Colleen POV
"Josh, come on" I say dragging him onto the plane from the gate. We walk down into the plane as I pass our tickets to the stewardess. "Welcome to American Airlines, Mr and Mrs Evans" she says. I smile and look back at Josh who says nothing. I squeeze his hand and we walk back to our seats. Josh plops beside the window as I grab the center seat. I see Josh lean against the window staring as the sky turns into night. I see his back shaking as he silently cries. I rub his back and kiss his shoulder blade through his shirt. "Lets text your Mom ok?" I say. It knocks him out of his trance as he nods sitting up straight. He wipes his face and he looks exhausted. I quickly type to her that we are on the plane and we land around midnight Atlanta time. She writes back saying to stay the night in Atlanta and come see them after driving into Macon in the morning. Erin is still stable, Lisa writes. "Josh she is stable still babe. We will get there" I say staring at his face. He nods. He goes to turn away from me until I grab his face with both of my hands. "Joshua, you need to eat" I say kissing his nose. He shakes his head no and slumps back down. I am not used to him not talking to me. He always wants to be close to me and now he is just so alone. He is suffering big time. I throw my seatbelt on as the plane starts to go down the runway and stare at the back of his head. My poor man.
As the flight is almost done I decide to grab the sandwich I bought for us to share from my bag. I start to open it and I feel Josh grab for me as I spin to face him. "Sorry baby" he whispers. "Nothing to be sorry for baby" I say tearing up. "You talk when you need to. But right now have a few bites please" I ask. He looks in my eyes and grabs half of the sandwich and starts eating. I enjoy every minute with him coming back to me. I grab his water and we sit there silently devouring our sandwiches until its time to land. He grabs my hand and kisses my lips just staring at me. "Love you sweetheart" he says. "I know Josh, but I love you more right now" I say smiling.
We hop off the plane and grab our bags. I pull him to grab our car rental and we start to drive. "Did you book a hotel?" Josh asks in a panic. I nod smiling. "You think of everything" he says smiling. We pull into the parking lot and we roll our bags in to check in. Josh and I make it up to our room and Josh walks right in and flops on the bed face first. I lock the door and flop down beside him after turning off the lights. I pull his shoes off and throw mine off as well and snuggle into him. He is getting upset again. "I am here sweetheart" I say kissing his neck. He nods and pulls me closer to him. "I couldn't do this without you. Thank you Colleen" he says before he falls right to sleep.
