Unwell

Chapter 16

Chapter 16.
Bree's POV.
As I was about to walk into my brother's room, I felt someone put his hand on my shoulder. I turned around only to see Cameron.
"What are you doing here?" I asked him.
"I'm technically supposed to be working, but my dad came to talk to yours. It's my lunch break now. How's your brother?" He asked.
"I...I found out that he almost died yesterday. Mr. Davenport and Douglas tried to keep it from me, but my brother's doctor told me, thinking I knew." I said with my voice cracking.
"Wow. That's bad. Come here." Cameron whispered as he hugged me and ran his hand through my hair.
I hugged him back for a few minutes, then we both let go of each other.
"I'm gonna go be with him. I would ask you to join me, but he is only allowed to have one visitor at a time." I explained.
"It's fine. I should be heading back to the store anyway." Cameron said as he kissed my cheek and left.
I opened the door and saw my brother unconscious on the bed. I sat down beside him and held his hand.
"Hey Chase. I don't know if you can hear me, but I'm sorry. I'm sorry that I hung out with my new friends instead of coming to visit you. I'm sorry that I didn't stop Adam from playing bionic brother toss all those times when I could've. I'm sorry that I don't listen to you on missions sometimes. If you have to go, I want you to wake up, just one more time, so I can see your beautiful eyes again. I also wanna apologize. I don't know if you are gonna die, but I know that the state you are in, I cannot stop it. But if you wake up, I will try to be a better sister. I will try not to be so self absorbed, to think of my family first instead of my friends. I love you. And I will die if I lose you. Please come back Chasey." I said as tears started flowing out of my eyes. "I just want you back Chasey." My tears were now falling into my brother's sheets. "If you were awake, you would tell me to stop crying and that the only thing that I can do is hope and wait. But I'm sick of waiting. I want you to know that I am here. And I will never leave." The tears were starting to subside. Suddenly, I felt a very, very light squeezing my hand.
"Chase? Did you just squeeze my hand?" I asked my brother.
After no reply, I decided to do something else.
"Chase. If you can hear me, do it again. I said, getting very hopeful.
After a few seconds, I was beginning to wonder if I had just imagined it when I felt a slightly stronger squeeze on my hand. He was waking up! Mr. Davenport came in the room too!
"Mr. Davenport! He squeezed my hand twice! He's waking up!" I exclaimed happily.
Mr. Davenport ran over to Chase and held his other hand.
"Chase. It's me, Mr. Davenport, if you can hear me, squeeze my hand." Mr. Davenport said.
After a few minutes, I saw Mr. Davenport's face light up with a smile.
"Did you feel it?" I asked.
"Yeah. I'm gonna get the doctor. Stay with him Bree." Mr. Davenport said as he left the room.
I held his hand, then I saw his eyes twitch and open very slowly.
"Hey Chase." I whispered.
"Bee bee?" Chase asked in a raspy voice, using my childish nickname.
"Yes Chasey?" I asked quietly.
"I...I love you, too." He whispered.
He heard me! I was so happy!
"Don't worry Chasey. Everything will be fine." I said as I stroked his hair.
The doctor came in and asked me to leave.
"I'll see you later Chasey." I smiled.
"Don't leave Bee bee." Chase said, still very horse.
"I'm sorry, but I have to. I'll be back as soon as I can, alright?" I asked.
"Ok." Chase whispered in surrender as I left.
Adam's POV.
I was currently talking to Leo when Bree burst into the room.
"Gee Bree, next time knock first." Leo said.
"Wait. Gee. Bree. They rhyme!" I realized aloud.
"Adam!" Bree yelled to get my attention.
"What?" I asked.
"Chase woke up!" Bree happily exclaimed.
"Awesome!" Leo yelled.
"Are you serious?" I asked.
"Yes!" Bree happily exclaimed.
"I wanna go see him." I said as I tried to get out of bed, but Bree pushed me back down.
"You are still on bed rest mister." Bree said, using her vocal manipulation to mimic Tasha.
"Yeah, cause that isn't creepy." Leo said sarcastically.
"The doctors are making sure he is gonna be ok. Also, Adam, here's something that you may like. He called me Bee bee. Like he did when we were kids. So chances are, he'll probably call you Adee." Bree said before she started laughing along with me.
"What?" I heard Leo ask.
"When we were little, Chase couldn't pronounce our names correctly, so he called us Adee and Bee bee. He called Mr. Davenport daddy, but so we did. Anyway, whenever Chase gets really really upset, sometimes he'll slip up and call us Adee and Bee bee. First time he has done it when he was hurt though. Plus he's sick." Bree explained.
"Why was that funny?" Leo asked.
"Because of what happened one time where you and Tasha went to your grandma's house and Mr. Davenport accidentally zapped Chase with a machine and it gave him the mindset of a three year old. He called us Bee bee and Adee and after Mr. Davenport turned him back to normal, he swore that he would never call us Adee and Bee bee again. He must've forgotten." Bree explained, which made all of us burst in laughter.
Some minutes later, Mr. Davenport came back in and told me that Chase wanted Bree, so she left.
"How's Chase Mr. Davenport?" I asked.
"He's fine. He's a lot better than when he first got here, now that he's awake." Mr. Davenport explained.
I sighed in relief and continued talking to Leo about the weird shows on TV.