THE ONLY EXCEPTION (BOYXBOY)

Chapter Twenty One: DMD

Declan’s POV:

Three days later…

I hurt. It hurts to breathe. It hurts to swallow. Hell it hurts to think. I can’t remember much but what I do remember is the game. I wonder who won. There’s a burning in my throat, like I’ve been sipping on acid or something. Why can’t I open my eyes? There’s an itch on my nose… why won’t my arms move? What’s wrong with me? I wanna scream for help but can’t force my lips to move. I can feel my heart starting to race and a fine sheen developing across my body. Why can’t I wake up?

McLane’s POV:

I sat there watching him for the pass hour. Megan was going to stay until eight but between her classes, projects, homework and looking after Declan she was exhausted. I was about to close my eyes when the sound of Declan’s heart monitor startled me. Not one minute passed before the room was flooded with nurses.

                “What’s happening?” I asked. Instead of answering me the nurse pushed me out the way. I was about to ask again when Dr. Adams rushed in.

                “HIS VITALS ARE FALLING!” Another nurse yelled. All of sudden the monitor starting beeping and then he flat lined. It felt like my heart had been ripped from my chest.

                “GET HIM OUT OF HERE!” Dr. Adams shouted over the commotion. As I was pushed out as the crash cart was rolled in. The drapes has been pulled close so I couldn’t watch as they tried to revive my brother. I wasn’t breathing. The searing I felt in my lungs caused me to inhale a new breath.

                “CLEAR!” It was like I felt the electrical current surge through my body too.

                “MCCLANE WHAT HAPPENED?” My dad yelled taking hold of my shoulders shaking me. There was another zap of the paddles and the melancholy hum of the flat lining heart monitor.

                “MCCLANE!” My dad yelled. There was another zap then a pause. Finally there was a beep. Then another, then another one. As our eyes connected my dad and I held our breath for a brief moment. There was a break in the beeps then it steadily got stronger. We stood there gripping each other waiting for anyone to tell us anything. When I was at the end of my patience Dr. Adams peeked his head out.

                “We got him back. I’m going to have the crash cart unit on standby for just in case. Instead of family I’m going to have a nurse sit with him okay.” Nodding both my dad and I watched Dr. Adams go back in. Turning away I tried to calm myself. I tried to convince myself he would pull through. I felt my dad squeeze my shoulder. Looking back I caught his relieved but worried eyes.

                “Come on let’s go tell your mother.” Taking a brief look inside the room he headed for the ICU’s double exit doors. I stepped towards Declan’s door but I couldn’t look inside. I wouldn’t be able to hold it together if I caught sight of Declan now. Clinching my fist I followed my dad out the double doors.  

Declan’s POV:

I don’t know exactly where I am. I know it’s peaceful and beautiful. It seems like a place everyone would try to go to just to relax.

                ‘Hello Declan.’ Looking around I searched for the person whose voice I’d heard. Seeing nothing I frowned.

                ‘Hello?’ There was a soft laugh then suddenly a woman appeared beside me. If I wasn’t gay she would be the kind of girl I wanted to be with. She was a knockout.