I woke up and rolled over to see the most beautiful guy in the entire world, Dann, and couldn't help but smile. It was weird to think that only a few months ago I wouldn't have thought much of him other than a friend, but then the coma happened and pretty much everything changed. Suddenly Dann's gorgeous eyes fluttered open and he instantly pulled me into a sleepy hug.
"CC! It's your birthday today!" I smiled as he rolled on top of me before kissing me. "Happy Birthday you." I laughed before pushing him off to sit up.
"I am aware that today is my birthday, but I swear if you've made a big fuss I will kill you!" He pouted before pushing me off the bed.
"Bitch please," he spoke as he stuck his face over the edge of the bed. "All I'd have to do is run, you've never been able to catch up - and especially not with those smoker's lungs." I pouted.
"You have smoker's lungs too bitch." He rolled his eyes.
"Yes, but mine haven't also been through whatever the hell a coma is like." He paused for a second. "It must have been awful though. It was bad enough the day of your accident. You promised to ring me when you got to Emily's since there had been a lot of motorcycle accidents lately and you didn't. I must have tried to call you at least sixty times before getting in the car and going looking for you. When I found you, I didn't know what to - you were just lying there tucked quietly behind a car, not breathing, and with a really fucked up motorbike not very far away. I couldn't really do much but carefully move you into my car and drive as fast as I could to the hospital. There was nothing else to do on the drive there than to tell you how much you meant to me, just in case the worst did happen. I sat in the hospital waiting for a good while before your parents turned up, swiftly followed by Emily who pretty much forced me out and everytime I turned up after that I was simply told where to go. It was just awful to think you might not pull through and I wouldn't have been able to spend the last of your days with you because of her." I looked at him to see him almost crying, before climbing onto the bed and into his arms.
"Dann, I understand that it must have been awful, but it's all over now, and I'm relatively OK. There's no Emily to keep us apart, and it's highly unlikely I'll ever be in a coma again - it's not a common occurence." I paused for a moment. "In all honesty I thought it was Emily who took me to the hospital, purely because of what I can half remember hearing on the drive, but I'm glad it was actually you." He grinned.
"Anyway, Mr Purdy, you need to go for a smoke while I sort out downstairs since it's your birthday."
I rolled my eyes before being carried onto my balcony, having a cigarette put in my mouth and having it lit, before Dann and his perfect butt disappeared off downstairs. It was weird to know about my coma through someone else's eyes, especially someone who had been my bestfriend for most of my life. I sat and smoked, thinking about how different the lives of all of my family and friends would have been if I had never woken up that day in the hospital...
"CC!" I saw my mother appear on the balcony opposite me. "Happy Birthday dear!" I smiled as she gave me a huge hug. "Dann has gone all out for you this year, I think it's after everything that has happened." I half smiled.
"Can we just drop that now? It's kinda not a nice thing to bring up on my birthday if I'm honest, you know, the fact that I almost died." She sighed.
"Fine CC. And by the way, I love this boyfriend of yours - he's so much nicer than Emily." I felt myself smiling like an idiot.
"He so is mom, you're so right this time. Something is just, different with Dann to how it has been with anyone else." She chuckled to herself.
"That's because he's the right gender Cato."I chuckled a little and looked at my mother's happy face.
"You're a weird one mother." She stuck her tongue out at me before disappearing off, presumably downstairs.
I must have sat another ten minutes before Dann appeared in the doorway before picking me up, kissing me, and carrying me downstairs. I was pretty much thrown on the couch before being attacked with confetti and looking around the room to see possibly the gayest party in the entire world - rainbows, glitter and Jake stood in full drag.
"Happy Birthday!" My mom, dad, Dann, Grandad, and the rest of my dad's band cheered, although Emily only grumbled - surprise, surprise(!)
"Thanks guys, but seriously Dann you could have toned down on the glitter and confetti." He pouted and stuck his tongue out before practically jumping on me.
"Anyway you, you need to open your birthday presents." I rolled my eyes. This birthday would be a weird one - I had no idea what anyone had got me since I had been in my coma.
***
I got so much from everyone, including a stupid amount of black clothes, new drumsticks and other drum-related things, a load of Batman:the Animated Series DVDs, and new bandanas. However, the best gift by far was definitely a giant cuddly llama toy from none other than Dann.
It was nice to spend the day with all of my family, and my Dann, but I swear it would have been so much nicer if Emily wasn't there. I mean, she was a nice girl but there was no need to keep scoffing and glaring every time I even hugged Dann. She continued to do it, so in the end I pretty much stormed out for a cigarette (since I had asked her to stop several times).
As I lit it and began to smoke, I heard the door open and turned to see none other than Emily. I'm pretty sure she practically heard me roll my eyes as she sat beside me.
"What the hell do you want?" I practically growled at her.
"I just," she paused for a second, "can't believe you left me for him..." I looked at her in disbelief, but as much as I wanted to lose my temper I couldn't - since the doctors had warned me that stress could cause me to pass out.
"Well Emily, I just can't believe you've really just said that. If you're going to keep being a total bitch then you can piss of back home - I'm not having you ruin my birthday by being a bitch."
"I'm not being a bitch! I just don't understand! You've gone from me - female and gorgeous - to him - male and disgusting." I rolled my eyes.
"He's not male and disgusting, and I know for a damn well fact that you used to have a huge crush on him before you knew he was gay. You're such a hypocrite. I know within at least the next few months you come crawling back telling me how much you love me, when in actual fact you were the one who tried to get them to turn off my life support machine. So frankly, fuck you, because you're damn not welcome."
With that she stormed off down the road in a huge strop, and I returned inside calmly and sat on Dann's lap. He looked at me and raised an eyebrow so I quietly told him what had happened with Emily. He simply looked at me in disbelief before smiling.
"I'm just glad you're still here and that you had the balls to tell her - just don't let her ruin your birthday." I smiled.
"I goddamn won't."
