Some How...Callies P.O.V

Chapter three: The Hospital

I nearly fainted hearing the words 'Jude' and 'hospital'. I just want to know how and why. I sat down at the table in complete shock. "Callie. Were you aware that Jude has asthma?" Lena concerned.

"This one time when he was 7 he had an attack. But ever since then he was fine." I seriously thought her was fine. I guess not.

"Well he was learning basketball with Jesus and he wasn't able to breath. We rushed him to the hospital and left him for the night as long as soon as he was stable." She continued.

"I wanna see him." I demanded.

"You will Callie. We're going to make dinner and bring it to him. I promise. He'll be fine." Stef said holding my hand.

The ride to the hospital was tense and stressful. He might be fine but he's my little brother. He's the first thing I care about. Yea I care about Brandon. But Jude's my little brother and I made it my word to stay with him by his side and never let anyone hurt him and always take care of him. It turned silent. All you can here was the air conditioning from the car and deep breaths here and there. I sat in the back with Brandon and Mariana. My head was down the whole time and I was silently crying. But Brandon knew. He put his hand on my knee and I finally looked up at him. I curled my hand into his. You can feel the level of how worried everyone was.

Walking into Jude's room made my heart skip beats. Not in the way Brandon does. In the way that you feel like you will die in seconds. And when I walked into his room he was watching TV and he had a tube on his nose to help him breath and an IV that nurses used to take blood from every so often. He looked exhausted. And worn out. Like a reused paper bag.

He tried to speak but he ran out if breath. And a single tear fell down my cheat. "Don't talk. Ok baby don't talk. Don't waste your breath."

A nurse came into the room with a blood pressure machine. I've seen Jude like this once before. But it's way worse now. He isn't able to talk with out wasting a single breath of air and almost passing out. It's not worth it. Not for me. I stood beside his hospital bed holding the opposite hand from the blood pressure machine. He laid his head on my arm and I can tell he was in pain. Pain in his chest and pain just knowing he has to go through this. I sat on the bed next to him and held him. It was just a few seconds before I found out he was crying. "Oh baby. Please. Please don't cry. You'll waste her breath. Your going to be okay. Okay. Ill stay with you until you get out. Me and Brandon okay baby. Your not alone. Okay you'll be fine don't cry." I calmed him down.

I saw Brandon in the door frame. I looked back at Jude who was fast asleep in my arms. It was probably best. He needs rest more than he needs to see me. I couldn't help but cry seeing him like this. It felt like my heart ripped into pieces. Brandon walked over to me and Jude "hey he's fine. Don't worry about it. He'll be fine."

Jude picked his head up. "I'm hungry can I have dinner." He said running out of breath.

I was about to get up until he pulled me back down. "No stay. Can Brandon go. Please?"

"It's ok.I'll go. No big deal." Brandon said smiling at me.

I kissed Jude's head and laid his head back on my chest. I don't understand. Things go good for once and then karma hits me in the ass. But I can't complain. There is much worse in the world.

When Brandon walked back in I bursts into tears. Not because of Brandon because I couldn't stand being in the hospital knowing my brother is in pain. At that time Stef came into the room. Seeing me cry she brought me out leaving Jude with Brandon and Mariana. "Callie. Shh Callie. Listen. He's fine. Ok he's fine. He's going to be ok." She tried calming me down as we walked outside.

"He might be fine but he's my little brother. No matter what happens I'm always worried about him. When we went into the foster system and even before that when he was born, I promised I would always stay by his side. Never leave him and always take care of him. And I failed." I choked on my breath many times saying that.

"Oh Callie. Look he might be in pain. But look he's ok. You didn't do anything. Look love. It's life it's what happens. Ok. It's not your fault. It's no ones fault. Ok. He's ok. The nurses and doctors are going to help him. They aren't going to let him go. They aren't going to give up. They wouldn't. Ok. I think you need some rest. Lets being you home." Her words were total sympathy. I debated whether I should go home or not.

"No. I promised him I would stay. No I can't. Please." I begged but she didn't listen.

"No Callie I think it's best to go home. We can go early in the morning. Ok. You need rest." I nodded my head. And walked into the hospital to Jude's room.

"Hey buddy. I'm gonna go. But I promise I will be here in the morning okay?" I regretted saying that after promising I would stay.

"Okay. But wait. You have school." I couldn't go to school tomorrow. Even if my life depended on it. Which it does. But Jude comes first before anything and anyone else. Then Brandon.

"I do. But you come first. Ill be here then go to school at lunch. Okay?" He nodded in the most upset way I've seen of his. Then I kissed him on cheek and left. Brandon and Jesus were behind me and Mariana was next to me. Lena and Stef waited out in the car for us to sign out our visitors passes.

I didn't speak to anyone the rest of the night. During the car ride my head was resting on the window. Brandon tried holding my hand but I refused. I wasn't in the mood for anyone touching or talking to me. Seeing my brother like that reminded me of my reaction to hearing my mother was dead.

When we all walked into the house Lena came up with what sounded like a good idea. "Why don't we watch a movie. All of us. Get our minds off of things."

I looked at her with a blank stare like I did when we first met at the juvenile hall. "I'll pass. I think I'm going to go to bed." I thumped up the stares with sadness. My little brothers at the hospital and I'm at the house.

Authors note:

Hey guys. So this was sort of a shortish chapter a little boring. Not much brallie or no brallie at all. I promise brallie will be in the future chapters. I hope this chapter didn't bore you too much. Tell me if it did cuz the I'll add to it or change something up. Request some stuff. I might just think it's a good idea and put it in future chapters. Hope I didn't bore you.