The Beauty Of Will

15

        Most of the commercials were for other movies. The last one was for food and drinks out in the lobby. The large screen displayed a reminder to turn off our phones and stuff. I had already turned mine off so I had nothing to worry about. If I did have my phone on though, everything might have been different. 
       
       To be honest, I don't remember much of the movie at all. I know that there would be the occasional loud noise and Annabelle would let out a yelp and grab my arm. Besides that, most of it is blur. I was more focused on the fact that Will would push himself against his seat every now and then and he would squeeze my hand. My heart would explode every time this happened.
       After the movie, we all walked outside and squinted at the blinding sun. I slowed down and pulled Will back with me. As I had planned, Manny and Annabelle didn't notice and they both just kept walking.
        "Is everything ok?" Will asked me. I looked up at him as he looked down at me. His face was pale.
        "I feel like I should be asking you that. You ain't looking great." I responded.
       "Yeah. That was a pretty gruesome movie."
       "Yeah. I'm sure you'll be ok." We had stopped walking now.
         "But is there something you needed?"
       "Just thought you could use some comfort." I was attempting to be flirty. Will smirked and raised one of his eyebrows.
        "For completely unselfish reasons?"
        "Oh my reasons are entirely selfish. I just didn't want to seem rude." I smiled and so did Will.
         "God you're attractive." Will said quickly.
        Then he grabbed my upper arms, bent down, and kissed me. I lifted myself onto the tips of my toes to push myself into the kiss. I wrapped my arms around him just above his waist and he wrapped his arms around me just below my neck.
        We pulled apart and looked at each other. I smiled at him and he grinned back at me. Dispite the fact that I would never tell Annabelle, Will was a great kisser.
        I was ripped away from my happy thoughts and beautiful feelings, by the fact that people kept staring at us. Some looked angry, some looked happy, but they all just kept walking.
         Will angerly pushed me apart from him, grabbed my hand, and dragged me in the general direction of the car with him.
         Manny and Annabelle were waiting outside by the car. Manny looked bored and relieved at fist, but then she saw that Will was clearly angry.
        "What happened?" Manny asked. Will ignored her and walked around the car still dragging me.
       He let go of me to open the drivers side door, but Manny stepped in front of him and blocked the door from opening.
        "What happened?" Manny asked again, crossing her arms over her chest. Will put his head down and sighed. I just watched them awkwardly.
        "Well?" Manny asked.
        "Nothing. Just people being overly judgmental." Will replied.
        "What do you mean?"
        "Taylor and I were having a moment, and people kept staring and being rude."
        "Yeah." Manny looked down too.
        "I don't see why people can't just mind their own business. We weren't doing anything to them."
        "People don't like anyone who upsets the established order."
         "Then how are we supposed to progress as human beings if we don't want anything to change?"
        "We can't. That's why it's good to have people like you and Taylor."
        "I've never had a conversation about me being gay, that was this cheesy." The three of us chuckled slightly.
        We got into the car and Will began to drive. I pulled my phone out of my pocket and saw that I had quite a few missed calls from my Andy. I listened to the voicemail that she left.
        "Taylor," Andy said in an anxious tone. "Taylor it's Terence, he had an accident. He's in the hospital and they don't know if he'll make it. He wants to see you." I felt tears begin to form in my eyes.
        "Hey Manny?" I asked quietly.
        "Yeah?" Manny asked in response.
        "If we drop you two off at my house, would you be able to keep and eye on Annabelle for a little while?"
        "Yeah. Of course." She sounded concerned but didn't ask questions.
        "We need to drop them off at my house then head for the hospital." I whispered to Will so that Annabelle wouldn't hear.
        "Why?" Will whispered too.
        "Something happened with Terence. They think he's-" I had to stop. I couldn't bring myself to say the words. A tear trickled down my face. It was the only one I would let fall and I whipped it away immediately.
        "What's happening?" Annabelle asked.
        "I just have something I need to take care of. It's boring you wouldn't like it."
      "Ok."
        When we got to my house, Annabelle and Manny got out of the car and walked inside. Will quickly drove away.
        "What happened?" Will asked.
        "I don't know. Andy says he had an accident and that he wants to see me. They don't think he's gonna make it." I began to cry.
        "Oh crud. We're here now though." Sure enough Will was pulling into a parking space.
        He hadn't even completely stopped before I got out of the Durango and ran as fast as I could into the hospital. I slammed into the desk and scared the Secretary.
        "I need to see Terence Jinkons. I'm pretty sure he was checked in some time today." I told her. She hastily looked through the papers on her desk as Will came barreling through the door and stopped beside me.
        "Are you family? Only family is aloud in." The lady asked.
        "I'm his brother. I need to see him." I told her.
        "Second door on your left." She pointed down a hall and Will and I ran. I slid to a stop at the second door on the left.
        I shoved the door open and ran to the bed that contained a badly beaten Terence. His face was bruised and broken badly, his left arm was broken, and his right leg was in a large cast. I walked over to him slowly as more tears filled my eyes.
        "What happened?" I asked no one in particular.
        "I don't know. He won't tell me." Andy replied. Her eyes were red and puffy.
       "This all looks like stuff he can heal from though. Why did you tell me he might die?"
        "One of his lungs was punctured and he has some pretty bad internal bleeding."
        "And he wanted to see me?"
        "Yeah."
        Terence stirred weakly. He slowly opened his eyes and blinked at me.
        "Hey." He said weakly. I attempted to talk, but all that came out was a nerve racking gurgling. Terence's face scrunched up in confusion.
        "What the hell was that?" He asked.
        "Sorry. I had a little trouble talking there." I explained.
        "A little? That didn't even sound like a noise that any human could possibly make."
        "Yeah. I failed slightly."
        "Seriously, it sounds like a fish trying to breathe in it's own blood while on land."
        "I'm glad you now know what that sounds like, you're welcome."
        "Oh, yes, thank you."
        "So, Andy said you wanted to talk to me?"
        "Yeah. Could you guys give us some privacy?" Andy and Will left the room and shut the door behind them.
        "What do you need?" I asked.
        "I wanted to talk to you."
         "Ok."
         "Andy probably told you, they don't think I'm gonna make it."
        "You will."
        "We don't know that. I just need to make sure that if I don't make it, my kid has a good influence in their life." He began to cry.
        "What do you mean?" I cryed too.
        "I mean, you need to stay in this child's life. I don't care if Andy isn't comfortable with you being gay, and if you get married then you bring him around that kid."
        "I can't do that. I'm more than happy to come visit every now and then or help babysit, but there are a lot of better people in this world than me."
        "And I wouldn't want a single one of them to be there for my kid."
         "Are you sure I'm the right person to basically father your kid?"
        "I've never been more sure of anything when it comes to you."
         "I am a confusing person."
         "Indeed you are. So will you do it for me, will you help take care of my kid?"
        "I'll try."
        "I'm sure you'll do just fine."
        "But what about Andy?"
        "She can suck it up and deal with it because I'm not gonna die knowing that my wife doesn't like my brother."
        "I'm pretty sure we would all prefer that."
        "Probably." Terence's eyes began to droop and he seemed to get even weaker.
        "I love you Terence." I told him as tears continued to stream down my face.
        "I love you too Taylor." He gasped and just like in the movies, his head dropped onto his pillow and the steady beeping that used to be his heart beat, was nothing but a long, never ending beep.