At the end of the day, I was more than tired so decided to take myself upstairs and go to bed. I had been lying in the dark for a while when I heard someone moving in my room, but assumed that it was just Dann. However, as the person jumped on me, I saw, in the dull light from my balcony, that the hair wasn't black, but in fact blonde... It was Emily. I couldn't believe that she had managed her way through the house and into my actual room, and was practically straddling me. I decided to do what any smart person would do and screamed the house down as she started actually trying to speak to me.
"Look CC, you were right, I really do love you and I need you back." I just looked at her like she was mental. "You can't deny that you don't still like me, and that Dann is just you going through a massive phase."
Instead of reacting, I watched as the door swung open to reveal Dann, looking so upset at me, but then again from his point of view it probably did look like I was up to something... So what did Emily decide to do? Start moaning and act like we were actually having sex when I still had my boxers on, and she was obviously just been crazy. I saw disappointment in Dann's eyes before he bolted off downstairs, so I instantly threw Emily off both me and the bed before looking at her with pure disgust.
"What the fuck do you think you're playing at Emily?" I spat my words with venom. "I swear, if you have ruined things for me and Dann because you have some deep rooted psychological problems then I will not hesitate to make your life a living hell."
"But CC! I thought if I surprised you like this then you would want me back!" I rolled my eyes at her before running downstairs and looking at the heartbroken Dann on the sofa.
I tried to walk over to him and hug him but he simply pushed me away before everyone else in the room looked at me as if I'd just killed a man. In that moment I didn't know what to do - Dann was so stubborn and probably wouldn't believe me anyway, regardless of what I had to say to him.
"Dann, please at least just listen to me." He looked at me and shook his head. "Well whether you're listening or not I'm still going to say what actually happened. I was half asleep in my room, heard someone come in and when they jumped on me, I assumed it was you until I actually saw her face. You know fine well I'm gay. She's just trying to make it look like I cheated on you because she can't stand the fact I'm with someone else, let alone a guy!" He still wouldn't even look at me. "For fuck's sake Dann just fucking listen to me!" I lashed out and punched the wall next to me.
"Cato, maybe it would be best if you just left it for tonight, yeah?" I looked at my mother with disgust.
"You want me to just leave it?!" I could feel myself getting more and more annoyed. "Why the fuck would I just let the person I fucking love walk away over something I haven't fucking done?!" As the anger continued to rise in me, and I continued to scream at my mother, I could feel myself becoming more and more light-headed, and before I knew it my legs gave under my weight and I hit the floor before blacking out.
***
I woke up the next morning to find myself in another hospital bed, still so angry from the night before. As I looked around the room, I saw my mother and father, Andy, and none other than Emily, but no sign of Dann. I glared at Emily.
"I don't know what you're doing here!" I growled at her. "I've probably lost the best thing to happen to me just because you can't accept that things and circumstances have changed." I rolled over to face the wall, because quite honestly I didn't care for her bullshit apologies.
"Look CC," it was Andy that spoke. "In her defence she has told Dann what actually happened and that you didn't do anything, and he is actually here, he just went to get coffee." I rolled my eyes.
I soon heard feet shuffling and then felt someone climb into the bed next to me. I didn't need to look at them to know that it was Dann, so I did nothing more than roll over and cuddle into him. I had no idea how I ended up back in the hospital, but I knew Dann well enough to know that it would have freaked him out. Suddenly, I heard someone enter the room and looked up to see the doctor that had looked after me during my coma.
"Cato-Corey Purdy, I thought I warned you that stress would be seriously bad for you after what happened to you. You almost died not long ago, you need to be more careful." I sighed.
"Fine, I'll be more careful in future. Now can I leave? One night in this place is enough." He looked at me and laughed.
"Alright, but just bear in mind I don't want to see you for a long time, alright?" I rolled my eyes and laughed and nodded before getting up to leave.
I still hadn't spoken to Dann, because in all honesty I didn't know what to say to him, so I simply made my way outside and let him drive me home, still without saying a word.
The first thing I did when I got home was go upstairs and lie in bed because in all honesty I just couldn't be bothered. I knew I wouldn't sleep, but I had to at least lie down because the day before had really worn me out. I had been there about ten minutes before I heard the door open and felt Dann get into bed beside me. I couldn't help but smile, Dann was my world and I don't know what I would have done with myself if I had lost him. We lay in silence for a few minutes, before Dann finally spoke.
"Look CC, I'm sorry about last night, I definitely overreacted to the situation and in all honesty it was probably because I had had a drink. But in my defence it really did look like you were up to something... I just can't believe that you ended up in the hospital because of me." I sighed.
"It wasn't because of you, it was because of Emily... But if it makes you feel any better, even though she was straddling me and bouncing on me, I didn't even get hard." He rolled his eyes and laughed at me.
"Trust you to say something like that." He paused. "But I'm glad you didn't, I'd be quite worried if my gay boyfriend got a boner over a girl."
"You know for a fact I only get them for you." He stuck his tongue out at my response and I just laughed at him.
I was so happy that Dann and I were back to the way we always had been. There was no way I could ever lose my boyfriend and my best friend.
