My stomach agreed because it grumbled as if to say, ‘feed me.’ I opened the breakfast roll and when the smell travelled up my nostrils I groaned out loud. Imagine that, comin’ to see someone in hospital but throwin’ your back out in the waitin’ room.” “I wonder if people ever end up in A&E from these chairs. I sat back down on the God forsaken chair I slept in all night and rolled my head on my shoulders. “What?” Keela asked as she opened her own roll. “You know what?” I mumbled to Keela who sat down next to a still sleeping Bronagh, Branna, and Alannah. My damn neck felt like a five-hundred pound wrestler had leaned on it all night long. My legs, back, arms, and my neck were stiff and sore. “Fuckin’ shite chairs,” I grumbled and placed my free hand on my now aching back. I carefully stood up and stretched out my body, making noises close to that of a baby dinosaur. I sat upright and groaned when my back clicked.

I stared at Keela for a moment then took the tin foil covered roll from her extended hand.

I blinked at the tin foil then looked up at the person holding it. I pulled my head back a little when I found a huge clump of tin foil shoved in my face. I scrunched up my face then slowly blinked my eyes open. I felt a nudge on my legs and it caused me to wake with a jolt. I groaned low in my throat and wrapped my arms tightly around myself, trying to hold onto sleep for a little while longer. I would take alive and ill over dead and buried any day. He wasn’t okay because he was in the hospital, but he was alive and that was the main thing. Kane did that just by being here in the hospital it wasn’t so bad because he was alive and stable. I was uncomfortable, but that wasn’t what had me uneasy. I folded my arms across my chest, and tucked my legs under my behind then closed my eyes and relaxed as much as I could. I leaned my head back against the wall of the waiting room and sighed. I could hear the girls breathing, and every few seconds Bronagh would snore a little, but other than that, it was silent. They gently clicked the door shut behind them as they left and when they did, a veil of silence coated the room. Ryder winked as he passed me by and Alec fist bumped me. “I’ll explain along the way, come on,” Nico said grinning as he took the sheet of paper the nurse gave me. Good luck to you on explaining that one, buddy.

Nico snickered then laughed a little when Ryder and Alec asked what I meant by calling him husband. She may be small, but trust me when I say she is strong. “She has the grip of an anaconda don’t judge her by her size. He walked over to me then and playfully kicked my leg when he saw I was smiling. He kissed her head, took off his jumper, and laid it over her to keep her warm.

Kane by L.A. Casey