Chapter 10-

Mitchel, Miley, Nick and Kevin waited until 1 P.M. before they were allowed to see Emily and Joe. When they went into the hospital room, both Emily and Joe were still unconscious.

"Joe will be fine in a couple of days," a nurse informed them. "The doctors used one and a half times the legal limit of blood from him, but he'll be fine, he's healthy."

"What about Emily?" asked Mitchel sitting beside his girlfriend, holding her cold hand.

"To be honest, we can't be sure. A fairly large amount of poison got into her blood stream. We can't do anything else now, just wait." The nurse left.

Mitchel couldn't breathe. She might not ever wake up. She might be gone forever. All the blood went from his face. He stares at the door. Miley came over and hugged him and she cried.

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Miley thought it would be good for Mitchel to get out, so Miley, Mitchel and Kevin went out for dinner at 6 P.M. while Nick stayed to watch over Joe and Emily.

"Nick, how's Emily?" Joe asked at quarter to seen.

Nick jumped up from the chair he was sitting in writing a song. "Joe, you're awake!" Nick came over to him smiling.

"Nick, you're smiling!" Joe said weakly and smiled.

Nick hugged him. "I'm so glad you're alright."

"Yeah, I'm fine." Joe assured him weakly. "But, how's Em?"

Nick looked at his brother and then at Emily sadly. He wanted to stay happy, for Joe's sake, but seeing Emily laying there helplessly attached to monitors made his heart heavy. "We don't know she could for either way." Nick's shoulders shook and his eyes filled with tears.

Joe put his arms up, motioning for Nick to come down so he could hug him. Joe held his brother and let him cry.

"Joseph, can I tell you a secret?" Nick asked after he had cried himself dry, but Joe held him still anyways. He wanted to protect his little brother from the pain, he wanted him to be happy.

"Of course," Joe replied, still weak from blood loss.

"I want you to have Miley," Nick said quietly, even though no one else could overhear him. "I never truly loved her. I thought I could force myself to, but I couldn't. I love Emily. I wish I didn't, but I do."

Joe didn't know how to comfort Nick. He didn't know what his brother should do. And, that scared him.

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When Miley, Mitchel and Kevin came back from dinner, they found Nick asleep in Joe's arms.

"Hey guys," Joe said weakly.

"Joe!" Miley shrieked happily. She went over to hug him, and saw Nick sleeping. Nick looking so peaceful surprised her, so she took a step back.

Joe smiled on one side of his mouth and looked at Nick then back at Miley. "He's really sorry, you know."

Miley sighed. "Yeah, but it can never be the same."

"He knows, and he understands. But, he doesn't want it to be uncomfortable between each other. He wants to be friends."

Miley walked over to the side of the bed and looked down at Nick. She smiled as she saw the serene look on his face. She leaned down and pushed a curl off his forehead. "I still love him dearly, but I know he doesn't love me. I saw it in his eyes. Not when he hit me, that was blind anger. After, when he felt badly." She said it softly for Joe to hear, but she was looking at Nick the entire time. Then, she leaned down and kissed his forehead, and left the room.

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Joe was released from the hospital two days later, and they started shooting the movie again two days after that.

Mitchel went to the hospital every morning, lunch and evening. Everyone else went with him in the evening.

During his morning visits, Mitchel told Emily how much he loved her and cried. During his lunch visits, Mitchel told her about the morning, reminded her of old times, and made jokes. He brought her small gifts on every visit. He either brought her flowers, stuffed animals or poems.

In the evening, Mitchel stayed quiet. He held her hand and let everyone else talk to her.

Two weeks after Emily was taken to the hospital, a nurse pulled Mitchel into the hall during an evening visit.

"Your mother has been paying for Emily's hospital stay, but we don't think she's going to make it. We are going to pull the plug tomorrow morning."