Nothing More

Nine

you stood outside of the hospital hugging grayson for another 10 minutes, both bawling.
"why would somebody do this to him.." grayson cried into you.

"i don't know.. he didn't deserve it at all.." you both cry even more.

you think about the night he took you on the adventure. memories keep running through your head, making you cry even more

i can't lose him.. i need him. he always helped me through everything.. why would someone do this..

you calmed yourself down a little, enough to ask grayson a question. "d-do you know who did it?"

he released from the hug to wiped his eyes. "not yet. they c-caught the person and they said tell me when they found out wh-who it was."
he was trying to talk but it was difficult since he had been hyperventilating.

"when can we go see him..?" You sniffled.

"hopefully soon.."

you wrapped your arms around his waist and you both started to cry again. "i'm sorry that this happened.."

"me too.." he cried even more.

about 30 minutes of waiting, you were finally able to go in and see ethan. when you walk into the hospital, they tell you that ethan is in room 137 on the third floor.

you and grayson hurry as quickly as possible.
when you get there, a doctor stops you before you walk in. "we have some bad news.."

you and grayson both started to tear up. "he's not going to make it is he..?" Gray asked.

"well, he has a good chance of surviving. i think he'll be okay but we're not for sure yet. we looked at the wounds and it looks as though he got stabbed 4 times. three times in his stomach and one on his side. as of now, he's in a coma. we don't know when, or if.. he's going to wake up. you're welcome to come and visit as much as you'd like, i'll keep him in my prayers." the doctor put his arm on grays shoulder, gave a little sympathetic smile and walked away.

grayson turned to you. "he's.. in a coma.." he started to tear up. "how long.. i don't know if i can do it without him. i need him y/n.. i can't live without him.."

"i know grayson.." you started tearing up. "but we have to stay strong.. we know ethan, he can fight through this.." a few tears rolled down your cheeks.

grayson wiped his eyes. "okay.. i think i'm ready to go see him.."

you both walk into the room and you start tearing up when you see him laying there, almost lifeless. grayson walked over to the side of the bed with tears in his eyes. he was talking really quietly. "hey E.. it's gray. idk if you can hear me, i doubt it, but i love you bro. please wake up.. i need you.." tears started falling from his eyes. "please E.. wake up. i need you.."
he started to break down crying.

you started tearing up and ran over and hugged him tightly. "it's gonna be okay.."
grayson started crying even more. "it'll be okay.."

you and grayson sat there for another 30 minutes sitting with ethan, crying, and talking back and forth. there was a little knock at the door and an officer walked in.

you and grayson stand up. "did you find out who it was?" Gray asked nervously.

"yes. she's a 32 year old female. looks like she's been on drugs for a while and had a lot of alcohol in her system. we're not sure why she did it, but we arrested her and she's going to jail for many years."

"do you know the name?" You asked.

"let me check." The officer goes into the hall to talk to another officer then comes back into the room. "her name is katie y/l/n"