falling for him<3 //steddie//

chapter 31: code blue

Steve ~
Eddie and I walk into the hospital and go to the front desk. "Hey boys, what can I help you with?" A woman asks us. "Hi, um this is Steve. He hurt his hand when he fell yesterday, and his hand is really swollen. Could we get it checked out?" Eddie asked, showing her my hand. "Oh my! Yes, follow me." She said, walking over to some doors.

"Oh sweetheart, you can't come with him. You can wait over there." She said, pointing. Eddie nodded and sat down. We walked passed a bunch of rooms and I saw someone who looked familiar but, I couldn't really tell because their face was so swollen.

I didn't think much of it. I sat in this small room and started to wait for the doctor to come in. "If you need anything at all sweetie, just come find me, okay?" The nice woman said. "Oh uh, thank you." I reply while she shuts the door. I look around the room and see a bunch of posters on the wall. I hear a knock at the door and see a doctor walk in. "Hey Steven! Long time no see. What seems to be the problem son?" It was my doctor when I was in the hospital the first time.

"Hey. I hurt my hand yesterday." I say while he picks my hand up. He starts asking me a bunch of questions and writes some stuff down. "Okay, so I'm gonna get an x-ray of your hand, and we'll see if anything's broken okay?" He asked. "Okay." I reply. He leaves an did hear an alarm go off and a bunch of people running past my room. I walk out of the room to look at what happened and, I see a light flashing above a room with a closed door.

"Code blue, room twelve. I repeat a code blue, room twelve." a person says over the intercom. A doctor sees me looking and walks me back into my room. "What was that?" I ask. "A code blue." The doctor replies, pulling a machine into my room. He places my hand onto a table and takes an x-ray. "Does that mean someone.. died?" I ask, looking at the door. "It means that someone has.. stopped breathing." He replies, placing my hand back onto my lap.

"Oh." I respond. "Okay, I'll be right back." He says, walking out of the room with the machine. I wonder who it was. I think that was the room where I saw someone who looked familiar. I don't know of anyone that's in the hospital right now. My thoughts get interupted by the doctor walking in front of me. "Okay Steven, so you have a small fracture so I'm going to put a splint on it. You'll still be able to have function of your hand, it's like a glove." The doctor said, wrapping my hand.

"Okay, that's it. You're good to go! Have a good night, Steven." He said, opening the door. "You too." I reply, walking back to the lobby. I pass by room twelve and see a body bag. I felt so bad for the family. I walk over to Eddie. "You ready to go?" I ask, looking at him. "Oh um, yeah." He replies.

Eddie ~
We get into the van and I start driving. "You've been quiet since we left. What's going on?" Steve asked. "Oh, I'm just tired, that's all. Long day." I reply with a shakey voice. "Are you sure?" Steve asks. "All good man." I respond. "Okayyy." Steve says, mischievously. I park in the driveway and walk inside. "I have to use the bathroom. I'll be right back." I say to Steve, walking to the bathroom and gently shutting the door. I stare at myself in the mirror. Taking in what I had just found out. It's not Steve's fault.

I know he didn't mean to.

I sit on the floor and get angry with myself. I don't even know why I'm upset. I shouldn't be. I can't tell Steve. He'll feel horrible. I take a deep breath and splash my face with cold water. I open the door and sit on the bed. Steve walks in. "You hungry?" He asks. "No, I'm okay. I think I'm just going to go to bed. Goodnight." I say, taking my shoes off. He shuts the door and sits down next to me.

"Eddie, you know you can tell me anything okay? I'm here." He assures me. "I know. I'm okay. I love you." I reply, kissing his cheek and lying down on the bed. "Eddie. Come on, talk to me." Steve says, laying down next to me. "I'm okay Stevie! Really, I'm all good, love." I reply, smiling. "Please, just talk to me. I know you're not fine." Steve responds. "Steve, please just trust me. I'm okay." I say, staring at the roof. "I'm here. We can talk anytime you want okay?" Steve asks.

"Thanks love." I say while he kisses my cheek and rolls over. It's better that he doesn't know. He's gonna find out eventually, though. Maybe I should tell him. No. I can't. It would break him. I'm just gonna lay here and not say a thing. No, I'm gonna tell him. He'll be okay, right? "Steve." I say, tapping him on the shoulder. "What? What happened?" He said, sleepily. "I need to tell you something, but it's not your fault." I say, shakily.

"What is it, Eds?" He asks, sitting up. I grab his hands and look him in the eyes. "Okay. You remember the code blue in the hospital?" I ask. "Yeah, Why?" Steve asks, looking confused. "I-it was my dad." I say. His jaw dropped and tears started rolling down his face. "N-no." He replied. "Steve this isn't your fault-"

"I'm a murderer." Steve mumbles.

"No you're not. He had a heart attack. They saw me in the waiting room and told me." I explained. "I did this." Steve said, looking at his hands. "No you didn't." I assure him. "YES I DID EDDIE! I KILLED HIM! HE'S DEAD BECAUSE OF ME! IT'S MY FAULT! I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT." Steve yelled, throwing his hands up in the air. I looked at him with teary eyes and walked out of the room.

"Eddie, I didn't mean to yell. I'm sorry." Steve said. I walked in the guest bedroom and Steve stood in the doorway. "You didn't do this. I know you didn't. But, you're definitely not going to yell at me because your mad. I'm sleeping in here tonight. Please just leave me alone." I say, shutting the door in his face and lock it. "Eddie please." Steve said, knocking on the door. I hugged a pillow and cried quietly.

"Please let me in. I'm sorry. Please." Steve begged. Eventually, I fell asleep. I wake up to some noise outside. I walk over to the door and put my ear to it. "I DON'T KNOW ROBIN! I SCREWED UP. LIKE BAD. WHAT DO I DO?! HE'S GONNA BREAK UP WITH ME!" Steve yells. "Steve, he's not gonna dump you over a fight. Me and Nancy have arguments all the time. Let me talk to him." Robin replies.

"Eddie?" Robin calls out, knocking on the door. I open it and she walks in. I see Steve looking at me with red eyes. I shut the door behind her and sit on the bed. "So you and Steve had a fight?" Robin asks. "He yelled at me. My dad um.. he died last night and Steve thinks it's his fault." I explain. "Steve called me a couple hours ago. He's really freaking out. He thinks you're gonna dump him." Robin says.

"Dump him? Why would I do that?" I ask. "He's scared Eddie. You know, me and Nancy have fights all of the time. It's normal. He loves you. I've known Steve for a couple years, and I've never see him in love like this. I think you should talk to him." Robin said.

"Okay." I respond. She opens the door and tells Steve something and he walks in.

A/N: hey readers! we hit 2000 reads!!!!!! thank you all so much. i can't believe this. i hope you enjoyed this chapter! much love♥️
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