Just Good Friends?

Chapter 54 - Hospital

Nate.

"Nate, let's go upstairs" Bex grabs my hand and we leave everyone to it. I've had a couple of beers, but Bex wasn't in the mood tonight.

We go in to her room, and she heads in to the bathroom. She comes back out with a small box in her hand, and holds it up to me.

A pregnancy test.

"Ok" Is all I say to her.

"Ok" she says back.

"Let's find out then beautiful" I pull her in to me, kiss her, and gently push her in to the bathroom.

A few minutes later, we look at each other and Bex picks up the little blu and white stick.

"Ready?" She asks me.

"Ready for anything" but I hold her hand and look at her. "Whatever the result. I love you Bex Holden-Bowers. I will always be your rock" I kiss her, and hold her hand up so we can both see at the same time.

NEGATIVE

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"I'm relieved and disappointed, does that sound odd?" I ask Bex as i hold her in my arms.

"No, I feel exactly the same. I want a family with you so much Nate, and if it happened now, I'd be happy. But I also know we have lots of living to do and we're young." She says and pulls away from me to look in to my eyes. "Are you ok Nate? You look a bit dazed?"

"I'm fine beautiful, just a bit of a headache. I'll go and get some painkillers and we'll get some sleep" I kiss her lips and stand up, but wobble slightly and she notices.

"Nate?" She looks worried.

"Maybe drank more than I realised" I try to laugh it off, and leave the room.

I don't feel so great walking down the stairs, it's definitely nothing to do with drinking, I had 3 beers. And it's nothing to do with Bex thinking she may be pregnant, jm fjne with that. But I really don't feel too good at all.

I walk in to the kitchen, and find Joe clearing up. Everyone has left, so its just us lot now. Rhe others are outside.

"You ok dude?" He looks at me strangley.

"Yeah, we had a pregnancy scare, but negative... well, not scare, it wasn't scary, we're cool with it if it happens, but it's not that, I don't feel too great thats all." I stumble, and feel my legs go from under me. The last thing I hear is Joe shouting for Cal.

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Joe.

"f**k, Nate!" I grab him around the waist and take his full weight as he collapses to the floor.

"Cal! Cal! f**k dude, hurry!" Cal is the level headed one in these situations.

He comes running in, with the others straight behind him.

"Help me get him on to the floor on his back" Cal says calmly as he sees the situation infront of him. Harry quickly helps to move Nate off me, when I see Bex walk in. She goes visibly white.

"What the f**k?" She says quietly.

Cal checks Nates breathing, and his Airways, then moves him in to the recovery position. Harry has already called an ambulance.

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"He will be fine, but he needs rest, and lots of it" the doctor says to us all as he comes to see us in the family waiting room. "He took a blow to the head tonight at some point, but I understand he's a football player, so that's common. He's an extremely fit and healthy young man, nothing to worry about in future, but he'll need to be careful of those blows to the head. You can go and see him, but not all at once. He can go home in the morning if he's up to it "

"Bex, you go, I'll go in after" I say to her.

"No Joe, I want you with me" she holds my hand and we go and see Nate.

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"Dude, and you had a go at me for taking it bad about Ems and the whole pregnancy? You f*****g fainted your heavy ass on me over yours and Bex pregnancy scare!" I say as me and Bex enter Nate hospital room.

"f**k you Joe. And I told you, it wasn't a scare. You need to work out more if you had trouble catching me" He winks at me then, but pulls Bex over close and kisses her.

"So what happened dude? I don't remember any blow to the head in the game?" I ask, sitting in the chair.

"Gibbs' boy had a baseball bat so Jake told me. I never saw or felt it, but he obviously had me with it. Go home now you lot. Get me the f**k out of here as early as you can tomorrow ok" Nate orders us. Bex kisses hjm again and we leave. She's very quiet and I know that she's thinking of Mike in hospital, and that's why Nate wanted us gone quickly. He thinks it's too much for her.

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----NATE--- Love you beautiful. Im sorry for scaring you. See you in the morning X

----BEX---- I love you so much Nate. I'm not going to lie, it was f*****g scary seeing you like that. I'll be happy when you're back here with me. Good night hot stuff XX

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---NATE--- Come get me dude. Im signing myself out. Im fine, don't argue, I'll walk back if I have to. Doctor says all obs are good, and Cal can do his f*****g doctor s**t on me jn the morning. But I want out. Back with my girl in my arms X

---JOE--- Wondered how long it would be till I got this message. Dropped Bex home and came straight back, ready and waiting outside dude. I'll be in now XX

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"Keep an eye on him. Any changes, he comes straight back. But I hear you are Cals friends? He will make sure everything is OK. He'll make a very fine doctor in future" the doctor signs Nate release forms, and we head out to rhe car.

"How was Bex?" He asks as we head off for home.

"Quiet, but ok. She went straight to bed. That was some gnarly s**t dude. Thought you'd f*****g died on me for a second!" I punch his arm.

"Heard you crumpled like a b***h under my muscly weight dude?" He laughs at me

"Yeah, I definitely need to up my game dude" i laugh too then.

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Nate.

We arrive home and I head straight up to my room. I know Bex will be there, not in her bed. I open the door quietly and go in, closing the door behind me. I strip off and climb in to bed next to her. She turns over and opens her eyes looking at me smiling.

"What are you doing here?" She asks, kissing me softly.

"Couldn't be apart from you. Come here beautiful. I need you" I kiss her deeper, and lift her top over her head. I play with her n*****s and hear her breath in sharply. I start to remove her knickers and she holds my hand and pulls back a bit.

"You're meant to be taking it easy aren't you?" She says smiling.

"Then you'll have to do all the work beautiful. But I need you, and I need you now" I kiss her harder and rip her knickers down before she can protest any more. She climbs on top of me and we move slowly together. I love this girl more than I ever thought possible.

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Joe.

"Nate! Get downstairs and let Cal check you over!" I storm in to Nates room, without knocking again, and see Nates naked ass poking out from under the covers. But, he's sleeping, or was till I burst in here. He turns over, and throws his pillow at me, but not before I see his f*****g c**k too. "For f**k sake, not again! Thought you were meant to be taking it easy! That's what the doc said!" I shout at him, and Bex moans and puts the pillow over her head.

"I was, Bex did all the work asshole! Now f**k off!" I hear Bex' muffled laugh from under the pillow, and stomp out of the room.

"Fuuuck! Your f*****g twin is a d**k!" I hear his shout from behind the closed door.

I head back downstairs, and Harry and Cal are laughing at me in rhe kitchen.

"You didn't catch them at it again dude? Have you not learnt anything?" Harry shakes his head.

"No, they were sleeping, but his naked ass was poking out, then when he turned to chuck his pillow at me, his f*****g c**k was hanging out too! So i know they've been at it when Doc told him to take it easy!" I shout.

"But Bex did all the work apparently" Cal says calmly

"f**k you Cal!" And I stomp out to the pool and dive in, even with my t-shirt still on.

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Nate.

"Everything seems fine Nate. But listen to the doctor, lay off the training, take it easy ok. If he knew you'd been hit with a baseball bat, there no way you'd be home now, he'd be keeping you in for a few days" Cal looks at me sternly, and he's already got the doctors look down to a fine art.

"Yes sir!" I salute hjm. f**k, Joe and Harry are rubbing off on me, that's something they'd come back with. I shake my head

"Nate, this is serious. I'm not playing arojnd here ok. If you have another knock to the head, it could be a lot more serious next time. Look out at Bex, you think she can go through any more? She loves you so much. I'd say probably more than she loved Mike by now. You've grown so close, you've got an amazing future with her. If I have half the relationship you guys have, I'll be happy. Don't f**k this up Nate" Cal gets up, smiles at me and walks outside to the pool where everyone else is. 5 minutes later, Joe comes in.

"Everything OK? Cal said all was good, but you seem a bit odd dude" He sits beside me.

"I'm fine, no issues. Cal just gave me a talking to about taking it easy. He said he thinks Bex loves me more than she did Mike, now anyway. It made me feel kind of sad to be honest. She's been through so much. I never believed j could do anything to hurt her, ever, but I did last night didn't I? I could of hurt her seriously if anything had happened to me." What am I doing?

"Yeah dude, but you know that now, and I know you'll never make that mistake again. Now get outside to your girl. Don't waste another second with her." Joe jumps up and leaves me there. Another 5 minutes pass, and I get up and go outside. That's it for me, no more fighting, and I watch myself on the field. I'll do what the doc says and take it easy for now though.

"Hey Cal! If you ever need a character reference off a patient, don't f*****g give my name. Personally, I think you're far too f*****g harsh for most people, but I'm tough, I can take it like a man" I wink at him, and pull Bex in to my arms and kiss her hard "but I'm not going to take it THAT easy, understand me?" I laugh at Joe's horrified face, and sit on a lounger, pulling Bex down with me. I am not going to keep my hands off this girl, no matter what anyone says. I waited a long time to have her in my arms, I won't let her go, ever.

"Dude! What happened to you? Bex has turned you in to me and Joe! You never used to talk about your s*x life, now you can't put your girl down for 1 f*****g night, even after a serious head injury! You're a f*****g machine!" Harry says incredulously, and everyone laughs, but I groan. I really f*****g hope im not turning in to them. I get up and head inside to grab some snacks. I flick my finger up behind my head, and shout "later fuckers!" And bounce away just like Harry and Nate would. They are all in hysterics now.