Kiss with a Fist DM x JD
High school AU request for csenge_murillo – TW violence and swearing
Danny p.o.v
I wish Jay was here. Then again I don't think he would like it if he did go here. I have been bullied by one of his so called friends since I started here a year ago and I've never told my boyfriend about it. Aron would instantly deny it and even though Jorel loves me, Aron is a very close friend of his and I don't want to be the reason they fall apart even if I should tell him because he shouldn't be friends with someone who abuses his own boyfriend every day. Maybe I should rewind on my story a little bit because that was a whole lot of information with very little context. My name is Danny Murillo, I am a sophomore in high school. I am 15 years old and have known I am gay since I was about 10 but very few people know about it.
I met my boyfriend Jorel Decker through our mutual friend Jordon Terrel. Jordon is the same age as me, our birthdays apart by 2 months and a handful of days. Jorel on the other hand is around a year and 6 months older than me. Both our families are supportive of our relationship and don't mind the small age gap. After a while of getting to know them I met the rest of the group, Dylan Alvarez who is a year younger, Matthew Busek who is 3 years older than me and George Ragan who is 4 years older and not long left high school himself. Then there was Aron Erlichman who is 2 years older than me. No matter how nice I have been or how quiet I have been Aron has always had a jealousy issue with me. George said it was because he wanted to tell Jorel he had a crush on him, but Jorel never felt the same.
Jorel and I started dating 6 months after we met, and we just felt natural like it was meant to be like this. The guys excluding Aron obviously were supportive of us. George had come up to me and said that he already knew from the way that we looked at each other. George also told me to do my best to ignore Aron and that his approval didn't really matter in the grand scheme of things because no matter what happened we were going to be allowed to stay together. I try my best every day, but he still finds his way to get to me. I'm only in a handful of classes with Jordon and none with Dylan and sometimes Aron will get to me before we find each other during lunch or recess. He only recently in the last week or two started beating me up, which has been easier to hide than I first thought.
"Are you okay Danny? You've barely eaten anything," Jordon asks me. We were in the cafeteria and Aron had finished his round of beatings just about ten minutes ago mainly aiming for my stomach, so food did not seem appetizing at all. "Yeah, think I am coming down with a stomach bug or something," I tell him. I could feel the heat of Aron's glare on me as Jordon asked the question and I had to think on my feet of the answer. He looked concerned and Dylan had finally found our table and was looking quite confused. "What's going on?" Dylan asks, and I pushed my food towards him. Knowing his appetite he would eat my food as well as his own. "Danny's not feeling too well. I might give Jay a heads up so he can come get him at home time," Jordon says.
"Maybe Danny should just go home now and rest if he's not feeling well," Dylan says, and I look down at my feet. I don't think I am feeling that awful right now, I am struggling with Aron's glare as any mention of Jorel is making him jealous which is pathetic in my opinion. "No I think I'll be okay. We just have two more lessons. No need to freak anyone out. My mom won't be home till later anyway and I told her I forgot my house keys this morning," I tell him. It was true, with Aron sending me nasty texts this morning I had genuinely forgotten my keys so I couldn't get in until mom was home. She did suggest I go to Jorel's house after school because she might be working late, but I said I would think about it because Jorel might be busy.
"If you are sure Danny, just give me a heads up if you start feeling any worse. We have the next two lessons together," Jordon says, and I nod. Dylan had finished his food and was just looking at mine. He was hoping that I would feel well enough to eat it and would feel bad if he ate it and I was suddenly hungry again or something. I know Dylan so well that he wouldn't have needed to tell me that. "Just eat it Dyl, if I ate that I would be send home sick," I tell him. A minor exaggeration, but I didn't want it to become true if I actually tried it. My stomach still hurts, and I do feel quite nauseous if I was being totally honest with myself. Dylan eventually caved and ate my food and I smiled. It wasn't going to waste which is what I worried about a little bit.
Jay: Hey baby, Jordon told me you don't feel good?
Me: Hey babe, no just starting to get a little bit of a stomach bug, nothing major though
Jay: Aw bless, I'll come pick you up when school is over
Me: Okay, I don't have my house keys, so I'd have to stay at yours till my mom is back
Jay: That's fine, your mom knows I will look after you
Me: Yeah she suggested I go to yours when I said I left my keys
Jay: Your mom is quite sensible. I'll get some plain crackers and Gatorade or something if you feel like eating later too
Me: You're just happy she loves you like another son and is happy you're my boyfriend. I'll see how I feel later on because right now the thought of food makes me want to throw up
Jay: Aw :( well not too much longer to suffer through high school today
Me: Yeah I'll see you later 3
Jay: See you later baby 3
"I bet Jay is going to take the best care of you," Jordon says. I had told him a little bit about our text conversation. He has his learners permit and George said he would teach him how to drive until he could pass his test as George was already quite the confident driver at this point. "Well yeah, he's already planning on buying some crackers and Gatorade. It's just sometimes I feel like he worries about me a little too much," I tell him. We were walking to our lesson together now; Dylan and Aron had gone their separate ways and Matt was off sick today as well, so we hadn't seen him all day. "You know that's because he cares about you an awful lot, he loves you and will do anything to see you happy and healthy," Jordon says.
I know that and it was one of the things that made me feel awful that I had not told him about Aron bullying me yet. I know his friends, the ones he wants to call his Nine Lives gang are starting to copy him, but they are easier to avoid most of the time. It is only because we hang around Aron so much he is a lot harder to ignore. "Yeah I know, I just don't like worrying people. I think I've told my mom about fifteen times today that I am fine when I am not really. I know she can't get the time off work to look after me, so I just say nothing," I tell him. My father left when I was a baby and mom had been raising me by herself ever since working very hard to get us the apartment we have now, and the bills covered every month which in Los Angeles is never going to be cheap.
"You should probably tell her when you get home. Moms have that crazy level of instinct that she probably already knows that you don't feel well even without you specifically saying so in a text," he tells me. He is already right; I can see it now when I get home. She would tell me that I could have told her I wasn't feeling well, and she would have taken me home, let me in and made sure I had everything I could need either in my room or the living room and then have gone back to work and stayed behind another half an hour if necessary. She says her new manager has kids of his own, so he might be more understanding to the fact that kids get sick, and she is on her own with me. It is not like my father would suddenly make an appearance.
"Yeah and I'd get that speech of how she'd ask her new manager for half an hour to come get me, take me home and make sure I had whatever I needed and then gone back to work and stayed behind an extra half an hour or so if necessary, but I don't feel that ill right now," I tell him as we reach our class. Somehow we had managed to be around 3 or 4 minutes early to the lesson and there were only a couple of other kids waiting. The rest would be rushing here by the time the bell goes to signal the lesson starting. "Well just let me know if you feel any worse," Jordon says, and I nod in agreement. I know I can talk to him about anything but I just going to push through like I usually do. It is how I have survived up until this point in my life.
We get through the lesson okay. The teacher was definitely concerned, and I did have moments where the nausea was stronger than it had been. I had excused myself to the bathroom once and noticed I have a dark purple bruise forming on my stomach, which was causing a bit of pain but once again I put my poker face on. I was not about to let Aron have the satisfaction that he had succeeded more than he had already. He knew that the nausea and things I was going through was because of him. I didn't want him to have anything else. The walk to the last lesson almost felt like torture as I got hit by the strongest wave of nausea yet, but once again I pushed through and tried not to alarm Jordon any further. I am sure he has Jorel on speed dial.
The last lesson felt like torture again, but I was grateful that I had managed to make it through without incident. Jay was waiting with George in the car park as we left the building. I never felt happier to see them in my life. Jay gave me the gentlest hug possible while George stood on like a guard dog, I think he has a slight idea of what was going on between Aron and I but never once mentioned it. I didn't want the conflict with the group I knew it was going to cause. "Right let's get you back to mine for a bit and then to yours when your mom is home," Jay says, and I nod. I got into the back and Jorel carefully drove us home. I have to admit I admire his growing confidence when it comes to getting behind the wheel. Jordon and Dylan were going to be playing basketball somewhere tonight, so I didn't need to worry about leaving them without saying goodbye.
George didn't stay for very long once we had gotten back to Jay's house. He had a girl called Asia he was going on a date with, and he didn't want to be late. He knew I was going to be in good hands with Jay and my mom was going to pick me up on her way home. "Let's go lay down for a bit baby. You look quite pale," Jorel tells me. I don't argue with him, and we get to his room and lay down on his bed. I was resting my head on his chest whilst he was drawing soothing circles into my back. I was carefully laying on my side, hoping that my shirt won't ride up and expose the bruising on my stomach. There is going to be a time and a place where I can tell him about what was going on, but it is not today and certainly not right now.
"You look very comfortable there baby," Jay says, it must have been an hour or so and I was quietly dozing off snuggled into Jorel. He just knew what worked to make me really relaxed and I was more than happy to let him just work his magic. "I'm always comfortable when I am with you," I tell him. It was always true, whenever I was with Jorel all my worries melted away and I could just enjoy every second of the time I spent with him. I always looked forward to the time I could spend with Jay and the rare occasions where it was just the two of us like right now was the perfect moment. "That's good my love, that's all I want," he tells me. I smile, he just makes me so happy, and I hope that I make him feel the same way when we are together.
Mom came at around 5 pm and I had managed to keep some Gatorade down, but I wasn't really that interested in eating anything. I kiss Jay before I leave telling him that I will text him later if I wasn't sleeping. I felt quite tired, I hadn't had a full nap whilst I was with Jay, but I came close to it a couple of times. "You're not feeling too well are you sweetheart?" Mom asks me when I get into the car. I knew that she would have already known just by looking at me. There would absolutely no point in trying to deny it to her at this point either. "Yeah I think it might be a little stomach bug, I was started to feel nauseous at lunch time, but nothing really happened," I tell her. She didn't know about the bullying either, but her motherly intuition would be telling her something else was going on.
"Have you eaten anything since breakfast then?" she asks, and I shake my head. I had struggled a little with eating breakfast this morning but that was more down to the fact that I had a bit of anxiety about today and what Aron was going to plan to do to me apart from anything else. "Well, I have some chicken noodle soup in the cupboards I'll heat up for you. I know it doesn't sound appetizing but please try and eat some of it," she tells me, and I nod. I had the bottle of Gatorade I was about halfway through as well. I could probably manage some chicken noodle soup. I am starting to get a little bit hungry now and the pain had calmed down quite a bit by this point. "I will Mom, Jorel bought some plain crackers and the Gatorade while I was in school to try and help a bit," I tell her, and she smiles.
"I'm impressed he knows how to take care of my baby well. You're definitely going to last a while I can see it," she tells me. In that moment I just wanted to hide in embarrassment honestly. I know she is teasing me to an extent but she's also happy that I have someone like Jorel who just knows how to treat me right. We get home and I go to the bathroom whilst Mom makes herself busy in the kitchen making us both dinner. She must be hungry as well; she doesn't get a lot of time in her workday to eat. After I finished in the bathroom I curled up on the couch and just watched some television. I don't' have any homework to do tonight, so that was one less thing to worry about. Aron was doing his usual nightly shitty text messages, but as always I ignored them. He wasn't going to get to me tonight.
Mom called me for dinner, and I did my best to eat as much as I could, and I think I made it about ¾ of the way through the bowl before my stomach really started to hurt and I knew I couldn't eat it anymore. I cleaned up all of the dishes and went into my room to relax and hope that I could keep all my food down. I told Jorel and Jordon that I had managed to eat most of a bowl of chicken noodle soup, and they were pretty happy with my progress. Jorel told me he loves me and that I should just rest and hopefully I will be feeling better by the morning. I am hoping I will be feeling better by tomorrow morning, I know Mom would keep me off school and Aron would just bully me extra hard when I went back the following day or the day after.
He would probably make it worse and accuse me of trying to pull a fast one on him in order to escape the cruelty. It was the kind of thing I have come to expect from him at this point. There is no level that he wouldn't stoop to in order to make my life misery. I just wish I could have the courage to go up to Jorel and be like "Hey, Aron has been bullying me for the last year because he is jealous of us being together and I don't want to break up with you because I love you, but something needs to happen because I'm falling apart." I don't think it would quite come out like that, though some days I really do feel like I am close to breaking.
There is only so much bullying a person can handle and I feel like I am coming up to past that point now. I was lying down on my bed, holding my stomach and just closed my eyes for a second. Mom walked in and sat down on the edge of the bed and started playing with my hair. "Poor buddy, being sick isn't fun," she says, and I felt myself relaxing under her touch. I think she thought that I was on my way to being asleep. I don't mind because I'd happily fall asleep right now if it wasn't for how unsettled my stomach felt. I bet she suspects something else is going on but for now I am just dozing off to the comfort my mom is giving me. I probably should have gotten changed first, but I will wake up at 3 am and change I am sure.
3 months later – Jorel's p.o.v
"Where's Danny, shouldn't he be here by now?" George asks me, we were waiting in the skatepark for our friends to meet up. Jordon wasn't here yet either, but Dylan was and said he hasn't seen either of them since lunch time. Aron was here smirking in the corner, and I didn't like it. I have started distancing myself from Aron since I saw him bully Danny a couple of weeks ago. It has clearly been going on for longer than I was aware of, but Danny is the type who wouldn't bring it up because he'd be too worried about it and that I have known Aron for longer even though I would take Danny's side in a heartbeat. Aron is an asshole to anyone he is jealous of, and Danny has my attention and my romantic affections which is something Aron will never have.
"Yeah and so should Jordon. I'll give it a minute or so then give them a call," I tell George. I was keeping the poker face of cool, calm, and collected when inside I was shitting myself. If Aron has done anything to hurt my love and one of my best friends there would be hell to pay for sure. "Maybe their teacher held the class back? I'm sorry I'm not being helpful, but I really haven't seen them since lunch time," Dylan says, and I walk over and put my hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry about it Dylan, that is still helpful because we know where they last were," George says. Just as I was about to say something to show that I agreed my phone starts ringing loudly in my pocket. I pull my phone out and Jordon's name was flashing as the caller ID.
Me: Hey Jord, where are you guys?
Jord: Hey, sorry I didn't call sooner. I'm in the ER with Dan
Me: Shit, you two okay?
Jord: I'm fine, Danny on the other hand is waiting to go in for surgery. He got stabbed but he's shut down to anyone asking him questions other than like does this hurt?
Me: Fuck, I will come down with the others as soon as
Jord: Okay, Dan might be in surgery by then, but I'll keep you updated.
Me: Thanks Jord
Jord: You're welcome Jay. Yeah Dan Jay's on the phone wanna say hi?
Dan: Hey
Me: Hey baby, I heard what happened. I'll be on my way soon okay
Dan: Aron jumped me with Truth when I went to the bathroom. I couldn't do anything
Me: Hey it's not your fault, thanks for telling me though. I am gonna hang up now, but I will see you when surgery is done
Dan: Okay, I love you
Me: Love you too
I looked at Aron with pure rage in my eyes. Dylan looked surprised and so did George. They didn't hear the conversation that I had with Danny apart from my end. Aron's smirk dropped right off his pathetic face. "You make me sick Aron. First I see you BULLY MY BOYFRIEND and now I hear YOU FUCKING STABBED HIM?" I shout, and I could see the pure shock in George and Dylan's faces. Matt ran in halfway through clearly out of breath but just as shocked to hear the last part. I walk over to Aron and punch him hard in the face. I don't care that I get arrested for it as long as he goes down for what he did. I was breathing hard with rage and Aron didn't dare punch me back. He just lay on the floor holding his cheek.
"You're pathetic Aron, I want nothing to do with you anymore. It's one thing to be jealous of someone but a whole different ball game to be bullying them and assaulting them," George says, and I was glad I had someone else on my side. Matt and Dylan were also on my side. I heard Dylan filling it Matt on what he missed. I could hear the shock followed by the anger. My mind wandered to Danny's mom, I am sure the hospital would have phoned by now, she would have had to given her consent to surgery and stuff. "Go and hang out with your sicko friends in jail. I don't want to ever see you again," Dylan says. George had his hand on my shoulder. I look at him, and I take a deep breath. I think we have said all that we need to about this.
Dylan, Matthew, George, and I walk to George's car. We didn't want Aron to follow us, and I just wanted to be with Jordon and Danny. My phone was ringing again, and it was Danny's mom. I had given her my number after I had taken care of Danny not even three months ago when he was sick. I did see a dark sort of bruise on his stomach when he shifted while he was laying on my bed with me, but I didn't ask about it. Maybe it was a mixture of the stomach bug and another Aron attack. I don't know how long the bullying has been going on for but at least maybe three months. "I'd answer his mom even though you aren't at the hospital yet. You can reassure her you will get updates for her if she can't get there yet," George tells me.
Me: Hey Margo
Margo: Hey Jay, the hospital phoned me to tell me what happened, but I can't get out of work for another hour
Me: I spoke to Danny maybe ten or fifteen minutes ago. He wasn't saying much to doctors but he told me what happened. He's probably in surgery now but I will text you anything I can find out.
Margo: Thank you, now don't go beating yourself up over this. I know my baby and he wouldn't have said anything not even to me
Me: Yeah he did tell me who did it and we're all pretty angry with that person because we thought he was our friend
Margo: This Aron bloke right? Danny never said much about him to me, but my mom instincts said there was something not right
Me: Yeah, turns out Aron was pretty jealous of Danny. We're not going to be friends anymore though. I wish I would have seen it sooner
Margo: Hindsight is a wonderful thing, yet I don't think we could grow as people if we had it. He was nice to you and didn't do anything around you to make you think he was anything other than nice. Listen I have to get back to work now, just keep me updated if you can please
Me: Of course I can
"I want to meet Danny's mom, she seems very wise," Matt says, as I hang up. I kept the phone on speaker. I don't know why it just felt easier than explaining what we said as we were just pulling into the hospital car park. "She is very wise, and kind too. You can definitely tell where Danny gets it from," I tell him. Jordon was waiting outside, so Danny must have been taken into surgery then. Jordon hugs me as tight as he could when he saw me, and I just held him back. It must have been hard for him to have found Danny in the state he must have been in. We walk in and Jordon tells the nurse that Danny's partner and other friends have arrived. "Wasn't Aron with you when I phoned? How did that go down?" Jordon asks me, we were sitting in the waiting room while the others wanted to wait in the cafeteria. Dylan was hungry again.
"Not my proudest moment I will say. I saw Aron bully Danny a few weeks ago, and three months ago when he was sick I saw what kind of looked like a bruise on his stomach and everything kinda went click in my brain when Danny said Aron stabbed him and I was so angry," I tell him. The police were nearby but they were also on the hunt for Aron, Jordon had told them off Danny's conversation with me on the phone and I would back him up if necessary. "You didn't, did you?" Jordon asks and mimics a punch. I look towards where the police officer was and saw he wasn't looking, and I nodded. I mean I will happily take the fall if Aron did say I punched him, because I did and I was fuming at the time. I am still angry now I am thinking about it.
"I was really angry when everything clicked into place. How could I let someone who I considered a friend hurt the love of my life over and over again?" I ask him. He puts his arm around me, everyone will tell me to stop beating myself up mentally over it, but I can't help it. I feel like there was more I could have done to have prevented it. "Well, Danny told me after you hung up he never said because he didn't want to ruin the friendship we all had with Aron because we've all known Aron for longer. He thought Aron would have tried lying his way out of it and we would have believed it," Jordon explains, and it makes sense. Aron has done that before with Jeff, then they had a big argument and Jeff left saying he hated Aron with his guts.
"Yeah his mom said that he didn't even tell her that he was being bullied by Aron. She only found out today like the rest of us did. Her mom instincts didn't like him, but Danny never really spoke about Aron to anyone," I tell him. Mother have some mystical powers, I swear. Even my mom said something today about being careful she sensed something wasn't right. I quickly texted her and let her know what had happened and that I was going to spend as much time as the hospital, Danny and his mother would allow me by his side. She texted me back hoping that Danny will be fine and that if we both needed anything even his mother to just let her know and she was going to do her best. I'm going to tell Margo that when I see her. It would be good for our moms to finally meet.
After what seemed like forever they came asking for us. Danny was out of surgery and just coming round. He needed a blood transfusion, but he was going to be just fine. He has stitches in his abdomen on the left hand side right under his ribcage and I was to be careful with him, but Jordon and I were allowed to see him. I texted his mom the information as we walked as Jordon phoned George to say we were on our way to see Danny on the ward and that only two were allowed at a time for now. I was getting nervous to see him, but the doctor had reassured us that because Jordon found him so quickly and help was there quickly that everything was going to be fine. "I will wait outside so the others know which room he is in," Jordon says.
That was his way of saying to me that he was going to let me have some alone time with my boyfriend before the others get here. I walked in, and Danny was laying down in the bed with the IV drip going into one hand and hooked up to some monitors. He was awake, just about. I could see how the anesthetic hadn't quite worn off yet. "Hey baby, I'm here just like I said I would be," I tell him. I saw his eyes light up when he recognized me. I held his hand and he squeezed it back tightly. I kissed him on the lips, and he kissed back, though we were careful that he didn't move too much because of the injury or any pain he would be in. "Hey Jay, I'm sorry it ruined today," He tells me, and I shush him. Always the apologetic one.
"No it didn't ruin today and if anything I should be sorry I didn't notice sooner. I saw him bullying you a couple of weeks ago and I knew you wouldn't say anything happened if I asked so I didn't say anything," I tell him. He seemed shocked at my revelation, but there was going to be more to come because I will be telling him Aron was no longer welcome and I had punched him in the face for what he had done. I sit in the chair next to his bed and rubbed his hand. "I wouldn't have said anything, Aron said that he would make it worse if I told and he would make you all not believe me," he tells me. I figured as much, he's done to it Jeff before, and Jeff only told me either yesterday or the day before. I am glad we are done with that slimy scumbag.
"I know, you never wanted to be the center of attention or for there to be a big fight. Once the call ended earlier I was so angry he hurt you and he had been smirking the whole time I may have punched him in the face after denouncing him and saying I never want to see him again. I never saw him more than a friend and now he's just a pathetic, jealous, waste of space," I tell him. Danny was shocked and in a little bit of awe that I went that far. It was about time I did something about everything going on and now we can all move on and be happier. Danny can live without the fear of Aron ever hurting him again and Aron will be rightfully punished. "You really did that, wow you must have been really angry," Danny says. He was still in awe.
"Of course I did. I was angry that he ever laid his hands on you like that and that he ever made you cry, scared, anxious or hurt. I was angry that he kept threatening you and that he tried to force us apart because he wanted to be with me when I never loved him. The only one I love and need in my life like that is you," I tell him. He smiles, and I smile back. God I love the way he smiles at me, especially when he is talking about how much he loves me. George walked in while I was talking, and he had a big smile on his face. He's a sucker for all the lovey dovey talk that goes on but will deny it over and over if you asked about it. "How are you feeling Dan?" he asks, and Danny looks down at his abdomen and shrugged. He's still under some pretty hefty drugs I reckon.
"Well I was told they gave me morphine and ya know general anesthetic hasn't quite worn off yet, so currently not much," Danny says, and we chuckle. At least he is comfortable even if he is a little bit loopy. They will make sure that he is comfortable while he is in here. I haven't asked when he can leave the hospital, but I am sure it will be a day or two at least. "Well, that's good at least. Aron and Truth have been arrested. Don't worry Jay you're not in trouble for the punch. Truth said he did it because he didn't sign up for someone to be stabbed," George says, and I give him the eyebrow raise. I really don't believe that happened for one second. Even Danny seemed skeptical of what George was saying, but happy Aron has been arrested for what he did.
"At least they both will get what they deserve. It was kinda hazy after Aron stabbed me, but I felt like Truth wasn't told what was going on fully except he was to jump me," Danny says. I can believe that it would have been hazy after it happened. You go from your normal day to being in a shit ton of pain. I also do believe to a certain extent that Aron would have manipulated his way into telling people anything to get them to do what he wants. He would have made up some extravagant story to get Truth on his side, something easily believable too. "Yeah, that makes sense, he would have lied about something," I tell him.
I told Danny I would be back and let one of the others come talk with him for a bit. His mom had just gotten off work, she was going to get some overnight stuff for the three of us and then meet me in the cafeteria because I was hungry. I haven't eaten since lunch time, and I am certain everyone else, but Danny has by now. I didn't feel so hungry whilst I was waiting for the news. I had just chosen a sandwich and some chips and Pepsi. Margo joined me when I had just finished my chips. "Hey Jay, the others with Dan?" she asks, and I nod. I was starting to get emotional, and I wasn't sure why. Well actually I knew perfectly why all the emotions from the day were suddenly hitting me now. I was bottling them since the phone call.
Margo shuffled up one seat and hugged me. I didn't cry, but I was getting very close to it. I didn't really feel comfortable sobbing my eyes out in the hospital when Danny is actually fine. Well, not one hundred percent fine, but he isn't dying in the next 24 hours. "It's alright Jorel, it's been one hell of a day. I cried in the car on the way home before you texted me saying he was out of surgery. My momma heart has never been so afraid," she tells me. I can sort of understand where she is coming from. To have the hospital phone you and tell you your son was stabbed in school must have been the most frightening phone call she's ever received. "Yeah when Jordon told me I was terrified. I don't want to lose him ya know? Then when I found out who did it the fear turned to pure rage," I tell her.
I told her about how I had confronted Aron and how I saw him bully Danny but was too afraid it would be worse if I said anything. She was shocked, but happy that we are sticking by her sons side and that he was going to be well looked after by the 5 of us when he is out of hospital and when she is in work. I don't go to high school, so I'll be by his side pretty much all day every day until he tells me otherwise. "I think it made the news. You left quite the shiner on his face and rightfully so, but please don't do something like that again," she tells me. As she says that George sends me a text with a link to a news article about two 17 year old boys been arrested for stabbing a 15 year old in school and his mugshot has a bruise right where I punched him.
"I didn't think I hit him that hard, but don't worry I will never be doing something like this ever again. Being away from Danny won't be worth it," I tell her. She smiles, and I throw my trash into the trash can. We walk back to the ward together and Matthew and Dylan were standing outside. We introduced Danny's mom to them, and they said hi then told me they were going home for the night, and they will come back after school tomorrow. That means Jordon and George are inside with Danny. We say our goodbyes to Matt and Dylan, and they tell Margo that it was nice meeting her. I think it will be nice now that she knows some of Danny's new friends and how we're stepping up from now on. I knock on the door, and Jordon comes to answer it.
"Hey, Danny's mom is here," I tell Jordon, and he smiles. He steps out and introduces himself to Margo, who introduces herself to him. Then Jordon says that he is going to stay out here with me so that he can let Danny see his mom because even though he has enjoyed our company he was probably really desperate to see his mom. "His mom is really nice, it would be nice to get to know her some more," Jordon says as we wait outside the room. I nod, there is something I have been meaning to do since I got to know her before I asked Danny out for the first time. "Yeah she is amazing, it's only her and Danny at home so I was thinking about getting her something to be like we appreciate what you do," I tell him, and his eyes light up with an idea.
"Maybe we can find out what her favorite flowers are for a start and then have like her favorite fast food place delivered one night so she doesn't have to cook," Jordon says, and I nod. That is a good idea, and I am sure Danny would agree with me and be able to help us out with that. It won't be any time soon, because the main priority right now is to make sure Danny gets out of hospital and on the road to full recovery okay. "Yeah that would be good, lets get something figured out in the next few weeks," I tell him. After I say that, George comes out of the room. I didn't even realize the time and it is getting quite late now. "I figured Jordon and I should get going, Danny's asking for you anyway. He's seen the photo of Aron," George says.
"Yeah I figured he would have seen that by now. I'll let you know tomorrow what the game plan is and if we'll still be here by home time," I tell him, and we say our goodbyes. I walk into the room, and Danny's mom chuckles when she saw his eyes lighting up again. "Honestly Danny I was just getting some food, then figured you wanted some alone time with mom," I tell him, and I shake my head. While I am doing this I am smiling. He knew I was only messing with him, and I am happy that he is happier to see me. "Yeah, but I missed you," he tells me. His mom was sitting in the chair, so I carefully sat on the edge of the bed. He will want me to lay down with him at some point, but I am not comfortable quite yet. I don't want to hurt him intentionally or otherwise.
I hold his hand for now. I could see how tired he was, George said he was forcing himself to stay awake even though he had been told a few times that he had just had emergency major surgery and he was more than welcome to sleep the anesthetic was calling him back to. "Why don't you go to sleep darling? We will both be here in the morning," his mom says. They were giving us things to make the two chairs in the room beds for overnight at least. I told his mom I would take the least comfortable, and also Danny might need her during the night. I am always willing to be by his side if he needs me but sometimes you just need your mom a little more. It didn't take Danny long to fall asleep after we both kissed him goodnight.
"Bless him, he's going to be just fine though," his mom says. We made the beds and I settled down. I know he is going to be fine, I even had to tell Jordon again through text that he was going to be fine. I let Jordon know that if he needed to talk to me at all about what he saw and wanted someone to vent to that I was always going to be there. It's not just Danny who's been affected by it, it is just some are on different levels to others. I can just imagine what Aron is going through right now, the officers had spoken to Danny and his mom and there are definitely going to be pressing charges. I think that he had that air of arrogance around him that he was untouchable. That is all going to change now, I think he's almost old enough to be in the adult justice system too.
"Yeah, I dunno I have thought about it a lot this evening. I didn't know for sure if Danny was going to be someone I was going to end up marrying one day but today made up my mind. When I was on the phone with Jordon and I faced the thought that I was going to lose him I knew from then I was never going to be complete without him," I tell her. I'm sure she would understand where I was coming from, after all we are both young and this is our first serious relationship. I had dated a girl before Danny, but it never went past maybe like a month or something. I didn't ask Danny if he had been in any previous relationships, but it didn't seem like it. I have been taking things nice and slow, following his lead for the most part though I have initiated some kisses.
"You two will be great husbands and you will always have my blessing for it. I have watched the love grow between you and today has been one of those days where I do see you growing old together finding somewhere nice to retire after a long successful music career or something," she tells me. At least I know I will never need to ask for her blessing when the time comes. One day I WILL walk Danny down the aisle, and it is going to be the best day of our lives. It will be a long way off yet, like Margo said we need music careers first. Now that Aron is out of the picture I can finally have the band that I have dreamed of with the guys. Matt on drums and screaming, the rest of us can play guitar fairly well and we can sing/rap to a decent level.
"Yeah maybe, gotta get the band started first. We were in the middle of making one with Aron and Danny but now I think we should just continue without Aron," I tell her. It was just nice having this kind of talk with her, at least she knows sort of which direction things will be going in from now on. We will wait until Danny is fully recovered before any permanent decisions are made. For now I am going to bed well to sleep on this chair in the hospital knowing that Danny is safe and on the road to recovery and everything will be just fine. His mom was wide awake, but I think she wanted to stay up a little longer to reassure herself. I was just way too tired to try and make myself stay awake longer. His vitals are stable, and he isn't in any pain.
And that is the end of another one shot and possibly my second story upload this week? I blame the fact that I got rona in work and have been isolating since Sunday. I've got very mild symptoms like Danny so it's not been that bad.
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