would
discover when he arrived at a scene never failed to make his heart
beat faster. Kai approached the couch and just like Sebastian had
said, there was a man. Split lip, face bruised, clothed
stained.
“What did you do?” Kai whispered
accusingly.
“I – I no! It's not what it looks like. He
knocked on the door. Roughed up like that.” Sebastian whispered
back.
“Try to wake him up!” Kai ordered, but
Sebastian took an unsteady step back.
“You are limping again. You aren't supposed
to exercise yet. Jesus, Bebbi. Would you listen to the doctors?
Only once? Man...”
Sebastian stretched out his bad leg, while he
knelt on the other.
“I couldn't do this if I stopped training.”
he glared at his brother, who stood behind him.
“Yeah, I bet your lovers appreciate how
flexible you are in bed.” Kai snapped, knowing full well, that
there were no new men in his brother's life. He rolled his eyes and
concentrated on the injured man again.
“He looks pale. We have to wake him up. That
bump on his head worries me.” Kai nudged Sebastian to do something,
and while Sebastian was still contemplating how to try and wake up
the injured stranger, his eyes started to flutter and he knew that
he would come to without his active help.
Jamie became conscious, hearing the sound of
male voices whispering close by. His eyes were still closed, but he
tried to remember what had happened. Several pictures appeared in
his mind, but nothing very coherent. A jolt of pain radiated
through him and he blinked nervously, before finally succumbing and
opening his eyes. He squinted at the brightness of the light.
“Hey, welcome back.” a man said gently, while
kneeling next to Jamie's head. Jamie was confused and tired. He
didn't know where he was or how he got on that comfortable couch,
with someone he didn't know bending over him. Instinctively, he
tried to get as far away from the man as possible.
“You said no cops, but I needed to call help.
I called my brother. He's a paramedic and just arrived here. Where
are you hurt? What happened?”
“Calm down, Beb. You're scaring him!” Kai
chuckled softly from behind his brother.
Jamie tried to sit up, too many questions
were asked and he didn't know the answers or if it was safe to
answer them. He felt vulnerable lying on the couch. Jamie came into
a sitting position, next to the man who was still awkwardly
kneeling next to the couch. His feet touched the dark hardwood
floor and his hands supported his weight to get up, but Jamie
suddenly felt very dizzy and sick.
“I think I'm going to be...” that's all he
managed to say as a warning, before he emptied his stomach on the
handsome stranger, and what little he had eaten that day was now
decorating the man's white t-shirt. Jamie stared with his eyes wide
open and in shock, he blushed in embarrassment, wiping his mouth
with the back of his hand and the man looked momentarily horrified
too, but then he smiled broadly before turning to his brother.
“Well Kai, at least you now know that his
stomach is empty and with the big bump on his head, I think it's
safe to say, that he has a mild concussion. You were right to
worry.” Sebastian got up, supporting himself on the couch and the
coffee table, until he stood upright. Kai smirked and Jamie tried
to sink further into the sofa he was sitting on. He hissed in pain,
when he sat up a little straighter and the smiles on the brothers
faces faded and made room for concern.
“I need to call Agnes.” Jamie whispered. The
man who had knelt next to Jamie threw his soiled shirt over his
head in a fluid motion, before turning his attention back to
Jamie.
“All in good time. I'm Sebastian and that's
my brother Kai. We need to find out where you are hurt, in order to
help you first. Is that alright?” Jamie nodded, but then he
remembered that he needed to know that Agnes was alright first.
“I need to make a call first. Please.”
“Let us fix you up first. What happened to
you?”