Working In the Offices (House_Owner X Reader)

Chapter 35

That's when I look up to see the doctor from earlier looking in between us with odd glances.

"I can... Go..."

"No, no. It's fine." I rush out, hitting my hair out of my eyes as I smile at the doctor.

"Hey there, Ross," The doctor smiles, holding his hand out to Ross for him to shake, Ross accepts it and grins back. "(Y/N), have you told Ross our assumptions?"

"I was hoping you could explain it, I don't feel comfortable with telling him something like that." I take a deep breath, watching the doctor nod.

"Something like what, (Y/N)?" Ross is confused and worried as his eyes dart around the room, I take hold of Ross' hand in mine while slinking my left arm around his waist as I sit on the chair beside him.

"Ross, your friend Max had told us that you wouldn't normally cheat on your partners, so seeing you naked with Lauren was a surprise. We asked him to bring in your drink and we found traces of ketamine, this drug can be used as a date rape drug." The doctor explains early, my stomach swarms with butterflies increasing by the second, "From this and tests showing you've had sex with her, we can only assume she raped you."

Ross' eyes instantly begin to fill with tears and they fall down his face like rain, gently falling down window panes. My grasp tightens around his waist as I squeeze his hand, rubbing my thumb in circles on the back of his hands.

"We have gotten all the drug out of your system and you should be able to leave in a day or two. Tomorrow we will call in the police, but today you can just relax and take it all in." He sadly smiles as he quickly escapes through the bland blue curtains.

"(Y/N), I'm so sorry. I didn't realise you thought I was cheating on you. I would never do that." Ross weeps, turning my heart to mush as my eyes begin to brim with tears.

"I know, I knew you would never do that. You didn't even know yourself, I'm so sorry for assuming the worst." I get pulled onto the bed with Ross, he hugs me and buries his face into my chest.

10 minutes go by and Ross has fallen asleep on me, I stroke his hair as Max walks in and smiles cutely towards us, "Aww, like old times, huh?"

"The doctor came in... And told him." I look up at Max with saddened eyes, "He was balling his eyes out, bless him."

"God, this is all so fucked. What did Ross do to deserve this!" Max becomes enraged, letting out a long sigh as he sits on the chair against the wall.

"He didn't do anything. Bad things sometimes happen to good people, and we can't stop that. As much as I would love to take this all back, I can't. We have to... Face this. We can't be upset around Ross, it won't help him recover if we can't even sort ourselves out." I look down to the sleeping Ross, his chest rhythmically falling and rising: his nostrils flaring and his nose twitching. I wonder if he is dreaming about himself being a rabbit? Oh god, I can't make jokes without feeling like an ass!

"I have to agree with you there, we need to be strong for Ross so he can be strong for himself. Though me and you can cry our hearts out together, right?" Max jokes, I nod whilst laughing and we continue to talk like that for a while. Laughing, joking. I'm surprised I didn't wake Ross up with my chest bouncing up and down the whole time. But he just lay there, o' so peacefully sleeping.

- - -

A nurse then comes round, about to ask us what we would like for dinner. She soon noticed him fast asleep so we choose a burger and fries for him. She then suggests to us the TV plan, it's $35 a day, we could renew it tomorrow dinner time.

Max doesn't ask me, he immediately gets his wallet out and passes her the money, she smiles and walks off. Then after a few minutes, the TV flickers to life and Max takes the remote, moves his chair next to the bed and gets comfortable. The TV is on the right of me, it's up quite high and angled towards us. He flicks through TV channels until something catches his attention, 'Cops'. (For Brits it's the American version of 'Motorway Cops'.)

We watch it, but my mind is somewhere else. I cannot stop thinking about the whole Lauren ordeal. It's so heartbreaking to remember him crying after finding out, the police interview is going to be interesting tomorrow.

- - -

Ross wakes up 10 minutes or so later and sits up, us two squashed next to each other. He pulls the table so it sits in front of us and begins to eat his cold food, I just smile towards him as we fall to a silence again.

-

I keep glancing at Ross as he eats, watching his face. He seems normal, almost happy. But maybe that's because of the TV and food, I don't know.

All I want is for us to go home, go back to living our lives before Lauren, but I know that will take a while before we could ever recover.

(End of Book.)

Hey guys, this was a long adventure, huh? But don't worry, there will most likely be a second book in the near future. :)

OH GOSH, SO SAD! I DIDNT WANT TO EVER END THIS BOOK, BUT IT HAD TO BE DONE.

WHAT WAS YOUR VERDICT? WAS IT A GOOD ENDING? WAS THE RAPE INCIDENT TOO SEVERE OR DID OT FIT IN NICELY? PLEASE TELL ME.

BUT, MOST IMPORTANTLY I HOPED YOU ENJOYED THIS BOOK!