Danvid......But also Dadvid!

Please Be Okay...

David's POV

This can't be happening. Not to him... Why him... Max... This can't be happening. That's all I could think... over and over again... I sat there and held the small hand of the child who was lying there. Just... lying there... his breathing was shallow and ragged. There was a bandage around his head. I thought that if we had taken action and took him away from that life... They couldn't hurt him anymore... Yet... here we are. The window of the hospital room was open to let in the outside air. Daniel thought it would cheer me up... He says Max will be just fine... I wish I could believe him...

"You doing okay, David?" Daniel asked. He walked into the room with two cups and gave one to me. I stared at the dark brown liquid and simply stroked the cup with my thumb. "He'll be fine David. He's a tough kid." I felt a hand on my shoulder and slightly jumped at the sudden contact. "David... I know that you are having a hard time with this but remember... Max needs us both to be strong so that when he wakes up we'll have his new life safe and ready for him."

"Y-you're right Daniel. We have to work towards a better life for Max. He... He'll get through this... " I was still unsure about that but if Daniel was sure then I should try to look at the bright side. Look at that... I have to tell myself to look on the bright side... Please be okay Max... I stood up straight and gave the Camp Campbell salute. Shaking off all the sadder thoughts, I took Daniel by the hand and walked out of the Hospital room. We walked down the many hallways not talking. Though I knew we were both thinking about the same things. I stopped at the car door and opened it letting Daniel inside. I got in the driver's seat and with that we were off to Camp Campbell.

Three Hours Later...

Daniel's POV

I got out of the car confused. Why are we back here? I followed David to the counselors cabin. He walked in and grabbed a broken half of a staff with bandages down by the part that had been broken and something else I couldn't quite see. Then we went to Max's tent and gathered his belongings. David found a little stuffed bear and the other half of that staff. I grabbed the blue bookbag and little black hoodie off of the cot and we went back to the car. David put the things he had in the back seat and I followed. When we got in the car I looked in the back and saw the other thing David grabbed from the counselors cabin. It was a framed paper that said Positivity + Max = success. I smiled at how much David loved Max. How devout he was to making Max happy.

Three More Hours Later...

We retraced our steps back to Max's room. We walked in to see a nurse with tear stained eyes. My heart shattered as David fell to his knees. He sobbed into my shoulders and I held him close.

"The fuck are you crying about?" My eyes widened as I looked up to see Max sitting up in bed. His eyes were red and puffy as if he'd also been crying.

"MAX!" Both David and I got up and ran to either side of the bed.

"I apologize for scaring you and making it seem as though he was gone. You see, he was explaining why he was here and it was striking up past memories of my family." The nurse explained. That's why she looked so sad..

"Guess we're all a bunch of crybabies, huh?" Max said. we all chuckled at each other. He's alive!

A/n Here it is. Thought I was gonna let Max die? HAH hell no! I can't kill this little cinnamon roll! Any who, the shoe is next weekend so we will be having later rehearsals and I will be using most of my free time to practice my old age makeup. I hope you enjoyed the chapter! I hope you have a good evening/day. Good later!