CRAZY LIFE

Chapter 46

Severe pain stabbed in Adam's side and his arm as he slowly tries to open his eyes. He tries to catch his breath as he watches people running to the car.

"What happened?" He ask but did not get an answer. He slowly looks around at Tim.

Tim was leaning over toward him, held by his seat belt. Tears fills Adam's eyes as he stares in shock at the lifeless body of his boyfriend. The left side of Tim's head covered by blood.

"Oh my God. Oh my God." Adam whispers. "Tim? Tim? TIM!!!!!"

Adam's pain was blocked out along with the people screaming and yelling asking him if they were alright.

"Don't leave me. Don't you dare die on me." He sobbed as he lightly caressing Tim's blood covered jaw.

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Austin and Olena sat out on the front porch swing enjoying the fresh air of a beautiful day. Chris and Jenika decided to try their hand at making lemonade.

Austin heard the phone ring inside the house followed by Chris yelling "I GOT IT!!"

Austin turned his attention to what Chris was saying. "Yes, this is he." "What!" "Oh my God!" "Where?" and "We'll be there as soon as we can." Then he yelled, "Jenika! Come on we gotta go!"

By this time Austin and Olena had already jumped up from the swing, hearing the urgent sound in Chris's voice.

"Chris? What's go..." Austin didn't have a chance to finish his question.

"It's Tim and Adam. They've been in a car wreck and are in the Atlanta hospital." Chris says locking up the house and running to the car.

"How bad?" Austin ask, grabbing Olena by the hand and heading to the car.

"All they said was they were just brought in." Chris cusses as the car keys falls from his shaking hands.

Jenika reaches down and grabs them.

"Get in the car, Chris. I'm driving. You're in no shape to drive." She orders as she goes to the driver's side.

Chris gets in the car without argument cause he knew she was right.

"God, Please let them be alright." Chris whispers, rubbing his face.

Austin sat quiet in the back, staring out the window in a daze with tears in his eyes. Olena gently squeezes his hand and whispers. "This is Tim, remember? He's tough."

Three hours (yea, I know it takes more than three hours to drive from Louisiana to Georgia)  later they are pulling into the parking lot of the hospital. 

Jenika let's Chris and Austin out at the door while she and Olena goes to find a parking place.

"Could I help you?" The lady ask behind the desk.

"I'm Chris Rupp. Someone called me a few hours and said my brother Adam Rupp and his boyfriend Tim Foust was in an accident?"

"You said Adam Rupp?" She ask typing away on the computer.

"Yes." Chris answers, feeling Jeniks lightly rubbing his back.

"Let's see, Mr. Rupp just came out of surgery about 20 minutes ago. He'll soon be moved to a room." The lady says.

"What about Tim? Tim Foust?" Austin ask in a weak voice.

"Uh, Mr Foust is still in surgery. I'm sorry." The lady says. "There's a waiting room right around the corner. I'll let the doctors know that the families are here."

They sat in an uncomfortable silence. A police officer walks into the room.

"Are you the families of Tim Foust and Adam Rupp." The officer ask politely.

"Yes, we are." Austin answers.

"I'm Officer Mandell. I was called to the scene of the accident." The officer informs them.

"Could you tell us what happened?" Chris ask. 

"Mr. Foust, who was the driver of the car, was headed south on Mulberry Avenue. As he drove through the intersection of Mulberry and Vine, a car driven by an eighteen year old female ran the red light striking Mr. Foust's car in the driver's side. The accident was no fault of Mr. Foust." Officer Mandell says as he closed his note pad.

"Thank you, Officer." Austin says as he shakes the policeman's hand.

After the officer left, they continue to wait another 15 minutes before two doctors, one black and one white, walks into the waiting room.

"Rupp and Foust family?" One of the doctors ask.

"Yes." Chris says standing up.

"Could you follow us? We'll go where it will be more private." The doctor says.

They follow the doctors into a private room and sits down on the couch.

"I'm Dr. Lavine." The white doctor says shaking their hands. "I did surgery on Adam?" He looks up to see who he should be talking to.

"Adam is my brother." Chris says.

"Okay, first of all, Adam is gonna be fine." Dr. Lavine smiles when Chris breaths a sigh of relief. "He was a little banged up. His right arm was broken in two places and required surgery. And he also had a cracked rib. We've set rib and we got him wrapped up. And luckily there were no internal injuries. He'll be fine. He just needs to take it easy for a while."

"Thank you so much, Dr. Lavine." Chris smiles.

The black doctor steps forward with a solemn look on his face.

"My name is Dr. Pharrell. I did surgery on Tim?" He ask, raising his eyebrows at Austin.

"He's my brother." Austin nods, holding his breath.

"Tim had a massive head injury. His brain is swelling. He's in a coma." Dr. Pharrell says sadly.

"Oh my God." Austin says as he breaks down into tears.

"The next 24 hours will be crucial. I'm not sure how much, if any damage was actually done. I want know until he wakes up and I can run some test. His face is very bruised and swelled. I will do everything I can for your brother." Dr. Pharrell says laying a comforting hand on Austin's shoulder. "I believe Mr. Rupp has been moved into a room. Tim will be moved to ICU in probably 30 to 45 minutes. If you will excuse me, I need to go check on him."

"Thank you." Chris answers.

"When you're ready to go see Adam, the nurse at the desk will give you the room number." Dr. Lavine says before following Dr. Pharrell out of the room.

Chris stands and pulls Austin up grabbing him into a hug. "He's gonna be fine, Austin." Chris whispers as the younger man sobs onto his shoulder.

Jenika wipes her tears and reaches for Olena's hand.

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