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About half an hour later, Dr. Greene came back into the waiting room, where he found all of the boys praying for Wendy. He waited for them to finish and then said:”If you want to, one of you can go see her. But I should warn you before you do. At the moment she can’t breathe on her own, so we had to intubate her. And then there are all sorts of machines so we can keep an eye on her blood pressure, heart rate and other vital functions. Don’t let the machines scare you, they are all just there for her safety. She’s on the 5th floor, room 246. A nurse will take you to her. Just go to the desk when you are ready and ask for Katie. If you have any questions, you can always contact me or Dr. Lockhart. Our phonenumbers are on this card, so are visiting hours.”
The guys thanked him and Kevin put the card in his wallet. “Brian, do you want to go see her?” he asked his cousin. Brian nodded. “Just tell her we love her, allright?” A.J. softly said as he put a hand on Brian’s shoulder, who then turned his head to look at him with a sad smile on his face. “I will.” Brian replied as he got up to find nurse Katie.

“Allright, guys. I know I can’t hide the fact that Wendy was raped from Rok very long. He always seems to look right through me.”
“I know what you mean, Alex. He looks right through me as well.” Nick replied.
“We just can’t tell him right now. He’ll probably freak out again the moment he sees her. Telling him this will just be too much on his heart.”
“We know, Kev. But we do need to tell him though. I just don’t know if I can be the one breaking the news to him. I’m not as close to him as you and Nick are. I don’t want to sound like a coward, but I’m really scared of his reaction.” Howie let out a sigh. They were all thinking of a way to tell Brian, without causing him a lot of pain. At the same time, they knew there was no way of doing that.
“I’ve got an idea.”
“Call the newspapers, right now, Nick has got an idea!” A.J. chuckled, trying to break the tension.
Nick smiled. “Owh just shut up and listen. IF we tell him, we should tell him here in the hospital. Then if anything happens, he’ll at least be in the right place. ”
“And this is your idea? Call the newspapers again, tell them it was a false alarm.” A.J. interrupted.
“I wasn’t finished yet, Bone.” Nick paused.

Meanwhile

“This is her room. Don’t let the machines scare you. And if you think something’s wrong, just push the red button. One of the nurses will check on her then, allright?”
“Thank you, Katie.” Brian was hesitant about going in. He held the doorknob, but didn’t move a muscle. Come on, Bri, just walk in, it’s not as if she’s gonna bite. But then reality hit him hard, again. She can’t even smile at you, let alone bite. Tears filled his eyes, but he held them back. He finally opened the door, but held his head down, so that he wouldn’t have to see her, just yet. In his mind he saw her the way he wanted to see her. Blue eyes with a hint of grey, long blonde hair and an enchanting smile. Whenever she smiled at you, you couldn’t help smiling back.
Brian had finally reached the bed, held on to it and slowly raised his head. He was shocked by what he saw, even though Dr. Greene warned him. He hardly even recognised her as she was lying in this hospital bed. There were machines all around her. Some of them beeping, other silent, but the one that was helping her breathe made the most noise of them all. He intended to be strong, but he just couldn’t when he saw her. A huge tube came out of her mouth, an IV in her left hand, there was what he thought to be elastoplast on her nose and gauze wrapped around her head, she had a black eye and her left cheek was badly bruised. He hardly even recognised her. Somehow he managed to reach the chair and sat down. He covered his face for a moment, trying to process all of this. It was all just too much. The guys and him had a wonderful evening, teasing Nick most of the time, and then this. It all turned into a nightmare. A nightmare from which he couldn’t wake up. Then he moved the chair closer to the bed and held Wendy’s right hand in his. “Hey there sunshine. I don’t know if you can hear me, but A.J. asked me to tell you that we all love you. We’re all here. We’ll visit you so much, that you will have to wake up to finally get rid of us and our stupid jokes. You have to wake up, Wendy, you just have to. We need you down here. I need you.” Brian didn’t know what to say next, so he did the one thing he knew he could do. He closed his eyes and began to pray.

In the waiting room

“Allright, then that’s what we’ll do, Nick.”
“What’s taking Brian so long? I should go check it out, maybe something has happened to him.”
“I’m sure he’s fine, D. Besides, she is being monitored constantly, and as long as he’s with her, they are keeping an eye on him as well. Dr. Greene has informed all the nurses about his condition as well. But don’t tell him that unless you want me dead. He’d kill me if he knew I asked Dr. Greene to inform the nurses.”
The four men were so tired that they almost fell asleep while waiting for Brian, but they never actually did, afraid of Brian catching them and going into a frenzy again when he did. Twenty minutes later, the door of the waiting room opened.