Katie walked into his room and gasped to herself. Kevin was laying on the bed with bandages on his face, forehead, arms. She could see the outline of the cast that was on his leg through the sheet that was covering his lower body. She figured there was more bandages that were she couldn't see because of the hospital gown. She walked over to the bed and sat down in a chair next to it. "Kev" She whispered and picked up his hand and held it and started crying.

Later that night ~~~~~~ Nick walked into Kevin's hospital room. He saw Katie sound asleep in a chair next to Kevin's bed. He looked at his watch and realized that they have been here since noon. It was almost 11pm. The doctor told Nick that they should go home and get some rest. That if there were any changes he would call. After the doctor said that he went down to the room to get Katie. He had driven Maria home a couple of hours ago because she wasn't feeling to good and was extremely tired. She was 8 months pregnant.

"Katie?" Nick whispered. "It's almost 11 at night. You've been here since noon. Why don't you go home and get some rest" Nick added. Katie woke up and looked at Nick. "No. I wanna stay here" She said. "I know you do but you need some rest. The doctor said that if there were any changes that he will call you" Nick replied. "You and Maria can go home if you want. I wanna stay here" Katie said again. "I already took Maria home. She wasn't feeling too good and was very tired. I came back to make sure you go home and get some rest. Now come on" Nick said getting a little frustrated. He was worried about Kevin but he wanted to go home and go to sleep. "I'm staying here!!!' Katie yelled giving Nick the look. "Fine! But promise me you'll leave by midnight" Nick said and walked out of the room. Nick got home around 11:30.

As soon as he was home he went upstairs and stripped down to his boxers and crawled into bed next to Maria. He was almost asleep when Maria woke him up. "What?" Nick asked. "I want chocolate chip ice cream, peanut butter, a big mac from McDonald's and umm rice crispy treats" Maria said. "What? It's a craving" Maria added. "No, I'm tired. Katie gave me a bunch of crap about not wanting to leave. And now you want me to go out and get you all of that crap, I don't think so" Nick said and rolled over in bed so his back was to her. Maria pushed Nick out of the bed. "Get me my food!" She yelled. "That's the least you can do considering you are the reason why I'm like this!" she added pointing to her big stomach. "But....." Maria gave him the look. "Ok, ok. I'm going" Nick said throwing his hands up in the air. He got dressed and walked out of the room mumbling something.

By the time Nick got back, Maria was sound asleep in bed. He didn't want the food to go to waste so he woke her up. That was a mistake. She threw him out of the room. Nick was at least happy that he still had the bag off food. That was until the door to the bedroom opened and Maria walked out, grabbed the bag and walked back into the bedroom. Nick now had no food and had to sleep on the couch. >p>"Katie!! I told you to go home last night" Nick said as he walked into the hospital room and saw Katie sitting there in a chair, next to Kevin's bed, still dressed in the clothes she had on last night. "Nick you don't understand" Katie replied. "Katie, please go home and get some rest. I will stay here until you come back and besides the doctor calling if there is any change I'll call you" Nick said. "I guess I can go home for a few hours but that's it" Katie replied. "That's fine" Nick nodded. "You promise to call?" Katie asked. "Yeah" Nick said. Katie walked back over to Kevin's bed and leaned down and kissed his forehead.

"Please wake up baby" She whispered and then she walked out of the room. Thirty minutes later she was home. She took a shower and then went into her's and Kevin's bedroom and laid down on the bed and started crying.

Three weeks later (end of February) ~~~~ "Nick! Get up!" Maria yelled in a whisper. "Huh? Baby, it's 3 am. Go back to sleep" Nick mumbled and rolled over. "I don't think so Nick....Owwwww" Maria screamed. Nick sat up in bed as fast as he could. "It's time? Oh my god!! You're in labor!" Nick said frantically. "No shit Nick!" Maria yelled. Nick got out of bed and got dressed as quickly as he good. He helped Maria out of bed and helped her down the stairs and into the car. He drove like a mad man to the hospital.

"Help me!" Nick yelled running into emergency room. "What's wrong sir?" A nurse asked. "I'm in labor! I mean my wife is in labor" Nick stumbled. "Ok sir. Calm down. Where is she?" The nurse asked. Nick looked around. "Oh shit! I left her in the car" Nick yelled and ran back out into the parking lot to get Maria, who was pissed off and in pain. Nick helped Maria out of the car. The nurse had followed him outside with a wheelchair. Nick helped her into it and then the nurse pushed the wheelchair inside. Maria didn't trust him that much with it.

Five hours later (8 AM) ~~~~~~ "Nick! We are never having sex ever again!" Maria screamed as the doctor told her to push. A look of worry flashed across Nick's face when he heard what Maria said. "Don't worry all women say that. They don't mean it" A nurse told him quietly. "I mean it Nick!!" Maria yelled and squeezed Nick's hand really hard, which caused Nick to make a face.

"Congratulations Mr & Mrs. Carter, you have a son" The doctor said and handed Maria the baby, which was wrapped up in a blue blanket. Nick looked at his son, who was in his wife's arms and his eyes started to tear up. "He's perfect" Nick whispered and leaned forward and kissed Maria. "He is isn't?" Maria asked. "Yeah. Hopefully he got your brains. Not my blonde gene" Nick said laughing a little. He crawled into the small hospital bed with her. "What do you want to name him?" Nick asked. "David Theodore" Maria said after a few minutes. "It means a beloved gift from god" Maria added. "A gift from god, that's what he is" Nick agreed.

Two hours later (10 AM) ~~~~ Nick walked into Kevin's hospital room. In the three weeks since the accident Kevin still did not wake up from the coma. The doctors told Katie, and Kevin's mom that it was very unlikely that he would wake up and that they should talk about taking him off of life support. Both Katie and Kevin's mom were against it.

"Katie" Nick said walking into the room. "Hey Nick" Katie said. "Guess what? I'm a dad! I have a son" Nick exclaimed happily and hugged Katie. "Congratulations Nick. What's his name" Katie asked. "David Theodore. It means a beloved gift from god" Nick explained. "Aww. That's sweet. A perfect name for a baby" Katie said. "It is! I'm so happy. I finally have the family I wanted. I have a beautiful wife and I perfect son" Nick said smiling. "Congratulations. I'm happy for you" Katie replied.

"I'm sorry if I'm upsetting you by telling you this because you might never get the chance to have a family with Kevin" Nick said. "Nick you're not upsetting me. You're happy. You should be telling everyone and not be hiding your happiness. Yeah I'm upset that I might not get the chance with Kevin but I'm hoping for the best. It's not your fault" Katie explained. "Thanks" Nick said.

Two days later ~~~~~~ Maria and the baby were allowed to go home. Nick had come to pick them up and take them home. "Where's my wife and my son?" Nick asked walking into the empty hospital room. "Your wife and son went downstairs with a Miss. McLean. Apparently a Mr. Richardson woke up from his coma" The nurse explained. Nick ran out of their as fast as he could and took the elevator to the fourth floor. He ran into the room out of breath and looked around the room. His son was asleep in the baby carrier, Maria was sitting next to Katie who was crying and Kevin was awake and sitting up in bed with a confused expression on his face.

"What's going on?" Nick asked. "Why is Katie crying if Kevin's awake" Nick asked. "Nick, Kevin doesn't remember anything. He doesn't know who Katie is and doesn't even know who he is" Maria said. "He lost his memory" Nick asked. Maria nodded. "Who are all of you" Kevin asked again.

"I'm Nick, Kev. That's my wife Maria. The girl who's crying is Katie you're fiancee" Nick said. "Kevin do you remember anything, anything at all" Maria asked walking over to Nick. "Who's Kevin?" Kevin asked. "You're Kevin. Kevin Scott Richardson, the father figure of the Backstreet Boys. You're always yelling at me like" Nick said. "Backstreet Boys? Why would I yell at you?" Kevin asked. "Kevin, he burned you're house down. He blew up your TV and microwave, he's gotten his ass stuck in one of the toilets at your house. How could you forget" Maria asked.

"Kevin don't you remember proposing to me? We went to the Europe Music Awards to announce our engagement. Don't you remember the first time you told me you loved me? Or the fight we had about the infamous Rolling Stone picture" Katie asked. "I don't remember you at all. I remember having to stay at umm Maria's and Nick's because he did something to my house. I don't remember you being there at all" Kevin said. "You fell through the deck at my house because Nick screwed it up. You hurt your back" Maria said. Kevin shook his head No. Then a doctor walked in. "Would all of you wait outside I need to have a talk with Mr. Richardson" The doctor said. They all walked out. Then Nick walked back to get the baby carrier that had the sleeping baby in it.

Twenty minutes later the doctor was talking to Katie, in his office. "You're fiancee has amnesia. I don't know how long it will last. Sometimes it lasts a day, sometimes it lasts up to a few weeks. He probably has to stay here for another week or two because he has to have serious physical therapy because he was in a coma for almost four weeks and didn't use any of his muscles. When he's allowed to go home and if he doesn't have his memory back I suggest he goes home with Mr. & Mrs. Carter" The doctor explained.

"Why?" Katie asked. "He remembers Mrs. Carter a little bit and then when Mr. Carter came in to get his son. He asked me if Nick was the blonde idiot" The doctor said the doctor said laughing a little. "Since I've known Nick I had to say yes" The doctor added. "At least he remembers Nick and Maria. Did he...." "I'm sorry he didn't ask about you. While he's still in the hospital when you come to visit bring pictures that might help his memory, video tapes, awards that he might have won, stuff like that. It might help" The doctor explained.