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Aubrie POV
I waited with Phil at the hospital while Chris was in surgery. He had several broken bones, internal bleeding, which they were able to stop, and his brain had some bleeding but they saved him just in time before it could cause any severe damage.
"Chris will survive. We were able to stop all the bleeding, inside and out. Especially in his brain. We expect him to wake in about an hour. If he does before then, come find me." Dr. Taylor said giving Phil and I a reassuring smile and walked down the hall.
"That's amazing. I'm so glad he'll be okay!" I said wiping my cheek from the tears. I looked over at Phil and noticed he was staring at the ground.
"Phil? Are you okay?" I asked putting my arm around him.
"I just had the worst thought in my head that he wasn't going to make it and now he's going to be okay. I couldn't be happier. I don't know what I would have done if I lost him." I saw his cheeks start having traces of tears so I wiped them and hugged him.
"You're to precious to cry. Let's go see him." we walked into the room Chris was put into and sat on both sides of his bed.
He didn't have the breathing tube anymore since he was able to breathe on his own now. I kissed his cheek before sitting down and felt his cheeks. They were warm instead of how cold they were when we found him. Maybe because he was so close to death there and here, he's surviving.
Phil grabbed his hand until his phone started ringing.
"Hello?....Yes this is Phil..... They what?!.... I'll be right there." then he hung up and began crying.
"Phil... Are they okay?" I asked scared of the answer.
"They were arrested." he ran his hands through his hair and looked at Chris then at me.
"I can stay here with him. You go to them." I told him and smiled.
"I'm going to kick his ass." he smiled back at me then walked to me to give me a hug.
"I'll be back as soon as I can. Hopefully with the two idiots. Please call me if he wakes before then." he kissed me forehead then kissed Chris on his. "I'll be right back Chris." then he left.

Dan POV
I couldn't help but smile while we were being interviewed. I felt amazing. Especially since they got what they deserved.
"Son, why did you both go over to that house and do what you did?" the officer asked.
"You mean beat the shit out of them? Because, they did the same thing to our best friend just minutes before and we were not going to let them get away with it without getting a taste of their own medicine. You see sir, our friend is now laying in the hospital possibly dying because they beat him and left him for dead. All because he's gay." I told him and the look on his face said it all. We weren't going to get in trouble.
"I'm so sorry to hear that about your friend. We found the phone belonging to Riley and saw the messages to a Chris. Would that be your friend?"
"Yes. He baited him to go there so they can attack him. Chris met him last night and I guess they were flirting with each other and had kissed. Riley was setting him up all along."
"We have them in custody as well."
"Why? You didn't know about my friend until I told you."
"We saw blood in areas they were not and tested it. Your friend came up. Pete Matthews, Andrew Jones and James Williams all admitted to it. We are still waiting for Riley to confess to the crime. But we are waiting for him to corporate with us."
"You have the others confessions! That should be enough!" I hit the table and was getting angrier.
"Yes but we need all of them to admit to the crime."
I covered my face with my hands to try and calm myself from wanting to find Riley and beat his ass again.
"We are not going to charge you boys for what you have done but we do ask that you both do some community service." the officer said while handing me a packet.
"A day care? That's perfect."
"Very well. You start tomorrow." he smiled at me then said I could go.
"Oh, Mister Howell? We rang your friend Philip Lester to come pick you and Mister Liguori up. He is waiting in the lobby. Have a good day."

Oh shit.. Phil is going to kill me.. Just as I finished that thought Pj appeared next to me.
"Phil is going to kill you." he laughed and nudged my arm.
"I know. I kinda don't want to see him. He is scary when he's pissed."
"Yeah. I know. Remember when he blew up on me because of the whole thing with Skye..?" he looked down and I heard him sniffle as to stop himself from crying.
"He's going to be okay Pj.. You can't keep beating yourself up over this. I can tell that's what you're doing." I stopped him and turned him to look at me.
"Dan, I should have made him stay with us. He wouldn't be in the hospital fighting for his life if I had stopped him." he was crying.
I pulled him into me to hug him and he sobbed harder.
"Peej, I know but you know he wouldn't have stayed. He was to excited over Riley. It's going to be okay.." I started rubbing his back and felt myself begin to cry.
"You're not sure about that though.. What if he doesn't make it Dan? What if he dies? The love of my life would be dead and I would be left here without him." he cried harder.
"You will have us. Me, Aubrie and Phil. You won't be alone. If it were to happen that he doesn't make it, at least we got revenge for him." I can hear his crying lighten but his hold on me was still tight.
"Okay." he let go of me and wiped his tears. "Thank you Dan." he smiled at me and we started walking again to see Phil waiting in the lobby.
Phil had his arms crossed over his chest and the look of death plastered on his face.
We signed out and walked over to Phil.
"Hey babe." I said while trying to smile.
"Do not 'hey babe' me. I'm going to kill you." he turned around and headed out the door. Pj behind him and me after.