8 days later
Rikers POV
I sat next to ross' bed. The big bandage from the first day is now a patch across half his head. He's still out. I haven't left. Mom comes everyday. Everyone else does too. But mom stays all day.
I glanced at the clock '8:30am' I sighed and stretched. The nurse walked in. "Time to change that bandage" she smiled. I smiled. "Can I stay in the room?" I asked. She nodded "if you want too" she smiled. I nodded and she sat on the bed. She turned my brothers head and took the bandage off. The stitches were all across the side of his head. A small amount of blood still surrounded it. I sighed as the nurse started to wipe his head clean. She then placed a clean bandage back on his head before moving it back to how it was before. "His heart" she said. I looked at the heart monitor. "It's stronger today." She pointed out. I nodded with a smile. I then heard a small groan. "Ross? Can you hear us?" The nurse asked. "Huh?" "Ross bud. Open your eyes." I whispered. I watched as my brother slowly opened his eyes. "Hey" I smiled. He smiled slightly "hey big bro" he smiled. I smiled "how are you feeling ross?" The nurse asked. "My head hurts a little and I'm pretty dizzy" he mumbled, still smiling. I smiled. "That's to be expected ross" the nurse laughed slightly. She looked at me. "He'll be abit out of it for a few hours" she told me. I laughed and nodded. The nurse left "is this what's it like to do drugs?" Ross asked. I laughed "wouldn't know" I smiled. "I bet you do. I bet you've done shitloads" he smiled. I laughed. "You're pretty gone right now aren't ya?" I smiled. He smiled and patted my cheek "I sure am" he giggled. I laughed and he giggled again. I glanced at the time "8:55am. Mom should be here soon" I told my brother. He smiled "that's good. Is dad coming?" He asked. "I'm not sure shall I ask?" I asked him. "Nah. What happens happens" he told me, smiling. "I really wanna put you all over snapchat and Instagram to show everyone how much of a dick you're being right now" I laughed. "Well that's a tad bit rude Riker lynch" he whispered, closing his eyes. I smiled and he opened his eyes again. The door opened and mom and dad walked in. They looked at Ross and Ross looked at them "PARENTS!" He exclaimed. "Shh shh" I told him, laughing. "Ross! You're awake" dad smiled. "Sure am" he smiled. My parents looked at me. "He's gonna be abit out of it for a few hours." I explained. "When did he wake up?" Mom asked, holding my brothers hand. "About 5-10 minutes ago" I told them. "You have. So. Many. Rings." Ross whispered. Mom laughed. "Oh my god. I have that one too!" He exclaimed, pointing at the 'R' ring. Mom laughed "you do indeed" she smiled. Ross smiled up at her. "You're the best" he smiled innocently. We all smiled at him. "Can I sit up?" He asked. "We'll move the bed Ross" dad smiled. Ross nodded as dad moved the bed into a sitting position. "Fucking hell its cold" Ross muttered. His eyes widened. "I just swore at my parents" he whispered. "It's fine. We'll let it slide" dad joked. We swear around them all the time. Ross smiled. "Okay" he muttered. "Do you want my hoodie Ross?" I asked. "But then you'll get cold" Ross mumbled. I smiled "that's okay. You're more important" I told him. "I know. Come and cuddle with me." Ross smiled, moving across abit. His hand slipped off the bed and he lost balance. Dad caught him. "My head hurts now" Ross whispered as dad steadied him on the bed. Ross leaned on my shoulder and I kissed his head. "Where my phone?" Ross asked. I handed it to him. "I forgot how horrible my hair looked" he mumbled. "It looks good ross I love it" dad smiled. "I hate it" Ross replied. I smiled "it'll grow back ross. Don't worry" I assured. He smiled up at me and kissed my cheek. "Thank you for looking after me Rikey" he smiled. I smiled and kissed his head "it's okay buddy"
Ross went on Twitter and looked at dad "do the fans not know about my surgery?" He asked "no we didn't tell them honey" mom told him. Ross nodded "can I tell them?" He asked. "I don't know buddy. How about riker tell them?" Dad suggested. Ross nodded and looked at me. "Okay. What shall we say?"
Ross' POV
10:30pm
Everyone had left. The nurse told them to go home and get some rest. She also told me to get some sleep. I was trying. I couldn't get comfortable. I haven't seen Rydel. I wanna see Rydel. I also didn't read Rikers tweet earlier. I pushed myself up and reached for my phone. The lights were still on in the corridor so I could see everything in the room. I opened my phone and saw a few texts and twitter notifications. I went onto twitter and went to riker's tweet.
'Ross had surgery on his brain last week. I thought we should let you know because he woke up today. It was an aim to get rid of the tumours in his brain. Luckily, it was successful although the tumours are still on his chest and lungs.'
It was tweeted as a screenshot of his notes. I retweeted it before scrolling through the comments.
'Get well soon handsome'
'Keep fighting ross'
'Poor boy'
Most of them like that.
I then went on to Instagram and saw a post mom made. It was a picture of me and her a few years ago.
Get well soon baby boy. You're so strong. I love you so much. You're gonna be okay. I promise.
