"Hey Gee. You feeling any better?" The soft voice of Ray spoke as he sat uncomfortably on a stool next to Gerard.
"Um, where am I?" He mumbled, barely managing to keep his eyes open.
"You're in hospital Gee. Nick. He um, yeah.... But I promised that it would get better and I wanted to save you from him. So I found Alex and Finley and told them about everything and they decided that you guys were in danger and that we had to get the police round at that very moment."
"Where's Mikey?!" Gerard winced as pain shot through his cheek.
"He's fine Gee."
"Where is he?!"
"I said he's okay."
"What if he's not?!" Gerard cried beginning to shake a little, "what if he's not fine? What if nothing will ever be fine?!"
"It will."
"I want to see him" moaned Gerard.
"In a bit." Reassured Ray.

A woman with brown hair with blue ends and glasses walked back towards Gerard and Ray, talking lightly to a nurse. The nurse wore a kind smile on a friendly face, she had her messy short black hair covering up a little of her brown eyes. She walked over to Gerard kneeling down next to the side of his bed and spoke softly and cautiously.
"Hi Gerard. I'm called Sarah, I've been talking to Alex here."
She glanced to Alex who stood next to Ray, a look of worry plastered to her face.
"Now then." Continued Sarah, "you've probably already noticed that you've broken a bone in your arm." She glanced down at the cast that wrapped around Gerard's left arm and around his wrist.
"To be more specific you've fractured your ulna and broken your radius, but just know that none of it was your fault."
Gerard looked down to his arm, "ha." He smiled weakly, "I didn't even notice, I can't seem to feel much. Where's Mikey?"
"Your brother is fine. You can see him soon. But anyway.... You'll have to keep the cast on for at least a month, okay? Try not to put too much weight on it and try and keep it rested and comfortable."
"Oh. Okay." Gee barely whispered, "why does my face hurt?"
"Well. You see. Um, when Nick...when he, um, hurt you, he hit you in the face, we've had to stitch underneath your eye, which might explain why its difficult to open it. We'll give you some painkillers for it though and give you more information before you go home."
"Home?" Asked Gerard, sounding a little confused.
"Well..." Cut in Alex, "We have a space for you and Mikey at the care home, until we find you somewhere safe to live."
"Oh," Gerard wasn't quite sure how he should feel. Well, he got to stay with his brother but the fact that they'd be staying in a care home made reality properly crash down onto his shoulders. It suddenly came over him that he was so alone in the world, so alone and that his parents really were dead. But at least Nick was gone far away from him and he still had his brother.

"Can I see Mikey now?" He asked, almost pleading.
"Yes...okay."
Gerard swung his legs out over the edge of the bed and with support from Ray and Alex he was able to take fragile steps. They walked slowly around the corner to where a shattered Mikey sat up in bed, he looked up as he saw his brother appear around he corner and he smiled to Finley who sat next to him.
"Hey gee..." He smiled, "looking a little rough aren't we?"
Gerard simply collapsed into Mikey, hugging him with his one arm for dear life and Mikey hugged back whilst doing his best to reassure Gerard.

"You okay Mikes?" He asked.
"Yeah, just a boot shaped bruise on my stomach and that but other than that I'm good, you didn't seem to be as lucky. That with your broken arm."
"Well it'll heal, won't it."
"Where will we go now though?"
"With us two..." Finley stated, placing his hand on Alex's shoulder and smiled, "you'll be safe and we'll find you a new home."

Notes

Yay! Nicks gone now and it makes me happy! (I'm just going to try and remember that Gerard has a broken arm in the next few chapters, apologies if I forget)
hope you are doing well.
I'm gunna go and do homework which I have no clue how to complete. *sarcastic yay*
thank you. :) x
-Lou