"You'll get by if you'd only cut loose."

[innocenteyes]

Who: Amarlie-Rose Satori and Justin Campbell with Sasha Stanford
What: Cosiness and confessions
Where: Campbell place, NYC
When: Tuesday night

"Soooo... I have a confession," Amarlie said as she came through from the kitchen with a tub of Ben & Jerry's with two spoons. She handed one of the spoons to Justin, who was already settled in on the sofa, ready to watch a movie. Sasha was there too, of course, but he had crashed out a little while ago with his head in Justin's lap. Dory had settled herself into a little nest in against Sasha's belly, and Sasha had a hand over her back. He had fallen asleep like that when the medication the doctor put him on knocked him out.

All three were in their pyjamas. Amarlie in a unicorn onesie, Justin in Ninja Turtle PJs, and Sasha in in a Superman onesie. No one could accuse them of not being versatile. Even then, Justin had wrapped a blanket around Sasha because he had been bouncing back and forth between hot and cold with his fever.

Justin was running his fingers through Sasha's hair when he took the spoon with his other hand, not missing a beat. "Hm? What's that?"

"I've never seen Footloose," Amarlie said quickly, sheepishly, and was hurriedly getting a cushion up as a shield.

( The look on Justin's face was pure horror and disbelief. He didn't even have any words to cover it... )

LOG, COMPLETE

"I never felt nothing in the world like this before."

[truthrunswild]

Who: Finlay Bennett and Zeke Wyatt
What: Overdue meeting
Where: Spinal Unit, Mount Sinai
When: Tuesday morning

Finally, there had been some progress with Shannon's condition. He had been waking up, but because he was on such strong painkillers, he had been pretty out of it. When he had been waking with his family, he was asking for Fin. Only Fin, could only get there after school, so by the time he got there, Shannon had the afternoon dose of the medication and was crashed out again. Shannon's parents had been amazing keeping Fin completely in the loop with what was happening. Shannon was in a hell of a lot of pain. More than they anticipated, even if they had anticipated a lot in the wake of the operation. They thought the anesthetic and operation had flared up his CRPS. Fin felt helpless, and even if Shannon slept, he still went and sat with him every afternoon after school until visiting hours were over.

The one time Shannon did wake when he was there, he saw Fin was there, and just burst into tears. He was too upset to talk, so Fin just sat there and held him, promising he was there every day for him. This was the hardest thing Fin had to face in his life. He was exhausted because he wasn't sleeping well from worrying how much pain Shannon was in. He was mostly off the planet and moody at school, especially whenever people tried to ask him about Shannon. He was just going through the motions. He knew it would be hard. He just had to keep taking each day as it came.

It was Tuesday evening, and even if he had been trying to focus on doing his homework while he sat with Shannon that evening, his head was hurting too much and he couldn't concentrate. he had set his biological textbooks aside to hold Shannon's hand, stroking little circles in his hair with his other hand was he watched him sleep. He was leaning on the side of the bed by Shannon. No matter how much he sat and watched him, he couldn't get used to see him like this. He was still in a surgical neck brace and laid flat. There were drains from the op site, he was on oxygen, he had IVs, and monitors keeping a good check on him. It was all necessary evils. Maybe one of the hardest parts was not being able to talk to Shannon, when they had talked every single day since they met.

"Damn good friends."

[canadianheart]

Who: Jett Levesque and Sasha Stanford
What: Chilled out hangouts
Where: Campbell place
When: Wednesday

Jett had been wanting to catch up with Sasha since he got back from London, but Sasha's life was pretty nuts right now. And understandably so. He and Jett had struck up a pretty cool friendship Jett was enjoying, and they chatted a lot by text or Skype. Then he heard Sasha got sick, so even if he wanted to talk to his friend about the shit that had gone down with him and Brody, he waited it out a few days before going to check how Sasha was. If he wasn't up, or up to a visitor, Jett was cool, of course, but he still had to check. That's what friends did.

He had also heard that Sasha was staying with Justin for a little while, so he could start at the New York school sooner rather than later. That was way nice that Justin's dad was cool with that. It might help Sasha's transition to a new place be a little easier for him. Life had dealt him a few hard blows lately, so he deserved some easiness in amongst it all. In all honesty, Sasha starting at the school had been why Jett began to contemplate if he should, too. It would be easier to start with a partner in crime. Justin didn't go to school. He was tutored because he worked, and his schooling fit in around that. So, Sasha wouldn't have his man as back-up. There were Justin's other friends, who were all lovely and kind, but there was also the fact Will went to the same school, so Jett kind of wanted to have Sasha's back with that.

When he came to Justin's place, a cute blonde girl answered the door. Okay, beyond cute. She was really hot, and seemed sweet. Jett didn't know who she was, but he was pretty sure she had been at his New Year party before all that went to shit. He asked if Sasha was up to any visitors and she invited him him while she went to check if Sasha was up and about. Justin's place was cool. Damn, it was just as cool as Flynn's place. While he waited, he looked at the photos lining the walls. Lots of family shots. Justin seemed to have a big family, and a little sister from the looks of it, but Jett couldn't spot this blonde girl who answered the door in any of the shots.

[ TEXT MESSAGE ] To Flynn @ strips4u

[aussielawyer]

Hey, mate - Just wanted to let you know, your kid's crashed out on our sofa with Sash. Don't worry, it's fine. I'm kind of a teenage halfway house at the moment anyway. I'm headed back to work. Jus isn't having a good day, but Amarlie will take good care of them. You want him home for a certain time? He's welcome to have dinner with us tonight.