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First, Best and Always	By : Ravenswing14337 Category: Individual Celebrities > Vin Diesel Views: 1382 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not know Vin Diesel. This work is completely fictional, and is not meant to harm Mr. Diesel in any way. This story is written just for fun no harm is intended and no profit is made. I do not own Vin; Duke University Hospital or Chic

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Chapter 47 Where Am I?

“This is really weird.”

As Craig lay motionless his mind kept going back to the same thought.

“I can hear everything, everyone, but I can’t see them and I can’t move.” “Rae is here, she sounds worried, I wish I could let her know I’m all right.” “At least I think I am, except for this headache, I really wish I could get rid of that, but otherwise I seem to be in one piece.” “Chris sure was bent out of shape for a while….wonder what that was all about?” “But everything is quiet now, and someone is holding my hand…it’s soft…must be Rae, the hand is small like hers, it must be her.” “Not moving though,” he thought.

“Maybe she’s asleep, or maybe it’s me, maybe I just can’t tell when people are moving any more.” “I thought I was moving before, but I must not have been cause nobody saw it.” “Or maybe this is all just a dream…no, can’t be…this headache is too real, God my head is pounding, if this is a hospital I really wish someone would do something about it, it’s really beginning to hurt…”

Raven began to stir just as Eric entered the room. The draperies were still closed and he crossed the semi-darkened room slowly.

“Good Morning Jic” he said as he reached her side, gently stroking her jet-black hair. Raven’s eyes adjusted slowly to the morning light that filtered into the room around the edges of the drapes. For a moment she wasn’t sure where she was, realization set in as her gaze fell upon Craig’s still form on the bed.

“Has there been any change?” she asked drowsily.

“No, no change.” “He’s stable but there’s been no improvement.”

She stood up slowly, her eyes passing quickly over the panels, buttons and switches on the monitors. Her hand passed lightly over the tubes in Craig’s arm, somehow he looked much smaller, so still lying there with the incessant beep of the heart monitor keeping time like some other-worldly sterile metronome, rhythmically ticking off the moments of Craig’s life.

“Have the police been here, have we heard anything from them yet?”

“No, not yet.” “According to the hospital staff they were here last night when Craig and Chris were first brought in, unfortunately neither of the boys was in any kind of shape to give them any information, they’re supposed to come back this morning.”

Raven stared listlessly as Ric began to open the bags of food spreading the hot breakfast out over Craig’s bedside table. He handed Raven a hot cup of coffee and moved to open the window coverings. The harsh sunlight made her wince and she briefly shielded her eyes from the onslaught of day.

“What time is it?” she questioned.

“It’s just a little after eight, Dr. Millieux should be here soon to check on Craig.” “Here,” he said motioning to the styrofoam container of scrambled eggs, “You need to eat something.”

“I’m not hungry, I can’t…” he cut her off in mid sentence,

“I don’t want to hear it, you haven’t eaten anything since….when?” “Breakfast yesterday?” “Did you even eat breakfast yesterday?”

Raven looked up at him with a telltale guilty look on her face.

“Just what I thought, you haven’t eaten anything since the night before last.”

Opening another container he found steaming hot pancakes and small link sausages, and he set about preparing her food taking his eyes from her only long enough to watch Vin enter the room.

“Well, I see Ricky has you all straightened out as far as breakfast is concerned.”

Ric looked back and forth between Raven and Vin and shot Vin a hateful glance that seemed to scream ‘don’t start’. Before Ric could respond Raven intervened glaring at both of them.

“Don’t you two get started with that again, it’s too early and I’m too tired to sit through it.”
Vin sheepishly backed down.

“Sorry, some habits are hard to break.”

Looking quickly around the room Raven asked, “Where’s Chris?”

“I took him over to the hotel this morning, he was pretty wiped out after last night.” “He’s probably still sleeping, I left him my cell phone and told him to call us as soon as he wakes up.” “He’ll no doubt be out of it until at least noon, I’ll send a car for him as soon as he’s ready to come back to the hospital.”

“Good, the last thing I need right now is him passing out from exhaustion.”

Vin seated himself in one of the chairs next to Craig’s bed, gently he reached over and stroked his arm.

“Hey there champ, it’s me Popi…how’re you doin’ in there? “Ya know..I’ve seen you do some outlandish things to get my attention,” he chided, “but this is just a little much.”

He forced himself to smile as he attempted to hold back the tears. “If you wanted us to come and visit you all you had to do was say so…” “A call would have been good…”

He paused as the words caught in his throat. He was determined he wasn’t going to break down, Raven needed him to be strong, and he didn’t want to show any weakness in front of Eric. But sometimes determination isn’t enough. As he held Craig’s hand the dam finally broke, he bent his head and covered his eyes with his free hand sobbing uncontrollably. Raven stood to move to his side and was stopped in her tracks by Eric’s hand on her arm. He shook his head ‘No’ and quietly led her out of the room. Once in the hall she turned to him; confusion on her face saying,

“What are you doing?” “He needs me right now.”

“No Jic…right now, right now he needs to get that out of his system,” “That…that isn’t about you…,” “that’s about Craig…he needs to be alone with Craig.” “If…when he needs you he’ll find a way to let you know.”

As much as she hated to admit it Eric was right. What Vin needed right now was time to talk to Craig privately, to tell him how he felt, without the rest of the world standing around listening. She looked up into Eric’s eyes marveling at how he always seemed to know, instinctively, what other’s needed to make them feel better. She remembered when he told her he was going to become a doctor, recalling the surprised look on his face when she told him that she already knew it, saying

“Of course you’re going to be a doctor, the way you look out for people…what else would you be…?”

Standing here now she was glad he’d pulled her aside, Vin was having as hard a time with this as she was, she didn’t want to do anything to make it worse. She wrapped her arms around his waist hugging him close and laid her head against his chest. She knew that he was angry about this situation with Vin, but even in his anger he didn’t let her do something that would eventually come back to haunt her. Gazing up into his eyes she told him what he already knew…

”I love you Xa-he’-Ta-No.”

In that moment he felt as he always did when he was with her, like his heart would overflow, the tears welled up in his eyes as he bent his head to hers; hugged her close, gently kissed her forehead and whispered in her ear…

“I know you do Jicarilla…I know.”
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