Blood Screaming Pt 2

On the rest of the drive to the hospital Liam watched silently as the paramedic kept sticking stuff into Will. When they finally got there the ambulance was immediately surrounded by people and Liam got pushed out of the way. He listened to the paramedics barking out information to the doctors on staff in their medical lingo. He followed them as they took Will all the way to the operating room.

“I’m sorry but you’ll have to wait out here.” A nurse informed him. Liam looked at her nametag and saw her name was Betty, he nearly laughed, Nurse Betty. She saw the look on his face and was puzzled about what he could possibly find so funny, “Is there anyone you can call for him?”

“Yeh, I’ll call his parents now,” Liam said and wondered off to do it before the nurse could offer.

Liam walked off and got out his cell phone and dialled Will’s number. He still knew it off by heart.

“Hello,” A female voice said and Liam instantly recognised it as Will’s mother.

“Hey, its Liam,” He paused not knowing how to say what came next.

“Oh hi,” She said, “Will’s not home, I thought you two were out together?” She said questioningly.

“Yeh we were,” Liam started, “Listen, the place we were at got held up. Will got shot but he’s gonna be ok.”

“Oh my god! Is he ok?” She asked, even though Liam had already said he was. Liam could have sworn that she was worried, even though their parents tended to leave them alone he knew they still cared about them.

“Yeh, he’s fine, we’re at the hospital.”

“I’ll be there soon,” She responded.

“Ok, I’ll see you soon.” Liam said hanging up the phone.

He sat down for a few minutes and then he got up to go to the vending machine, not because he was hungry but more as something to do. He was just about to slip a few quarters in when he saw one of the doctors he had seen with Will before heading his way.

“Hey,” he said. “How’s Will?”

The doctor must have gathered who he meant and he stopped, “Oh, he’s going to be fine.” Liam looked at his name tag, the doctors name was Ben. He lost a lot of blood though and there were quite a few people brought in and we seem to have run out, there’s not enough to give him a transfusion. Does he have any family that could help?”

“I’ll do it.” Liam said immediately.

“Are you related?” Ben asked.

“No, but he and I are both AB” Liam said.

“Well we’ll have to double check that of course, but if you could come this way I’ll set you up with a nurse.”

Liam followed him to an empty bed. Surprisingly enough Nurse Betty was taking care of the blood donation. She stuck a needle in Liam’s arm but he didn’t mind, fortunately he wasn’t scared of needles. She took the blood and finished up.

“If you feel faint you might want to either lie down or eat something, other than that you should be fine.” She finished smiling.

Liam smiled back at her, he felt fine it was Will he was worried about. He went back out to the waiting room and saw Fred and Wes had arrived.

“Hey guys,” he said.

“How is he?” Fred and Wes asked at the same time.

“He’s gonna be fine.”

Fred burst into tears, “I was so worried.”

“I know,” Liam said hugging her, they both shared a bond over their love for Will despite that Fred’s was platonic and Liam’s was well, not.

Wes looked somewhat uncomfortable and Liam saw that Will’s mother had arrived so he slipped Fred into Wes’ arms.

“Hey,” Liam greeted her.

“Liam,” She said hugging him.

“He’s going to be ok,” Liam told her.

“I was so worried,” she said.

“He lost a bit of blood, but he will be fine.” Liam said, “There’s the doctor now.” He said pointing back towards Ben.

Will’s mother rushed over to him and bombarded him with questions about whether or not her son was getting the very best treatment and so on, knowing that Will was going to be ok Liam now found it somewhat funny.

Fred looked over at him and was somewhat relieved at Liam’s smile, she knew that if Will was in danger then there was no way that Liam would be laughing about anything.

Cordelia and Doyle came rushing in through the hospital doors. “Is he alright? Is he alright?” She asked frantically.

“He’s fine,” Liam said.

Everyone looked relieved.

“Well you know what that means then don’t you?” Cordelia asked.

Everyone looked at her blankly.

“Gift time,” She declared.

They still looked at her confused.

“Gift shop? Get well soon gifts?” She said as though it should have been obvious.

Fred seemed to catch on but the guys still looked confused. “Getting him presents.” Fred explained. Even though that wasn’t that much of a better explanation they seemed to understand.

“Sounds like a good idea,” Doyle said.

“Yeh, we definitely should.” Liam agreed.

“Then it’s settled,” Wes stated.

Cordelia smiled, pleased that everyone had accepted her idea. “I think its this way.” She said and led everyone off down the hall.

Fred was pleased that everyone seemed to like Will. He was one of those people that you either liked or you hated and more often then not it seemed he was hated, but he seemed to be fitting in really well with this group. For that matter so was she. She felt like over the last two days she had gained four friends, one of which she hoped would become more than friends with. On the drive to the hospital Wes hadn’t really said much, she gathered he didn’t really know what to say, however if it was him in her situation she couldn’t guarantee she would really know either. She liked Cordelia, the other girl seemed to be so confident and happy and was one of those people who you enjoyed being around. The fact that she liked Wesley was a give. As for Liam, well where should she start. In some aspects she was kind of jealous that he had taken her spot, but then she knew that really he hadn’t, whilst he and Will were close to say the least she knew that Will wouldn’t forget about her. He wasn’t like that, he was more the kind to try and gather as many people close to him as possible and never let them go. Which brought her to another issue, Liam and Will. She couldn’t work out what was between them, she knew that Will at least had feelings for him, he had told her as much that afternoon, but how did Liam feel about him. She really didn’t want Will to get his heart broken, particularly not by Liam – someone that she knew Will valued. She had always known that Will was gay, well not always, she remembered back when she used to have a crush on him and how he had told her that it wasn’t her and that he was into guys. At first she had thought that he was just saying that, but she had seen the sincerity in his eyes. She wondered if Liam was gay, he didn’t seem the type but then really there was no type was there. She had seen how panicked he had been when Will had gotten shot. The way he had quickly ripped off his shirt and tied it around Will’s leg and had held him close hadn’t been lost on her. She thought about it for a few more minutes, there had been signs all right, but so far everything could just be taken as a platonic friendship, sure a close one, but friendship all the same. She decided she would have to keep watching.

She opened her eyes, not even realising that they had been closed while she was thinking and saw Doyle waving a hand in front of her face, “You in there darlin’” She heard him asking. He had the coolest accent, from what she had gathered he was from Ireland and had come to America a few years back.

“Wha- Oh sorry I was just thinking.” She said.

Cordelia smiled at her. “We were asking for any ideas about presents, you and Liam are the only ones who really know him and we haven’t gotten a word out of him yet.”

She looked over and saw that true indeed, Liam was in his own little dream world.

Liam was trying to work out what to get Will. How was he meant to pick him out a gift from a hospital gift shop? He didn’t want to get him something lame but he had no idea what he should get him. He looked around but all he could see were snow globes, teddy bears and chocolate, none of which he really thought Will would like. That didn’t stop Cordelia though, she went straight for them and held up a fluffy blue one.

“Do you think he will like it?” She asked.

Liam looked at Fred, “He’ll love it.” They responded at the same time.

Wes didn’t know what to get him, he wanted to make a good impression on the guy that meant so much to Fred. He felt like he needed Will’s approval for some reason, he knew that Fred looked at him like an older brother so maybe that was it. What to get him... He thought for a few more moments and then headed straight for the chocolates, everyone liked chocolate.

Doyle had no clue what to get Will, he looked to Cordelia for help. “Cordy, princess?” he asked.

She looked at him and sighed and found a stuffed green frog, he smiled, it worked for him. She gave it to him and kissed him, “You’re so cute you know?” She said.

He deepened their kiss, “Mmmhmmm...” He trailed off, still kissing her.

Liam and Fred both looked at eachother, “They do that a lot.” He explained.

“Oh,” Fred said, “So what are you gonna get him?” She asked.

“I have no idea,” Liam replied truthfully, “I want to get him something he’ll think is fun.” Liam spied the toy section out of the corner of his eye.

“I think I’ll get him a snow globe and some chocolate,” Fred said, walking over to where the snow globes were to try and find a funny one. She eventually found one that was of a naked Santa, she figured he would find it funny. Meanwhile Liam was still having trouble finding something. He saw something that caught his eye, some action figures, he remembered that was how he and Will had first met, they had been at some sort of kindergarten type thing and they had both gone to take the same one, their teacher had insisted that they share and since then they had been friends. Their mothers had realised that they knew each other and so they had always been together. He got a couple and hoped that Will would remember, otherwise he’d feel like a tool. He got some chocolate to go with it just in case Will didn’t get the action figure thing.

He went and paid for it and met the others outside the store.

“What did you get him Liam?” Cordelia asked.

Liam showed her and she raised an eyebrow, “If you had that much trouble you should have just asked...” She said jokingly.

The others were silent, figuring it must have some sort of significance to them, but nobody corrected her.

They walked back to the waiting room and found that Will was still in the operating room. Liam became worried again, it shouldn’t take this long. They all took seats.

“Anyone hungry?” Doyle asked.

“Nah,” Liam said.

“I kinda am,” Fred said quietly and the others agreed. “We’ll be back in a tic Liam.”

“Ok,” he said and slumped down in his chair, all he wanted was to be at home, in bed with Will in his arms sleeping soundly, knowing that he was safe. He wanted to be able to kiss him better, to hold him and make all of his pain go away and he realised that he sounded like a girl but he didn’t care, all he cared about at the moment was Will.

He watched the doctor come out and walk over to Will’s mother and he got up and walked over to where they were standing.

“He’s going to be fine, like I said before he lost a lot of blood but we gave him a transfusion, he’s going into recovery at the moment and you will be able to see him tomorrow.”

Ben kept talking but Liam tuned out after he heard the word tomorrow. Tomorrow! He couldn’t wait until tomorrow! Fuck how could he... He started listening again.

“....You might want to go home and come back tomorrow; he should be up to visitors then.” Ben finished.

Will’s mother then proceeded to ask a pile of questions, most of which didn’t concern Liam so he sat back down, no way he was going home to wait. The others came back out, Cordy was carrying a couple of chocolate bars they had gotten him.

“Any news,” She asked Liam when she spotted Ben.

“Yeh, he’s out of theatre and into recovery, they say that we can see him tomorrow.” Liam said.

Cordelia checked her watch, it was about 2 in the morning. She was surprised that the gift shop had been open so late, but hey who was she to question a good thing. “Well I guess we better get comfy.” She said, not even entertaining the thought of going home.

Liam smiled at her, he really appreciated the way that they were all being so nice to Will and then he realised that they weren’t doing it for him, they genuinely liked him. He watched as Cordelia sat down on one side of him and Fred on the other. Doyle and Wesley sat next to Cordelia and Fred respectively and Cordelia curled up into Doyle; the two of them were soon asleep.

“You should try and get some sleep Liam,” Fred whispered.

“Yeh, you’ll be of more comfort to him when your not tired,” Wes agreed.

“I’ll try,” he promised.

He watched as they too fell asleep, Fred leaning on Wes’ shoulder. Everyone was coupling up, everyone except him. He had to admit though, Fred and Wes looked really sweet together, so did Cordy and Doyle, but he was used to that. He too soon drifted off to sleep.

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Will woke up the next day, feeling tired and woozy. He saw a nurse fiddling with either a tube or a drip or something and the events of last night came rushing back to him.

“You’re awake,” the nurse said. Will looked at her nametag and saw that her name was Betty. Nurse Betty. He smiled at this.

“And smiling,” She commented.

“Yeh,” he said not really caring, he wanted to see Liam. And Fred. And everyone else. God he felt tired, he fell back asleep.

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Will woke up for the second time that day, he could sense someone in the room with him. “Liam?” he asked, not entirely sure who was in the room with him.

“No,” the person replied, “I’m a nurse.”

He looked up and saw that it was Nurse Betty again, “Oh, hey,” he said.

“You remember me?” She asked.

“Yeh, you were here a second ago,” Will said.

“Well a few hours, but close enough,” She said smiling. “You’re friends are waiting to see you.” She said, “They’ve been here all night.”

Will smiled, he couldn’t believe that Liam and Fred had stayed the whole night.

“Yeh, those five have been out there all night, bearing the wrath of those plastic chairs.” She continued.

“Five?” Will asked.

“Yeh,” She confirmed noticing his surprise, “Looks like you have more friends than you think you do...” She finished.

Will nodded.

“Your mother was here before, she had to go home though but she’s coming back today.” Betty told him.

Will smiled at this, “So when can I see everyone?”

“As soon as you eat breakfast.” She said.

“I’m not hungry,” Will said.

“How about this, I’ll let you see your friends now if you eat breakfast while you’re seeing them, if you promise you will eat.” She offered.

“Deal.” Will accepted, he really wanted to see everyone.

She left the room and a few moments later everyone came in. They all looked shocked, Cordelia went up and gave him a hug, “I’m so glad your ok.” She said.

“Thanks Cordy,” Will said.

Fred joined that hug, “Oh Will, I dunno what I would have done if something had have happened to you,” she said.

“I’m fine,” Will said.

Doyle and Wes just smiled, deciding that the hugging would be a little awkward, Will smiled back. Liam just looked at him, not knowing what to do, he wanted nothing more than to just go up and wrap his arms around him, but he was worried that Will would pull away, embarrassed or something.

Will motioned with his head for Liam to join them and he didn’t hesitate to act out on his previous thoughts, well not the ones he was having while he had fallen asleep.

“Group hug,” Doyle said to Wes and joined in. Wes soon followed.

After a few minutes they all broke apart and Fred and Cordelia took the two chairs next to his bed, Doyle and Wesley leaned against the wall and Liam sat on the edge of the bed.

“So how long you gonna be in here for?” Doyle asked.

“Few days I suppose,” Will answered, “Not entirely sure.”

“Does it hurt?” Cordelia asked.

“You better believe it,” Will said.

Liam smiled remembering Will during the ride here in the ambulance. He really wanted to make Will feel better, but he couldn’t exactly do that while the others were here, he pictured their faces if he kissed Will, he could just imagine what they would be like if he did everything to Will that he wanted to. Ok stop Liam, he mentally told himself, that was just leading to a world of bad, Liam was getting quite turned on; apparently Will wasn’t the only exhibitionist.

“We brought presents,” Cordelia declared remembering their earlier trip to the gift store.

Will’s face lit up and Liam grinned, he was so cute.

She handed him the teddy bear she had gotten him. “Thanks Cordy,” He said and gave her a hug.

Doyle gave him the stuffed frog, “Cool, thanks Doyle.” Will said, genuinely pleased.

Fred went next and gave him the snow globe with the naked Santa. Will grinned, obviously delighted, “Thanks Fred.” He said.

Wes handed him the chocolate, “Thanks Wes, I love chocolate.” Wes beamed, happy that Will had liked his gift.

Liam went last oddly enough because he was sitting the closest. He gave Will the present and looked for his reaction, the second Will looked at it he knew that Will remembered, “Thanks Liam.” He said and pulled him into a hug. “I rememeber.” He whispered.

“Oh and I got you some chocolate too...” Liam said.

“Wow, I should get shot more often.” Will said and Liam looked at him horrified before realising that he was kidding.

The nurse came in, “Ahhh... I see someone’s meeting up with the person that saved his life.” She said to Will, “You lost a lot of blood and you would have lost a hell of a lot more if someone hadn’t stopped the blood flow.” She said pointing to Liam who was still wearing the blanket around him. Liam had completely forgotten about the blanket, and he realised that he had worn it down to the gift shop too, oh well.

The nurse continued, “And not only that but who’s blood do you think you have in you now...” She said trailing off. “Anyway I hate to break up you’re little party but its getting a little noisy now so I’m afraid your visitors will have to leave.”

“Just a second?” Liam asked Nurse Betty and she nodded her permission. The others left though, giving them a moment alone.

“Just you and me,” Liam said.

“You saved me,” Will said gratefully.

Liam smiled, “I did barely anything, all I did was give you my shirt, which was actually yours to begin with and a bit of blood.”

“Well I’m glad its yours.” Will replied. “It’s kinda cool, I have your blood; a part of you is in me...”

Liam kissed him, “Anything for you.”

“By the way,” Liam started, “nobody has said anything about us yet, however I think they may suspect something.”

Will nodded, not really caring if his friends found out, he got the feeling that they would be ok with it. “Thanks for the toys.” He said.

“No problem, I was worried that you wouldn’t remember and you would think that I was a tool.”

“Of course I remember.” Will said and kissed him again.

“Anything I can do to make you more comfortable?” Liam asked.

Will leaned in conspiringly, “well now that you mention it, my blankets need adjusting in a very sensitive area...”

“Right here?” Liam asked, not picking up on what Will was doing.

“Yeh, right there.” Will said.

Liam finally understood what was happening, “Will, we’re in a hospital, any second now that nurse is gonna come back in and I don’t think she would appreciate me assaulting her patients.”

“I’m so horny” Will whined.

Liam was very surprised at Will’s honesty, “I wish I could help...”

“Maybe later?” Will asked.

“Definitely later.” Liam promised.

“You know I feel closer to you somehow now that we share the same blood.”

“Really?” Liam asked.

“Yeh, weird huh? Well if you ever need any blood you know where to find me...” Will said.

Liam smiled and kissed him again, Will deepened the kiss.

“Oh my,” Fred said, Liam and Will instantly pulled apart. “I’m so sorry, the nurse just told me to come in here because she says Will needs to get some sleep.”

“It’s ok,” Liam said, not minding that Fred had seen, he looked at Will and saw that Will didn’t mind either. “I better go Will.”

“Yeh ok,” Will consented.

“Anything you want me to bring you?” Liam asked.

“Some clothes maybe, something to do or someone...” Will started and then remembered that Fred was there, “...and some smokes if you think you can sneak some in here.”

“Done, done and done.” Liam said, not caring that Will smoked, hell he smoked occasionally too, besides living in Sunnydale so close to LA you may as well. “I’ll be back later, wearing a shirt.” Liam said.

“Must you?” Will asked.

Liam simply kissed the top of his head before leaving “See you soon.”

Fred just smiled at Will, “Well I guess now you know that he does like you.”

“Yeh,” Will said, “but don’t tell the others just yet cos I’m not sure if he wants them to know, they don’t know that he swings the other way...”

“I wont,” Fred promised, “I’m going to go back to your place with him to get your stuff, see you later.” She said.

Will watched as they left, his life was finally starting to work out, well apart from the whole being shot thing, he was part of a circle of such nice friends, and he had someone who cared about him. Yep life was definitely good.

 

 

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