A new chapter, as promised, just a few hours later than I mean it to be. Anyways, enjoy.


Chapter 7: All These Things That I've Done

The silence was so thick in the entryway of the house that Divya was sure that she could hear a pin drop on the carpet. Their four eyes firmly set on Evan who was staring as equally hard back on them, but anybody had yet to say a word. Divya, however, could tell that something was off.

"I couldn't do it…" Evan said in barely a whisper, then his eyes rolled back and fell forward into Hank's arms. Hank struggled for a moment surprised by his brothers collapse, before lowering him slowly to the floor.

"Evan!" Divya cried as she sunk to the floor instantly to help him, but Hank was already at work, being the doctor and brother he is, giving him a once over. His eyes were close and his breathing uneasy, but steady and he seemed overall ok. But that didn't stop Hank from sitting back on his legs and running hand over his face and releasing an uneasy sigh.

"He's fine, I think…I think it's exhaustion…" began Hank, however he never finished what he was going to say. Divya glance at Hank then back to Evan, reaching her house out she ran it across his forehead, removing a few stray hairs away from his eyes and a small but sad smile cross her face. "At least he's home."

Hank didn't say anything in response, just pick Evan up in his arm and carried him down the hallways to his bedroom. Divya followed behind, her quick pounding footsteps echoing off the hallways walls. When they reached Evan's bedroom Divya paused in the doorway and watched as Hank, skillfully, pull the sheets away from the top of the bed and place Evan down between the sheets before cover his brother up. He adjust the pillow under Evan's head and watched his brother for just a moment before getting to his feet and whispering something, that went unheard by Divya, to his brother, as he stood at his bed side, before turning and walking towards the doorway again.

Stopping at the doorway for just a moment Hank placed a hand on Divya's shoulder, giving a squeeze as a silent thank you, before walking out of the room. She heard his hallow footsteps recced and the door to his bedroom slam shut before she turned and looked at Evan again.

The room was dark, she could barely make out Evan lying in the bed and if it wasn't for his soft breathing, she wouldn't even know he was there anymore. Making her way across the room to his bedside she sat down on the bed, the bed sagging slightly under her weight, as she stared at him. Even though the darkness she could make out the tear stained streaks that ran down his face, and the puffy and red nose. Evan had been crying. This broke her heart.

She her hand along his face again, feeling the slightest bit of worry that this would wake him up, but she quickly disregarded it. Evan exhausted, if anything he won't wake up till late tomorrow afternoon or evening, but, despite her want not to, Divya rises to her feet and turns to leave. But pausing once again, she leans down and places a feather light kiss on Evan's forehead. "I'm so glad you're back ok."

With that said she quickly rushes out of the room and shuts the door softly behind her. Leaning against the door she sighs softly before tiptoeing down the hallways, to ensure she doesn't wake either of the brothers, and to the couch where she'll sleep for tonight.


A loud clatter in the nearby kitchen is what wakes Divya out of her dreamless sleep. Sitting up quickly she sees Hank standing in the kitchen, which now could be labeled as a disaster area, working on what she can assume is breakfast. She swings her legs over the side of the couch and gets to her feet, stretching her arms high above her head before making her way into the kitchen. Hank doesn't notice Divya, who is watching Hank work very meticulously, till she's sitting across from him on a nearby barstool. He looks at her, giving her a halfhearted smile before continuing to work on his breakfast.

When he pours his egg whites into the frying pan he turns back to her. "Good morning Divya."

"Hey Hank, h...how's Evan?"

Hank shrugs. "Same as last night, still sleeping, but he's looking a bit better, I'm hoping that he'll be up this afternoon sometimes so we can at least talk to him."

Divya nodded. She slipped off the barstool and over to the coffee pot, which had warm and freshly brewed coffee in it a pour herself a cup. Sweeting the coffee to her liking she took a long drink of the refreshing liquid before returning to her chair. Hank was back at the stove scrambling his egg whites when Divya spoke again. "What do you think he meant?"

"About what?"

"When he said he couldn't do it? What couldn't he do."

"I guessing confront Paige." Hank said picking up the frying pan and scooping the eggs onto the nearby plate. He put the frying pan into the sink, running some water over it to cool it down before grabbing his eggs and walking around the island to join Divya. He pulled out the barstool next to her and began to pick at his eyes, no really eating them but pushing them around on the plate.

"I just hope that he's ok." Divya whispered taking another long drink of the coffee, Hank nodded scooping the first fork full of eggs into his mouth. Silence engulfed them once more as Hank ate his eggs and Divya drank her coffee but it was short lived as footsteps were heard walking slowly down the hallway and Hank and Divya turned in time to see Evan walking towards them.

They didn't say anything as Evan walked over to the fridge and pulled out the jug of orange juice and a glass from the nearby cabinet and pour himself some before drinking it all down quickly. He returned the orange juice jug back to the fridge and placed the glass in the sink.

"Evan?" asked Divya.

He glance over at the two, a pair of tired eyes reflecting back at him. He gave them a weak smile before walking over to the table and sitting down in a nearby chair. He pulled his laptop towards him and opened it and began to work on it without a word. Hank and Divya glanced at one another before joining Evan over at the table. Hank shut the laptop that Evan was working on and Evan looked up at him.

"We need to talk Evan, about last night."

Evan sighed rubbing at his eyes. "I really don't want to talk about it Hank, I just want to forget everything and focus on what is really important. HankMed."

Hank tried again. "Evan, I'm…we're worried about you, what happened last night, you were dead set on rushing to Paige's side, and then you turn up on the doorstep and pass out. Evan we need to talk about this, right now."

The exhausted Evan ran his hand over his face trying to shake the sleepiness from him. Divya instantly got to her feet and walked over towards the coffee pot and began to pour Evan his own cup of coffee. She walked back of to the table coffee in hand and handed it to Evan. The smallest trace of a smile cross his lips as he accepted the coffee and began to drink deeply from it. The caffeine rushing though his body giving him the boost he needed. "Thanks Divs."

Divya smiled taking a seat at the table across from Hank and next to Evan. They watched for a while as Evan continued to drink the coffee. She could tell Hank was uneasy, and eager to hear not only why his brother collapsed but where he had been all night. However, Evan spoke again before Hank could even ask a question.

"About yesterday…" began Evan. "I…"

Divya reached out and gave Evan's hand a soft encouraging rub and he looked at her before taking another drink of his coffee before continuing. "When I left last night, I wasn't thinking, even after you showed me the picture, I just had to make sure myself, I had to figure out if it was true or not. But when I reached the airport I couldn't get out of the car."

"Why?" asked Hank.

Evan just shook his head, sighing deeply as he stared into his coffee, watching the black liquid intently. "I…I don't know, I just sat there…for I don't know how long, just staring into the distance…" watching the afternoon turning into the late evening. Then, I just drove. I turned the car over and drove, no general direction, just to clear my head."

"Where'd you end up?" Divya asked.

"On the highway, towards back to New York City. I was half way there when I pulled over at a nearby rest stop and just sat there as well."

"You drove all the way to New York City in one night!" Hank exclaimed. No one his brother had collapsed when he got home. He had done all that driving in one day and returned home on barely any sleep and he was alone. Hank was grateful that his brother had gotten home in one piece.

"I just realized that I need to get back to what was important to me. HankMed, and you guys. You guys tried to tell me what was going on before I could realized it, but I wouldn't listen. I'm sorry, I really am. Thanks for being there when no one else was."

Divya smiled. "Of course Evan, you're our family."

"What are you going to do about Paige?" asked Hank.

The expression on Evan's face changed and his eyes returned to the ever cold growing cup of coffee that he was holding in his hand. He sat there staring into it for a minute before sighting. "I called her and left her a message telling her that we needed to talk when she got back to the Hampton's and that's all I can do."

Divya sighed feeling sorry for Evan. "When the time comes Evan, Divya and I will be here for you."

Evan smiled, nodding as he finished off his coffee and pushed the mug away from him feeling better than how he had felt in a while. The sound of Evan's cell phone going off made even on in the room jump slightly and Evan fished into his pocket and pulled his cell phone out. Not even bothering to check the number Evan answer the phone.

"HankMed, how can we make you feel better t…PAGIE…um…hi…


Sorry I meant to have this up a few hours ago, but I ended up working later then I meant to and by the time I got home and got showered it was already pretty late. But the new chapter is up and I think I might only have one more or so before this story is finished. Please review. Thanks. :)