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foolish.
It was foolish to be that way with him.
I want so badly for him to wake up.
“Gabe… I need you to come back to us,” I say to him. “I don’t like this. You’re worrying the hell out of me. I need you to come back, please. You have a kid on the way and a wife who needs you. But I… need you too.”
The door pushes open and Nick and Vincent come in.
They look from me to Gabe and the same caution that I see in their faces fills them.
“Hey,” I greet them and they both acknowledge me.
“Anything change?” Vincent asks.
I shake my head. “All the same. The staff said everything was the same too last night. No change at all,” I reply.
The only thing I’m glad for is that he’s not on life support. He can breathe on his own and he seems functional, he’s just in a coma. But, life support is the next thing if he doesn’t pull through soon.
I don’t even like that word. The last person I knew of on life support was Nick’s best friend Tommy and he didn’t make it.
The three of us look on at Gabe, not knowing what to say.
I glance at Nick as he sighs and runs a hand through his hair.
We’re all taking this hard but each of us is going through it a little different to the other. The same way we’re close in different ways.
“I…” Nick begins. “I remember when I was fifteen and I took Gabe’s car and crashed it in the river near the Peterson manor.”
Vincent looks at him and frowns. We all remember that because it was one of the many times when Nick nearly died.
“Nick, you didn’t take his car, you stole it,” Vincent corrects him and gives him a hard stare.
“God, fine I stole his car, then…” Nick frowns and continues and I just look at him. “I crashed the car in the river and Frankie had to come after me and save me because the door was jammed. I don’t know how you all got there so fast but that would have been me gone. Gabe beat the shit out of me when Frankie pulled me from the river.”
“It served you right,” I smirk. I got two black eyes trying to get Gabe off Nick and Vincent got his arm broken.
Nick chuckles. “Gabe was mad as all hell at me, and I couldn’t believe he lost it like that. Then it hit me … it wasn’t because I stole his car. That rage was never about the car. He didn’t give a shit about the car. He beat me up because of what could have happened to me. I scared the shit out of him and I nearly died. He’s my … he’s the guy who keeps me alive. All of you have, but him… he’s a big reason why I’m standing here today.”
In all the time I’ve known Nick I’ve never heard him speak such words, never.
Maybe it’s the magic in them that shifts the tides and opens the door for what happens next.
I have to stand when I see Gabe move his hand because I think I’ve imagined it.
Of course I would think that because I’ve been hoping for a miracle to happen since he got here.
When Gabe opens his eyes and looks at Nick my whole being sighs with relief.
“Nick," Gabe says and looks around.
“Jesus Christ Gabe!” Nick shrieks practically jumping on the bed. “I’m gonna go get the doctors.” He goes through the door and Vincent moves closer.
“Gabe we’re all here bro,” Vincent tells him.
Gabe looks over to me. I’m so choked up I can’t talk.
“My wife…” he says blinking.
