The One

Awake

Taylor's pov
It's been two days. I am now getting better. I take the kids with me and go visit Joe. He was healing but he was not yet awake. I signed beside his bed and I talk to him my voice breaking "Joe. Please wake up. I can't do this alone. I don't know what to do. I need you. Please."

While holding his hand, I feel him squeeze it. I look at him and his eyes open. I cry. I then kiss him. The kids then shout "Daddy!!! We missed you!" they then hug him.

Joe's pov
I wake up hearing Taylor and I see them. I look around but I don't see Hope. I look at Taylor and she knows who I am looking for. She then cries. I worry. "She's alive" I sigh " Then where is she?". Taylor then explain everything that happened. That bastard. I hope he rots in hell. He hurt my baby.

The doctor then checks on me and says Im getting better. I ask Taylor if we can see Hope. "Yes. I haven't seen her yet. I was too scared to see her. I couldn't see her like that." I hold her hands and squeeze them "Its okay. Im here now."

She pushes my wheelchair and we head to the ICU. I see Hope hooked up to so much machines. It breaks my heart seeing her like this. I see Taylor trying to look away. As we enter the room we could hear her heart beating. It was so slow. Like she was slipping away from us. Taylor was crying. I talk to her with my voice breaking. "Hope. Darling. Fight for us. Please. We still have to do so much together. Please. Don't leave us." We exit the room and just watch her from the window.

A doctor comes to us and says it's time to operate on her. It's a 50/50 percent chance of survival for her.

Taylor's pov
A few hours later after seeing Hope, we were just waiting for news about her in Joe's room. A doctor finally arrives. "Your daughter is a fighter. She's out of the operating room and is now being transferred to a private room. We lost her for a bit but she's a fighter. She is just induced in a medical coma. We don't know when she'll awake" I sigh with shaky breath. I then hug Joe. Mia then speaks and say "Hope's gonna be okay now?" I look at Mia and say "Yes! Your sister is fine." William then asks "When can we see her?" I then look at the doctor who is looking at William and says "Well, young man. You can see your sister right now."

We go to Hope's room. She was still  had a tube in her mouth to help her breathe but she's attached to less machines now. Now we just wait for her to wake up.

William breaks the silence in the room and asks "Momma? What's that in her mouth? And why is she still sleeping?" I look at him and I pick him up. Joe looks at us while holding Mia and smiles "That tube in mouth helps her breathe because you sister forgot how to right now. She's still sleeping because she's tired. She needs to rest to get better." He then looks at me with those grey-blue eyes and asks "when will she wake up then?" I look at Joe because i don't know what to say "uhm- well- we don't know. if she rests longer then she'll heal faster. then she can play with you again and toss you in the pool." i say as i tickle him. He giggles and say "momma stop. it hurts"  I then mess his brown hair.

I look at Joe, who was fixing Mia's sandy blonde hair, and I smile at him. Mia and I look eye to eye and unlike Will, she had ocean blue eyes. I could also see she was crying. I then put William in the chair first and go to her hugging her. "What's the matter, baby?" she then cries more. "What if she doesn't wake up! I don't want to lose my sister. Who is gonna teach me to play piano then?" I look at Joe whose hands were on his mouth to stop himself from crying. I then look at her and say "She will wake up. Okay? Your sister is strong. She will wake up. She's gonna teach you everything you want to learn. You won't lose her, Mia. I promise." I say as I pull her in a hug.

Joe's pov
It's already 2 weeks and she isn't showing signs of waking up. Some of her wounds are healing already but she still needs to be intubated.

Taylor took some clothes at home with the kids. It's summer so they want to just stay here with Hope.

I watch Hope. She's so peaceful. I hear the door open. "Hi, love." Taylor says "Do you want to go out and buy food with the kids first? I can watch her." I then nod and take the kids from her.

Once we got back, Taylor was napping beside Hope. I smile at her. I tell the kids to play first and they do. William then gives Hope a piece of candy and I smile. "Here, Hope. Wake up already so you can eat that before Daddy does." I laugh which makes Taylor wake up. "Go back to playing with your sister, Will." he nods.

I sit at the opposite side of the bed while Taylor sites at the other side. I hold her hand and it was cold. "Hi, Hope. It time to wake up already. If you don't, I'll eat your candy." Taylor then laughs then she sniffed. I could see her holding back her tears. I stand up and go to her. I hug her "It gonna be okay love. She's going to be fine." I say to her "I just wish I'd done something then. Maybe if I did we wouldn't have been in this situation." I hug her tighter "You didn't know what was going to happen. No one did. Don't blame yourself, love." I say to her.

Taylor holds Hope's hands. "Hope if you can hear me, please wake up already. We miss you. We don't know what we would do without you." she says. I pull a chair and sit beside Taylor. As she holds her hands, Taylor gasps. "She squeezed it." Taylor said. "What?" I then look at Hope. Her hands were moving. I then stand up and call for a doctor.

Hope's eyes then open. She moves her hands to touch the tube. The doctor says "Hope? We are going to take this off. Okay? There will be a slight discomfort but its normal." He then proceeds to pull off the tube. Hope coughs. The doctor then checks on Hope then leaves.

Taylor kisses her on the forehead and says "We missed you so much." I then hold Hope's hands as I sit beside her bed. Mia then comes up to hug her. "I missed you! I thought you wouldn't wake up. Who was gonna teach me to play piano then." she said Hope looks at her and says "I will always come back, Em." William then runs up to her and says "I gave you candy! Did daddy eat it already?" we laugh at him "Nope, buddy. I have it. I won't let daddy eat it. You gave it to me!" we smile at her. Mom then gives me my necklace. I've always worn it because it makes me feel loved when I wear it.

Taylor's pov
She's awake. I miss her so much. I miss looking at her blue-green eyes. Seeing her smile. Seeing Hope fiddle with her golden blonde hair. Her dimples when she smile. I miss everything about her. Everything she does.

We let her rest first then go in a week, we get to go home.

A week later we exit the hospital. There were some paparazzi outside and we shield our kids from them. The public were aware of what happened and they leave us be to process our situation. Now it seems like it's back to normal.

We get home and all of us decide to sleep in one room all together.

Hope's pov
I feel like I was hit by a truck. My body still hurts but not much as it was before. I woke up in the bed with my parents and siblings surrounded me. I was beside dad and Will. Dad wasn't beside me when I woke up. Mom then wakes up and says "Good morning, sweetheart! How was your sleep?" she asks me and I say "It was good. My body aches but I can handle it. Where's dad?" I ask. "I don't know. He must be at the restroom." then William and Mia wake up. "Good morning, you two." I say to them. They both smile.

Suddenly, the door opens. Dad came in and he was holding a tray with breakfast. "Good morning, guys. I made breakfast." he says Mia looks at him and says "ohhhhh. breakfast in bed!" Dad smiles at her as he places the tray in bed. Dad then leans down to kiss mom which we three saw ewww to.

Dad then sits beside mom. "What time did you wake up, love?" mom asks dad. "About 7:30. It's already 9" dad answers as mom smiles "I wanted to make something for us. After everything we've been through, I want our family to spend some time together." I hear dad say to mom me and my siblings start to eat.