Chapter 7: Back Again

There we were again, sleeping in the hospital waiting room. It was 2 o'clock in the morning. Joe woke the family up because he went into Nick's room to play a prank on him and found him having trouble breathing.

Frankie, Joe and Kevin fell asleep. I couldn't even close my eyes. I was so nervous about Nick. Had all of the excitement at the beach caused this? I began to think that it was my fault. Mrs. Jonas seemed to notice what was on my mind and said, "Megan, don't blame yourself. You didn't do anything wrong."

"I know," I said. We were waiting for a half an hour when a nurse came into the waiting room.

"He's fine now. We probably should keep him for a day or two to make sure that it doesn't happen again."

"Why was he having trouble breathing?" Mr. Jonas asked.

"We're not sure yet. Has he been doing anything out of the ordinary?" the nurse asked.

"No, we ran around a little yesterday," I said.

"I don't think that would have anything to do with it. Anything else?"

"His girlfriend's in town, so his heart is beating twice as fast," Joe whispered. I smacked his arm.

The nurse heard him. "I really don't think that that would have anything to do with it either."

"Other than that, he hasn't really done anything out of the ordinary," Mrs. Jonas said.

"OK. We'll run some tests to see what caused the breathing troubles," the nurse said.

"Can we go in and see him?" Kevin asked.

"I think it would be best if you went in and saw him one at a time."

Everyone looked at me. I blushed, stood up and followed the nurse into Nick's room. He was lying on the bed with his eyes closed. Besides wearing a hospital gown, he had wires coming out of his nose. I sat on a chair next to his bed and held his hand. His eyes slowly opened and he smiled at me. "Hello beautiful," he whispered. A tear slid down my cheek and Nick squeezed my hand. "Megan, I'm going to be OK!"

"You don't look OK," I stifled.

"Megan, I swear. I'm fine. You don't need to worry about me." I tried to smile but another tear fell from my eye. "Megan," he said again.

"Nick, I'm sorry, it's just…" I started to say but Nick cut me off.

"Megan. I'm fine. Stop crying, please." I smiled and kissed his hand.

"So, they have no idea what's wrong with you?" I asked.

"I don't think so," he said. "But I can breath better now."

"Well, that's what you thought last time, but here we are again."

"Last time, I had a sugar low. I really don't think this has a link to that."

The nurse walked into the room. "Nick, are you feeling OK?" she asked.

"Yes."

"OK. Well if you need anything, just send hit the button on your bedside. And Megan, whenever you're done, Nick's parents would like to visit him."

"OK," I said. "I'll let your parents come in." I leaned over and gave him a kiss on the forehead. "I love you." I walked out of the room and Mr. and Mrs. Jonas walked in. I took my seat in the waiting room by Joe.

"You OK?" he asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine," I said, wiping a tear from my eye.

"Megan. He'll be fine," Kevin said.

"I know. It's still scary, though."

"Yeah, it is," Joe replied.

We sat there for a few minutes in silence. Mr. and Mrs. Jonas came out of Nick's room so Kevin went in; followed by Joe and Frankie. When we were all done visiting him, Mr. Jonas decided that he would sleep at the hospital and the rest of us went home.

It was 4 o'clock when I finally fell asleep. I woke up at noon the next morning. Frankie and Joe were still asleep but Kevin and Mrs. Jonas were sitting at the kitchen table eating. "Good morning, Megan," Mrs. Jonas said.

"Good morning," I replied. I sat down at the table and yawned.

"You OK?" Kevin asked.

"Hmm? O, I'm fine. Just tired."

"We're going back to the hospital to visit Nick at 1. So we probably should go get ready," Mrs. Jonas said. "Megan, could you get Frankie up and Kevin get Joe?"

"Why do I have to wake up Joe?" Kevin complained.

"Because Megan's the guest and she probably wouldn't want to deal with him this early in the morning."

I laughed and went to go wake up Frankie. Right when I woke him up, he hopped out of bed and went to take a shower. If only Amy was that easy going. I took a shower in the guest bathroom, got dressed and headed downstairs. When we were all ready, we got in the car and drove off to the hospital. We were all allowed to go in at the same time this time.

When we got to Nick's room, he was sitting up in bed watching TV with his dad. "Hey, guys," Nick said.

The nurse walked in and said. "We found out what was wrong with Nick." She talked about all the medical stuff that made no sense to me so I zoned out. I looked over at Nick and he winked at me. I smiled and attempted to figure out what the nurse was saying but I was unsuccessful. "You should let him stay here for a few more days so we can make sure that he's OK. We'll release him on the 16th. In the morning, probably." Nick groaned and fell back on his pillows. The nurse left the room and we all gathered around Nick.

"How are you feeling, honey?" Mrs. Jonas asked.

"Fine, mom," Nick said. He actually looked fine this time too. He didn't have any wires attached to him or anything like that. Well, he looked like he did last time he was released from the hospital.

We chatted for a little while and Mrs. Jonas said, "Well, are you guys ready to go?" I showed no signs of wanting to leave. Nick noticed this.

"Mom, can Megan stay here?"

"Nick, I highly doubt that Megan would want to stay in a hospital all day," Mr. Jonas said.

"No, it's OK," I said. The Jonas' left and I sat on the chair next to Nick's bed. "You're looking better," I commented.

"I feel better too," Nick said.

"So what are you watching?" I asked him.

"Umm, I'm not really sure. I think it's some kind of weird reality show." He turned it off. "So, what did you do this morning?"

"Um, nothing really…I had to wake Frankie up this morning. I wish Amy was that easy to get up," I said.

"Frankie doesn't need that much sleep. He always wakes up right when you tell him too."

I yawned and looked at the clock. "I went to bed at like 4 this morning."

"I'm sorry," Nick said. "You look really tired."

"O, I am," I said.

We sat there for a few minutes and then the nurse came in. "How are you feeling, Nick?"

"Fine, thanks," he said. The nurse looked at one of the monitors at Nick's bedside and left. "So…"Nick said.

"So…" I said, laughing.

"You hungry?" he asked, motioning to a bowl of ice cream next to his bed.

"Umm, what kind of ice cream is that?" I asked. It was this weird brown color with red lumps in it.

"Chocolate with strawberry," Nick said. "Do you want some?"

"Umm, sure," I said. Nick sat up and grabbed the ice cream from his bedside table, took a spoonful of ice cream and put it in my mouth. I tasted it and made a face. "That's disgusting!"

Nick laughed and ate some of it. "I think it's good," Nick said, sticking his tongue out. He ate a little more and put it back on the table. "I hate hospitals," he said, falling back on his pillows.

"I've never been in one," I said.

"You've never been in a hospital?"

"I've been to a hospital before, but I personally haven't been the one in the hospital."

"Really? You are so lucky," Nick said.

"Wait, I take that back. I poked my eye with a fork when I was 3. I just came and got an eye patch."

"You poked your own eye with a fork?" Nick said laughing.

"Yes, it was pretty funny actually, well not at the time obviously."

"You were such a screwed up kid, were you trying to kill yourself?"

"Nick! No! I wasn't trying to kill myself!" I practically yelled.

Nick laughed and sat back up on his bed. "I'm bored," he said.

"Well excuse me for being a boring person," I said.

"That's not went I meant," he said.

I yawned again when the nurse came back in. "Nick, do you want to get up and walk around?" she asked.

"Yes!" he said. The nurse and I helped him stand up. He stumbled at first, but then he was fine. We walked around the hospital for a while and then I helped Nick back in his bed. "Sit on the bed," he said.

I got up from the chair and sat on the bed. I brushed the curls out of his eyes. He smiled. We talked for a little while and then I fell asleep on his shoulder. Someone tapped my shoulder and I slowly opened my eyes. Nick was looking down at me and smiling. "Good morning, sleepy head."

I sat up and yawned. "Sorry, what time is it?"

"It's 8. My mom just called and said she would pick you up in 10 minutes."

"O ok," I replied. We sat and talked for a few more minutes until Mrs. Jonas came into the room.

"Hey babe, how do you feel?"

"I feel horrible," Nick said. Mrs. Jonas looked scared until Nick said, "Mom…mom I was just kidding."

"Nicholas Jonas…" his mom started to say.

"Sorry, mom," he said.

"Well Megan, are you ready to go?"

"Sure," I said. I gave Nick and quick kiss on the forehead and left with his mom.


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