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Josh

Tyler was in the hospital. He called me two days after the fight. Apparently he was going to be paralyzed unless someone was willing to give up their spine. Which didn't make any sense to me, all that happened was a disc got dislocated, but they are afraid to do surgery because then he could be paralyzed permanently if they sever a nerve ending. Aren't surgeons supposed to be trained not to let that happen? I walk helplessly into the hospital room.

"Hey Josh." He smiled at me.

"Hey, why are you smiling? You can't walk, that means no basketball."

"My boyfriend just walked into my hospital room, why else would I be smiling?" Damn, why was he so cute. He was right though.

"I here they expelled Mark. You are only suspended because it was self defense."

"Cool, I'm getting out of here tomorrow. Can I come to your place?"

"Anytime. You can come over whenever you want." I walked over to him and kissed him on the cheek. A doctor walked in at that time.

"Tyler, we had a change of plans you are going home today, this young man can take you home right?" Me and him nodded at the same time. "Good, your mother brought you clothes and we will get a wheelchair in here as soon as possible." He nodded again.

"Maybe I could be on a handicapped basketball team?"

"Yeah. That would be sick!"

"Can you hand me my clothes?" I walked over to the sink and got his clothes, they were black skinny jeans and a black muscle tank with red vans.

"Do you need help?"

"Maybe with sitting up, and my shoes?"
I helped him sit up, when he was done getting dressed I put his shoes on for him. A nurse came in with a wheelchair.

"Pick me up!?" He whined. I picked him off the bed and set him in the chair. He started wheeling himself around the room. "Open the door! You're useless." He started laughing. I rolled my eyes while I was opening the door. He wheeled down the hallway to the elevator. "First floor?" I nodded. I was afraid I would discourage him. He pressed the down button and once the elevator doors opened he pressed first floor.  "Why aren't you talking?"

"I'm scared."

"Why?"

"I dunno, it just scares me, that since I came in your life you got beat up, suspended, and you're paralyzed from the waist down."

"Yeah but," he pulled me down to eye level, "I got the best boyfriend out of it." He kissed me. Why am I surprised. We were still kissing when the elevator dinged.  He wheeled himself out of the elevator.

"Pull your jeep to the front?"

"Yeah." I left him sitting in front of the hospital. I can't believe I let this happen to him. It's all my fault. I got to my jeep and pulled it around front.

"Um,I need help Josh!"

"Oh right!" I lifted him into the front seat and put his wheelchair in the back.

Tyler

Is he mad at me? He says he's scared about what will happen next. He only has one hand on the wheel so I grab it. Aha! I got a small smile out of him.

"So how was school without me?"

"I didn't go..." He was sullen.

"Why not!"

"I didn't want to."

"Josh! You can't just not go to school. Why didn't you go to school?!"

"I don't need to tell you everything Ty!" Did he just snap at me?

"I'm sorry." I let go of his hand. I grabbed my earbuds, put them in my ears, and faced the window.

"Tyler?" I didn't respond. I didn't want to look at him. "Tyler," he exhaled, "I'm sorry." He stopped the car. "Look at me!" He grabbed my shoulders and forced me to look at him. "I'm sorry I snapped at you, but you are just so happy! And I'm over here dying."

"I just don't want to be sad. And don't beat yourself up." He cupped my cheeks and pulled me towards him and kissed me. Every time I kissed him it always felt like the first time. "Josh, we have to go to your house.

Once he started driving again I grabbed his hand.

-*~+~*-

"We are here." He walked up to his front door and I honked the horn. "Oh right!" He grabbed my chair and lifted me out of the car. I pecked the tip of his nose before he set me down.

"Thanks Joshy."

Wow. Well my friend and I are collaborating on a fic. It's on her account swiftie_called_jess it's called cancer. It's about MIKEY WAY!!

So long
-Egg

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