Why him?!

So It IS Real?

"Alright Joey,come on. Let Kyle sleep. Go home and take a shower and you can bring him back some of his things. Mom is cooking food right now for him." Austin nudges me as I wake up.

I look up to see Kyle sleeping as well.

"What time is it?" I ask.

"Almost 10. You both have been sleeping all day." Austin laughs.

I look around and notice that there's chipotle on the table.

"Oh, Kyle ordered that for you. Remember when mom and dad left? He told them to go get some but he only ordered yours. I don't know why he didn't get any for himself" Austin stands up straight and cracks his back.

"So he hasn't eaten all day?" I ask as I sit up slowly.

"Um-I wouldn't know. I think the nurses fed him this morning. But I do remember I overheard mom and the doctor talking about how he hasn't been eating well ever since he woke up" Austin starts grabbing my coat and shoes.

Why isn't he eating? Is he too sick?

"Come on. You can go back tomorrow morning" Austin says, handing me my jacket.

I stand up and put my shoes and jacket on and grab the chipotle bag before leaving.

Austin drops me off at Kyles and then he heads home. I notice a van in the driveway.

"What the hell?" I question it as I walk up to the door.

I notice that Officer Fost is parked along the street as I turn around and I wave at him slightly. He returns the favor and rushes me inside.

He probably doesn't want anybody to know he's there.

I unlock the door and walk in to be greeted by the smell of heaven.

I take my shoes off and walk in further to see two people in the kitchen cooking.

"Um" I clear my throat and the two adults almost jump out their skins.

"Hello? Um-" the male steps forward.

"Oh. Are you Kyles parents?" I ask.

He nods.

"Oh, I'm uh" I clear my throat.

"I'm Joseph, Kyles um-" I don't know if I'm supposed to tell them or not.

"Boyfriend? Yes we know, Chase told us" his dad smiles as he goes back to help the woman in the kitchen.

I follow him in and sit at the bar.

"Sorry I wasn't here to properly greet you both." I lower my head.

"Oh it's alright. That nice police man let us in and told us about everything that was going on. We were just making some food for Kyle so we can take it over there tomorrow morning." The woman smiles brightly.

"Oh, my mom is doing the same" I drag out, feeling the tension in the room.

"The more the better! He needs to fill up after all this!" The lady laughs a bit as she turns the oven off.

"I'm Julie and this is Kevin. Nice to meet you sweetie" she walks over and reaches her hand out.

I quickly stand up and shake her hand.

"Nice to meet you both" I feel my face heat up in embarrassment.

I should've done this as soon as I walked in the door.

"So Joseph, I hear that you're a few years ahead of Kyle but only a year ahead in school. Did you get held back or anything?" His dad asks.

"Oh no. I um-my brother and I didn't go to school all of my junior and his senior year so I had to retake a few junior classes. But since I took most junior classes during my sophomore year-I only have to take a few" I sit back down and lower my head again.