The Rockstar and The Role Model (Bayley x OC)

Getting My Hands Back

Blake hangs out the window waving at Bayley as the tour bus pulls out of the parking lot. They hit the highway and Blake sits in one of the seats and looks around the tour bus. There's a recording booth in the back with a switchboard, just like he requested, and 4 beds for them all

Blake: "Thank god Michael and i don't have to share a bed this time" he says laughing remembering the time on tour where they brought them the wrong bus and it only had 2 beds

Michael: "I second this" he says from the other side of the bus

They are on the road for about an hour until they get to LA to the hospital and they park it far away so they won't be taking up too many spots. Blake and the others get out of the bus, even after telling them they didn't have to they insisted, and they walk to the front door and a familiar face is waiting for them

Kurt: "You didn't think i was going to come did you?" He says with a laugh and hugging his son as they all walk in

Blake gets checked in and sits in the waiting area with everyone, tapping his leg nervously. He knows that the doctors know what they are doing, but what if something goes wrong and he can't use his hands at all anymore? What if that happens and he never told Bayley what was happening? He is snapped out of this when his name is finally called and he stands up and heads for the back

He goes in the operating room and the nurse asks him to get undressed and get in the gown and the doctor will be in there in a moment. He does as she says and takes his clothes and puts them on the chair in the corner and gets on the hospital gown. He gets sat down on the table and there's a knock at the door and the doctor comes in

Doctor: "Hello Mr Duncan. Ready to get your hands back?"

Blake: "Beyond ready"

Doctor: "I saw you have a party in the waiting area but no Mrs Duncan. Is everything okay with the baby?"

Blake: "Oh yes, i want this to be a surprise"

Doctor: "Say no more your secret is safe with me. Now let me go over everything with you. We are going to give you some anesthesia to knock you out for a couple hours, we are going to make a small incision in both of your hands and we are going to use this..." he picks up what looks like a metal rope with a flat end "... and the bits of glass remaining in your hand will attach to this end and we will extract them and then sew you back up. Simple as that you will be out of here in about 2 1/2 hours"

Blake: "Dang that's it? How soon will i be back to normal?"

Doctor: "Well you will have to have your hands bandaged for a couple of days to make sure the stitches heal but once they heal you should be able to return to your normal life. I know for you that's playing a guitar and you will be able to once those stitches heal but i would recommend taking it slow. You don't want to jump in too quickly and ruin everything"

Blake: "Do you think i will be 100% by September?"

Doctor: "Oh most definitely you should have no negative side effects or anything by then"

Blake nods, almost unable to believe he is going to get to do the one thing he has missed since he was old enough to pick up a guitar

Doctor: "So if there aren't any more questions we will have you lay back and I'll administer the anesthesia and we will get the ball rolling"

Blake does as he is told and lays back on the bed and the doctor puts a mask over his face

Doctor: "Alright rockstar, i know you normally only count to 4 but do me a favor and count to 10"