Kevin spent the next three days at the hospital. He didn't go home at all. He only slept a couple hours a day. He would stand in front of Drew's room, staring. He had called her parent's. Instead of becoming frantic and insisting that they would be on the next flight home, they just said that they were going to be home in a few days so that would be alright. Kevin had said okay and hung up the phone. He had wanted to yell and curse at them. It was their only child and she was in isolation. If the infection didn't go away soon, there was little chance of recovery.
The third night that Drew was in isolation, things didn't look good. Her heart started to slow and she was struggling to breathe. Kevin stood outside the room and watched as the doctors and nurses tried to help. He saw that Drew was looking at him. He smiled softly and she smiled back.
Then, all of the sudden the next morning, Drew's heart was beating normal, she was breathing normal and the infection was gone. Kevin was the first one to see her after she got out of isolation. (Ok, now back to Drew telling the story)
"Hey," Kevin told me as he came in the room. "What did you think you were doing?"
"Sorry about that," I smiled weakly. "Is anyone else here?"
"I just called all the guys and Nick was going to call Leslie who will probably call your friends and they should be here in about half an hour."
"And let me guess. My parents are still in Europe."
Kevin nodded.
"Drew, I want to talk to you about that," he told me. He sat down on the foot of my bed. "The other night, after we all left here, I had an idea. I don't know if you'll like it, but if you do, I'll pursue it. Brian thinks I'm crazy though."
"Kevin, what's the idea?"
"That I adopt you."
Kevin held his breath, thinking that my silence meant that I didn't want to him to adopt me.
"Kevin, that would be wonderful!" I said.
"Really?"
I nodded.
"If your parents said yes, I'd take you out of the hospital. You don't need to be here, do you?" I shook my head. "And I can get you a tutor for school if you aren't ready to go back. Do you think your parents would go for?"
"Yeah. I already see you more that I see them. And you've been on tour."
"I'll bring you on tour when I adopt you. Should I call them now?"
"Please?"
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