Let it Burn

Chapter 10: Three months?

We spend the whole night at the hospital, laughing, eating, waiting for news, at some time in the night we must of fallen asleep, that was until we were woken up by a doctor.

"I'm sorry to be waking you up at such a terrible hour.. But i knew you would want to be awoken... Your brother is coming around" As soon as the words leave his mouth I shot up

"When you say he's coming around you mean..?" I ask

"I mean you brother is coming back into a form of consciousness; more so now, although he's not awake yet, he will be soon"

"Can i go see him?"

"Yes you may, but alone. And by alone, I will be there, and perhaps a nurse, when he wakes up we will do a few little tests to check everything is okay, and you can stay for that. I just thought you would want to be there when he woke up". As soon as he finished I jump to my feet.

"Thank you doctor!" We walk into Drakes room, and I take the seat beside his bed. "Is it okay if I talk to him?"

"By all means. It might help rouse him" The nurse smiles at me

"Drakey, can you hear me? It's Kat, you sister" He stirs before he opens his eyes. I didn't think I would ever see those beautiful eyes again. "OH Drake!! I've missed you so much!" I exclaim pulling him into a hug as tears of joy stream down my face.

"Okay Drake, I'm doctor Andrew, and this is nurse Amelia. You're at Lakesmith Hospital; does that mean anything to you?

"Lakesmith? Yeah that's my local hospital. Why am I here? Is Kat alright? Where is she?"

"Yes she's just fine, she just here" Drakes face relaxes slightly as his head turns in my direction and I send him an encouraging smile "Drake what is the last thing you remember?"

"Um.. me and Kat were home alone and there was no power, so we had a candle lit dinner. Um we went to bed, I woke up here. What time is it?"

"The time is 4:30am" Doctor Andrew answers. "And the reason your here, is because you were in a house fire. The smoke got to you and you were in a Comma for the past three months"

"Bull Crap! That's not even funny doc. I bet she told you to say that didn't she? Well sorry sis but I out smarted you, Better luck next time" I stand up and walk over to Drakes bed, and clasp his hands in mine "its true Drake, you've missed a lot. Look" I say as i pull my Phone out and show him the date, tears continuing to fall freely.

"Wait. This is for real?! I've really been out to it that long! I'm so glad it wasn't you! I don't know what I would have done without you being there."

"Your here now and that's all that matters."

"How did the fire start?"

"We didn't blow out the candles" I mumble, but he catches what i said

"You must have killed yourself with guilt!!" He says pulling me into a hug as another few tears roll down my face

"I'm sorry, but Kat, that's all I can allow you to say to each other. It may be hard to imagine, but coming out of a coma is not an easy process, and i can imagine that your brother is extremely tired, and needs some good rest. He may seem like his old self already, but it will take him a little while to adjust to his new life, understanding what has happened. He just found out about the fire, we need to give him some time to adjust to that. You can come back in the morning, no earlier than ten am, and i don't want to see your face until then. Do you understand? You need rest too, something you are not going to find easily on the floor of the hospital. I'm sorry Drake. You might have a million questions, but they have to wait. We'll give you some privacy to say goodbye"

"No need." I say before Nurse Amelia and Doctor Andrew leave. "I love you. And i PROMISE, I'll be back tomorrow!" I lean down and kiss him on the cheek.

"Thank you. I'll be waiting, and i love you too" he replies as i get up and walk out of the room to greet the three boys in front of me and tell them everything that happened, and reluctantly, we wander down to the car park, and find our cars, and begin the drive back to my house, which surprisingly was the closets house out of the four of us. By time we get there however, it is after 5am and as soon as we walked through the door, I wasted no time in climbing into bed and falling asleep.

The next morning I woke up to the sound of my phone. I turned the screen towards me, and read the text from my mum

'Good morning sweetie. We finally got off the plane, we will be back home in no time!! If you like we can meet at the hospital? Bring Jason along with you. Dad sends his love. X'

I quickly replied saying we will be at the hospital from 10-10:30, an that we will meet them there before hopping into the shower and getting dressed- there is no way the boys are seeing me until I am clean!!

Once I'm all dressed I head down stairs an start cooking breakfast, and to my surprise, Nathan is already up, so together we make a batch of pancakes, and just as we were flipping the second last pancake the other boys wander out from where ever they were sleeping.

"I though I could smell something good" Jason smiles as he enters the kitchen and helps himself to some orange juice

"Yeah I'm a bit weary of that. It might not taste as well as it smells"

"Of course it will. I made it! And it'll taste even better, even with Nathan's poor attempts, making them so much worse" I reply, resulting in Nathan sending me a sad look

"I am an excellent chef, thank you very much!" He defends "I could out cook you any day"

"Well today is not the day to fine out. You still have school"

"Bu-" he goes to interrupt but I cut him off

"Your going to school wether you like it or not, I don't want your mum on me because your missing school. And I don't care if you don't have your car cause you left it a the hospital.. That's just too bad!" I finish by grabbing the plate full of now cooked pancakes and placing it on the table, snatching a few and placing them on a plate for myself in the process before sitting down.

"Fine fine, drop me off on the way to Drake you winger. But this isn't the end if this" he huffs as the three take a seat.

"Holy smokes these are good" I give Patrick a weird look. "What?"

"Really Pat?" Jason asks "who says 'holy smokes' these days? You know unless there like one hundred"

"Yeah well there really good" he try's and defends. Jason has a bite of one himself

"Crap these are good" he states with a sheepish smile "nice cooking Kat"

"Thanks" I smile "now eat up before they get cold." They didn't need telling twice. I guess i know where the saying 'the quickest way to a mans heart is through his stomach' comes from. I laugh to myself as I poor maple syrup all over my pancake and eat my breakfast, and they are pretty damn good pancakes, if I do say so myself.

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I know this chapter is short but I wanted to update and i didnt want anything to add to it so yeah... Sorry. Unless you like shorter chapters.. Then your welcome :)

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