"What is going on?" the nurse asked the guys who were waiting outside of room, waiting for Brian to come out.
"What what is going on? We don't know..." Aj replied frowning.
"Who called a nurse?"
"No one here... Brian probably did... " Becky said entering in the room. "Brian, what is going on?"
"He... he moves... look!!!" Brian exclaimed, his eyes glued on Nick's hand. "He made it!! He's moving!! He won't die!!!!"
The nurse took a look at Nick's hand and realized he was actually moving. His eyes were opening slowly. She walked out of the room and asked another nurse to get the doctor fastly.
"Ok, I'd like everyone out please. We have to see how is he doing...you can't be there for this..." she said pushing them all out.
"It will be long??? Do you think he's alright???" Brian asked not wanting to leave.
"We'll see about that. I can't tell. The doctor will...sorry, you have to go out Sir.." she said closing the door behind him. Everyone sat on small chair in the hallways, all nervous but relieved he was alive.
"He woke up!!! He woke up!!!" Brian kept saying and waiting impatiently for the doctor to come out.
"Someone should go get Jane and Bob...they are downstair at the cafeteria I think.." Aj said.
"I'll go get them." Ashley said walking away.
Naomie was sitting a little apart from the others, hoping that Nick would be alright. She was really happy he had finally waken up but she was still wondering if he'd be alright. What if he doesn't remember anything? She kept thinking. She was so scared about the doctor verdict. A few minutes later, Ashley came back followed by Nick's parents.
"He really woke up?" Jane asked with tears in her eyes.
"Yes!! His hand was moving and his eyes opening!!!" Brian exclaimed.
"Thank God!" she said taking Brian in her arms.
"The doctor is inside with a nurse to see how he is doing. It's been a while they are there so they'll probably come out soon..." Ashley said. Right at this moment, the doctor came out of the room.
"How is he???" Brian shouted.
"The great news is that he's alright. He has all his intellectual capacities. He's able to talk and he remember who he is. He don't completely remember how the accident happened but that's normal." the doctor said with a smile as everyone sighed and hugged.
"What is the bad news?" Bob asked.
"Well, his legs got injured badly and right now it hurt him a lot..." the doctor said.
"Will he walk again?"
"Yes probably. But he'll have to work hard. We'll help... he'll have to have physio. He'll have a trainer to help him and a routine to make each day. With this, he'll be able to walk... "
"Great. Thank you so much doctor!" Jane exclaimed, tears rolling down her cheeks.
"No problem."
"So he'll have to stay here for a while huh?" Brian asked.
"Yes... for at least 2 weeks. After that, the trainer can go to his house to help him..."
"Ok. Thank you Sir." Bob replied and shook his hand. "Can we go see him?"
"I'll allow only you and your wife for now. He's kinda upset now and I don't want to get things worst. He'll probably fall asleep soon anyway. When he'll woke up again, everyone will be able to go see him. But I'd like you to tell the nurse when he wakes up."
"We will." Bob said. The doctor left and Bob and Jane entered in the room.
"Hey sweetheart..." Jane said softly.
"Mommie?" Nick whispered, his eyes searching for her face.
"Yes it's me.." she smiled taking his hand.
"How are you doing son?" Bob asked.
"It hurts..." he said with tears in his eyes.
"Poor baby..." Jane sighed stroking his face. "You scared us so much!"
"But we're happy you're alright... you've been really lucky!" his father told him.
"I... I can't remember...what happened?" he asked weakly.
"You got an accident with your car... a van ran right into you... The police officer said that you missed a stop sign...." Bob explained. Nick didn't answer and thought during a few moment.
"I don't remember..."
"It's okay sweetie. The doctor said it was normal. At least, you remember who you are and you know who we are. You don't need to remember the accident... " Jane said.
"My legs hurt... I can't move them.." Nick replied, tears falling on his cheeks. "Will I be able to walk again??"
"Yes sweetie... you'll be okay. But you'll have to work hard."
"I feel so tired... " he reponsed.
"You'll be able to do it. I know you're strong.." Jane replied whipping the tears away from his face.
"You need to rest. We'll leave you alone so you can sleep. Ok?" Bob said.
"I don't want to be alone... Don't leave. " Nick begged.
"Okay, I'll stay with you." Jane smiled and sat beside him, still holding his hand.
"I'll go call at home to tell them the good news.." Bob said walking out of the room.
"How is he doing??" Brian asked when he came out.
"He's going to be okay. He's a little upset and tired... but he's alright." Bob replied.
"That's a good news." Ashley said.
"We can't go see him now huh?" Brian asked.
"No not for now... anyway, he feels tired so he's probably asleep now... "
"Okay we'll wait until he wakes up..."
"I'll be back. I have to call at home to tell the good news." Bob said as he walked away.
"We should call Kevin and Howie to tell them he woke up huh?" Aj asked to the four others.
"Yes, that's right!" Brian said. "We should go call them now..."
"Ok then, come with me!" Aj said as the two friends walked away, leaving the four girls alone.
"Nam? Why aren't you talking? You're awfully quiet!" Becky said, standing up and going to sit beside her friend.
"Yeah, that's right. You know you can talk to us... you need to express your emotions..don't keep everything inside of you." Ashley said putting her arm around Naomie's shoulder.
"Aren't you happy he's alright and alive?" Becky asked.
"Of course I am!" she answered, still looking at the floor.
"Nam..look at me." Becky said. But Naomie's eyes stayed glued at the floor. "Nam... "
Naomie looked up, her eyes filled with tears.
"Nam, why are you sad?? You should be happy!" Ashley said softly as she stroke her back.
"I am!" Naomie exclaimed before to bursted into tears. Becky and Ashley looked at each other with questionning look. They did not understand why she was crying like that.
"Ssshhh ... why are you crying girl?" Becky asked. Naomie wipped the tears away and smiled.
"Because I'm relieved...I'm happy he's okay. You can't believe how relieved I am!!" she answered before to pulled the two girls for a hug.
"Awww... " Becky exclaimed. "It's so great to see you smile! He'll be alright now... "
"Yes he will. And he'll be really happy to see you...I'm sure about that!" Ashley added with a huge smile. Naomie smiled back and hugged them again.
"Hey! I wanna be part of the teletubbies hug too!!!" Aj said running to them.
"Ah shut up Alex!" Naomie laughed.
"Hey...is it a smile that I saw on your face? Is it really a smile??" he asked with a grin.
"Yes it is!!!" Naomie exclaimed.
"That's wonderful!" Aj smiled and pulled her for a hug.
"So, did you call the others?" Becky asked.
"Yes! I called D! Carly and him sounded really happy. But they'll come tomorrow morning. They said that Nick will probably feel better and he sure will be awake tomorrow." Aj answered, sitting next to Becky and took his hand.
"And where's Brian?" Ashley asked.
"He's still talking on the phone downstair." Aj replied.
*Downstair*
Brian was starting at his phone for a moment, wondering if he should call or not. He felt like he had to talk to her. He wanted her to know the news. But he wasn't sure if he should call her... he didn't want to annoy her. But he wanted to talk to her so he dialed the familiar number.
"Hello!?" a female voice said.
"Hey..." Brian replied, happy to hear her voice.
"Brian??"
"Yes it's me..." Brian smiled.
"Hey! How ya doing?" Leighanne asked happily.
"I'm doing great!!! You know what?? Nick woke up!!!"
"Really??? And he's alright???"
"Yes, he's doing okay. He'll have problem to walk at first but he will be alright!" Brian said feeling happy.
"This is marvelous!!! You sound so joyful! It's great to hear that!" she said what made him smile.
"Yes! I'm so happy... and relieved! I just had told him something that was really hard for me to say...when he started moving. I couldn't believe it. My heart was beating so fast!" Brian explained.
"I understand. I'm so happy to hear he'll be alright. I actually thought about calling you today or maybe come and see how you guys were doing..." she replied.
"We're okay now!" Brian said. "But you know... you can come if you want. The doctor said we can go and see him when he'll wakes up again... "
"I'll try to come but I have a really important meeting about the movie a little later. We'll know when we'll start filming again and everything. I don't know if I'll be able to come... but I'll try to make it."
"It'd be great!" Brian smiled.
"Okay. Well, tell Nick hi from me..and to everyone else too!" she said sweetly.
"I will.."
"Well....I should get going."
"Yeah ok. Bye! See ya later maybe!" Brian said.
"I'll try to come. Bye Brian." Leighanne said before to hang up. Brian turned off his phone and walked back at Nick's room. Everyone was still sitting on the chair in the hallways, laughing and smiling.
*Later*
It was around 8pm when Nick woke up again. He was feeling alright except for his head and legs that were hurting badly. He saw his mom smiling at him and a little later, a nurse and the doctor came to see him again, just to check. Since everything was okay, the doctor let his friends come in the room for a short visit. Jane took this time to go get some fresh air.
"Hey Nick!" Aj exclaimed as he entered in the room all smile. "How ya doin man?"
"I guess I'm okay..." he replied with a slight smile. To see everyone around him was making him feel better and his smile became bigger. Brian sat on his left and kept staring at him. He haven't spoken yet. Everyone was talking at the same time.
"Do you remember us?" Becky asked, joking.
"Yeah I do" he replied smiling.
"Great!" Ashley replied with a laugh.
They continued talking for a while. Nick could tell his friends were all happy that he was awake and alright and that made him feel good. Even Brian, who had not talked yet was looking happy. Someone else wasn't talking a lot during this visit. Naomie. She was looking at him with a big smile but wasn't saying anything. But he couldn't pay attention to that because Ashley, Becky, Aj didn't stop talking. Soon, it was 9:30pm and he was starting to get tired.
"We'll come tomorrow morning! And Howie, Carly, Kevin and Stacey will be there too kay?" Aj said.
"Cool...see ya tomorrow!" Nick smiled as Ashley, Becky and Aj waved him goodbye. Naomie looked at him and said a quick "Bye!" before to follow the three others. Brian stayed beside him, not talking. Nick turned his head a little so he could face him. They started at each other during a moment. Nick finally broke the silence.
"Are you still mad at me??" he asked. Brian smiled at him.
"Of course not!"
"Really?? You forgive me?"
"Yes I do!" Brian responsed with a big smile.
"But...tell me, you're not forgiving me only because I got the accident right?"
"No! No I swear!! I was going to forgive you ... I was waiting for the next morning... but you got your accident... I'm sorry I didn't do it before! I'm so sorry for making you live all this shit.." Brian apologized.
"I'm sorry too... " Nick replied, with tears in his eyes.
"Don't worry buddy... it's all over now!" Brian said patting his shoulder. "We'll talk about this another time okay? You look really tired and you need to rest..."
"Okay..." Nick replied as Brian started walking away. "Brian?"
"Yes?" Brian asked, turning around.
"Thanks!"
"No problem Frack.." Brian smiled and walked out of the room.
*The next day*
In the morning, Howie and Kevin came with their girlfriends to tell Hello to Nick. He was now awake and felt a little better. The guys spent all the morning with him, talking about things and others. Aj then left with Becky because they wanted to spend the day together. At noon, only Brian, Naomie, Carly and Howie were there. They continued chatting but soon, Nick fell asleep. The medication he was having for his legs and head was always making him sleep for an hour or two. Around 1:30, someone entenred in the room.
"Hey!!!" Brian exclaimed happily.
"Hey everyone!" Leighanne replied not too loud, not wanting to wake up Nick.
"Hey Leigh! What's up?!?" Howie said as he stood up and hug her.
"Nothing much. What about you?" she smiled.
"Nothing much either." he answered as he walked back and sat next to Carly.
"So...how are you doing?" Brian asked her.
"I'm doing fine. And I can see you're doing quite great too huh?"
"Yes I'm doing good!" he said with a smile. "Do you want to go for a walk? Nick is sleeping and won't be up before an hour so... "
"Yes, sounds great!" she said as they both walked out of the room. The got downstair quiet, and walked outside. It was a beautiful sunny day and there were a lot of people walking in the street.
"It's great to take some fresh air!" Brian broke the silence, breathing in.
"I'm sure it is! When was the last time you took a walk on a day like today?"
"Hum...it was a long long time ago!" he replied, giggling. She smiled at him.
"So...how are you doing? Did you talk to Nick?"
"I'm doing great. Yes, I did talk to him. Yesterday night!"
"And it went great? He was probably happy !?!?"
"Yeah I think he was!" he smiled. "And I am too! You don't know how happy I am!"
"That's wonderful Brian! You don't know how worried I've been about you during the last month!" she said.
"Really??"
"Yes. And I wasn't the only one. It was hard to see you destroying yourself like that. I mean, you didn't realize it but you were always stuck in your house...you never wanted to go out. You were looking so depressed!"
"Yeah. But it's past now. And it's not like I can do something about it. We can't go back in time."
"You are right! So... will you stay in the hospital until he gets out? Will you stay with him for Christmas?" Leighanne asked as they walked in a small park.
"Um I don't know... What is the date today? I'm a little lost in time!" he chuckled.
"We are Wednesday, December 19th!" she laughed.
"Thank you! ... I'd like to stay with him for Christmas... Oh well... I don't know. I'll see with his parents. If they want to be their family together...I'll go in Kentucky."
"Brian, you're a part of his family! They will allow you to stay with them! And I'm sure he'd be thrilled if you would stay with him for Christmas!"
"You think?" he asked as she smiled at him. "Yeah well... I'll see about that. My mother would really like me to come home for Christmas but I don't want to leave him..."
"I don't think Nick would mind if you'd go home for some days!" she laughed. "Anyway, you still have time to think about it!"
"Yes a few days!" he giggled.
"Speaking of your mom, how is she doing?" Leighanne asked.
"Good! My dad too! They are both doing really great!" he answered.
"That's great!"
"So.... how is your movie going?" Brian asked.
"The filming is still postponed! We're suppose to start working on it after the holidays. I hope it's true this time!" she sighed.
"Why are they always postponing it?"
"They say that it's because they are not ready yet...they say that they still have to work on the costumes and sceneries..."
"Oh...that's too bad. Well, I can't wait to see it!" he smiled. She did the same and they sat on a little bench in the middle of the park. They talked during an hour and half and finally headed back at the hospital to see if Nick had waken up. When they walked in, Nick was totally awake and was laughing hysterically with Naomie and Carly.
"Hey, what's going on?" Brian asked.
"We're laughing of Howie... " Naomie explained.
"And you don't want to know what for!" Carly said laughing.
"Okay...we don't..." Brian giggled. "But where is he??"
"He went downstair to get a coffee"
"Oh I see!" Brian said. "Hey Nick, looks who's here!" he added pointing at Leighanne.
"Woo... hey!!" Nick exclaimed.
"Hi big boy! how ya doing?" Leighanne said, giving him a kiss on the cheek.
"I'm okay. What are you doing here?"
"Why do you think I'm here for?" she laughed.
"I don't know..." Nick said grinning at Brian.
"I wanted to see you! I wanted to see if you were doing alright!" she said.
"I'm okay!" he said with a smile. "Thanks!"
She stayed for a while, having fun with her old friends. Brian was happy he was getting along great with her again. He had been scared they wouldn't talk to each other again. They had been through so much together... they couldn't just leave each other like nothing had happened. He couldn't get his eyes off of her. She was looking so great. His feelings were mixed up inside of him. He was still attracted to her but he didn't want to tell her. He didn't know if they could really be together again. Why would it work this time? ... But he knew he would probably see her more often because of her friendship with Stacey... he thought he use this. Maybe they could be great friends again. That's all he wanted for now.
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