Once at the hospital, Albert rushed into surgery while everyone else waited in the waiting room. Reggie sat on the chair with her leg shaking and said, "I knew it was a bad idea for him to be a cop."
"Well you did beg him not to do it. Not your problem." Otto said in a sarcastic voice.
Reggie glared at him. Twister was worried about his brother. Why did he have to get shot on the day he came home? His and Adam's homecoming was ruined. Adam placed a hand on his husband's shoulder and said, "He'll be fine. My dad's working on him."
Otto moved over to Twister. Twister turned over to Otto and said, "Otto, you have no idea how much it means for you to be here."
"No problemo. If you are up to it, we are throwing you and Adam a party at the Shack. It's a welcome home party." Otto said.
"I'd like that. Thank..." Twister was cut off by three girls who went over to Otto. They went, "Excuse me? Are you that famous pro skater, Otto Rocket? You're so hot. Can we get a picture?"
"Sure!" Otto got up, disregarding Twister.
The girls went on about how they thought Otto was hot and how they follow him on social media. Twister watched as Otto took pictures with these girls and said to Adam, "Typical Otto. Selfish as ever."
Adam placed a hand on Twister's shoulder. Albert came out and said, "You guys can come in and see him. He's in room 108."
Sandy got up before anyone else did and raced to Lars' hospital room. Everyone else, except Otto, who was invested in his fans, followed. Sandy opened the door and saw Lars in a hospital bed with his arm in a sling and Pi by his bedside. Everyone else went in after Sandy.
"Lars!" Twister cried.
"Hey, dork." Lars turned to his mother and said, H'i, mom."
Sandy turned and pointed to Pi and said, "You are the reason my son is in the hospital! You almost killed my son!"
"Mom, relax! I took a bullet for him! He's my partner on the force. I thought you knew that already." Lars explained.
"Yeah. He practically pushed me to the ground." Pi explained.
Sandy calmed down a little bit and went to hug her eldest son. Lars screamed in pain, "Mom, I just had surgery!"
"I'm sorry, mi hijo." Sandy cried. "I was just worried."
Raoul came to calm Sandy down.
"You need to be more careful, mi hijo." Raoul stated.
"No promises, dad." Lars chuckled and finally turned to Twister. "When did you get in?"
"A few moments ago." Twister replied.
Lars looked at Adam and said, "Dude, I can't thank your dad enough. He got that bullet out of me."
"Bro, you were crying like a baby when they were pulling it out of you." Pi joked.
"Remember that time we had to get that BB out of your arm and how you were crying? Yeah, this was 10 times worse." Lars snapped.
Everyone laughed at Pi, who sat there in embarrassment.
"You promised not to tell that story." Pi mumbled.
"Guess I forgot." Lars joked.
Reggie moved over to sit on the bedside next to her husband.
"Well at least we know you're okay now." Reggie kissed him on the cheek as Lars wrapped his available arm around her waist.
A nurse walked in to ask how he is feeling.
"Fine now." Lars said. "My wife and family are here."
The nurse nodded her head and changed Lars' IV bag. Sandy started to scream, "Is that all you're going to do? Give my son his medicine! He's in pain and that's all you're going to do!"
"Okay, dad, can you get her out of here?" Lars asked.
"Carina, come on. Let's go to the gift store." Raoul pulled Sandy away.
"Hey, who wants to get food in the caff? I'm hungry." Pi asked as he got up.
"I'm down. I'm hungry." Sam replied.
"Guy's I'll go with you too. These two can catch up."
"Mom, can I go to the caff with Adam?" Leah asked.
"No, Leah. There will be plenty of food at the party later." Rebecca replied. "Let's go to the gift store with Sandy and Raoul."
Leah made a face. She wanted to see Sam. Reggie got up and said, "I should grab Otto and head to the Shore Shack. We have to set up for the party. Wish you were coming."
Lars and Reggie kissed before she left. Once everyone evacuated, Twister was left alone with his brother.
"What happened that made you get shot?" Twister asked.
"We were chasing our suspect, we turned the corner and he had a gun pointed at us. He went to shoot Pi so I pushed him out of the way and he got my shoulder. Luckily back up came in time and he was arrested." Lars chuckled.
"What did he do?" Twister asked.
"He was suspect in a murder investigation we were working on." Lars replied.
"Wow." Twister said. "Well there is a plus side to this."
"What?" Lars asked.
"At least you didn't get the African Sleeping Sickness." Twister smiled at his brother.
"The what?" Lars looked confused.
Twister then pulled out his phone and said, "I did a documentary a while back. You see, symptoms include pain in your joints, insomnia, fever, itching in places, mental confusion, skin rash..."
"On second thought, I don't care to know." Lars told him.
Twister put his phone away and said, "How rude."
Lars laughed and said, "Where's my brother in law?"
"He saw some of his fan girls in the waiting room and abandoned me."
Sensing his brother's tone of voice, Lars could tell that hurt Twister.
"I at least know I've always been an asshole to you but he's so two faced. It's amazing how he and Reggie are so different."
"Speaking of Reggie," Twister started, "how are you guys doing?"
"Very well." Lars smiled. "The good thing is that I can still have sex with my wife despite the sling. She's going to have to do all the work because I can't now."
"Yeah...I didn't need to know that." Twister replied. "I still haven't forgiven you two for getting us kicked out of Phantom of the Opera because you two were horny and ended having sex in the theater bathroom. You guys couldn't wait till you got back to your hotel room?"
"Not really. Oh well. That's their problem. Not mine." Lars laughed.
"Dude, you're disgusting." Twister rolled his eyes. "Anyway, wanna play cards?"
"Sure. Why not?" Lars replied as he adjusted himself to play a game of cards with his brother.
Two hours later, Reggie came back to check on her husband. She saw Twister was still there playing cards with his brother.
"Twist, you're still here." She said.
The brothers turned around and saw Reggie at the door.
"Hey, baby." Lars greeted Reggie.
"What time is it? Don't I have a party?" Twister asked.
"Yeah. It started an hour ago." Reggie chuckled. "I came to relieve you."
Twister got up and said, "I'm going to get an Uber to the Shore Shack. Feel better, bro. Reggie, promise me you guys won't have sex where my father in law works."
"No promises." Lars chucked, receiving a glare from Reggie.
"Thanks, Reggie. I'll see you both soon." Twister replied as he exited.
Reggie got on the bed with Lars and kissed her husband. Twister came back and said, "Oh I forgot to tell you guys the news."
The two love birds looked up only for Twister to say, "You see, the reason Adam and I came back was..."
Twister came out of the Uber and walked into the Shore Shack. Once he walked in, he was taken aback by a loud cheers. He saw people he hadn't seen in years such as his old school friends, Tito, Conrad and he even spotted his in-laws and parents there.
"Welcome home, Twister! So glad you are here to stay!" Otto's dad, Raymundo stated.
"Thanks, Raymundo." Twister chuckled.
"Go ahead. Make yourself at home. There is plenty of food to go around." Ray said.
As Twister made his way to the food, he was greeted by several guests. Twister made himself a plate of food just for Otto to walk over and say, "And here is our other guest of honor and he is late."
"Better late than never, Ottoman." Twister laughed.
"How did you get here?" Sam asked.
"Uber." Twister said. "I hate taking those things. They are expensive."
"Yeah, I don't blame you." Otto said.
At that moment, a beautiful girl with red curls and green eyes walked in. She was very nicely shaped, curves in all the right areas. Otto saw her and smiled a big smile. Twister and Sam recognized her as Makayla. They greeted each other with a kiss and looked like they were having a serious conversation.
"Wonder what's eating him." Sam asked.
"Beats me. He wouldn't tell me." Twister shrugged.
Adam came up behind Twister and kissed him on the cheek.
"Where were you?" Twister asked.
"Catching up with Eddie and Oliver. What took you so long?" Adam asked.
"I was with my brother and lost track of time." Twister chuckled.
Adam took a piece of food off of Twister's plate. Leah ran over to Sam and said, "Sammy, I want you to meet my friends! I told him how you want to be a doctor and you are working with my dad."
Adam looked over at Sam and said, "Oh you're interning?"
"Yeah. You're dad is teaching me a lot. He invited me over for dinner a few times. You are a nice family." Sam stated.
"Squid, I always knew you'd be something nerdy." Twister joked.
Adam gently nudged Twister.
"Come on, Sam! Let's go!" Leah practically dragged Sam away from his friends.
Adam showed some disapproval about Leah's crush on Sam. Twister can notice Adam's face and Adam said, "He's way too old for her."
"I've known him for a long time and isn't stupid enough to try anything." Twister stated.
Otto finally made his way with Makayla.
"Guys, remember my girlfriend?" Otto asked as he pointed to Makayla.
"Hello, Twister and Adam." Makayla said in her perfect British accent.
"It's great to see you again." Twister hugged her.
"I've caught up on all of your movies, Twister. You are a fantastic director." Makayla stated.
"Hey, I did win a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Oscar and Emmy." Twister chuckled.
"Well I did win four championships." Otto attempted to upstage Twister to Adam's annoyance.
"You may've won four championships but my husband's documentary is playing on major networks currently. So where one will be remembered, the other will fade." Adam stated.
This brought upon an awkward silence among the group. Makayla then said, "Adam, can you show me the food? Airplane food isn't really the best."
"Right this way." Adam led Makayla to the food, leaving the two alone.
"Bastard." Otto whispered.
"What was that?" Twister asked.
"Nothing. Just thinking out loud." Otto replied.
Twister nodded and said, "Anyway...four championships is something."
"It really is." Otto stated. "Want to sit on the beach and catch up?"
"Sure." Twister said.
The boys walked towards the beach and talked about everything in their lives. Otto was saying how Malibu is awesome and how his penthouse looks over the ocean.
"Adam and I have a condo in Florida. You and Makayla should check it out." Twister stated.
"Eh...you've seen one beach, you've seen all of them." Otto chuckled. "We're good. We usually travel when I'm not competing or training. Last place we went to was Japan."
"Oh cool. I was in Japan a while back. Adam attended a restaurant conference and met with an investor. It was pretty sweet." Twister stated.
Otto nodded and took notice of Twister's clothes.
"So what's going on with this? Burberry? Dolce and Gabbana? Armani? When did you learn how to dress?" Otto laughed.
Looking down at his navy blue t-shirt and jeans, both designer, Twister said, "This is how I've normally dressed..."
"Yeah, but you never rally Mr. Fashion Forward." Otto stated. "Plus what ever happened to your hat?"
"Since when are you interested in my clothes?" Twister asked.
"Never mind." Otto said. "So...what brings you back? Did Adam open up another restaurant in Ocean Shores? Who manages the Brooklyn restaurant?"
"He gave it to Greg. He will fly back and forth occasionally to check on things but other than that, yeah. He's opening up another chain here. But the real reason why we came back is..."
Feeling nervous, Twister couldn't say it. Otto looked at him and said, "Dude, just spit it out."
"Okay but don't tell anyone I told you. You're the first one." Twister started. "Adam and I are looking into adopting a baby. He met with an agency who knows a soon to be single mother looking to put her child up for adoption. We decided New York wasn't the best place to raise a child so we moved back to be closer to our parents."
Otto looked at him with a blank stare. Turning around, he said, "Oh look...the music is starting to play. I'm going to ask my lady to dance with me."
As Otto walked off, Twister said to himself, "That's all you have to say?"