CH 6 - 2009

**include actual quote from Treasure Islands RL Stevenson**

Isabella sat in the living room of the Hale's House with Derek and Cora they were taking turns at getting Stiles to read to them. Stiles was comfortable at the Hale's as he had started spending two days a week there after school, it helped that Talia and her husband ran the school for children and teens with Special needs that Stiles has started attending at the age of 7.

"Uhm Talia...I have a favour to ask," Isabella said as she noticed Derek and Cora's mother walking past the living room.

"What would you like?" Talia asked stopping as she listened to Stiles reading a passage from Treasure Island to Cora.

"Actually, Stiles wanted to ask you," Isabella said as she gently put her hand on Stiles knee to gain his attention. "Hey buddy, you can ask Talia your question now," she smiled looking at him as he acknowledged that she was talking to him.

"Isabella and Derek are going to visit Jordan...can I..." Stiles paused for a minute trying to think of what he wanted to say before he spoke again. "I stay until the come back?"

Talia didn't hesitate in answering him. "Of course you can stay, Stiles, you're always welcome here," Talia smiled at him, watching as he smiled back at her before returning to reading to Cora. "Go, he can stay until you come back,"

"Thanks Talia," Isabella smiled before she made the 'I love you' sign to Stiles and kissed the top of his head. "I'll be back soon,"

"You get to hang with mom and Cora," Derek said before he added that he and Isabella would be back. Stiles nodded briefly but continued to read to Cora.

"He's doing fine, aren't you Stiles?" Cora said her attention completely on Stiles as she glanced at her mother, brother and Isabella.

"Mostly he would not speak when spoken to, only look up sudden and fierce and blow through his nose like a fog-horn;" Stiles read out loud as Isabella and Derek stood up to leave the room and head off to see Jordan.

Jordan was laying in a private room in a hospital in Redding, CA. From Beacon Hills to Redding it was around a two hour drive, so they were hoping that they'd be back by dinner time. Why Jordan's parents had, had the army put him there they didn't know but they did know that Jordan was refusing to speak to anyone. By the time that Isabella and Derek arrived in Redding at the hospital it was 2PM, and they understood why he'd been sent there.

"So we know why his parents had him here instead of back home at least," Isabella said as they pulled up at the address that Jordan's parents had sent them.

"Yeah, I have his room number written down. They said to go sign in and talk to one of the nurses at the front," Derek said as he switched the car off and grabbed hold of her hand. "Just remember they said he was okay, just not talking to anyone,"

"I know, but you know that hospitals and me don't mix after mom," Isabella said as she undid her seat-belt and Derek squeezed her hand.

Derek and Isabella walked in and headed straight for the front desk telling then that they were there to see Jordan Parrish. The nurse nodded and showed them down to his room, warning them that he may not speak to them. Isabella and Derek smiled saying that it wasn't a problem.

"Hey you," Isabella signed the second they walked into the room.

"Sorry it took us so long," Derek added signing as both of them glanced at the nurse who hadn't left the room.

"Bella, Derek, it's okay," Jordan signed back slightly smirking at the nurse who raised an eyebrow at them and semi-scowled.

"Were you seriously playing dumb?" Isabella signed speaking at the same time as she raised her eyebrow at him and moved closer taking in his bandaged figure. Jordan nodded shrugging at her.

"How are you feeling?" Derek signed, as he moved closer and sat on one side while Isabella sat on the other before she gave him a hug.

"Been better," Jordan signed back he hadn't spoken yet and wasn't about to while the nurse was in the room first he wanted to hear his own voice around people he knew first. The three of them looked at the door as the nurse left closing it behind her.

"How much can you hear?" Isabella asked, she happened to be sitting on the side that was at a moderate loss.

"Almost nothing on the side Derek's on," Jordan said signing at the same time as the sound of his voice was raspy after having not talked for over a month. "I can hear you talking fine though," he signed motioning to Isabella.

Derek tapped Jordan on the shoulder so that his best-friend had to look at him, Jordan smiled at him and before he knew it found himself being hugged by Derek. Isabella wanted in on the hug so she joined them before the three of them pulled apart and Derek told Jordan that if he got hearing aids to make sure they were water-resistant ones.

"If you get hearing aids, wear them," Derek said, knowing that most likely Jordan would put up a fight as Isabella rolled her eyes at him. "Laura wears them, you can't tell though,"