A/N - Parker gets some good news and grows bold again... Nate joins the texting ladies...

You are just going to laugh so hard when you see Eliot's texting ID. Just a hint... Hardison set all the texting names for the team...

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On the morning of the night of the full moon, a little bit after Parker ate breakfast, she began to pace, thinking of ways to keep the new intentions she'd set for the month in front of her awareness. They really hadn't left since she kept a daily reminder in her bracelet and the stone she had placed in Eliot's hand. She removed her backpack from the air duct after everyone had been in to check his vitals and to change the saline bags to keep the new IV location in his left arm open. That hadn't been easy with the removal and the decision where next to put it, but Parker had kept him calm. Of course Anisette had been so gentle and used a numbing agent so it went smoothly in. She moved her chair to where her writing hand was free and the other was able to hold onto Eliot's hand, with the rose quartz stone between their palms. She wrote in her journal that she'd taken the steps and actually kissed his forehead. It was a major move for her, yet still subtle enough to not have over done it. She wrote down that she didn't know what she would do for this month, but she was going to put her whole heart into it; and that was saying lot for Parker who didn't share her heart with anyone.

Sometime after lunch for Parker, Anisette popped in to let her know that Dr. Ruehl was making her rounds. She told her not to be asleep this time because she thought she might have some good news about her brother. Parker growled a little once Anisette left, just like she'd heard Eliot do, and tried to calm herself or she might wake Eliot. He hadn't been awake much during the morning. He was in and out of consciousness. She figured it was okay because the more he slept, maybe the faster he'd heal. True to Anisette's word, Dr. Ruehl appeared at the doorway. The woman had her hair up in a bun and she looked to Parker like she was projecting the air of, 'Bitch-when-I-wanna-be.' She could read people differently than Sophie. She had a special sense about things like this. Parker would joke and say it was her, 'Spidey Sense,' but it was much more than that. She actually had a kind of ESP where she could sense if someone was good or bad. If they were good, she got along with them. If they were bad, they rubbed her the wrong way and she tended to steer clear of people like that if she could. Time usually told her if she was right or wrong on her readings.

It was interesting though, when she read the team for the first time, none of them knew she'd done it. That was why she got along with Sophie like she did, she was all good. Nate was half good half bad; the bad could be over looked. Hardison… Hardison was all good like Sophie; she just didn't bond with men so well because of her past history with them. All of the men in her life, including Archie used her and so she didn't know how a real man was supposed to act around her. And when it came to Eliot… She sensed that there was a lot of bad within him, but she saw a spark of good in there and over their jobs she felt it grow; with Eliot she felt safe; like he wouldn't be one of those men from her past that used her and threw her away like trash or called her when they needed something from her. People like Dubenich, Latimer, and Moreau she sensed were all bad with no redeeming qualities.

Instead of letting the doctor get close to Eliot, Parker quickly stood and met her near the door. The woman rubbed her the wrong way for some reason. She didn't rip herself away too fast from him, so he stayed asleep.

"Sorry, don't want to wake him," Parker told her. "What is it?"

"I have some good news. They finally have a spot available in the RICU. There are four actually, but I had put your brother on the waiting list, and so he's in the group of four moving to the RICU on October first. He's done so well with the oxygen in his nose and the intubation that we think he's ready to move."

"Who's we?" Parker narrowed her eyes.

"The respiratory staff there in the respiratory intensive care unit. They are miracle workers over there. If any team can get your brother breathing on his own, it's them."

"Oh. Can I stay with him there?"

"Of course, I will have them get you a good chair to sleep in."

"I can't take that chair?" She pointed to the one over on Eliot's left side.

"Oh no. The chair I'm talking about, folds down into a bed. I'm surprised you don't have one now, actually."

"They ran out, is what I was told."

"Hmmm, if you can wait one more day, then I'll make sure you've got something comfortable to sleep on."

"What next after he moves?"

"Well, then the team down there will evaluate him after his transition and see if he's ready for respiratory therapy. If he is, they will take out the tube and see if he can breathe on his own. If his breathing is too shallow or he has difficulty, then he will go into the hyperbaric chamber and get pure oxygen into his system."

"Oh."

"They will probably start him out with a soft treatment to see if he tolerates it well. Then if he needs more, they will increase it until he has the most benefit."

"Then what happens after that?"

"Well then if he can breathe on his own then we can start getting him into physical therapy. Because he's been lying down a long time his muscles may atrophy. He's going to need occupational as well as physical therapy. He might even need speech therapy since he's had the tube so long. They'll help him to retrain his vocal cords, if he needs it. That's up to them."

"He definitely needs those."

"Any other questions?"

"When will they move him?"

"Probably sometime in the morning and they will monitor him all day the first few days before the tube will come out; but only if he's ready."

"'Kay. I've got to text my Auntie Ophelia. So, I'm going to go back over there now." She was kind of being a bit dismissive because she wanted the doctor to go away.

"All right then, I will continue my rounds. Just let the nurses know if you have any more questions for me. I will be at the hospital all day and they can page me."

"Fine," Parker didn't even look back up at her as she found her cell phone.

She wanted to bounce of the walls with the good news but it wasn't time for it. Eliot was getting better! Doing the little rituals seemed to be helping, but she couldn't definitively prove it. Maybe it was all the rest he was getting. Nevertheless, he was getting to the point where maybe he could talk again. She put in Sophie and Nate's addresses into the texting window.

[SpiderMonkey: U won't believe what just happened! P.]

[GriftRUs: Tell Me, tell me sweetie. S.]

[MegaMind: The Bears won a Super Bowl? N.]

[SpiderMonkey: What's a Super Bowl? Can you put lots of cereal in it? I want one for lots of cereal. P.]

[MegaMind: Nevermind. N.]

[GriftRUs: On the edge of my seat, P-nut. S.]

[SpiderMonkey: Eliot is moving 2 RICU Oct. 1! P.]

[GriftRUs: That's wonderful! We'll B there in a bit 2 celebrate. S.]

[MegaMind: Great news. U want me 2 share with H.? N.]

[SpiderMonkey: Not 'til we move. I will share w/H. P.]

[SpiderMonkey: Bring more cereal. I need cereal. P.]

[GriftRUs: Will raid Ur stash here. C U soon. S.]

[SpiderMonkey: What is a Super Bowl? Now I really want 1. P.]

[MegaMind: It's a football game. Now, nevermind. N.]

Parker hadn't really wanted to share with Hardison even though she said they still could be friends. She worried that if she told him like she'd told Sophie and Nate that he might want to come and see them in the hospital. She didn't want to take the risk of Alec upsetting Eliot or now that he was able to be awake, Eliot getting so upset at Hardison that it negatively affected his healing heart. There had been some damage from the three deaths he'd had and she didn't know how bad that damage was, but he was on the mend. However, there was still a risk that he might still try to sneak in to see them in spite of her kicking him out once before. She closed her phone up and tucked it into the pocket of her jeans.

A short time later, Sophie appeared at the doorway. She was quiet as she entered. She wore simple, brown ballet flats so that she didn't click on the floor as she moved into the room. Her outfit consisted of a charcoal gray tunic and black leggings. Her earrings, necklace, and bracelets were white.

"Hi," she whispered because Eliot was asleep.

"Hi, Parker whispered back as she got a quick hug from Sophie. "Where's Nate?"

"He's parking the auto. Should be up any minute. How are you doing?"

"Did you bring my cereal?"

Sophie held up a bag for Parker to look into. She did and spotted the box of Golden Grahams. She snatched the box out of the bag and started digging in. Life always looked better after she felt that sugar rush hit her system.

"So num-num happy," she said between chewing the small squares of cereal.

She closed her mouth because she knew it irritated Eliot before when she'd crunch a mouth full of cereal with an open mouth. Sophie smiled at her.

"Has he woken up at all today?" Parker swallowed and closed up the cereal box until later.

"Yeah, he was awake for about an hour and a half after breakfast. But then he drifted off again. I told him to sleep if he wanted to."

"Tonight's a full moon, have you got any plans?" Sophie whispered.

"Yes, yes I do…" Parker smiled with her eyes narrowed like she had been scheming something.

Sophie liked to call it Parker's, 'Wicked Grinch Smile,' and that was fine with her.