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Jaden's POV

Time Skip – Three Days Later (Day 6)

"Jaden, why are we just sitting here?" Winged Kuriboh asked, poking my cheek with the tip of his wing.

I sighed and looked away from Alexis and at him. "What else am I supposed to do?" I frowned. "I can't wake up and no one besides you can hear me." I looked away from him and stared at Alexis, who looked pale, broken, and tired. "I can't even comfort my own girlfriend, even though I'm the one that's hurting her this way."

"Jay…" Winged Kuriboh sounded like he was about to try and talk me out of my depression, but he was cut off by a familiar figure running into the room.

"SISSY!"

I looked up and saw Atticus panting in the entrance way. "Atticus? What is he doing here?"

"Atticus, what are you doing here?" Zane asked.

"That's what I just asked," I said, looking at him.

"Remember, Jaden, they can't hear you," Winged Kuriboh said for the thousandth time.

I frowned and shook my head. "I'm never going to get used to that," I whispered.

Winged Kuriboh rubbed his head against my cheek.

"We heard about Jaden," Aster said, walking into the room.

"How?" I asked, even though I knew he couldn't hear me.

"We saw it on the news," Aster answered Bastion, who also asked how.

I frowned. "It's on the news?"

"Don't sound so surprised, Jaden. Of course this would be a huge news story." Winged Kuriboh looked at me. "You are the chief's son after all."

"Good to know my life and the pain and suffering of my friends and family is great news," I snapped, standing up.

Winged Kuriboh flew off my shoulder, dropping into my hair and nestling in. "Calm down, Jaden. I know you're distressed, but you've got to remain calm."

"How can I keep calm?" I made a move to punch the wall but I stopped when I realized that I would have just gone through. "I'm hurting everyone around me and I can't do a damn thing!"

"You haven't been here, Atticus, so please don't try to comfort me. And please don't try to sound like you understand what's going on, because you don't." Alexis' voice made me turn around to see her standing and glaring at a shocked Atticus.

"See? Look what I'm doing," I whispered.

Winged Kuriboh dug his claws lightly into my scalp. "This isn't your fault, Jaden. You have no control over any of this."

"Just because I can't control it doesn't mean it isn't my fault." I clenched my hands into fists as I watched Alexis nearly breakdown, tears pooling in her eyes. "I'm hurting everyone, especially Alexis." I watched her spin around and try to bolt down the hall, but she didn't get very far. Jesse grabbed her arm and spun her around into his arms. I could tell that she was instantly calm, and a weird feeling coursed through me. "And I can't even comfort her."

"You're right, you can't, but that isn't your fault." Winged Kuriboh jumped out of my hair and flew down in front of my face, poking the tip of my nose with his claw. "What happened to you is horrible, but it's not your fault. This is just a freak accident."

"A freak accident that is hurting everyone around me." I closed my eyes and shook my head.

"Where's Jay?"

My eyes snapped open and I looked up, gasping, "Chumley!" Sure enough, Chumley was standing there, gasping for breath, with Pegasus standing next to him.

"You have good friends," Winged Kuriboh said.

I frowned. "Yeah, I know."

He looked at me confused. "Why do you sound so sad, Jay?"

"Because now I'm hurting more of my friends." I shook my head slowly. "Now more of my friends will be here at the hospital, just waiting for me to wake up." I opened my eyes and looked up, seeing my friends talking. "If I wake up."

Winged Kuriboh frowned but stayed quiet, choosing to nestle in my hair again instead.

"How is Jay though? Last we knew he was in Intensive Care," Chumley said.

Syrus nodded. "Yeah, he's not any better."

Chumley deflated slightly. "Oh, this totally isn't licious."

I frowned and sat down on the ground, placing my head in my hands. "Yeah, I couldn't agree more, Chum."

"Wow, you're moving on fast, Alexis."

My head snapped up at the sound of Brook's voice. She was standing just a few feet away from Alexis and Jesse, dressed like…like Brook.

I stood up quickly, so quickly that I ended up flipping off of the floor and flailing around uselessly in the air for a moment before I finally righted myself. "What is Brook doing here?" I demanded, staring down at everyone with wide eyes.

"Jaden's not even dead yet and you're already making moves on his brother; not cool," Brook said, looking Jesse and Alexis up and down.

I narrowed my eyes at her.

"Jesse isn't Jaden's brother," Alexis said, glaring at Brook.

Brook shrugged. "That doesn't make it any less skanky."

"Why are you even here?" I demanded.

"She can't hear you," Winged Kuriboh said again.

I frowned. "Yeah, I know."

"Why are you even here?" Danny asked.

"I'm here to see Jaden," Brook answered.

Sam jumped up. "Like I'll let you anywhere near my cousin you whore!"

Pegasus covered his mouth. "Oh dear."

"You get used to it," Aster said, looking at him.

"Sadly you do," I agreed, sighing.

Winged Kuriboh rolled out of my hair and flew in front of me. "Your friends and family has never really gotten along with Brook, have they?"

I shook my head. "No."

"Why?"

"Plenty of reasons, mainly the way she treats others, especially Claire and Morgan." I frowned. "She's always been more vicious toward the girls who were close to me."

"Why?"

I looked at him. "Probably because she's always been interested in me."

"Please, don't tell me you thought that you were Jaden's first girlfriend," Brook said, smiling at Alexis.

My eyes grew wide and I flipped around, looking down at everyone. "What! Brook, what are you doing?"

"What?" Morgan said slowly, figuring out what Brook was implying.

Brook looked at her, smiling. "That's right, Morgan. Jaden and I used to date."

I gasped. "BROOK, WHAT ARE YOU DOING! ARE YOU TRYING TO GET ME KILLED! I'M ON LIFE SUPPORT!" I flipped down. "MORGAN WILL KILL ME!"

"You dated her?" Winged Kuriboh asked.

I opened and closed my mouth a few times. "Well…not…technically…"

"What does that mean?"

I frowned and looked away from him, perking up slightly when I saw that Claire had joined the group.

"Hold it!" Claire held her hands up, trying to keep peace between everyone. Her crutches fell to the ground, nearly making her fall over; Jesse grabbed her around the waist to keep her upright. Her hands curled around his as she looked up at everyone. "What on earth are you guys talking about?"

"Brook is claiming that she dated Jaden!" Syrus exclaimed.

Claire looked at him confused. "You guys still don't know about that?"

When everyone grew silent, I buried my face in my hands. "This is just perfect."

Winged Kuriboh nuzzled my face soothingly. "It's okay, Jaden."

"That's right; I was Jaden's first love," Brook said. I raised my head up and looked at her; she was glaring at Alexis and Claire. "What's so funny?"

Claire pointed at her. "You."

"Why?"

Alexis shook her head. "For thinking that you were Jaden's first love."

My eyes grew wide and I jumped up. "What!"

"What do you mean, Lexi?" Atticus asked.

Alexis smiled and pointed at Claire. "Jaden dated Claire long before he dated Brook."

I let out a startled cough, staring at Alexis with wide eyes. "How…when…I…WHAT!"

Winged Kuriboh looked at me. "Look at the playa' play."

I glared at him, rubbing my face with my hands, which I knew was bright red. "Not funny."

He smiled anyway. I just looked away from him and back at my friends.

Brook pointed at Claire. "You used to date Jaden?"

Claire looked at her like she was an idiot. "Weren't you the one who gave Alexis that picture of Jaden and me at the Winter Ball?"

I looked at her confused. "What picture?" I looked at Alexis, who was looking at Brook confused.

"You took a picture of them kissing and you didn't think they were dating?" Alexis asked, folding the backs of her hands against her hips.

"She what?" I stared at Brook, who was struggling to come up with a comeback. "You took a picture of Claire and me kissing and kept it all these years and gave it to my girlfriend? That's low!"

"Maybe you two shouldn't have been kissing in a place where she could take a picture," Winged Kuriboh offered.

I frowned. "Claire and I kept our relationship a secret from everyone; no one knew about, even after we ended it." I folded my arms across my chest. "I don't even know where Brook could have taken the picture."

"Somewhere obviously not private," Winged Kuriboh said.

I nodded and sighed. "Yeah, well, I guess what's done is done." I smiled softly and looked at Claire, who was glaring at Brook. "And I don't regret it for a second."

Winged Kuriboh smiled and nuzzled my cheek lovingly. "I'm sure she doesn't either."

"Brook," Claire called to the blonde, who had turned to leave.

Brook stopped and looked at Claire over her shoulder. "What?"

"You may have dated Jaden, but it was for barely two months and you weren't his first girlfriend or his final one." Claire smiled. "There's absolutely nothing memorable about your time together, so you might as well figure it out and give up on him because he's never falling into your trap again."

I smiled. "Thanks, Claire."

"She's a good friend," Winged Kuriboh said, dropping to rest on my arms which were still folded across my chest.

"Yeah."

"Why didn't Jaden tell me?" Alexis asked as she looked at Claire confused. I was surprised when I realized that she didn't sound hurt or betrayed, simply curious as to why I kept it a secret.

Claire looked at her. "Jaden didn't tell anyone."

"He told you!" Brad yelled.

I frowned. "I didn't mean to."

"By mistake; he accidently let it slip that he was going to be late for a date with Brook while we were talking on the phone." She sighed and shook her head.

"I have just lost all of my respect for that man," Morgan said slowly.

I flinched and looked down. "Great, just perfect."

"Well, get it back fast, because Jaden just went on a few dates with her. They never kissed and they barely held hands," Claire said. I looked up to see her glaring at Morgan. "Jaden's always been too nice. Besides, he doesn't even really consider her an ex-girlfriend; they went on…like four dates."

I looked at my friends, seeing that they'd all grown quiet. I knew that if and when I ever woke up I was going to have a lot of explaining to do.

"I'm sure they'll understand." Winged Kuriboh looked up at me from his place in my arms.

"Yeah…maybe," I whispered, frowning.

"BRAD!" Kara screamed, suddenly running into the room and throwing herself onto her brother.

"What's wrong with Kara?" I wondered, looking at her confused.

"Kara, what's wrong?" Brad asked, dropping to his knees so he was level with her.

"I saw Aunt Lauren and Uncle Chris talking with Dr. Yates!" she said.

"So?" Blair asked.

"They were signing some forms!"

"I don't think I like the sound of that," I whispered, seeing Brad standing up.

Kara jerked him back down. "They were signing forms giving Dr. Yates permission to take Jaden off life support!"

My chest felt tight as I gasped, falling to my knees because I could no longer feel my legs. "Take me off life support?"

Winged Kuriboh flew out of my arms and got right in my face. "Let's go see what they're doing, Jaden. Kara might have gotten wrong."

I nodded slowly and followed him. We found my parents sitting in Dr. Yates office alone. Mom had a clipboard with papers on it in her hands, which were shaking. Dad was rubbing her shoulders.

"Sweetheart, I don't want to do this anymore than you do, but we have to think of what Jaden would want." He moved his hands to cover his wife's, squeezing them tightly. "Jaden wouldn't want everyone to spend their lives here at the hospital. Dr. Yates said that Jaden's brain function hasn't increased and, given his history, there is almost no chance that he'll recover."

"I know, I know." Tears streamed down my mom's cheeks, making guilt coil in my gut.

"Please, Honey, sign the forms. It's what Jaden would want," Dad said.

Mom just kept nodding, but the pen in her hand didn't move. Dad moved his hand from hers and rubbed his eyes, sighing.

"My dad's right," I whispered.

"Jaden." Winged Kuriboh gasped, startled.

"It's better this way. My dad's right, I don't want to make everyone suffer just in case I might wake up someday." I sighed and walked over to Mom, placing my hand over her quivering one. "Mom, it's okay. Go ahead and sign the form; I don't want you guys to spend the rest of your lives in this hospital."

Mom looked up and, for a split second, I thought she was looking at me. After a moment, she looked down and signed the form, though her signature was still illegible.

"This is for the best," Dad whispered as Dr. Yates came back into the room.

"You're doing the right thing, Dr. Yuki," Dr. Yates said, taking the form.

Mom nodded slowly, wrapping her now free arms around herself. Dad helped her stand up and escorted her out of the room, following Dr. Yates.

I sat down on the ground, an unusual feeling filling me. "So," I said after a minute. "I guess I'm never going to wake up."

Winged Kuriboh looked upset, falling down into my lap. "Jaden, are you sure?" he asked, tears in his eyes.

I nodded. "It's better this way."

"For who?"

I looked down at my furry friend, a small, sad smile on my face, running my hand over his furry head softly. "Good question."

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