All Just Words

KNOWING

"Every time!" Dr Gordon announced standing in the door way with his usual clip board in hand "It's almost like I just know when something like this is going to happen"

"Its like you have some sort of sixth sense or something Doc" Charlie laughed whilst wiping away a few stray tears with her sleeve. She glanced over at me smiling like I have never seen her smile before. The Doctor and her proceeded to have some sort of conversation about how I woke up. Me on the other hand was still not with it yet. My mind still hazy and dizzy from just returning but still my mind was working and conjuring up questions that nobody has answered yet. How long was I out for? What happened after the incident? Is there anything seriously wrong with me? Are they still out there? Again I am faced with the problem of so many questions but so little answers. But I guess that they can wait for another time. The second that I'm up and out of here I'm going straight to talk to everyone, I need to know exactly what happened if I stand any chance about seeking justice.

"Mr Evans?... Mr Evans?" Doctor Gordon spoke whilst shining a light in my eye.

"hmm sorry was you talking" My attention snapped back to him as he started to take some of the wires off of me.

"Mr Evans you seem to be ok and as with us as you can be at the moment. None the less you may experience some agitation, confusion and possible migraines but I can assure that this is completely normal. So about your recovery process-" Doctor Gordon began to speak before he was interrupted by the door opening suddenly. Standing in the door way was none other than Alex. I let out a sigh of relief that I didn't know I was holding in and smiled at him, thankfully. He ran his hand through his hair and awkwardly stared at us.

"Am I ok to come in?" Alex asked quietly looking at me for answer.

"It's a bit late for asking that, don't you think?" Doctor Gordon said bluntly raising an eyebrow at him. Charlie, luckily, saved him from the awkwardness and gestured for him to come in further to the room. She stepped aside so that Alex could sit on the chair next to me placing his elbows on his knees. Alex just stared at me almost in disbelief, holding a large amount of tension in his shoulders. Now that I think about it the last time we saw each other I was covered in blood and dirt in the middle of a road after saving him from a head on collision, not knowing what would happen next. Dr Gordon still proceeded with his job fussing over the wires and drips, taking readings from the different monitors and every now and then pushing his glasses back onto the bridge of his nose.

"Hey" Alex said simply.

I opened my mouth to speak, but an idea popped into my head. Lets see if I still have my sense of humour after all this time. I knew exactly what to do.

I looked up at Charlie as if I was asking for reassurance. I looked back at Alex who was slightly smiling at me and gave him a confused look. Alex's smile then began to fade.

"Erm I really sorry about this but..." I paused still giving him a confused look, tilting my head slightly to the side frowning at him "But who are you?"  Every just stopped. Dr Gordon immediately turned around at me frozen on the spot. Charlie's face was just pure shock. I somehow managed to tell her, non-verbally, what my intent was and she somehow understood and tried to mask her laughter pressing her lips together tightly and put on a serious face just in time before Alex turned around and looked at her. Oh my his face is just priceless.

After a few more moments and several exchanged looks, I started to laugh. Charlie joined in soon after, followed by Alex who looked like he didn't quiet know what to do. The moment was broken by my coughing. Yeah, I forgot about that I'm not quite back to full health yet. Charlie handed me over some water form the jug sitting on the bedside table. I took the water and drank it within seconds. After not being able to consume well anything for how long, something as simple and as basic as water felt somewhat soothing for my dry throat.

"You need to take it easy, no drastic comedy routines now Mr Evans I want to get you back on your feet and back home ASAP" Dr Gordon went on popping the 'p' still busying himself around me, taking notes and endless readings "I just need to hand this in and get you treatment prescriptions. I'll be back in a minute" He said before checking his watch and leaving quickly.

"Good one mate, you had me scared there for a second" Alex grinned, giving me a playful punch on the arm, which he immediately apologised for after receiving a death stare from Charlie. He push his hair back out of his face before giving a nervous laugh again "I actually thought that you had forgotten me" He said as he placed his hand on his chest and looking away from me dramatically.

"You know full well that that would be impossible" I replied my voice slightly hoarse.

Charlie now emotionally recovered, started hammering me with questions about whether or not I wanted anything to eat, drink or did I want an extra pillow. I couldn't help to smile at this and knowing that she just wants the best and wants me to come home.

There then came a set of voices I knew all too well. Noah and Emily. At this moment it felt weird to know that all these people standing in this room are some of my closest friends and more than that. The room seemed to have a somewhat joyous atmosphere that just seemed to put a smile on my face. It was the same routine with them as it was for every other person who had walked in the room since I have woke up; which mainly consisted with a few compliments about how I'm 'looking better', that its 'great to have you back' or that I have 'missed so much and that I will be caught up on it later'. Then after that comes the questions and the other pieces of small talk, that somehow make their way in to the conversation. Not that I'm complaining. It's just good to know that people actually care about me, even though we may not be related or have been there from the start. These people that are standing in a room with me might as well be my family. Because I have never seen them as less than that.

We all began to break in to separate conversations, everyone taking turns to have their own 1:2:1 with me. (I guess that's what you could call it) I was talking to Alex, as per usual, about what I had missed on the past few Gotham episodes when I began to zone out a bit and something, more like someone caught my eye through the blinds on the window of the room. They stood staring at me. The halogen lights slightly illuminating their face just enough to see the basic features. Dark hair like myself, eyes however lighter than mine. I lay there trying to decipher this person, contorting my face to come to a conclusion. They look so familiar to me. They look just like the perfect combination of my parents.

It can't be. I haven't heard from him for how ever long.

It was almost like they could read my mind and once they figured out what I was thinking, they gave me that smile, that simple action that spoke so much. Then it finally clicked. It was a smile that belonged to a person that I have missed seeing, missed caring for, missed being around for when everything went downhill for them.

Aiden.

My brother.

A/N: So it appears that Nate's younger brother has finally made an appearance. But why is the question? Anyway thank you for reading, please vote and comment. Any feedback or suggestions is really appreciated and any questions you may have feel free to ask them and I will try my best to answer them as much as I can. Thank you for everything so far it means a lot to me.

AVH xx