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 Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 3:24 pm
Daren gasped when his stomach started heaving and he squeezed his eyes shut even tighter, feeling as if he was going to throw up. "A-Ar..ia." He moaned her name, grasping for her hand. He couldn't hear anything now, he didn't hear his name being called. He was too much into the pain. He grimaced, and his stomach heaved once more. His eye began throbbing even worse, and he had a headache. "Aria..Ar-.." He closed his eyes and before he could throw up, he fell into unconsciousness.
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Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 7:52 pm
The doctor called Daren's name and Aria answered for him.
"He's right here; I don't know what's wrong!" she semi screamed.
The doctor looked him over quickly and then asked a nurse and Aria to take him into room 4. They layed him on the bed and Aria sat in a chair on one side of it. The doctor immediately started directing the nurses to run tests. They started by putting him on an I.V and then proceeded to take the blood they drew to the lab.
The Doc then turned to Aria.
"What happened?"
"He, uh, got into a fight with my other friend."
"Did you see it?"
"I didn't see alot of it; I know he was kicked a few times though."
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 3:39 pm
Dante was in a sedated sleep. Memories flashed by as dreams. Memories of his childhood, his brother, and others that he didn't block out of his head. Dante began to rustle around in his bed. The medicine kept the pain away, but it didn't keep him sleeping for long. He slowly opened his eyes. Everything was hazy. The room looked foggy as he began to wake up. He laid there staring at the ceiling. The room smelled like a typical hospital. The sheets were crisp and starchy feeling. He felt something in his hand. It was soft. He moved his eyes to see that it was someone's hand. He didn't know who it was until his rolled his head over. It was Victoria. He smiled at her. "Hey." Dante said in a groggy voice. He looked at the clock. "How long have I been sleeping for?" He looked around the room. He had an iv in his arm with some sort of medicine attached to it.
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 6:42 pm
Victoria bit her lip when he began moving around on the bed, but didn't get her hopes up. He was just dreaming, he might not wake up for a long time, she told herself. Waiting, she noticed that his eyes were slowly opening. Excited now, she decided not to do anything stupid until he was fully awake. He needed time to wake up, he was badly hurt. "Dante?" She said his name, her hand shaking slightly in his. He didn't look at her for another couple of seconds, instead stared at the ceiling. Finally, he looked over at her and stared for a moment. He said her own name, and she grinned happily. She responded to his question quietly, trying not to startle him. "At least for a few hours." She waited to see what he would do next. She was so glad he was awake, she could scream. She could not lose her friend. She would not lose him.
Daren went in and out of unconsciousness, trying to remember what had happened, trying to see Aria's face in his mind. He was failing, seeing nothing. He groaned in his sleep. Somehow he could feel the pain through his dreams. Horrible, horrible things had happened to him. But what? Again, he couldn't remember and saw only black. He could only hear. It seemed like he was in a coma, but he wasn't. He could hear Aria's voice. But couldn't see her. She was telling the doctor what had happened to him, how badly he was hurt...finally it was quiet, and he strained to hear her voice again. Was she talking, or no? He couldn't tell.
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 6:53 pm
Dante slowly scooted up the bed. He sat straight up and looked at her. "Did they come back with the test results yet?" Dante asked her. He looked at the bag that was hooked to his iv. It was some heavy pain killers, so he thought that it must be bad. He still felt groggy, but he also felt good. He sorta felt weird. Like he was floating and numb. It was probably the pain medications. "Where's Aria?" Dante said as he didn't see her in the room.
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 6:59 pm
The doctor looked at Aria with a questioning expression.
"Kicked?"
Aria nodded and the doctor looked more closely at Daren. He signaled one of the nurses to come in and then told her to prepare a CAT scan room. The nurse nodded and both of them walked out of the room; though not before the doctor gave Aria a reassuring smile. Aria smiled back and then turned to Daren. Even though she knew she probably shouldn't, she sat on the bed.
"See Daren, you'll be fine."
She grabbed one of his hands and then stared at the ceiling, wondering how Vic and Dante were.
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 6:59 pm
Victoria smiled sadly and shrugged. "I really don't know, Dante. I just got here," She told him truthfully, her words apologetic. She sighed when he asked where Aria was. "Daren is badly hurt for some reason, so Aria is going to take him to a doctor and see what is wrong with him. He has a pretty messed up eye and seems pale." She told him this, meeting his eyes. She had no idea what Dante had done, but she was suspicious for Daren's sake. Sighing, she shrugged again and mumbled, sitting back in her chair, "I never know what is going on around here." Daren moaned and then heard some more words from the doctor, while Aria finished up her story. He wondered what a CAT scan was, but didn't feel to good about it. He wanted to wake up so badly, but somehow couldn't. He wanted to open his eyes, but they stayed closed. He felt a hand take his, and he tried to speak Aria's name, but failed once again. His lips would not opened, so he listened to her and smiled. At least, he thought he smiled.
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 7:22 pm
Dante reached for the call button. "Well we'll find out what's wrong then." he told her as he pressed the red button.
"Yes Mr. Reynolds?" a nurse said over the speaker.
"Can you send the doctor in? I have some questions."
"Right away Mr. Reynolds." the nurse told him.
After a few minutes the doctor came in. "Well you're awake. How do you feel?" the doctor asked him. "I feel amazing. But I know it's the meds." Dante told the man. "You are correct. So you have some questions?" the doctor asked him. "Yeah." Dante told him. "Go for it then."
"First off. What is wrong with me." Dante asked him.
"You drink too much for one." the doctor bluntly stated.
Dante shamefully looked down. "I know. So what exactly is wrong with me?"
"Your kidneys are failing, you have bleeding ulcers, and your liver is going out." the doctor told him as he checked the files.
"How do you fix it?"
"Stop drinking. Take meds. It takes time son. The ulcers will never go away. The kidneys and liver can fix themselves eventually, but it takes effort on your part. Tell me how long have you been drinking?" the doctor started with his questions.
"About three years." Dante told him
"This doesn't usually happen to people unless you drink for years upon years...or you drink all the time in heavy amounts."
"That would be me then. So when can I leave?" Dante asked him.
"We're going to get everything under control first. If you're lucky then maybe a few days. Three at the most." the doctor marked something in his chart.
"Thanks. Do you know where a guy named Daren is at?"
"We have many Daren's? When did he come in?"
"When I did. He's with a girl." Dante told him.
"Oh yeah that kid. He's getting checked out. He was pretty bad." the doctor looked Dante up and down. He then looked at Dante's hands. "You wouldn't be the friend that beat him up would you?"
"How bad is he?" Dante avoided the question.
"Well there's been some damage done. He should be fine. You better hope at least. I have more patients to tend to. Get some rest." the doctor walked out of the room.
Dante looked over at Victoria. He looked her in the eyes and looked away.
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 7:34 pm
Victoria listened to the conversation carefully, not caring if they knew she was eavesdropping or not. She flinched when the doctor told him what was wrong. That was a long list. And it would be hard for Dante to heal, she knew. But she believed he could do it if he tried. She bit her lip when she noticed that he avoided the doctors question that consisted of if he was the one that hurt Daren. When Dante didn't say anything and changed the subject, she had a real good idea of who had hurt their new friend. She closed her eyes when the doctor walked out and reopened them to see Dante stare at her for a moment and glance away. "Dante..." She hesitated, blurting out, "You were the one who hurt Daren, aren't you?" She already knew the answer, but she needed for him to say it.
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 7:45 pm
Dante was quiet. He didn't know what to say to her question. "Yes. Yes I did." was all he said about it. He sat there quietly looking down. He thought about what the doctor had told him. He wasn't going to get better if he didn't change. How did he come to this point in his life. How did he get to the path that his brother started out on when he began to fall. He thought about if he would end up like him. If he would fall into the wrong friends. He wondered if he would end up dying in the next year or so. When would he call it quits? He soon began to think about Daren. The kid was on a few floors away, but was in rough shape. He didn't think he kicked him that bad. He didn't think that the kid was hurt that bad. He had someone's life on his hands. What would he do if the kid didn't make it? What would he do if he couldn't make it any longer. Dante took out his phone. He went to Aria's contact info and pressed the button for text message.
Hey. The doctor gave me the news. He told me about Daren. Is he stable? Dante hit send and placed his phone between his legs.
He looked over at Victoria again. He placed his hand on hers, and rubbed it with his thumb. He saw that she looked exhausted. "Hey. If you're tired you can go and get some sleep. We can trade places too if you want. I don't mind sitting in the chair." Dante said as he continued to rub her hand with his.
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 6:04 pm
Victoria watched him pull out his phone, tears in her eyes when he admitted that he had hurt Daren. 'Oh, Dante. How could you?,' She thought sadly. He had had so much going for him before she met him, and then everything came tumbling down for him...She didn't say anything for a while, until he told her to go get some rest. "I'm fine, Dante." She said it firmly, looking away from him. She felt as if she hadn't had a moment's rest in days, which was somewhat true. But she wouldn't say this to him, he didn't need to worry about her. That was the last thing he needed to be doing. She sighed quietly and murmured, "Dante, you can barely sit up. You stay in the bed, I'm fine." She turned away, blushing a bit when he took her hand. She didn't know what she felt about him at that moment, or anyone for that matter. She was blank. She closed her eyes, thinking of his smile. When would she see that again?
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 6:16 pm
Aria jumped when she heard her phone chime. She hoped she hadn't hit Daren and caused him any pain. Yep, she probably shouldn't be sitting on the bed. She pulled out the sleek device and opened it, only to see the name Dante with a little envelope under it. She hadn't realized she was still mad until she saw his name. Refraining from automatically hitting delete, Aria read the message and replied back:
Yeah......How are you?
Even though she was still pretty peeved, Dante wasn't looking so good either. As his friend, she would be there, even if she did want to punch him in the throat.
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 6:37 pm
Dante leaned against the back of the bed. "I'm fine. If they think I'm going to stay in this bed for days, then they have another thing coming." Dante firmly said out loud to himself. He tried to reassure himself that all would be fine. That nothing bad was going to happen to him. His mind told him otherwise though.
A nurse came into the room. She was younger and to Dante, was also not that bad looking, and he tried not to look. She walked over to the side of the bed opposite of Victoria.
"Just need a little bit of blood ok?" the nurse said as she took out a needle and vile from the drawer. He couldn't help but look at her now.
"That's fine." he said as he pushed up his sleeve.
She looked over at Victoria. "It's nice to see that you have someone who cares, Mr Reynolds." She put the needle into his arm. She tried to make small talk with him as she looked down at his arm. "So how long have you two been dating?" she asked.
Dante looked at his arm and then her face. "We're not."
The nurse got a surprised look on her face. "I just assumed that you did since you were holding her hand." she put the vile on the needle.
Dante looked over at Victoria and back at the nurse. He removed his hand from Victoria's and placed it on the bed. "Oh." He looked down at the nurses hand. "How long have you been married?" he asked her.
She laughed at his question. "I'm not. The ring is from my mother. Why do you ask?" the nurse took the vile out of the needle.
"Just wondering. I was going to say that he's a lucky man, but I guess I can't now." he casually said.
She laughed and blushed. "I wish." She took the needle out of his arm and put a bandage over the spot. She put the vile in a bag and sealed it. "Well, I'm done for now. I'll be back later to check on ya." The nurse took off her gloves and threw them in the trash by the door.
He stopped her before she left. "Don't work yourself too hard." he told her.
"I won't trust me." She left the room with a smile on her face.
He looked down at his bed. His phone was lit up. He hadn't realized that it had went off, since he was a little caught up. He had a message from Aria.
I guess things aren't too good. I'll survive, but if I don't change then there's a chance that I won't make it. I heard the kid is getting checked out. Doc said that he'll survive I guess. I feel soooo bad.
He sent the message to her. He placed his hand back on Victoria's. He thought about what just happened. How he had removed his hand from hers because of the nurse. He had pulled a typical guy move, which probably just made things bad between him and Victoria again.
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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 5:44 pm
Aria opened her phone and read Dante's message. I bet you do..she thought. She sighed and replied:
Yeah, I think he'll be fine. Glad you're on the up and up.
She unhitched her hand from Daren and stood. She then pulled the chair close to his bed and sat in it while she waited for Dante's reply.
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Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 6:55 pm
Victoria watched the nurse with envy once she walked into the room, noticing immediately that the young girl was much prettier than her. As they small talked, she couldn't help but over hearing their conversation. She couldn't help but feel hurt when he started flirting with her, and she felt a bit irritated as well when he removed his hand from hers. She didn't mind that he did afterwards, really. He was being a jerk, even when he was unstable! Shaking her head, she turned away from him after the nurse walked out, and went to the window to look out. She said nothing to him, a bit peeved that he had done that to her.
Daren panicked when Aria removed her hand from his, and he felt too weak to do anything. He wanted so badly to open his eyes, and he felt himself coming close to that option, but he wasn't ready yet. He was still in too much pain. Keeping his eyes closed, he strained to hear anything coming from her, but heard nothing.
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