"Sam," her voice broke through the fog in his head and he could feel her hand on his face. "Babe,"
His eyes opened slowly and for a second, two Ainsleys stared down at him with worry. Then his vision corrected and he blinked a few times. A relieved smile formed on her face.
"Hi there handsome. How you feelin'?"
"Like I got hit with a door."
"That's cause you did." Mia's voice proclaimed. Sam turned to see her sitting on the cot next to him, then groaned as everything began swirling.
"Sam," he knew that voice but he didn't want to open his eyes again.
"Josh?"
"Daddy, you don't have grace."
"Mia, leave Daddy alone."
"Dad, we got the same band-aid." Drew stated. "We're twins."
"No, we're twins," Mia corrected.
"Stop it," Sam muttered and at that, Ainsley pointed towards the exit. "All of you out. We'll be out in a few minutes. Josh, can you handle them?"
"Maybe, maybe not." he shrugged. "Donna's out there somewhere."
"Josh,"
"They'll be fine Ainsley. Relax. Come on kiddies, let's go get some candy."
"Josh!"
"Don't yell," Sam tapped Ainsley's hand softly and she winced.
"I'm sorry." but she continued to throw Josh a glare. He smiled charmingly as he herded the kids out into the waiting area and finally there was silence. She shook her head and turned back to Sam as she pushed his hair off his forehead. "Honey, are you okay?"
"What happened?"
"You got hit with a door about five minutes ago."
"Where did Josh come from?"
"We were supposed to meet up at the Walt and Mickey statue but I guess we were taking too long and he came to look for us just as you hit the door, or the door hit you."
Then he remembered a few months back when Donna sighed and said, 'I wish we were going to Disney.' and then Ainsley said, 'Why don't you come? We'll have such a fun time.' and then Josh said, 'Oh we wouldn't want to intrude.' but then Donna said, 'We don't have to spend every second together.' and somehow the Seaborns and the Lymans were on vacation in Disney together. Josh and Donna had taken an extra day before flying down to meet up with their friends.
"Sam?"
"Hmm?"
"You okay."
"Just thinkin'."
"I heard you woke up. That's good," a new voice said, causing Sam to open his eyes. The same woman that helped Drew was standing there. "Boy, your family is really accident-prone huh? I have to say, you are the first to get hit with that door and I've been here fifteen years."
"Daddy!" Mia hopped off the bench as she saw her parents come into view. "Daddy, is your head okay?"
"Almost."
"Here we go!" Donna seemingly appeared out of thin air and dropped a khaki hat onto Josh's unruly curls.
"What the hell?" he yanked it off and frowned at the picture, "Grumpy? You think I'm Grumpy?"
"Josh, they almost didn't let you in because you wouldn't smile."
Sam had to laugh and sat down next to his best friend.
"You've got to be the only person that has ever almost been denied access to Disney World."
"And you've got to be the only person that ever got hit with a door in Disney World."
"First one in fifteen years according to the nurse." Ainsley piped up.
"So, when did you guys get in?" Sam asked, shooting his wife a look. She simply smiled back at him, then walked off with Donna and their kids.
"Ah... about an hour ago. My mom was happy to see us." Josh replied. "She didn't want us to leave but I told her that we needed time to ourselves."
"So you came to Disney with me and my rambunctious twins."
"It was either this or Spring Training and Donna absolutely refused."
"You could've taken her to Hawaii or something."
"She wanted to come here. It's not that bad, except for you know, the occasional rodent roaming around."
"He's the symbol of Disney. You know that right?"
"Why'd it have to be a mouse? They're creepy."
"I don't know. I'm sure one of the people working here could tell you."
"Or we could go ask Walt."
"He's been dead since the sixties."
"Really? That's interesting. I could've sworn I saw him around here some where."
"Well, there is a statue of him."
"That may have been it. So are you and Ainsley still going out tomorrow night?"
"Yeah."
"How long are you going to be gone?"
"Few hours. Don't worry, the kids will probably be passed out. They won't be any problem for you."
"For Donna you mean. I don't know how to take care of kids, really."
"That's why you guys come as a package. You're the fun one, she's the sensible one. You guys are going to make great parents one day."
"Oh please don't say that. So, I've been meaning to tell you, or ask you actually."
"What?"
"Daddy, look! There's a show! Come on!" Mia was back by his side, tugging on his hand. "There's Minnie and Goofy! Look, Donald too! Come on!"
"Tom O'Dwyer wants you for his Communications Director." Josh called. Sam turned to look but Josh just nodded.
"Daddy, come on!" Mia tugged harder and he relentlessly followed. Had Josh used this to his advantage and would now spend the week bugging him about a job?