Doctor: I'm sorry to tell you this but Justin....... is in a coma with severe brain damage. If he wakes up he probably won't remember who you are. Who anyone is for that matter.
Raegan put a hand over his mouth and shook his head. At least he's alive, he told himself. But that feeling didn't last long when he looked in on his precious angel. Justin lay there, hooked up to too many machines to count and forced to breathe through a tube. The doctor touched Raegan's shoulder empathetically before walking away. Raegan wiped another tear that dropped down his face as he stepped into the room, silent. He grabbed a chair and pulled it up next to the bed.
Raegan: Hey, hey babe. I know that you can't hear me or recognize me right now but I thought that maybe (sniffle) maybe I could just talk so you wouldn't be lonely. I'm, I (cries) miss you. Like a lot.
Raegan rubbed Justin's had, careful of the IV, and his breath shuddered.
Raegan: And I really, really, really want you to come back to me and to hold you in my arms so that (sniffles) I can
Raegan's voice cracked and his throats filled with tears.
Raegan: So that I can tell you( pause) that everything's gonna be ok (sobs and puts head down on bed) but you have to come back to me ok? Just try really hard to come back. Even-- Even if you don't remember me.
Raegan cried to Justin and talked to him for three more hours until he was told that visiting hours were over. He got into his car and sat there for a bit. He tried to stop crying and felt extremely selfish for crying this much. Justin was the one in the hospital possibly dying and here Raegan was, sobbing in his car. He pulled out and drove across the highway to the hotel where his mom handed him the McDonalds bag she had picked up. He thanked her but didn't eat it only sitting on his side of the room.
Raegan's Mom: How is he?
Raegan: He's- he's in a coma. And- and - and they said
The tears came again as he cried to his mom. She grabbed her son and pulled him into a tight embrace until he started to regain control. Suddenly his phone rang. It was the hospital.
