Gage heard everything Cole said last night. Everything. He stood and watched the tears, heard the screaming, watched the usual happy boy cry and throw himself onto the couch in front of him. He watched and stood there, finding it hard to believe, really. He leaned against the door frame of the living room as Cole sobbed and screamed into the couch pillows.
He tried his best to be a shoulder, to listen. "It will be alright." Escaping his lips more then once. Watching as Luke and Jessie tried their bests to console the inconsolable boy. His hands balled into fists and he cursed Dirk under his breath. Cole had been through enough in his short life, he thought Dirk understood that. He thought that Dirk finally understood everything. Wrong. Dead wrong.
Green blue eyes watched as Cole stood and ran out of the room. The slamming of one of the guest room doors echoing throughout the house. Gage closed his eyes and sighed heavily. He knows that Cole can go into a very deep and dark depression. The rest of them can only watch and help him through it the best they can.
His fists relax and he sighs heavily once again. Telling Luke and Jessie to give Cole time. That's what he is going to need, time to heal. Time to realize that eventually his heart will heal. Although deep inside Gage knows that will probably never happen. Cole will probably never be the same.
The night drew on and Gage sat on the couch. He could hear the loud music from the bedroom, the sobbing in time with it. A few times Gage would fall asleep, but be awoken by the sobbing once more.
He glances down at his watch and realizes it's already morning. A soft sigh and he is up off the couch, and into the kitchen. Cole will most likely want nothing to eat, but it's worth a shot. Gage goes about making some strawberry pancakes, smothered in strawberry syrup. Walking to the door he knocks on it. Only sobbing answers the knock.
"It's going to be alright." He leans against the door and puts his hand on it. "Cole, it's going to be alright." He whispers, and secretly hopes that it will, trying his best not to let the uncertainty be in his voice. "I have breakfast for you." He sets the tray down on the floor and touches the door once more.
"Be strong." He whispers and turns, heading up the stairs. He needs a shower, feeling more then tainted by his own words and possible lies that it would be alright.
He tried his best to be a shoulder, to listen. "It will be alright." Escaping his lips more then once. Watching as Luke and Jessie tried their bests to console the inconsolable boy. His hands balled into fists and he cursed Dirk under his breath. Cole had been through enough in his short life, he thought Dirk understood that. He thought that Dirk finally understood everything. Wrong. Dead wrong.
Green blue eyes watched as Cole stood and ran out of the room. The slamming of one of the guest room doors echoing throughout the house. Gage closed his eyes and sighed heavily. He knows that Cole can go into a very deep and dark depression. The rest of them can only watch and help him through it the best they can.
His fists relax and he sighs heavily once again. Telling Luke and Jessie to give Cole time. That's what he is going to need, time to heal. Time to realize that eventually his heart will heal. Although deep inside Gage knows that will probably never happen. Cole will probably never be the same.
The night drew on and Gage sat on the couch. He could hear the loud music from the bedroom, the sobbing in time with it. A few times Gage would fall asleep, but be awoken by the sobbing once more.
He glances down at his watch and realizes it's already morning. A soft sigh and he is up off the couch, and into the kitchen. Cole will most likely want nothing to eat, but it's worth a shot. Gage goes about making some strawberry pancakes, smothered in strawberry syrup. Walking to the door he knocks on it. Only sobbing answers the knock.
"It's going to be alright." He leans against the door and puts his hand on it. "Cole, it's going to be alright." He whispers, and secretly hopes that it will, trying his best not to let the uncertainty be in his voice. "I have breakfast for you." He sets the tray down on the floor and touches the door once more.
"Be strong." He whispers and turns, heading up the stairs. He needs a shower, feeling more then tainted by his own words and possible lies that it would be alright.