Shadows & Stars

Chapter 20: Recovery

~Alexander's POV

I sat in the waiting room still worried about Henry. As I was in my thoughts Henry's parents came in. I stood up and greeted them both. "We just spoke to the doctor, they said its only a minor concussion." It felt like I could breathe again after hearing that. Luckily its not that serious. "Oh thank you. That makes me feel much better." I gave a small smile. 

"So what happened. The doctor said you found him like that?" Henry's mom looked concerned. I told them everything. His mom gave me a hug. "Thank you for looking after him." She spoke into my shoulder. The doctor came in and we all shot out of our chairs to hear what she has to say. 

"He is awake now and you can come see him, but try not to ask him a lot. His head is still foggy and its going to take a few days for him to fully recover." We nodded and followed her to his room. Henry's mom and dad immediately went and gave him a hug. 

After they hugged him, his eyes met mine. "Hey" He smiled at me. "Hey" I replied and went over to kiss him on the fore head. "You okay?" I asked looking into his eyes. "Yeah, I'm fine." He replied holding my hand. 

Henry's parents left to fill in some paperwork while I stayed with him. I sat on a chair next to his bed holding his hand. "The doctor said I shouldn't ask a lot of questions but what were you doing out in the woods a lone?" He showed me the texts that he got. "Henry why would you follow him? You know how dangerous that is?" He looked at me. "I'm sorry I just wanted to see who it was."

Before I could continue Henry's parents walked in. "Okay the doctor said you'll have to spend the night so that they can check on you through the night, so me and dad are gonna get home and get some sleep." They smiled at him. "I'll stay here with him." I said to them. They both said goodbye to Henry and left. "You don't have to stay here." Henry smiled at me. "You're crazy if you think I'm going to leave my boy alone in a hospital." I spoke seriously.

"You really don't have to I'm fine really." Henry spoke again. "You might as well just except it cuz I'm really not leaving you." He smiled at my words. "There's not even a bed and you're literally sitting on a plastic chair." "Henry I don't care. I'm much more comfortable sitting on this chair by your side then I'd be at home." I took his hand.

He soon drifted away and I sat throughout the night watching him sleep. He looks so cute when he's asleep. He woke up at around 8am and his eyes fell on me. "Morning my boy." I smiled at him. He yawned and rubbed his eyes. "Morning." He smiled at me, still looking drowsy. "The doctor said it's fine if you drink tea so would you like me to get you some?" "That would be wonderful thanks." He smiled at me. I got up, gave him a kiss then left to get some tea. 

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A few hours later the doctors said that Henry can go home so I grabbed his stuff and we left to my car. I drove him straight to his house. "The doctor said I have to get as much sleep as possible and since you haven't slept yet, would you like to join me?" I lit up to his words. I'm extremely tired so I would love to. "That would be wonderful." I smiled at him.

We went up to Henry's room and we both immediately fell asleep in his bed. We cuddled up closely. I woke up about an hour later because if I sleep to much now I won't be able to sleep again tonight. I laid on his bead while he was still asleep and kept myself busy on my phone. 

***Sorry for the short chapter! I didn't have much to write about so this chapter is just a filler. Anyway happy reading!💖***