| Christian lay in the IC Unit in the hospital, he was awake, staring blankly up at the ceiling, the bleeping of the monitors filled the room. Edge quietly walked up to him. �Hey buddy� he said quietly, Christian didn�t respond, Edge looked back to Jericho worriedly, Chris gestured for him to continue. Edge nodded slightly and looked back at his friend �Hey bud,� started again �you�re in hospital� he felt uncomfortable talking to Christian like this. But the doctors told him he needed to hear a friendly voice �Jericho�s here� he continued �want him to come say hi?� Christian continued to stare blankly. Chris walked over to the other side of the bed �Hey pal� he greeted �Chris here� Chris looked over to Edge as Christian didn�t respond to him. Edge looked back. �What the fuck happened to him Chris?� he asked, as if Chris had somehow found the answer in the last few hours. �I don�t know� he told Edge �All I know is what you know� �Yeah, but who did this to him?� he asked over Christian �Dunno, last people I knew that saw him were Hun- Shit Hunter and Benoit!� he said loudly, earning a glare from the duty nurse. Chris lowered his voice to a whsiper �Bet they fucking did this� Edge looked at Chris oddly �yeah, but why?� Chris looked down at Christian and sighed �I don�t know, only they know that.� He sighed. Edge looked down at Christian aswell, wondering why anybody would do something like this. �Shit, Jericho, I wish I knew why.� �They did it because I�m gay � whispered Christian suddenly Chris and Edge widened their eyes in shock at his voice. �Did you just say something?� asked Chris, it was so quiet, he wasn�t sure if he had heard his tiny voice �Christian?� Christian repearted himself �Oh� said Edge, not sure what to say. �It�s OK� croaked Christian, still staring blankly at the ceiling �you can go now if you want� Edge looked down at Chrsitian puzzled �Why would I go?� �I�m going to fucking kill them� seethed Jericho �Don�t� said Christian suddenly �It won�t make you any better than them� �Shit, Christian, why didn�t you tell me?� asked Edge, the two men now having different priorities, one wanted to kill, one wanted to understand. Christian didn�t reply though, Edge sat down next to his bed and thought. Chris� eyes darkened in anger �You mean to say that they did all this to you, just because your gay?� he said to no-one in particular �I�m gonna fucking kill them� he stormed out of the room ignoring Edge�s protests. Edge was ushered reluctantly out of the room as the doctor performed more tests on his friend, he sat down and thought about what Christian had told him. Everything fell into place and made sense. Why Christian hadn�t got a girlfriend, why he was so quiet, although he could tell he was far more vibrant person deep down. He harboured no resentment as to why Christian hadn�t told him �Fuck� he swore to himself, thinking about what he had said about gay people to him once �Shit�, he had said those things because those were the opinions he�d grown up around. The opinions of his parents, his family, his peers. It didn�t matter if he believed them or not. He automatically told people those as his beliefs. Too afraid to say any different. �Shit� he wore again, no wonder Christian hadn�t told him. If that�s what Christian thought that Edge felt about them, no wonder he kept quiet. He internally kicked himself and hung his head in anger, depression and most of all, shame. Chris ignored Edge�s word as he rushed out of the hospital, he jumped into his car and angrily shoved the keys in the ignition. Seething at the thought of Hunter and Benoit�s actions. Then he remembered Rob. Rob, he knew what they were going to do, and still he let it happen,. Fucking bastard. He just let it happen. Jericho hated all three men at that time, Hunter and Benoit for being ignorant bastards, and for Rob letting it happen. He angrily drove through the night, not really sure of where he was going. He let the raged thought�s roll around in his head as he sped through the empty streets. �Ummmm, excuse me?� asked a friendly voice, Edge looked up from the floor to see a plump nurse smiling at him �Are you Edge?� she asked kindly �Yes� he replied �Oh good� she beamed, �I�ve been looking for you everywhere, your friend Christian is asking for you� �Oh� blinked Edge �right� he jumped up and followed the short nurse to Christian�s room. The nurse opened the door and looked in on Christian, she turned and looked back at Edge �There you go,� she smiled �Don�t tire him out, you�re not really supposed to be here, I�ll be back in twenty minutes, then I�m afraid, you really must go� she expalined kindly. Edge nodded silently staring at Christian, who lay motionless on the large hospital bed, staring at the flickering television screen. He walked slowly in and watched quitely as the nurse bustled around him, straightening covers, drawing the cutratins, she looked at Edge �twenty minutes� she reminded him. Edge nodded again and dropped down next to Christian as the nurse scurried out of the room to her next patient Edge looked over at the TV screen for a moment, not really sure what to say. He looked back at Christian �Hi� he said quietly. Christian lowerwd his eyes briefly. They sat in silnence for a moment �The nurse said you asked for me� �I didn�t epxect you to come� Christian said quietly. Edge looked at Christian�s emotionless face, he was staring at the TV again. Edge reached for the remote and turned it off. Christian turned to look at him. �I didn�t mean what I said� Edge said �You know, about gay people� he clarified Christian sighed �I know.� �Why didn�t you tell me?� he asked �Because, if I had, you would have hated me.� �I wouldn�t� argued Edge �Yes, you would. I know you would.� Edge was puzzled, he was sure if Chistian had told him, he wouldn�t have hated his friend. Christian saw the look on Edge�s face �Yes you would� he began to explain �I know you didn�t mean those things deep down, but you meant them on a certain level. If I had turned round and told you, you would have hated me. Because, even though you don�t believe thos words truly, they made enough of an impression on you for you to say them when questioned. You would have hated me just to keep up appearances. In case people thought you were gay too. In case they doubted you. It would have been easier for you to hate me. That way no-one would question you.� �But I�m not gay� Edge quietly in slight confusion Christian sighed �I know you�re not, but wouldn�t stop your fear of people thinking you were when you weren�t, do you see what I mean?� �I suppose� admitted Edge, Christian was right. He hid behind the words because he was more worried about what other people he had never met or knew, thought of him. He wondered how he had ever become that shallow. �I don�t hate you� he told Christian �I know� he smiled �Hey� Edge smiled �you know what this means don�t you� �What?� asked Christian, it was his turn to be confused �All the more girls for me� he laughed. Christian laughed depsite himself, glad that Edge was trying to lighten the mood �Yeah� he smiled They sat together in a comfortable silence when the nurse walked in �I�m sorry sir, but I�ll have to ask you to leave� she told him. Edge smiled �OK� he stood up and looked at Christian, he held out his hand. Christian loked up at him and took it. Edge shook his hand firmly �I�ll see you tomorrow� he announced. Christian smiled �Thankyou Edge� he said letting his good hand go. Chris drove round in a large circle, he wanted to kill Hunter, Benoit and Rob. He wanted them to pay for their ignorance. He drove on and considered his actions. It would be so good to beat the living shit out of the three men. What would it achieve he asked himself. He thought about it. �Shit� he said to himself, he realised it wouldn�t achieve anything. Fuck, the biggest help to Christian would be to show them that he had friends. But he really just wanted to punch Hunter so hard in that bigoted face of his. He gripped tightly onto the wheel and made his way back to the hoispital He jumped out and made his way inside to find Christian, he rushed up to the receptionist. �Hi, I need to know the room for a Mr. Christian Cage� �Umm, are you family sir?� Chris thought quickly �Yes, I�m his brother�.Matthew� �Well, it�s past visiting hours Mr. Cage, you may not be able to see him� �Please, I haven�t sen him, I need to see if his OK� he pleaded with the nurse. �I�ll see what I can do� she said pleasntly, he watched as she made a phone call and then as she tapped away at the computer. �OK, he�s in room 23, Mallard Ward� Chris nodded �Thankyou� he rushed to find the ward and the room. He ran down the corridor, 19, 20, 21, 22, he knocked into Edge as he was coming out of the room �Edge!� he panted �is he OK?� Edge seemed starled to see him �Yes, he�s as well as could be expected. I thought you were gonna kill Hunter and Benoit?� �Later. Can I see him?� he asked Edge �Well, I ..ummm� stuttered Edge, he didn�t know. The nurse gave them a friendly scowl �Go on then. FIVE minutes� Chris smiled gratefully and walked into Christian�s room Christian looked to the door, wondering who it was. �Hi Christian� greeted Chris in the low light �Oh hi Chris� said Christian quiety �Thankyou� Christian added �Huh? Oh yeah, that�s OK� Chris walked over to the bed �Just to let you know, I�m here for you. I don�t hate you. Shit. I could really kill those wankers right now� he growled looking at the casts and plasters covering Christian�s body �But. I won�t.� he added as he saw the look on Christian�s face. Christian nodded in understanding. �Not yet anyway� grinned Chris. �Those bastards need to pay, but I�ll let you decide what we do with them mate� he smiled. The nurse peeked her head round the door �The patient REALLY must rest now� she said insistently Chris turned back and nodded �I�ll see you tomorrow Christian� Christian looked shocked. �Tomorrow?� he asked �Yeah� smiled Jericho �Friends stick together� he smiled patting Christian on his shoulder before he was hurried out of the room by the nurse. �You speak to him?� asked Edge as Chris walked out. Chris smiled �Yeah, wanna lift back to the hotel?� Edge shrugged his shoulders �Yeah sure, thanks� and followed Chris out of the hospital. |
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