Becoming Stronger together

*Kane and Toews*

"Hey Pat may I not do actual school anymore? Can I just do home schooling?" Christian asked after getting dressed
Patrick looked at him, "Yeah. If that's what you really want to do. You promise to stay on top of your work and not fall behind?"
"I promise." Christian said meaning it
"By the way, Sam wants you to text him or call him. Can you please do that?" Jon asked
"I'm stayin off my phone and laptop for awhile. I'm only usin the house computer for school." Christian said
"Are you ok? Do I need to take you to the doctors or something?" Patrick asked
Christian laughed, "haha I'm fine. Just takin your advice from awhile back."
"Good. The teams coming over then we're going to get some food. Wanna come with?" Patrick asked
Christian nodded his head yes and went to his room to get ready.

*Patricks POV*

Jon and I were being stupid and throwing stuff back and forth until Christian came back. He headed to go shower, so I let him be. When he came out, he came to talk with us and he seemed different. A good different. He said he's taking my advice and I couldn't be happier. I'm just praying that he sticks to it. I remember when we were younger and how happy he was, I want my happy little brother back, and him making changes and me helping him with them will hopefully get him back to that happy kid he used to be.

*End of POV*

The team came over and headed out to Green Door Tavern. Christian was really talkative which surprised some of the guys because they knew him to be quiet and annoying. They preferred him like this though. When they got to the restaurant Christian had to check his levels and that was the first time everyone on the team had seen him do it and they were all staring at him.

"Can I help y'all?" Christian said looking up
Shaw answered, "Do you always have to do that before you eat?"
Christian shook his head, "Yessir, and before I go to bed and when I wake up and whenever I don't feel good and certain times of the day. Also after I eat."
"Holy shit. That's a lot. What are the numbers supposed to be at?" Shaw asked
"Um normal levels are somewhere between 70 and 120 mg/dL, but my doctor said he recommends I stay somewhere between 80 and 180 mg/mL."
Sharp interrupted, "What happens when your levels are too high or too low? Like how do we get them back up or down and how can we tell aside from actually checking?"
"Um when they're too high I get really thirsty, tired or weak, my head starts to kill. I go to the bathroom a lot. My vision gets "doubled" or blurry and I can't focus. To bring them back down, I just have to have an insulin shot. There's not much you can do for that. But if they're low, I get pale, sweaty, I get really weak and moody. My heart starts racing, I also get shaky, like my friends normally have my put my hand out and if its shaky they know my levels are low. To help bring them up, I drink non diet soda, eat hard candy, fruit juice, milk, or gatorade." Christian explained.
"Dang thats a lot. How are your levels now?" Serbs asked
Christian looked at his pump, "They're at 54 right now because I haven't eaten anything yet and I worked out."
"Do you feel fine?" Shaw asked
He held out his hand, "Just a little shaky, see."
"Doesn't that scare you Patty? He could pass out from low/high levels and you wouldn't know until you found him unconscious." Shaw asked
"Yeah, but I trust him to keep up with his diabetes. I'm going to every now and then ask him, but it all comes down to him wanting to stay conscious and ok." Patrick said looking at Christian.

They finished up lunch and headed to North shore beach to just hangout. The team ran into a lot of fans, and Christian just walked ahead without them because he didn't do the whole stop take pictures and sign things. Gina met them there with Tristan. Christian took his pump off and hangout with T in the water and tossed a ball back and forth for awhile. Once it was dark they started heading home. Tristan got tired so Christian carried him while he slept.
When they got back to the Trump Tower, Christian went up by himself because he was exhausted. When he got to the door he saw Janessa there.

"Christian can we talk?" Janessa asked
Christian didn't look up, "No." and he unlocked the door
"Please? I'm really sorry. I shouldn't have said what was said." She went to follow him in
He stopped her, "Look I'm tired and just want to sleep. May you please just let me sleep?"
Janessa realized what she did to him, "Yeah.... I'll talk to you later."

*Christians' POV*

I went to the room after lunch, and Janessa was there... I did not need that. She wanted to talk but I couldn't without thinking of what she said to me last night. She said I kissed Gabi, but I swear I didn't kiss anyone. Sam even knows I didn't. I don't think I'll ever forgive her. I thought about the night of the accident and couldn't stop crying. I thought how Janessa was right in how I shouldn't be here. My parents should and my siblings shouldn't have gone through what they went through. I can't think about that though, I need to focus and stay on track of being happy and healthy. I went to the rink and playing around with a stick and puck for a bit.

*End of POV*

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