama that is still going on around them. Tell me what you think? Do you think Carey and Moesby should get together? Will they? Let me know. I got great reviews on my last chapter and thanks to everyone! I try to respond if I can, though last chapter I read them all on my IPod at uni so I couldn't but if you sign them and all that this time I'll definitely shoot you back a reply. I should get a few more updates in over Easter as I'm now on Mid-Semester break. Thanks Guys.