Falling

Part 9

Dan's pov. (Pss. The Ben is still Ben from To Kill A King:) )
I wake up and see that Platz isn't here. Mac is. "Where is Platz?" I ask him. "Hi bro. You were asleep a long time, he already is in surgery." Mac says to me. "Oh, do you know when he is coming out?" I say while trying to get out of bed. "No, I don't know. And you are not going anywhere." Mac says back and he pushes me back. "Ben is coming by later today." He ads and sits back in his chair. I look out of the window. New York is covered in snow and it looks so nice. Las Vegas was always way to warm for snow so this is one of the first times I see a city covered in snow. After 2 hours Platz is back. They roll the bed with him on it in the room and connect some wires. He is still out and his shoulder is covered in bandages. The nurses walk out again and I look at him. He looks so cute. I smile. I hear the door open again and when I turn I see it is Ben. "Hi." I say. "Hi Dan, Hi Mac." he says back. He sits on a chair next to me. "How are you doing?" He asks me. "I'm fine. The city is covered in snow and it looks so nice." I say. "Good." I hear a sound coming from Platz' direction so I turn around and see that he is awake. "Hi Platz." I say and he looks at me. "Dan." He says back. I want to move closer to him but can't get out of the bed of course. Ben notices my struggle and lifts me and puts me down in my wheelchair. I roll to Platz and hold his hand. He squeezes it and smiles at me. I smile back. Everything will be alright. I just know it. Maybe not today, and maybe not even next month. But everything will be okay. I look at Platz and he has fallen back asleep. I look outside and see that the sun is going down again. It must be around 5 already. I feel hungry somehow, and that is something that normally never happens. "I'm hungry." I say to Mac. "Well, let's ask the nurses if they have something then." he says and stands up and walks out. Ben helps me to get back on the bed. "You seem pretty optimistic about it all." he says to me. "Do I have another choice? I could fall back into depression but I try to avoid that. I try so hard." I say and tears start flowing. Ben comes closer and he hugs me. "Sshh. It will all be alright." he says. I cry into his shoulder and he goes over my back to comfort me. "Shh. You can fight it. I know you can." he says and it gives me more hope. I lean back and wipe my tears away. In that moment the door opens and Mac comes back in. "One of the nurses will bring your food." Mac tells me and he closes the door behind him. He looks at me and seems to notice that I have been crying. "Dan, what's wrong?" "Nothing." I don't want to cry again so I lie. He sees straight trough it of course but he doesn't say anything about it and I'm thankfull for that. The door opens and a nurse comes in with a plate. She puts it on the bedside table and I look what it is. Spaghetti. I like it. The nurse goes away again and Mac gives the plate to me and a fork and I start eating. I take my time while eating to make sure I don't puke it all out again. When I'm finished Mac brings the plate back. When he comes back he doesn't sit down. "Dan, we need to eat something too. I hope you don't mind being alone for a short while?" He asks me and I shake my head. I like being alone. Well, not always but I want to be alone right now. Ben gets up too and I wave at them. "See you later." they say and walk out. I turn around and look at platz. A smile forms on my face and I fall asleep.