James Wilson

The question

David: would it be okay if we adopted you?
I got up and ran outside

David pov
David: what did we do wrong?
Sheryl: nothing. He just needs time to process. This is a lot for him. He's gonna have a whole new family
David: I'll go and find him
Sheryl: take Liam with you
I was driving around Rochdale and I couldn't find James anywhere. That's when I realised we put a tracking app on their phones.
David: Liam keep an eye on the app. Let me know if his location changes.
We were just driving around.
Liam: dad he's in an alleyway
David: what?!
I broke a few speed limits. We got to the alleyway and James was fighting. It was 3 vs 1 and one had a knife.
Liam: Dad one of them has a knife
Liam jumped out.
Liam: James!
The other boys saw us and ran. James tensed and then dropped to the floor and started seizing
Liam: dad
We ran to him and I put my jacket under his head. Liam was timing it.
Liam: dad we're nearly at 5 minutes
The seizure began to slow before coming to a complete stop. He came around pretty quick.
James: I erm I'm sorry
David: you don't have to be sorry. Can you stand up?
James: y-yeah
He slowly stood up and was a little wobbly
Liam: hold onto my shoulder
Liam supported James into the car. Liam sat at the back and James was laid down with his head on Liams lap.
James: I didn't mean to cause trouble
David: I know
James: it's just trouble always seem to find me
We arrived home and Liam helped James upstairs
Sheryl: he okay?
David: I'm not sure. He was in a fight 3 against 1. They had a knife but ran when they saw us
Sheryl: they use it?
David: I don't think so
Liam: Dad! Quick! Mum! Hurry! Blood! Lots!
We ran upstairs and James' sheet was covered in blood. Sheryl took his hoodie off and he had a massive slice in his upper arm.
David: shit erm James can you hear me?
James: mmm
David: I need you to stay awake kid.
Sheryl: we need to get him to hospital
James: n-no. You do it
Sheryl: James you have to go to the hospital
David: he's only just got out of one. Can't you stitch it up here?
Sheryl: I can but he needs to be checked in hospital
David: what if you stitch it up and if he needs to go we'll go? Would that be better James?
James: mhm
Sheryl: I don't have any supplies or anything
James: b-be fine
Sheryl placed a tourniquet over the wound to help with the bleeding
James: s-sleep
David: nuh uh I need you to stay awake
James passed out but he was still breathing. We could hear sirens
Sheryl: Liam called an ambulance they're about 2 minutes away
David: Liam!
Liam ran in
David: when we go I need you to take Lila and you're both gonna stay with Chris
Paramedic: ambulance service
David: in here
They walked in
Liam left
Paramedic 1: I'm Nick and this is advanced paramedic James. What's happened today then?
They began checking his vitals and putting pressure on the wound
David: he got into a fight and they stabbed him but we didn't notice until his sheets were covered in blood
Paramedic: I see he's lost a lot of blood. We are going to go to the hospital and we will be going on blue lights
David: okay
We got into the ambulance and I was just zoned out whilst everything was going on. We arrived and they rushed him straight in. We sat in the waiting room.
Sheryl: what's going on honey? Talk to me
David: this is our fault. If we didn't ask him he wouldn't have gotten overwhelmed and wouldn't have gone out
Sheryl: we couldn't have predicted that this was gonna happen. Everything's gonna be fine.
A Doctor and surgeon walked to us.
Doctor: I'm dr Hendrix you may know me from last time and this is dr Saunders
Dr Saunders: James is doing really well. He's severely anaemic due to the loss of blood but his levels are coming up. We've stitched the wound. Sheryl I assume you know how to watch out for infection
Sheryl: yep
Doctor Hendrix: he can go once his blood levels come up
Sheryl: can we see him?
Dr Hendrix: of course
We walked into his room and he looked so pale. We sat for a while and James started to wake up
David: hey buddy
Sheryl: how you feeling?
James: d-dizzy
Sheryl: that's okay
James: I'm sorry
Sheryl: what for?
James: overreacting
David: it's fine it's understandable. We kind of pushed it onto you. We should of told you that we were thinking about adoption. Is it something you don't want?
James: it's just what if you decide you don't want me anymore? Why would you choose to have me be a part of your family? Even my own dad didn't want me
Sheryl: we just want to give you the family you deserve. You deserve a happy childhood. Not one filled with fear and pain. We want to give you a fresh start in life
James: okay
David: huh
James: I want to be part of this family
He gave us a hug
James: can we please go home?
Sheryl: I know you don't like it here but we need you to feel better
James: I feel fine
Sheryl: but you're not fine
James: I just I wanna go
Sheryl: I know. You just need a blood test to make sure you're okay
James: can they not just do it now?
David: they said they'd come back in about an hour
James: urgh that's too long
Sheryl: I understand that you're frustrated but it's for your own safety. How about we watch a film?
James: no I just wanna go home
Sheryl: James come on let's calm down
James: No you're not listening to me
His eyes started fluttering after a few seconds he started blinking normally
James: I wanna go home
Sheryl: it's too dangerous for you to go home at the moment
James: b-but I'm fine
Sheryl: you may feel fine but you're not fine James. You've been stabbed for god sake
James: I don't like it here
He tried to get out of bed and he was really off balance
David: James please get back on the bed
James: No! I wanna go home!
Dr Hendrix: what's this shouting all about?
Sheryl: he's really overwhelmed
Dr Hendrix: I can give him a sedative
James: No no please
Sheryl nodded. He injected it into his arm
James: you son of a bitch
He laid James back in the bed and within 20 seconds he was out
David: Jesus