Alex...

Part Four

"You guys can go home. I-I'll be fine moms. Trust me. I just want to be here with Alex." He gulps.

"Please be safe Phoenix. Call us if you need anything." Stacy says as she stands up.

"I'll be safe mom, I'm in a hospital for Christ sakes." He laughs a bit.

Stacy smiles. "We love you Phoe.(Fee)" Mama smiles as they begin to walk out the door.

"I love you too." He smiles a bit.

No Phoenix, go with them. Time goes by and Phoenix lays his head back on the bed. Nurses come in and out, but Phoenix hasn't moved for an hour or so. He's sleeping. At least he's at peace. I feel like I'm floating. I can't move. I'm hurt. Phoenix coughs and groans a bit in pain. He's in pain. But... I thought he was fine.

"Help! Ow.... Oh god somebody please help!" He screams.

Nurses rush in. "What's the matter?"

"My stomach. Ow... It hurts!!" He screams and clutches his stomach.

"Sir, lay down on your back." Says a nurse.

Phoenix whines and does as the nurse says. They crowd around him as he lays down. One of them lifts up his shirt to see his entire stomach bruised. He cries in pain.

"It hurts. I-I don't feel so good." He complains just as he coughs up blood.

"Book an O.R stat! He's bleeding into his stomach! Why didn't anyone catch this sooner??!" A surgeon yells as he scoops up Phoenix, laying him on a gurney.

Phoenix cries as he coughs up more blood. "Am I going to die?" He asked the surgeon that scooped him up.

"No, I'll save you. Don't worry kid." He says as they rush to the operating room.

"Please, i-if I do die.... Unhook Alex from the machines. I-if I die, he dies too." He mutters.

"We'll do our best. Now, count down from five and then you'll be asleep." The surgeon says as Phoenix gets put under.

Before he knew it, he was under. Why didn't they catch the bleeding sooner? He would have been fine. My poor baby is in so much pain. Phoenix's surgery lasts about three hours. It was a small bleed at first which is why no one ever noticed it. Stacy and Mama are back at the hospital because of Phoenix's emergency surgery. I'm still in a coma, Phoenix is recovering. I want to wake up. Come on Alex, wake up!! Wake up!! You need your babe!!! Just wake up!!

I can feel the room spin. It's bright. Mama is sitting by my bed and Stacy is by Phoenix's. My hand twitches a bit just as my eyes flutter open. I look around unaware of my surroundings.

"Alex??!!!! Oh! Nurse!!! He's awake!!! He's alive!!!" She exclaims and Stacy runs over to my bed side.

"Don't try to talk Alex honey. You have a tube down your throat helping you breathe. Do you know where you are?" Stacy looks at me.

I nod looking around. Phoenix is asleep from his surgery still. The nurse comes in shining a bright light in my face to check my vital signs.

"I'll go get the doctor, we'll get the tube out and put him on regular oxygen." The nurse smiles. "Welcome back buddy." She says as she walks out getting the doctor.

Tears are streaming down my face as I look around the room. I can't move, I'm hooked to so many things. The doctor walks in and he is in shock. He's surprised that I am even alive.

"Okay Alex, this is going to feel very weird, I'm going to be taking out this breathing tube. You will gag on it, it'll be okay." The doctor looks at me.