With Me

Chapter 34 Jon

I was still at our parent's house packing to go back home as the storm had stopped. It was lightly snowing but ok enough to travel carefully home. Joe and Tiffany don't live far and both were already home. They left after Christmas dinner. Jordan who also lived in New York had already made the trip back yesterday evening. Both he and Ava left when it started to snow. I carried on packing when Derek busted into the room still talking on the phone.

"Hey, Joe. Yeah, I don't know why he hadn't picked up his phone. Yeah, we will see you there. OK. See you at the hospital". I looked at him confused. " Why didn't you answer your phone, Jon?".

"Busy packing. Didn't hear it".

" Well, we need to go. We are needed at the hospital".

"Why? Twins coming". I don't want to be there to see the twins when they are born.

" Nope. They are OK for now. But there has been an accident".

"Who?. It's not mom and dad as they are not here".

" Nope" replied Derek. He had a sad look on his face. "It's your brother".

" You were just talking to Joe".

"Jordan".

" Why what's he done now?".

"Can you just bury the problems with your brother for once and just get to the hospital. He's in a bad way. They think he may not make it. They are surprised he made it through the night".

" What happened?".

"Joe didn't say. All he said was that they were involved in a car accident and he is in a very bad way".

" I guess we better get to the hospital then". Now I am worried about him, the big brother in me is showing through. He better be OK. Earlier I was still mad at him and jealous of him. That has gone for now.

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We soon arrived at the hospital and we met up with everyone else there our parents, Tiffany and Joe. All had solemn looks on their faces. Mom was crying and being comforted by dad. Tiffany and Joe were hugging each other. Soon as they noticed us coming, Tiffany ran over to me and hugged me. I was angry and jealous of Jordan but the true brother in me came out. I busted into tears.

" Glad you made it Jon. I know you guys aren't seeing eye to eye at the moment. But he would want you to be here as well".

"What happened?" I try to reply. I couldn't speak well through the tears.

"Well, from what we have been told is that they were involved in an accident. It looks like they hit some ice and went into a spin as they got up onto the highway. They say Jordan managed to control the spin of the car so he would be hit not Ava. He saved their lives but may not have saved his own. Their car got hit by a semi. They were lucky they were in his Yukon because anything smaller they both wouldn't be here" replied dad. This made mom cry more as she already heard the news several times. "He is very poorly. He has a massive head injury and several broken bones".

" When can we see him?" I replied.

"Not until they can keep him stable enough. He is still very critical". Mom cried more.

" I can't lose my baby".

"But you spend the whole holidays arguing with him and not listening to him. You couldn't care about my twin then. Why now?" snapped Joe.

" He's still my baby".

"How's Ava and the twins?" I asked.

"Not sure".

" Nobody has checked". I was getting angry now. Nobody thought to check on Ava and the twins.

"I only just got here before you" replied Joe.

"I'm going to find out," I said, "Because nobody else is going to check".

" I want to come too" replied Joe.

The two of us walked away from the others to the nurses' station further down the corridor. Both in silence because we were in shock. Even though we are not seeing eye to eye a the moment I don't want to lose my brother, Jordan. Even if we are fighting again. Joe wraps his arm around my shoulders and we carry on walking in silence.

"Hi, we are looking for a patient whose name is Ava McKnight" replied Joe "We are family".

" Room 5678 maternity ward".

"Thanks".

" We are not family" I replied in a whisper.

"Yeah, we are. You know it's gonna happen. He is so going to marry her. You can see it in his eyes. But he needs to get better first and survive this first".

We get to where Ava is. We walking we go past a guy at the nurse's station asking about a
patient. But she wouldn't tell him.

" But my daughter deserves to know about her boyfriend. She needs to know what is going on with him. She has a right to know what is going on with him. Don't give me that BS about not being close family".

"Ava," asked Joe.

"Don't know". Then we knew.

" The patient is called Jordan. Jordan Knight".

Joe moved towards them. "That's my brother".

" Do you know what is going on. Ava is getting worked up about it. She needs to be calm for the twins" replied the man who must be her dad.

"Can we see her?" asked Joe.

"Of course, follow me". We followed her as towards her room. He opened the door and we followed him in. There on the bed was Ava.

" Dad".

"They wouldn't tell me anything. But I have the next best thing". We came into view.

" Joe, Jon, where is he? How is he? Why can't I see him?".

"We haven't been allowed to him yet as he is critical but they can't keep him stable enough for us his family to see him" replied Joe. Ava had tears running down her face.

"He saved me and the twins" she cried. Joe went over to her to comfort her. I was still not sure with everything that has gone on.

" I know he does that. He puts others first".

"Jon, I want a hug from you too".

I reluctantly went over to her. She hugged both of us.

" What do you guys know? How badly is he?".

"All we know is he's in a coma, has a severe head injury and broken bones. That is all they have told us" I replied with tears in my eyes. Once he is awake it's time to bury the hatchet. I miss my brother. I can feel both Ava and Joe's tears too. Is he going to wake up? Is he going to OK? I hope he survives because I hate for our fight to be the last thing I remember of him. I hope we can see him soon?

"I'm glad you and the twins are OK".

" Except for bruised ribs, a couple of broken bones and a concussion. I'm OK" replied Ava trying a smile "I'm attached to a machine to check on the twins. They were thinking I could go into early labor because of the crash. But I don't want it to happen. I want Jordan to be there. But he lying somewhere in the hospital battling life or death. He's in such a bad way even his own family haven't see him yet". Ava sobbing so much she started to hyperventilate.

" Ssshh calm down Ava" replied her mom "It won't help the little ones if you work yourself up".

" Look, Ava, we will leave and see if we can hear any news" replied Joe.

"Yeah, no news to good news right" I replied. She looks up at us and nods. She buries her head in the arms of her mom while we leave.
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God, I hope he is going to pull through...

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