House Call

Chapter 24: In For A Rude Awakening

Wyatt's POV

I woke up to Patricia and Jordan banging on my bedroom door. Confused and instantly filled with fear I jumped up and opened my locked bedroom door. Their eyes jetted right towards my lower half and I didn't even realize I was naked...with morning wood swinging...and morning breath to top it all off.

Patricia just turned away with quickness. "You gotta get dressed... so we can get back to the hospital."

Still not realizing that I was naked, I tried to walk towards them but Jordan backed up instantly. "What happened, is Percy awake?"

"No but your... friend is." Jordan said laughing and covering her eyes... slightly.

I looked down and was beyond embarrassed, but I laughed and closed the door. I looked over at the clock and it was 9:37 AM. I ran in the bathroom to brush my teeth and wash my face and then I hit the closet to throw on some clothes. When I got downstairs to the kitchen, mom was in making plates, but I could tell she was down about the whole situation.

I came up behind her and gave her a big hug. "Hey mom, how you holding up?"

"I'm hanging in there baby. I didn't get too much sleep, but I'm hanging in there. ."

I squeezed her tighter and looked over at the girls, they had the same sad look as I did. Her only boy was in a situation she couldn't help him out of. I could only imagine how helpless she felt as a mother, not to be able to protect her kids from the tragedies of the world. My heart kinda broke in that moment, but in the same instant I squeezed her even tighter, that's all I could do.

"You know he's going to wake up right?" I said.

She smiled and grabbed my arm. "I know, and then I'll have both of you on each side."

We all ate breakfast and then headed over to the hospital.

We walked in the room and saw Terry asleep in a recliner and Percy's bed gone. I immediately began to panic. I couldn't even help it, I just started screaming "Terry wake up!"

He opened his eyes and just looked at me, face filled with annoyance and his eyes were puffy. He looked exhausted.

"Where's Percy"?!" I asked frantically.

"Damn boy, they took him to CT. Probably so he could get a break from all that screaming."

We both started laughing and I apologized. I sat down the bed and everyone else sat down in the chairs that were in the room.

"He just went down about 15 minutes ago, and he should be back up soon. How'd yall sleep by the way?" He asked.

All the ladies answered, and I kinda tuned them out. My mind was so wrapped up on Percy waking up and me just being by his side, I didn't even hear Terry when he asked me for the 3rd time.

He started snapping his fingers at me. "Hello! Earth to Dr. Bradshaw, anyone there??"

I broke out of my day dreaming and came back to reality. "MY bad bro, I slept okay/ I was worried but It felt good knowing I had someone watching him."

"Now you know I got your back."

Patricia went to sit on his lap and put her arms around his shoulder, and then the magical moment happened. He looked deep into her eyes and you could just feel the love that was brewing between those two, neither one of them could deny it if they tried.

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Tiffany's POV