Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2013 11:33:47 +1300
From: bob charles <pennywise3636@gmail.com>
Subject: Blood, Surf and Tears (Gay / Young friends) chapter 10

Blood, Surf and Tears.

Disclaimer:

Warning: this story contains sexual content, and contact between young
boys.  If the subject matter offends you, is not to your tastes, or if you
are under legal age for your area, then find something else to read. In the
following story all names and events are completely fictional.  Although I
may mention a specific location, place, or person any resemblance to said
people, location, or places is completely unintentional.

Chapter 10:

I got wheeled up right beside his bed. His room was a lot dimmer than mine
had been and my eyes were struggling to fully adjust, proving to me that I
still had a lot of rehab to do. I tried with all my might to lift myself
out of the chair, but my body was now too weak that I didn't even budge.

Dave sensing my frustration gave me a hug, and said it was alright that I
had done enough with just getting out of bed. Then the little boy lifted me
to my feet and supported my weight. I was surprised as to how strong this
cute little boy was. He surprised me even further by helping me up into
Caleb's bed, and then told me to work my miracle and wake him up. He then
headed over to my mum and Caleb's dad, who both gave the boy a hug and kiss
thanking him for everything he had done.

Now on the bed I repositioned myself and then lay down, and snuggled up to
my hero. Almost straight away the nurse was in the room saying we had some
positive signs, but Caleb still stayed asleep.

He woke suddenly with a start, and panicked. He rushed to get out of bed
totally oblivious to his surrounds and fell instantly to the floor
disconnecting all the sensors that had been connected to him. Not realising
what was going on he struggled as he tried to crawl across the floor and
out the door. He was babbling on about something, but his speech was so
incoherent that even I didn't understand him. Once out the door he was
finally able to make some sense of his surroundings, and had seen Mr Black
sitting on a seat. He had a look of total surprise as Caleb who was still
struggling trying to crawl went right up to the man and blabbered a whole
lot of gibberish that no one could understand.

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It was me who clicked first as to what had happened. I remembered how it
seemed like an instant between the accident and waking from my coma which
had left me confused, as I thought that I should have still been on the
beach.

He had panicked because he thought he was late for school. It would have
been one of the last things that he would have been thinking about with
regards to the next day. Having just come out of a coma he had no
comprehension of time, so he had figured that he must have fallen asleep
the night before. Of course the first thing he would have thought when he
woke was that it was morning. He didn't want to disappoint me so didn't
want to be late for school.

After I had explained this to everyone who was panicking thinking something
was really wrong, they started to understand and started to giggle at what
Caleb was doing. That caused Caleb to become even more frustrated. Caleb
was really uncontrollable as he thought that he should be going to school
so he put up a big fight when the doctor tried to pick him up to get him
back on the bed. In the end it took the doctor, Caleb's dad, and Mr Black
to pick him up and carry him to bed. Mr Black and dad then had to restrain
him on the bed as the doctor went and got some sedatives. Dr Walker then
sedated him for a second time.

Seeing Caleb so uncontrollable scared me a bit as I hadn't seen him that
way before. I could understand though as he would have been extremely
confused and frustrated with the situation. And deep down I knew he was
only doing it for me.

Dr Walker then explained that he had to sedate him as a raised heart rate
wouldn't do him any good. He was also hoping he would have calmed down and
forgotten about school when he awoke. Dr Walker finished up by saying that
his speech should return to normal, it was just a side effect from having
just come out of a coma. He thought that his speech would be back to normal
once he had woken up again and after the sedative had worn off. If his
speech hadn't returned to normal by then Dr Walker knew that it could be
more serious, and that Caleb could have brain damage. He didn't want to
scare anyone more than what Caleb already had so he didn't tell them about
that.

Caleb slept for a couple of hours with me snuggling into him on one side
and Dave doing the same on the other side. I don't know how Dave did it as
he was lying on the side that had all the wires for Caleb's heart monitor
which had all been reconnected, from after he had got up and pulled them
all off. Dave must have been uncomfortable as there were a lot of wires and
he wasn't able to shift around much in case he dislodged a sensor. He
didn't complain though and seemed content just to be snuggled up with his
best friend. Caleb's heart monitor was showing that his heart was beating
normally which was really good news, and with him being out of his coma
everything seemed to be returning to normal.

"I'm sorry... I slept in and didn't go to school," Caleb said whimpered
having woken up again. He scared the shit out of me and Dave as we hadn't
expected it. Caleb was now crying hard thinking he had failed me.

"Caleb it's ten at night, you had woken up only about two hours ago. You
weren't late for school. I have to tell you though, you had heart failure
and were in a coma that's why you had your time all muddled up," I calmly
told my boy and stroked his forehead to ease any fears he had.

"I what... Huh... so this isn't your room... no, it's not your room, what
happened? All I remember is I started to tell Dave about what happened, and
oh hi Dave," he said. He wasn't making a huge amount of sense as he was
utterly confused. But I understood what he was trying to say and that was
all that mattered.

"Hi Caleb, you gave me one hell of a fright," Dave said and burst out
crying so happy his friend was alright again.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to, but what did happen?" Caleb said. He was
genuinely concerned that he had scared his friend but was still confused as
to how.

"I can tell you what happened," Dr Walker said scaring all of us as we were
so caught up in our conversation no one had noticed him come into the room.

"Dan tell him to go away, I don't want to see him..." Caleb started to
pout. He obviously still remembered that he was angry with the doctor.

"Caleb it's alright, he is only tried to help you. He does realise now that
he was wrong. But he also saved your life," I said still stroking his
forehead which had helped a lot at keeping him semi calm. He did listen to
me and stopped trying to fight. He also figured that he should probably
listen.

So Dr Walker started off by apologising for sedating him the first time,
then also for the second time which had caused Caleb to giggle when he
heard how he reacted the last time he woke. His mind was still not in gear
properly so he didn't actually realise what he had done. All he knew was he
was panicking because he thought he was late for school. Then he explained
to Caleb exactly what had happened, and what had caused it. Caleb cried
when he realised that technically he had died twice. He was extremely
thankful that he was bought back both times.

Dr Walker was genuinely remorseful for the part he had played in the
events. Caleb who had forgotten all about how angry he was and would have
none of it, as he knew the doctor was right. The biggest thing that lead to
him having heart problems where the images, the images that even now whilst
listening to the doctor he was struggling to supress. He started to cry and
asked the doctor when the images would go away. Unfortunately Dr Walker was
unable to answer that question. He just told Caleb they would go with time
and the more he could try to take his mind off it the better he would get.

Dr Miller entered the room as he had been trying to find me so he could
change my dressings. He hadn't known that we had been allowed in to see
Caleb just yet. So he had been wandering around aimlessly for ages looking
for me. Dr Walker apologised to the older doctor for having forgotten to
inform him of what was happening. Dr Miller was just glad to have finally
found me. He was even happier to see Caleb was awake. Which he had already
concluded was probably because of me.

"Hello Caleb, welcome back to the land of the living," Dr Miller joked with
a big smile on his face that he could no longer contain.

"Hello, Dr Miller. I'm sorry I put your patient through so much stress,"
Caleb said sincerely in between sobs. Being reminded he had died had upset
him again. Dr Miller quickly realised his faux pas and that Caleb was still
very sensitive about it.

"I'm sorry Caleb. I only meant it as a joke. Nothing really matters now
because it is great to see you are well again," he made sure to choose his
words a lot more carefully this time because he didn't want to upset the
boy again.

"Right Dan it's time to change your dressings. I will get you a wheelchair
and take you back to your room to do this..." Dr Miller stated.

"Can you do them here, as it might help me," Caleb interrupted. He had
thought that maybe seeing how much my wounds had healed might help get rid
of the images.

"I don't know Caleb. Just wait a minute, Dr Walker and I will discuss it,"
Dr Miller said.

"It's just maybe seeing how well Dan has healed might help get rid of the
images that keep repeating in my head," Caleb said struggling to stop
himself crying.

Both doctors had taken into account what Caleb had said, and were
discussing as to whether my wounds had healed sufficiently for the boys
idea to have any chance at working. They concluded it probably wasn't going
to matter as if they took me away, even for a short period of time, it was
more than likely going to be detrimental to Caleb.

"OK Caleb, you'll get your way. Now Dave do you want to stay or would you
prefer to leave?" Dr Walker had decided to go and do some other stuff. It
was Dr Miller who came back in and asked our little friend who was still
snuggled up to Caleb on the other side of him.

"Yeah, I think I might stay, coz I can always go later if I can't handle
it," Dave replied tentatively not really sure whether he was doing the
right thing or not. Caleb just gave him a hug and whispered at how brave he
had been.

Mum and dad decided it was best if they left, so they went to get some
fresh air outside. Dr Miller then started to pull the sheet off me, but
Caleb decided it would be easier if the sheet was off the bed. He struggled
but managed to rip the white hospital sheet off everyone and throw it on
the ground. He got a displeased look from the doctor in the process.

Now with the sheet out of the way Dr Miller proceeded to take off my
hospital gown leaving me completely naked. Although Caleb's robe was more
for decoration as all the sensors he had on meant the robe didn't hide
anything. It made me feel more at ease. Dr Miller then gently and carefully
removed the dressings and threw them in the bin, before he left to get the
disinfectant and another set of dressings.

This gave Caleb and Dave a chance to see how well I was healing. Dave
started to turn pale at seeing my stitched up wounds and turned his head
away. Caleb gave me a smile indicating he was happy with what he saw. But I
wasn't sure whether he was meaning the wounds or my now exposed pecker.

"Wow, your wounds are a lot better than when I pulled you out of the
water," Caleb commented not thinking too much of it.

Dave having heard Caleb's comment couldn't help but try and envision what
it must have been like before, which made him go a real pale white colour
all over. He could feel his stomach starting to churn. So he hoped out of
bed and ran to the door. He looked left and right down the corridors till
he saw where the toilets were. He started to head towards them but he only
made it a couple of steps before he felt his stomach cramp. He threw up
right there in the middle of the corridor.

"Shit, I didn't mean to upset him, I will be back," Caleb said, he then
reached down to his crotch and released his pecker from the confines of his
catheter. He then proceeded to hop out of bed but this time he cautiously
dropped himself over the side. He made sure he got his footing before
trying to walk. He also used this time to strip the robe completely off as
he knew it was going to be a nuisance. He also stripped himself of all the
sensors carefully so that he didn't break anything. Having got his footing
and feeling strong enough to try to walk, he set off. He looked like a
drunken sailor on a boat during a storm, but he was walking. He stumbled
like that all the way to the doorway which he firmly grabbed hold of and
used it to support him. He then hugged the wall out of the room and started
to follow Dave.

He found Dave about ten feet from the doorway. He was bent over crying. In
front of him was a massive pile of puke. He was crying so bad he hadn't
noticed his now naked friend heading down the corridor towards him. That
was until something grabbed him from behind and started to hug him. Dave
noticed at this point that whoever it was, was really struggling at this
stage to stay on their feet. He could feel himself having to support more
and more of their weight.

I'm so Sorry Dave. I didn't think when I passed that comment. I had
forgotten how squeamish you are," Caleb said in a soothing apologetic
voice.

"It's alright. But why the hell are you out here. You are supposed to be in
bed resting," Dave replied concerned his friend was yet again putting
others before himself.

"I had to come. I upset you and you know how I don't like to do things like
that. Also... um... you're going to have to help me back as I don't think I
can walk any further," Caleb said now feeling really sheepish for getting
himself in such a dumb position. Behind him Dr Walker had come sprinting
into Caleb's room because when the boy got up and taken the sensors off it
sent an alarm through to the nurses office saying that he had flat lined.

"You are pretty dumb at times. But I love you for it, because you really do
show how much you care about people. Even if you put yourself in stupid
situations," Dave said sincerely. He loved the feeling of Caleb hugging and
comforting him. He really missed having his best friend at school with him
for reasons like this. If you ever needed someone to comfort you it had to
be Caleb.

Dave's parents where heading towards Caleb's room when they saw just
outside the door a naked Caleb giving their son a hug. They also noticed
the big mess their son had left in the hallway, so had started to figure
out what had happened.

"Caleb you need to get you back into your bed and you could have at least
kept your robe on. What were you thinking?" Dave's parents told the boy
sternly which had caused them both to jump because they hadn't noticed them
turning up. Caleb just stood up and swayed his hips towards the adults
getting them to blush. But really they could only laugh at his
exhibitionism.

They actually couldn't really believe it as when Caleb used to stay the
night with Dave, the boys always had to shower separately. Caleb always
used to be embarrassed at people seeing him naked. Even they were never
allowed to help Caleb when he was in the shower. Seeing him like this
showed how much I had changed him but they weren't really sure as to
whether it was such a good thing. Especially when they saw him doing things
like this, in the middle of a hospital.

The way Caleb was swaying his hips was causing his soft one inch pecker to
swing round and round in circles. It surprised him a little that it was
still soft especially after he had been hugging Dave. But what surprised
him more was he was deliberately showing off his boy bits to Dave's
parents, and everyone else who was coming and going down the corridor. He
used to be really shy about his body. The last time he had stayed the night
with Dave he had slipped in the shower and banged his head really bad. He
still had to try and cover his modesty before he would allow Dave's parents
to help him. As a result he had ended up in hospital for a couple of weeks
because of the fall. I had definitely changed him for the better. He was no
longer a shy timid little boy. No, he had become a lot more outgoing and
most importantly he was no longer embarrassed by his body.

Still swaying his hips Caleb started to have to hug the wall more and
more. Then without any warning his legs gave way. Dave again managed to
catch him, and Dave's parents quickly came over to help. They grabbed an
arm each and lifted him back to his feet, and started to walk him back to
his room.

"Well it's good to see your all right again Caleb, but you have got to take
things easy," Dave's dad said with a huge element of relief in his voice at
having seen Caleb was almost back to normal. "It's also good to see that
you are no longer embarrassed with your body. You are such a cute little
man, but you need to learn not to show it off like that in places like
this," he whispered. He knew that Caleb wasn't the sort of person to take
things too far. But he still thought it best to warn him as any responsible
adult would.

With Dave's parent holding up an arm each Caleb walked back into the room
and was greeted with a less than impressed Dr Walker. Thankfully because I
had told him what had happened he fully understood why Caleb had done such
a thing. He was upset because for a moment Caleb had scared the shit out of
him. Because he had thought that he had arrested again. Caleb was helped
back into bed, and was immediately cuddled by me. I held him in a tight
embrace so that he couldn't escape again.

While Caleb had been outside the room trying to comfort Dave, Dr Miller had
come back in and finished dressing my wounds. I had used this time to probe
further into what was wrong with Caleb, but the doctor wouldn't tell me. He
just said it was up to Caleb to tell me when he felt fit. I protested
telling him that Caleb wouldn't tell me because he doesn't like to worry
people with his problems. Dr Miller just smiled and said to me that Caleb
cares too deeply about me to keep it secret forever. If there was anyone to
break down that barrier of Caleb's it was going to be me.

 I also asked him a little sheepishly how much his heart could handle at
the moment. The doctor just smiled knowing full well what I was referring
to. And he said not to worry he would be fine, although it was probably
best to leave that till morning. But he would ensure our privacy. It was at
this stage Dr Walker had burst into the room, looking bewildered when he
saw Caleb was nowhere to be seen. I explained to him what had happened. He
was a bit shocked that Dr Miller hadn't gone out to look for the boy. Dr
Miller just replied that he was just out the door and that he wasn't too
concerned with Caleb's health, as the boy had managed to walk out there, so
he must be fine.

I also suddenly remember about the excruciating pain I had felt just after
they had removed Caleb from my room when things went south with him. I told
both doctors about the incidents. They stood there wide eyed in shock and
disbelief at what I had told them. They then said to me that what they
thought had happened was I had experienced telepathic pain as a result of
Caleb going into cardiac arrest. They told me they had heard of such a
thing, and that some twins seem to experience similar phenomenon when
something happened to the other twin. But this was the first time they had
met someone who had experienced it, and the degree to which I had was even
more of a surprise. They quickly recovered as Caleb came through the
door. They thought it best that this wasn't told to Caleb as it would cause
him to worry about me. They told me to keep it quiet, and then continued on
as if I hadn't said a thing.

Dr Walker never said anything to Caleb when he came back in and got put
back in bed. He just came over and gave him a hug followed by a smile. The
look on his face told Caleb the rest which was to not do that again. He
hooked up the sensors all over again and left us to it.

Dave's parents told Dave that he was going to have to say goodbye because
now that Caleb was fine again they wanted him back at school. Even if there
was only one day left before the weekend. They told him however they would
come back on Saturday to visit. So Dave reluctantly gave Caleb and me a
kiss and a cuddle and said goodbye. He then dragged his feet as he followed
his parent's back to their car.

Mr Black who had just come back again, after having decided it was probably
best if he disappeared for a while as a result of Caleb's first
outburst. He talked to Dr Miller finding out when Caleb was likely to be
well enough to go back to school. After hearing what the doctor had to say
he came over to the bed and ruffled both of our hair. He said to Caleb that
it looks like he will be getting his helicopter ride on Monday. That remark
resulted in a huge smile spread across Caleb's face. Not so much for the
ride he was actually looking forward to going back to school.

He had noticed that since having seen my wounds, the images that were
playing in his head were a lot less vivid. For once he could properly
concentrate on other things. So going back to school was hopefully going to
help him forget about everything that had happened. He really couldn't
wait. Mr Black just smiled back at the boy, after seeing how happy he was
that he was going back to school. He then told us to rest up, and get
better and he would keep in touch. He then gave us a hug then left the
room.

Aside from Dr Miller who was busy doing things away from us, we were now
alone in the room. I decided now was probably the best time to press him
again about what was wrong with his heart. He gave a deep sigh and started
to say that he didn't want to worry me about it. But he still decided that
he better spill. He knew I wasn't going to drop the subject. He told me
about what his condition entailed, but said it was generally manageable
through medication and not putting too much strain on his heart. He also
told me about his numerous hospital visits because he had ignored the
symptoms. He made it perfectly clear though that this was the first time
that he had got so bad that his heart had actually stopped. He was trying
his best to play down his condition so I wouldn't worry about him. I was
impressed that he had told me everything, and not just given me a shortened
version. I could see Dr Miller on the other side of the room smiling. He
also mouthed `I told you so' before he went back to doing whatever it was
he was doing.

Caleb fell asleep not long after finishing his story as he was knackered
from the events. I followed not long afterwards with my mind now at ease
because Caleb was going to be OK.

Mum and dad entered the room not long after I had fallen asleep. They just
stood there smiling as their two little boys lay there butt naked hugging
each other. We were both radiating the love and comfort that had for each
other. Dad saw the sheet that Caleb had discarded on the floor when he had
gotten up. So he went over picked it up and draped it over us before
tucking it in and giving us both a kiss goodnight. Mum gave us a kiss and
cuddle too.

Dr Miller suddenly aware of their presence told them that they had missed a
bit of excitement. He then took them out of the room so as to not wake the
sleeping beauties. He told them about how Dave had reacted when he had seen
my cuts and how Caleb had chased after him. That caused both parents to
smirk as they were no longer surprised by Caleb's actions. He also told
them about the pain that I had felt when Caleb was having his issues with
his heart. That had Caleb's dad a bit concerned as to whether something was
still wrong with me. Mum on the other hand suddenly remembered the incident
and was concerned that it may have happened again. The doctor eased their
fears by telling them what he thought had happened. Both parents were
realising just how in tuned in to each other we were. They thought that was
a little scary. Once Dr Miller had finished telling them everything he left
them to it. The parents decided to spend the night in a hotel again. Mainly
because they knew we would want our privacy in the morning, and they didn't
want to intrude.

I was surprised when I woke up the next morning and saw Caleb's closed
eyelids. It wasn't often I woke up before Caleb. So I knew that now was my
chance to thank the boy properly. I knew that being in a hospital bed we
couldn't be too adventurous. But I was still going to make him feel good.

So I struggled quite a lot as I turned myself around so that my face was at
Caleb's crotch. I then took hold of the little one inch toy and started to
pull the foreskin back. I gently stroked it feeling it come back into
life. I was so pleased with myself when I had Caleb to his full three
inches of hard boy meat. I then licked the glistening pinkish red glands
hearing a little moan escape from Caleb's mouth. I then proceeded to put my
mouth fully around the engorged meat and started to suck my lover off.

I almost jumped and dropped the delicious piece of meat from my mouth when
I felt my tool get engulfed by a warm moistness. It was when I felt
something coarse slid up and down my quickly stiffening pole I realised
what was happening. Because of how I was facing I had inadvertently given
Caleb unrestricted access to my own boy toy. That had disappointed me a
little as I wanted to please Caleb without getting it back in return. It
also drove me wild though as I had never tried a 69 before and the
sensations where incredible. The pleasure was immense I had been in heaven
tasting Caleb's delicious boy meat in my mouth. I was really enjoying
giving him a blow job to. But getting sucked at the same time as sucking
off my boyfriend was so much more pleasurable. Needless to say with both us
boys sucking off the other neither of us was going to last long.

I felt my impending orgasm come first. I felt my balls contract and I
started to feel my body tense. But I knew I had to hold on. I desperately
wanted to cum at the same time as Caleb. I didn't have to wait long as
almost straight away I felt Caleb tense. I watched his tiny balls pretty
much disappear into the boy's body.

"Humph, Humph, ahhh, ohhhh , ahhh, jeezeus, Oh Fuck, Oh Fuck," we screamed
in unison as we both climaxed at the same time. I felt Caleb's throbbing
cock get red hot before it spasmed like crazy in my mouth. Whist at the
same instant I felt my cock explode into the depths of Caleb's hungrily
awaiting mouth. I felt Caleb swallow three good gulps of my watery boy cum
and each time he swallowed it made my dick spasm again. That sent more
incredible feelings coursing through my body. I was starting to wonder
whether this orgasm was ever going to stop. Finally our cocks and our
bodies settled down. And we both collapsed and fell asleep
again. Thankfully our now wilted dicks had fallen from each other's mouths
otherwise it might have been even more embarrassing.

Dr Miller entered the room and saw an unusual sight. The two glowing naked
bodies were facing opposite ends of the bed with each boys face not far
away from the other boys crotch. It didn't take a genius to work out what
had gone on. The doctor just smiled then left the room again letting the
boys recover from their experience. After having left the room he saw the
boy's parents heading his way. Calmly he told them it may be best if they
wait a while before going in. Caleb's dad just joked are they at it again,
which got a smile from the doctor. But he answered in the negative, saying
no they weren't but the way they are laying at the moment would suggest
they had been. And then he left them to it.

Caleb's dad and Dan's mum couldn't help themselves as they poked their head
in to have a look. The doctor was right they the way they were laying left
nothing up to the imagination. They both smiled at the cute sight, and
started to leave.

"Morning dad and Dan's mum," Caleb said noticing them at the door as he
awoke.

"Good morning son. I can see it that it really has been a good morning for
you," his dad replied with a smirk across his face. Caleb looked at him
confused but then saw the way Dan was lying and just smiled back.

"Yeah, you could say that it's already been a good morning," he said a
little embarrassed. But he still just gave a big smile to his dad. There
wasn't really anything else he could do, as everything they had done was
pretty obvious.

"Well it's good to see you are a lot better, and having a bit of fun
again. Just remember to take it easy," Dan's mum said still smiling at the
scene. But knowing that it showed how much better the boys were
feeling. That made her feel even happier.

"Huh... what's happening...? Oh, hi mum and dad," I said finally waking
from my orgasm induced sleep, not taking enough notice at how I was still
lying.

"Good morning son, I think it's time for you to face the right way in bed
before someone other than the doctor comes in," his mum said. I just gave a
look of total confusion until I realised that I was still lying with my
head to Caleb's crotch, which was stiff again. I was mortified but saw
Caleb was completely at ease with the situation so I calmed down. I
struggled again to turn my body around so I was facing the right way. It
was at this stage that I noticed that I also had a piss boner. I almost
panicked and tried to cover myself but quickly realised that it was already
too late for that. I had just been caught in a far more embarrassing
position.

Caleb finally noticed his morning wood. He swore and then started to lift
himself out of bed. Whilst in the meantime I was struggling to put the
condom type catheter over my engorged dick.

"And what do you think you're doing young man?" Caleb's dad asked his son
sternly. As Caleb was dropping his legs over the side of the bed, and then
slowly eased himself to the floor ensuring his footing was secure.

"Going to the toilet," Caleb replied in a matter of fact manner. And then
he pointed down to his three inch piss boner. Both parents were a bit taken
back by how brazen he was.

"Why don't you just use... Here let me help you. We better put on your robe
to try to cover your pointer as much as possible," Caleb's dad said
realising there wasn't much point in trying to make him use his catheter,
as at that point he was well through removing all the sensors. In any case
once Caleb had made up his mind he wasn't going to change it for anyone.

Having now stripped off all the sensors again Caleb started to try and
walk. But he got held back by his dad who made him lift up his arms. Caleb
had to lean back against the bed in order to retain his balance while he
lifted his arms. He was surprised that it took so much effort to lift them
in the air. With his arms now raised his dad dropped the robe over his head
and down his torso. It ended up getting caught on Caleb's hard boy meat on
the way down, so initially at least it didn't hid a thing. Caleb dropped
his arms breathing out a huge sigh of relief when he did that. His father
unhooked the robe from his son's erection and pulled it down so that it was
fully covered. He then looked at the results. Well it was still pretty
obvious with the way his crotch tented out but it was the best they could
do.

Caleb wanted to walk unassisted but his dad thought it best if he at least
guided the way. So he took a light grasp of his son's shoulders, and did
his best to keep the boy walking in a straight line. He could feel with the
way that the pressure was moving from one of his hands to the other as they
walked, that Caleb was still having a lot of problems with his balance. But
with him guiding the way he at least looked like he was walking straight.

They passed Dr Miller who had just entered the room after hearing the alarm
go off at the nurses' station. He hadn't worried about it and had casually
made his way back to the room figuring that Caleb had probably got out of
bed for some reason. So when he got to the room he wasn't at all surprised
to see Caleb's dad leading his son out of the room. He could tell that they
were heading for the toilet by the way that Caleb was following a tent in
his robe. He smiled at the boy as they passed, while he was thinking that
this boy sure is stubborn. Most other boys would have either used a bed
pan, or put their catheter back on. But no not Caleb he had to do things
the hard way and use the toilet.

Caleb's dad led his son down the corridor to the toilets. Caleb managed to
be able to push the door open by himself, but even that was hard work. And
they entered. There was a long stainless steel urinal directly opposite the
door. To the left at the end of the urinal there were three cubicles. The
toilets were painted the same sterile white colour as everything else seem
to be in the hospital, but unlike most public toilets these were actually
clean.

Caleb headed straight to the stainless steel urinal. Because pissing into a
normal toilet in his state would have been too much hard work. Still
getting guided by his father he lifted the front of his robe as they
approached the urinal. As soon as Caleb thought that he was close enough to
it he let rip. His bladder was that full that he couldn't have waited the
next couple of steps. He let out a huge sigh of relief as his bloated
bladder emptied itself through the thin yellow stream erupting from his
cock. It slowly deflated as his bladder emptied. By the time he was done
taking his piss his dick was back at its normal soft one inch length. He
shook the remaining piss out and dropped the robe. He had been glad his dad
had held him while his took his piss and he wouldn't have had the balance
to keep himself upright while trying to hold his robe up at the same time.

"Wow it looks like you really did need to go," his father stated. Amazed at
how long it took his son to take his piss. "Right let's get you cleaned up
while we are up and about," he said referring to the showers that where a
couple of doors further down the corridor.

Once again his father guiding him as they headed out of the toilets. But
his dad had to open the door for him this time, because as hard as he tried
he didn't have the strength to pull the door open. Once out of the toilets
they headed to the shower room. Caleb was able to push open the door to the
room. It seemed he was alright pushing doors, but he couldn't pull them
open. His father made a quick stop at the nurses' station to get a couple
of towels, and for something for him to wear in the shower. And then he
headed back to the shower room.

The shower room was a large wet room covered in white tiles from the floor
to the ceiling. There were five showerheads in a row along the wall
opposite the door. There was a curved stainless steel track coming out from
the wall on one side of each showerhead, which formed almost a half-circle
as it stretched out towards the middle of the room before curving back to
its fixing on the other side of the showerhead. On each rail hung a slime
green coloured shower curtain. On the wall opposite the showers, beside the
door were a line of waterproof seating for the patients who weren't able to
stand to take their shower. Each shower also came complete with a little
rack which held some hospital grade soap, hair shampoo and conditioner.

Caleb's dad sat his son down on a seat as he started the shower running. He
then adjusted the temperature till he was satisfied it was going to be
right for his son. He then went back over and stripped the robe off Caleb,
and then stripped himself before putting on the green shower gown the nurse
had given him. He then guided his son under the torrent of water, and
pulled the curtain around which created a private little shower stall for
them.

Caleb just stood there enjoying the feeling of the warm water running over
his naked body. His dad grabbed the shampoo and started to lather his son's
hair. Before he had a chance to rinse off his hair Caleb felt his legs
start to buckle, and asked his dad to get a chair. While Caleb supported
his weight against a tiled wall and waited. His dad quickly grabbed a
chair. One of the chairs that didn't have their clothes and towels on it
and he set it down in the middle of the waterfall coming from the
shower. He then guided his son to the chair and helped him sit down. Then
he proceeded with rinsing out Caleb's hair, and lathering it up again with
conditioner before rinsing that out too. Caleb's brown hair now had a nice
clean sheen to it, and seemed to sparkle under the running water.

Caleb's dad now grabbed the soap and started to later up his son's torso,
arms and legs. He was a bit wary of cleaning his son's privates as he
wasn't sure how Caleb would react. But Caleb really didn't care as already
this morning his dad had seen him in far more embarrassing situations that
he thought nothing of this. Sensing his son wasn't worried he slowly
reached down and gently took hold of his son's little piece of meat. He
actually couldn't believe that the little one inch thing in his hand could
grow so much when the boy got stiff. Very gently Caleb's dad lathered up
his son's privates. He even pulled the foreskin back and cleaned under
it. Once he had finish he let go of his son, whom had become semi-erect
from the gentle touch. And then his father rinsed the soap off his son's
now glistening body.

The next part was going to be the hardest for Caleb because he was already
feeling weak again. With a helping hand from his dad he stood back up and
then faced the wall. He put out his arms and leaned against the wall for
support as his dad clean his back, and butt. Then his dad guided him back
under the river of water to rinse off his back. Before he helped him back
onto the seat and not a moment too soon for Caleb, as he was really
struggling to stand now.

Caleb's dad turned off the water. Then he snuck out through the curtain and
grabbed a towel for Caleb, and handed it to him to start drying off
with. He then disappeared again for a couple of minutes to dry and change
himself before coming back to help his son. Caleb hadn't really tried to
dry himself as he was far too tired now. So his father had to do all the
work for him. Once he had finished drying off his son, and had him stand up
so he could dry Caleb's back. He wrapped the towel around his son's
midsection, and sat him back on the seat while he went to get Dr Miller to
give him a hand to get Caleb back to his room.

Caleb's dad and the doctor arrived to the shower room. They grabbed an arm
each and supported Caleb so that all the boy had to do was move his legs
like he was walking, so that he didn't drag his feet along the floor. But
by about two thirds of the way back to his room Caleb was too tired to even
pretend to walk, so ended up dragging his feet behind him anyway. He got a
worried look from both me and my mum as he was dragged back into his room,
and put back in bed. I reached around with my good arm and removed the wet
towel from Caleb's waist and threw it on the ground. Dr Miller quickly
eased our fears by saying there was nothing wrong. His body still didn't
quite have the strength in it to do what Caleb wants it to. A good meal and
he should be a lot better again.

Dr Miller then left and went to get some food for us. Caleb being so tired
from his exercise fell asleep again. Pretty much as soon as the doctor left
the room. Caleb's dad told me that he was going to get some breakfast to,
and that he would be back later. Mum on the other hand upset me as she told
me that she had to go back to work now that everything was fine again. But
she would come and check up on us every day after work, because she had
told her work that she wouldn't go anywhere until we were out of
hospital. She then came and gave us a kiss and a cuddle. She tried to wipe
the tears from my eyes because I was crying as I didn't want her to go
again. She didn't take much notice and followed Caleb's dad out of the
room. I was now all alone as my little buddy was asleep beside me, and both
the adults had gone. Still crying I snuggled into my warm lover and just
lay there enjoying the pleasure I felt from being with him.

Dr Miller returned carrying two plates of food, and looked a bit surprised
to see no one else in the room. He wasn't surprised but a little
disappointed when he saw Caleb fast asleep in my arms. He was thankful that
he had decided to get cold food for us. He set aside Caleb's plate. He then
waited for me to untangle myself from my cute little lover, and prop myself
up so he could hand me my food.

I was slowly getting better at feeding myself, as now most of the food went
into my mouth. But I still created a big mess of myself. I heard a little
giggle and saw Caleb was awake again and laughing at the mess I had made of
myself.

"Looks like I'm going to have to give you a sponge bath," my cheeky little
angel said with a big smile on his face.

"Mmm. I don't know whether I can trust you with that," Dr Miller said but
the smile on his face indicated that he wasn't being serious. "First though
you are going to need to eat something," this time there was no doubt he
was serious though. He picked up the plate of food he had got for Caleb and
handed it to him.

Caleb scoffed the food down as quickly as he could. It ended up with him
spluttering as he tried not to choke on a spoonful that hadn't gone down
the right way. Once he had settled down again he continued to eat his
food. But a bit slower this time so he wouldn't choke again. Until he had
finished.

"Now can I give him his sponge bath?" Caleb asked in earnest as he really
did want to clean me up.

"Oh I suppose I can let you now," Dr Miller said, knowing this would
probably end up with Caleb playing round with me. But he was never going to
be able to stop him anyway. He went out a got the stuff for Caleb and
bought it back into the room.

Caleb surprised us both, as he never had any intention of fooling
around. He did a very thorough job which Dr Miller was very impressed
with. The sensual touch from him giving me the bath had its usual effects
on my body. But Caleb pretty much ignored my 3 ½ inch bone except for to
clean it thoroughly. I couldn't help but moan as he washed me especially
when he washed my prick. The feelings he was giving me were really intense,
but more in a gentle loving way than a sexual way. I was a bit disappointed
when he let go of my boner to wash down my legs. I was also very impressed
though that he didn't feel like he needed to help me out with it. He had me
turn around and did the same great job on my back and buttocks, before he
finished up and told the doctor that I was clean.

"Wow, you have done an outstanding job Caleb, and you surprised me by not
fooling around. I am impressed," Dr Miller said in total appreciation.

"Yeah well, he doesn't need to get off all the time. If he did there would
be nothing in it, it would become meaningless," Caleb said surprising both
of us with his maturity, and we both realised that he was right, as you can
have too much of a good thing.

"Well anyway you two, when your parents come back we will start to move you
back to Dan's currently empty room. We will need this room for other
patients. As you are fine again Caleb I don't think you really need to be
in this ward anymore" Dr Miller told us causing me to start crying
again. Caleb gave me a confused look but still proceeded to hug and comfort
me anyway.

"Don't wait around for mum to show up, as she thinks it's more important
for her to be back at work now," I sobbed, receiving a bigger hug from
Caleb as he now realised why I was sad.

"Oh, I'm sorry Dan. I didn't realise, but you are pretty much fine now. As
soon as we get your body working properly again you will be out of
here. Your mum does have to earn money to keep food on the table for you,"
he said sincerely hoping it might calm me down. But it was never going to
work because I wasn't so much upset with mum for going back to work. I was
more upset because I didn't know when I was going to see her again. Even
though she said she would be staying around I knew that if she got told
that she was needed somewhere else then she wouldn't think twice and would
just go.

Caleb and I just continued hugging. I slowly regained control of my
emotions but didn't want to let Caleb go, so we just stayed like that. Even
after dad re-entered the room. Dr Miller gave him a brief rundown on what
had happened, and what was going to happen. I heard Dr Miller actually
beaming with praise as to how well Caleb had been when he gave me a sponge
bath. That caused dad to smile proudly knowing that his little man was
pretty mature about things, and wasn't the sex addict that he was starting
to think he was becoming.

The move back to my room went smoothly and only required the doctor and
Caleb's dad, as the doctor figured there wasn't much point in hooking Caleb
back up to his heart monitor, just to have it disconnected again the next
time the boy decided that he wanted to get up. As we left the room the
doctor slid the patient name tag out of the slider just to the left of the
door, as you enter the room, to indicate that the room was vacant, and then
wheeled the bed down the corridors till we got back to my room in the
children's ward. He stopped briefly at the door to slide Caleb's name tag
in the slider at the door directly under my name, then wheeled me back in.

My room seemed so much brighter than what Caleb's had been.  I finally
realised why. My room had a large window in which the bright summer sun was
streaming through as my room was at the edge of the building. Whereas
Caleb's room had been in the centre of the building so it didn't have a
window. I could see out the window to a children's playground, which was
surrounded by an assortment of trees. It was really pretty, especially
compared to the bland internal structure of the hospital. But it made me
wish that I could go outside. Dr Miller noticed me staring out of the
window and realised that I had been cooped up in the hospital for a long
time now. He said if he got a chance after my rehab session he would try
and take us both for a walk outside.

Rehab was pretty quick, as it was more about easing me back into things at
this stage. I had to try and get out of bed and support my weight for as
long as I could. I was able to stand a lot longer than I could yesterday,
but it still wasn't very long before I felt my knees buckle. I had to get
helped back into bed. Then I did some light weights trying to strengthen my
good arm again. But also to find out how strong my bad arm
was. Surprisingly both arms were equal now as I had been using them to sit
up in bed. Doing that had gained a lot of strength in what was my bad
arm. But I still couldn't bend it very far due to the pain emanating from
the stitched up wound. The wound went right up my lower arm all the way to
my elbow. With that I just got told to stretch and we would repeat
everything again tomorrow. Then Dr Miller left again to get some lunch for
us.

While I was doing my rehab Caleb decided to go for a walk. That ended up
with dad having to carry him back, because he had gone too far and didn't
have the strength to make it all the way back. But he was still smiling
although the smile was very weak. The funniest part was Caleb was so eager
to go for a walk he had forgotten that he still didn't have a robe on. Dad
wasn't quick enough to catch him, and he got some funny looks from some of
the patients, especially the girls and their parents, as he walked around
the children's ward buck naked.

Once back in bed, both of us still naked, I asked Caleb whether he was
still seeing the nightmares as he hadn't woken me up screaming last
night. He said he was still seeing them all the time but they were a lot
fuzzier now. He had woken from his nightmare last night, but hadn't
screamed because it wasn't as bad as before. Of course he didn't want to
worry me again. I gave him a big hug and told him they would go away, but
reminded him that we were in this together. So if he got scared I wanted to
know about it. I sort of told him off which made him start crying but he
agreed not to keep anything from me again.

The doctor came back with our lunch, and a couple of clean hospital
gowns. To which he told Caleb that he had received some complaints about a
boy walking around the ward naked. We all laughed. Caleb and I draped the
robes down our fronts like a bib. We had no intention of putting them
on. The doctor then gave us our food and we ate it all up. We were really
hungry after our exercise. Caleb stayed pretty clean, but tossed his robe
on the ground as if it was dirty anyway. Whereas my robe was again a big
mess so I threw it down with Caleb's. I was happy it did its job though as
I was still clean this time.

We heard a knock at the door, so Caleb and I decided we better cover up. We
pulled the sheet up and over our naked bodies, before settling in our usual
position hugging each other. We thought that it was probably Mr Black.

Dr Miller let our visitor in, or should I say visitors, I was horrified
when I saw who had come to see us. I tried to break the hug with Caleb as I
saw Tim and Luke where here along with Chris and Mrs Milner. I was
surprised to see her but wasn't worried about her or Chris seeing us like
this.

"Don't worry about Tim or Luke... um they sort of already know... and their
cool with it," Caleb whispered to me. He was a little worried because he
hadn't told me that he had told them about us. He wasn't too sure how I
would react. "I told them that day I went to school. I'm sorry I should
have waited..."

"It's alright Caleb. I know why you felt you had to tell them," I whispered
back feeling a lot more at ease with the situation knowing that all my
friends knew about or relationship. I continued to hug Caleb as a result.

"It's so good to see you're alright Caleb," Chris said running into the
room to give Caleb a big hug. Years were rolling down his cheeks he was so
happy to see his friend alive again. "You scared the shit out of me," he
said still whimpering. Caleb was looking a little confused though as he
didn't know Chris had turned up that night. I quickly whispered to him how
Chris had known. Caleb's face turned a bit sad knowing he had scared Chris
so much.

Tim, Luke and Mrs Milner were still at the door staring in disbelief that
Caleb and I were happy and looked fine. It was almost like nothing had even
happened. Chris had told them about Caleb having a cardiac arrest the next
day at school, and they were struggling to believe how quickly he had
recovered.

"Both of you have scared the shit out of us," Tim eventually said, as he
lost control of his emotions and started crying. "I'm so glad that you are
both alright," he continued to blubber then finally decided to move and
joined Chris giving us hugs. Luke didn't say anything he just wandered over
and joined his friends. I could see by the expression on his face he didn't
know what to do. Whether to cry or smile, he was confused as to how he was
feeling.

Caleb just sat up breaking our hug, plus that from Chris and Tim. He
reached up and gave Luke a huge hug while whispering in his ear, "it's
alright Luke, if you feel you need to cry just let it out," his voice was
just so gentle and caring that Luke finally lost it and gave a big hug back
and balled his eyes out.

"I have been so worried about you two. I haven't been sleeping very well
since you both ended up in here. I miss you so much," he blubbered finally
releasing the emotions he had been trying to bottle up. Luke has always
been the tough guy in our group, so Caleb had worked wonders at getting him
to fully open up. Even if he had cried when trying to comfort Caleb earlier
he still never fully opened up to how he was feeling.

Mrs Milner was still standing at the door crying in happiness, not just at
the fact that Caleb and I looked like we had almost fully recovered from
our ordeal. But also at how close the group of us were. In all her years
teaching she had never seen a group of friends so close to each other as
what we were.

"I'm glad you talked me into bringing you lot," Mrs Milner said
finally. She was also trying to regain some composure. "I have
underestimated the lot of you. It seems that you all need each other and I
am so happy that I could provide you with that."

"Thank you very much Mrs Milner. I am so glad you came too. I know Caleb is
thinking the same as me," I said to her as I was really happy that she
cared so much about us to not only have come to see us herself but to also
bring our friends along. Caleb nodded in agreement as he was still
comforting Luke. The others also thanked her again for bringing them.

Now that everyone had settled down they all wanted to know what had
happened to Caleb. This time he let me tell the story, mainly because I
knew more of the details about it than he did. But I also think he was a
bit scared that it might start something again. I told them about it right
from Dave having turned up and I gave them a brief account as to how Dave
fit into the picture. I also told Tim and Luke that if the chance came up
they should meet Dave as I knew they would like him. Chris agreed saying
that Dave was a cool little guy.

I told them everything, forgetting about what I wasn't supposed to have
told Caleb. I told them how I had felt a lot of pain at what seemed to be
about the same time as Caleb arrested. I got an extremely worried look from
Caleb, so I knew I would have some explaining to do later. I think by the
end they fully understood our relationship. Well Mrs Milner did, the others
already knew from what Caleb had told them about me. For them it reinforced
what Caleb had said and showed that it was a two way thing.

It was so great being able to tell them everything and know that they
weren't judging us. Our friends were so supportive and I was so overwhelmed
by it all, and I think they knew it too. They all gave me a big hug and
told me how lucky I was that I had Caleb. And also how lucky Caleb was too,
they said that they hoped they could find someone as special as we had. But
they knew deep down that the chances weren't very high.

Mrs Milner was also happy for us. She reminded our friends that even though
they may never find a lover so special, at the end of the day the
friendship that we all had was special in itself.

We all looked at her a bit confused as we thought they our friendship was
just normal, nothing special. So she explained to us why our friendship was
so special. Starting from when Caleb first turned up, although she did
bring up a couple of examples from our time together before Caleb. She made
special note of how the three had been when Caleb made the mistake of going
to school, and of course now. She said to us that she had never seen a
bunch of friends so close before in her life. She said we weren't ashamed
to show our affection to one another, or even our emotions. Sure we may
need a little push from time to time. But most friendships everyone still
tends to bottle up what they are feeling. Having heard about how Caleb had
been treated at his old school she also used that as an example. To which
she added she also thought Dave would be a great addition to our group as
he was another special sort of friend.

Tim, Luke and Chris all looked at Caleb in disbelief and shock at how he
had been treated at his old school. Turns out he had never told them about
that. Yet again because he didn't want them to worry about him more than
need be. Caleb then got told off by all three of them for not having told
them, which caused Mrs Milner to laugh under her breath. Of course Caleb
just said he didn't want to upset them, and it was old news anyway. They
all gave him a hug saying they will never treat him like that. But they
don't like to be kept in the dark about things of that sort of nature
either.

I piped up and told them of my encounter with his old friends. They were
pleased with how I handled it, and told Caleb that was the sort of reason
that they needed to know. They could protect him if it ever came down to
it, but only if they knew beforehand. He agreed and apologised for keeping
it from them. He knew full well that they were right. He then got up and
gave them a hug totally forgetting he was naked. No one paid any attention,
well except for Chris who I saw take in a good look and smile
approvingly. He then blushed bright red when he realised I had caught
him. That caused me to giggle and everyone turned around to find out why I
had giggled.

I didn't tell them. But after they had just told my boyfriend off for
hiding things from them, I thought I better drop Chris in it.

"I'm not going to tell you why I just laughed, but I think you should ask
Chris. He knows why," I said feeling a little guilty for betraying him. But
then again he just told Caleb off for hiding something while he has been
doing the same thing. So everyone turned to face Chris. Even Mrs Milner
wanted to know what the boy was hiding. Chris turned an even brighter red.

"Um... damn you Dan... but your right. I have something I also should have
told you long ago. Dan and Caleb already know... I'm gay too," he blurted
out scared of the reaction even though he knew he shouldn't be.

"Yeah so. We should tell you off too especially after we just told Caleb
off for the same thing. But that still doesn't explain why Dan started
giggling," Luke said still confused as to why I had laughed, with Tim and
Caleb nodding in agreement.

"Well Dan was laughing because... well he caught me taking a peek at what
his boyfriend had to offer," he said rather sheepishly blushing bright red
again for having to admit that he was deliberately ogling Caleb's
package. Luke and Tim just burst out laughing as they suddenly realised
that Caleb was as naked as the day he was born. Caleb just wiggled his
crotch at the boy, which caused them to laugh even harder. Even Mrs Milner
was laughing at Caleb's antics. Although she was a bit surprised by what
Caleb was doing. I decided Caleb should stop teasing the poor boy that was
just standing there with his eyes firmly fixed on Caleb's package. I gave
Caleb a light smack on the back of the leg, and he got the message and sat
back down on the bed and pulled the sheet up so it was covering his
midsection.

"I have to admit to you that even though I am straight. I do agree with
Chris and you got one cute little boyfriend there Dan," Tim said, causing
Caleb to glow with pride. Everyone else just stared at him not believing
what he had just said. "Well it's true. Everything about the boy is just so
cute," he said again.

"Yeah your right there Tim, I do think Dan made a good find," Luke said not
quite believing what he had just said. He still considered himself to be
straight, but he realised too that I thought I was straight till I meet
Caleb, so he wasn't so sure anymore. "Man Caleb. I don't know how do you do
it but it seems everyone you meet you turn gay," he said jokingly. But
there was something about Caleb that he was sure would turn the heads of
even the straightest of straight guys.

"See Chris what did you have to worry about. Oh and just a reminder I am
taken," Caleb piped up causing everyone to laugh. The boy had a way of
taking the piss of something without being offensive. There was just
something in his voice that you couldn't take a dig like that
seriously. Even Chris laughed for the first time since having been caught
by Dan.

"Well now you can all see why Dan is the luckiest kid around," Chris said
and he meant it. He loved Caleb but had sort of come to realise that Caleb
wasn't right for him. Although he really enjoyed the show that Caleb had
put on, and had a painful erection in his denim jeans to prove it. Luckily
no one noticed, or if they did they didn't say anything. Chris had realised
through the many hugs with Caleb that he was loving, caring and very
comforting, but there was something missing. Even though he had never
experienced what Caleb and Dan have. He still sensed that the love he felt
for Caleb was missing something.

We sat around talking for a while longer before Mrs Milner told our friends
that it was time to get them home before their parents started to
worry. The three boys' gave Caleb and me a hug and a kiss. The kiss
surprised me, especially from Tim and Luke. I was really starting to
understand what Mrs Milner was talking about earlier. Mrs Milner also gave
us both a hug before they all said goodbye and started to leave. Caleb
yelled to them he would see them on Monday. The statement had them all
shaking their head in disbelief that he would be back again so soon. Then
they were gone and Caleb turned to face me.

"Right mister. What have you been keeping from me? And I want all of
it. After all you told me off earlier for hiding things from you" Caleb
demanded. I had expected this, and I knew he was right I had told him off
earlier today, while at the same time hiding something from him. I knew I
had to spill.

So I told him what had happened to me while he was having his problems. I
explained what the doctors had said about what they thought had caused
it. Caleb started to cry and gave me a hug telling me he was sorry for
inflicting me with such pain. I reminded him that I had inadvertently done
the same to him and said well we should call it even. He calmed down but
snuggled closer to me. I still don't know what it is with him, but he
always feels guilty about things that aren't his fault. That's just another
reason why I love him so much.

Dad came back in the room. Surprisingly we hadn't even noticed that he had
gone, he had decided to leave us alone with our company so had gone to the
cafeteria. Dr Walker entered not long after dad had arrived and was
carrying quite a thick folder.

"Hello again you two. I am glad to see you both are looking so much
better," Dr Walker said.

"Hello Dr Walker. Thank you so much for saving me," Caleb said again as he
had forgotten that he had already thanked the doctor. Tears stated rolling
down his cheeks again still not really believing that he had died and been
bought back to life.

"Yeah thank you for being such a big help for my lover," I said to the
doctor.

"It was my pleasure, but I have come to talk to you about something
astonishing that I have just found out. I would have liked to have told
everyone but unfortunately I see one has gone. I still think it's important
enough to tell you," Dr Walker was saying in the sort of excitement you
expect from a kid at an amusement park.

Firstly he told us what his proper purpose was in the hospital. Turns out
his primary role is to take on the more unique cases that come into the
hospital. But given that there aren't many of those types of cases he
spends most of his time helping out in the children's ward. When the call
from the ambulance came through about an 11 year old boy with heart
problem's bought on from emotional shock, the nurse who had taken it gave
it immediately to the doctor thinking it could be a case for him. Firstly
he didn't think there was anything unique about the case until he received
the all the information. The most important piece of information he
received was that the shock had been brought on from witnessing his friend
have a severe accident, which the boy bravely saved.

Now for a boy to go through emotional shock is not such a big deal if it's
a parent or another close relative involved. But very rarely is it brought
on by a friend because at that age they usually haven't developed enough of
an emotional attachment. So Dr Walker had decided to take the case.

Dr Walker had always wanted to see a case where the bond between two people
is so close that when one person goes through something the other person
reacts in similar ways. Never in his mind did he ever think that the first
case he would see was from two boys, one being 13 the other only 11. It has
been the case he has waited all his life for, and it has developed to be
more than he ever expected. In all the case studies that he has read about
this sort of connection, none of them have been anything like this case.

He started off by telling us that when Caleb had got me out of my coma,
just by simply touching me, it started him thinking about whether our
medical records may tell more of the story. So he started doing some
research to which even he couldn't believe the results. It turns out from
the day Caleb was born every time one of us ended up in hospital, the other
followed within a couple of hours.

The day Caleb was born I was about 2 years 7 months, and had been running
around the house like a typical loony toddler. I tripped on something and
whacked my head on the corner of the coffee table. I was admitted into
hospital the minute Caleb was born at 2:17pm. Due to Caleb's mum having the
same condition as I have, Caleb was kept in hospital till they had
completed some tests to see whether Caleb had inherited the
condition. Instead they found he had a heart condition, and had monitored
him till they were satisfied he was alright to go home with his mum and
dad. I had healed up at that point and we were both discharged at the exact
same minute again. We had both spent fifteen days in hospital.

After that every time one of us would have a problem that sent them to
hospital, the other would follow close behind. A couple of times we were
separated by only the walls of our room. It turns out we were about equal
with sending the other to hospital, we seem to take turns. But the one that
was most important to me ended up with Caleb being the first one to get
admitted.

It was the day Caleb had the accident at Dave's place, he had decided to a
shower in the morning as opposed to the night before. As it was a Saturday
they had slept in so it was about ten in the morning when Caleb took his
shower. He got admitted to hospital about thirty five minutes later. I had
gotten up early that morning, and been picked up by a so called friend and
his dad. We had headed to one of the mountain bike parks in the city. It
was about 10:20 when I came off my bike and had my big crash. My so called
friend saw the whole thing happen, and panicked and biked away. He didn't
even send anyone to help. Thankfully I was stumbled upon by another biker
on the same track. I got admitted about an hour after Caleb. We had
actually ended up side by side that time but both of us were unconscious,
and in surgery.

My real friends took it on themselves to deal with the boy whom had left me
to die. No violence was involved. As much as Luke wanted to beat the crap
out of the boy. Instead they made the boy tell everyone in the school one
by one, exactly what he had done to me. After that no one wanted to be his
friend because no one could trust him. By the time I got back to school he
had left and gone to a new school. It's sort of a shame as I really don't
miss him. But up until then he had seemed like a good sort.

Any guilt I had left about being responsible for dad's death vanished at
knowing it was just meant to be. I couldn't blame Caleb either as we didn't
even know each other then. I was actually glad to hear that piece of
information because it really did clear my conscience.

When Caleb ended up in hospital after the severe beating he received at
school, it was the only time I ended up in hospital from not having
severely injured myself. I had come down with a severe bout of the flu, and
ended up hospitalized just fifteen minutes after Caleb had been
admitted. The flu that I had was so severe that I had lost consciousness. I
had to be airlifted to hospital. Yet again we recovered at the same pace,
and were both discharged five minutes apart, two weeks later.

We were all absolutely stunned with what Dr Walker had revealed. The doctor
then asked us whether we would allow him to do an extensive report into our
relationship. He did explain to us that it would be very personal and
mention some things that we may be embarrassed about. Like my wet dream
when Caleb woke me up from my coma. Caleb and I discussed it for a bit, the
only concern we had was as to whether just anybody could read it, or
whether it was a strictly medical thing. Dr Walker had anticipated this
question and told us that there would be two copies, one with full details
including names of which only we could allow people to view. The medical
profession that deals in this sort of thing would be the only other ones to
have unrestricted access to that report. The second copy would be available
to the public, under the official information act, but with this one all
names would be removed.

With that, we discussed for a little bit longer before deciding that it was
in the best interests for the public, and anyone else with our sort of
relationship. We agreed to allow him to continue making the report, but we
decided that we were comfortable enough in our relationship that he only
needed to make the one copy. Dr Walker was so happy he hugged us both as he
thanked us for allowing him to do this. Although he thought it best to
still do the second report, as he was still worried about how other people
may react to it. He said he would go over things with Dr Miller first, as
he was going to need his help too. Then he left.

Mum surprised me when she turned up five minutes later, and came in and
gave both Caleb and me a big hug and kiss. It would have been one of the
only times that she had kept her word. Dad told her that when she got the
chance she should go and see Dr Walker, as he had some very interesting
information to which she should know. Mum decided that she wanted to catch
up on the day's events first. We thought it best for the doctor to tell her
the main story, so the rest of the day's events didn't take long to tell
her. We briefly told her about my rehab, and then our visitors, and well
that was pretty much all that had happened since she had left.

Dad then led her away to find the doctor. On the way back he was stopped by
a TV reporter, who wanted to have a brief talk with him.

"Hi I'm J C, I was wondering if we could have a moment. I know you have
said that you want some private time. But I don't know whether you have
been watching my show as a lot of people are wanting a full update about
the boys," the reporter said very sincerely. He was a genuine guy, and he
ran a current events program at 7:00pm. Straight after the 6 o'clock
news. His program usually dealt with trying to help people out when they
felt that no one else was listening. But he also tried to add as many
goodwill stories as he could.

"Pleased to meet you J C, but I have already given you the latest update,"
Caleb's dad said, as he had made sure to give the media all the updates
because he had known there was an overwhelming demand from people worried
about the two boys.

"I know and I thank you very much for that. What I was meaning is the
public would really love to see the boys give an interview. If they are up
to it of course. I have inundated with e-mails asking for the boy's story,
as told by the boys themselves. As, well you know how the media is," J C
said, knowing the father understood the dig at the general media.

"Well I can show you to them, but it is their decision. I won't make it for
them," dad said as he led the reporter to our room.

Caleb and I just stared wide eyed and hugged each other closer when J C
entered the room. We couldn't believe that someone of his calibre would
want to see us. Both of us were too young to really pay much attention to
his show, but everyone still knew who he was.

"Hello Caleb, and hello Dan. I was wondering if you two were up for an
interview," J C said with a warm friendly smile on his face.

Of course we agreed, especially when he said that the country really wants
to know our story from our point of view. In some ways I was surprised with
the reporter as he never once said anything about us lying in the same bed
hugging each other, and I suppose it was this that made us feel even more
comfortable with him.

Having agreed to the interview, he asked us a few questions about how we
wanted to do it. As his show is live he asked us whether we would be
comfortable doing it live, or whether we want to prerecord it. We told him
that we thought that pre-recorded was the only option because we weren't
sure that we could tell everything inside the half an hour time frame. He
replied that he had permission from the station that he could stay on air
as long as it took to tell the story. As there were so many people
interested in our story it would be a huge boost to the ratings. So we
decided to do it live.

I still don't know why we decided to do it live, it was probably because
the whole country wanted to know our version. We felt that the least we
could do was tell our story live on TV. The next question was whether we
wanted to do it in our bed, or in a proper room. We were so comfy in our
bed that we decided that it was the best place for it. To that he suggested
that we should at least probably wear a robe for the interview. He had a
big smile on his face telling us he wasn't worried about outr
relationship. We still had the sheet over our midsection but it was obvious
because of our bare chests that we had nothing on. We blushed a little but
agreed that we would be wearing something during the interview.

After asking a couple more questions he then stated that what we decided to
tell the nation was up to us. He then gave us a little warning by telling
us that he knew that most people would understand our relationship and be
happy for us. But there are a lot of people who may not see it that way. He
said it was totally up to us as to what we said about our relationship, but
he promised that he would not ask us any questions on it. He really was a
good guy. He made us feel totally at ease with everything. He told us they
would be over at some stage tomorrow to record an advert. He also advised
us that they would set up about 6:00 Monday night. So that they were ready
to go on air at 7:00.

After he left we were buzzing with excitement. Even though we knew we would
probably end up in tears on national TV, we were excited about the fact
that the nation cared. We could also tell our own story to the people, as
opposed to the media version they had heard. We also agreed with each other
that we would tell almost everything. The only things we were going to
leave out were, well the sex stuff of course. Otherwise we were happy to
tell the nation about or relationship, because we were comfortable with
it. We figured that if anyone tried to mess with us because of it, that we
knew enough people who would fight for us if needed.

Ten minutes after the reporter left mum came back in looking completely
dumbstruck. She was struggling to comprehend to report the doctor had just
told her. She was even more baffled with Caleb and I rabbiting on about
being on TV tomorrow and Monday. Once she finally came back to earth she
asked us what we were on about, and told us to tell her one at a
time. Caleb figured that she was my mother so I should be the one to tell
her. She was a little sceptical about us doing the interview, but she
wasn't going to stand in our way. It was our decision.

After a while of chatting away Caleb and I drifted off to sleep. It had
been a hectic day and we were extremely tired. Once we were asleep mum and
dad headed off to the hotel again. I was woken during the night from Caleb
tossing and turning, I felt him suddenly sit bolt upright with a gasp,
before he lay back down and snuggled into me tightly and fall back to
sleep. I was a little annoyed from what I had said to him earlier, that he
hadn't woken me. He should have told me he had a nightmare. Although I'm
not really sure he actually woke up this time from it this time. If he had
it was only briefly he may not have comprehended it, so I just let it slide
this time.

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