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 Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 10:17 am
The nurse hesitated. She clearly wasn't used to being spoken to like that, at least not by a patient. Her manner became brisk, and she checked for signs of concussion. "We didn't see signs of brain damage," she said, looking to Dari, then.
Brain damage? Oh. That's right. He remembered getting clobbered. He winced at the memory and reached for Dari's hand.
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 10:22 am
Dari took Cody's hand. He felt he had to be a bit elitist, just a little stronger for the sake of their circumstance. They were a gay couple. It had been a hate crime. People would see them as simpering victims, and he refused to be one.
"Good, that's good." He knew he himself couldn't have any, but the crowbar had left some pretty terrible marks and he was covered in bruises. "Is he on any pain medication?" Dari himself was not, but he couldn't care less.
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 10:36 am
The nurse nodded. "They're probably making him feel a bit funny," she said, and gave Dari the name of said medication. "I think the doctors said something about keeping him a day or two?"
Cody protested immediately. "No."
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 10:39 am
Dari stroked Cody's hand with his thumb.
"It's for your own good. I'll be here the whole time." Screw work, his boyfriend had been beaten half to death. "They just want to make sure there's nothing worse going on."
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 10:54 am
Cody studied Dari. He narrowed his eyes. "You look awful," he observed. Dari was staying with him, good. "Call Toby?" he suggested.
The nurse left the room instructing Dari to press the call button if they needed anything.
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 10:58 am
"Thank you, I will," Dari said to the nurse, and then turned to Cody and smiled. "Just wait until the bruises set in. We're going to look like something out of a horror movie." He sat back down in his chair and kissed Cody's forehead. "I already called him. It sounds like they're on their way. Maia hung up on me."
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 11:11 am
"Maybe we can prank my students that way. When I get to go back." He sighed. First the flu, and then this! He'd never missed so many days! "Course they are. Call mom?"
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 11:15 am
"I'm not sure the school would approve," Dari said with a little laugh.At least Cody was talking. At least he was okay. "Oh, uh..." In his drugged state, did he not remember his parents' disapproval? "Are you sure you want me to?"
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 11:19 am
"Wouldn't mind. Could do a field trip to a historic park and do that. Would be funny." He reached for Dari's phone. "Lemme call," Dari was hesitant, but Cody wasn't sure why...
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 11:22 am
"No, no,let me. Lay back down," Dari urged with a little smile. Well, alright. If he wanted Dari to call his mother, he would. She'd probably want to know her son had been beaten with a crowbar regardless of his sexuality, right? He dialed her number from memory and wandered away a bit, just in case she decided to yell.
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 11:30 am
Cody laid back down, frowning when he noticed he could no longer reach Dari's hand. His eyelids were getting heavy, and he struggled against the urge to sleep.
Hannah answered the phone on the second ring. "Hello?"
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 11:33 am
"Hello, Mrs. Fletcher?" Dari asked, "This is Darren. I'm with Cody right now. There was an incident tonight. He's fine and drugged up pretty well, but we're currently in the hospital." How else could he say it without making her worry, or making her blame him? He could see Cody's parents using this as an agenda as to why he 'shouldn't be gay.'
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 11:37 am
Hannah was immediately concerned. In the hospital? Drugged up? "What happened?" she asked. "Which hospital?" Whatever had happened, her baby was hurt. And was on painkillers, so whatever-- ..."Are you alright, Dari?" she asked, then.
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 11:41 am
"Some guys decided to assault us on the street." He did not mention the crowbar. "We're at Mercy. Do you need dire--" Oh. Well that was polite of her. "Yes, I'm fine. It looks a lot worse than it is, in my case. Do you need directions to get here?"
At that moment Toby arrived with Maia in tow. He saw Dari on the phone and didn't interrupt, but shared a brief glance. Dari nodded to him, and then Toby came around the curtain to see Cody. His brow furrowed. The poor kid looked like hell.
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 11:47 am
Hannah swore. "Why would anyone do that?" she wondered aloud, horrified. "No, I'll be there as soon as I can. Are you sure you're alright, dear? Do you need anything? Something to drink? I could stop on my way there."
Maia didn't follow Toby. She was waiting to check with Dari.
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