Casey walked back into Cappie's hospital room, this time with her brother by her side. Lexi was just finishing up changing the bandages. Both Rusty and Casey noticed something was off.

"What about is finger?" Casey asked, noticing his left pinky finger wasn't covered by a bandage.

Lexi smiled as she wrapped the last bandage. "We're not quite sure how, but that finger only got a first degree burn, so it was able to fully heal overnight."

Casey started to tear up knowing Cappie was getting better. "I know this is probably the weirdest thing you've ever heard, but I've never been this happy to see a finger."

"Surprisingly that's not the strangest thing we've heard." Lexi giggled. "One guy came in saying he was never so happy to see an ear. The ear looked like it had been through the shredder and wasn't attached to a head."

"That's kind of gross." Rusty added. "And this is why I live in the lab."

"But staying in the lab you miss all this good stuff." Lexi said to Rusty.

"Will he wake up soon?" Casey asked.

"Actually, since Cappie's body did so well last night when he was asleep, Dr. Keenan and the doctors in the burn unit thought it would be a good idea to keep him sedated and allow the burns to heal more quickly." Lexi explained.

"So you're putting him in a coma?" Rusty asked.

"Nothing that drastic; the sedative will simply keep him asleep." Lexi explained. "Just think of it as getting so intoxicated that you pass out."

"That sounds a lot like Cappie." Casey said, remembering all the parties Cappie's been to at the Kappa Tau house.

"I guess that means he won't be finding out about Beaver coming to see him then." Rusty said.

Lexi gave Rusty a very strange look. The same look as when Rusty told her Cappie's name.

"One of Cappie's frat buddies?" Lexi asked, hoping Beaver wasn't his real name.

"Yeah. Beaver said he would be out to see Cappie as soon as he could." Rusty said.

"Well that sounds very promising." Lexi smiled. "I can't wait to meet him."


Over the next few days, the doctors kept Cappie asleep as much as possible. When they did wake him up, he was happy to see that Casey was still sitting with him.

"Hi." Cappie said, waking up from the sedative.

"Hey Cap." Casey replied.

"Am I any better?" Cappie asked.

"A little." Casey replied. "You're left pinky finger is completely healed and Lexi said your other burns are getting smaller."

"Good." Cappie gave a weak smile.

"And you know what else is good big bro?" Rusty added.

"Something interesting I hope." Cappie replied. He really didn't want to hear about any of Rusty's nerdy science stuff.

"I called some of the brothers and told them what happened, and Beaver said he was going to come see you as soon as he could." Rusty continued.

"Beav's coming." Cappie's smile got a little bit bigger.

"He figured it would help get you out of here faster if one of your brothers was here." Rusty said.

"He's right about that." Cappie said.

"Maybe you'll be home before he gets here." Casey smiled, seeing how happy Cappie was to hear his brother was coming to see him. "You've already been here a few days and you seem to be doing much better than when you got here."

"Yeah, maybe you won't have to stay here the full two weeks." Rusty said.

"Thank the lord." Cappie laughed a little, his chest still in a lot of pain from the burns. He tried to turn his head to look at Casey, but the neck brace stopped him.

"What is it?" Casey asked.

"How's little KT?" Cappie asked. He should be worried about himself, but he was more worried about the well-being of his child.

"Little KT is fine." Casey said.

"I'm sorry." Cappie replied a few minutes later.

"What are you talking about?" Casey asked. She honestly had no idea what he was talking about.

"Your doctor's appointment." Cappie said. Her appointment was on Thursday and he was still going to be stuck at the hospital.

"Oh my god." Casey said. "I've been so caught up with everything else I completely forgot."

"When is it?" Rusty asked, trying to see the bright side.

"It's on Thursday." Casey said.

"Well if you need me to I'll go with you." Rusty said.

"Cappie's already missed enough when it comes to this baby. I don't want to go without him. I'll just reschedule." Casey explained.

"No." Cappie said, the sedatives starting to put him to sleep again. "You're going."

Just as Cappie finished speaking, Lexi walked in.

"Hi guys." Lexi said, then looked over at Cappie. "I'm just here to take the stitches out of your face."

"Ok." Cappie replied. The sedative made it so he didn't feel a thing.

While she took out the stitches, she continued to talk to them.

"I couldn't help overhear your dilemma." Lexi said. "If you don't mind me asking, who's your doctor?"

"I'm going to see Dr. Weber." Casey said.

"Well then I might be able to help." Lexi smiled.

"How?" Casey asked.

"Dr. Weber is usually at this hospital on Fridays. If you'd like I can pull some strings and have her take a look at you here." Lexi explained.

"You can do that?" Casey asked, excited that that was even possible.

"Of course. I would hate to see Cappie miss it." Lexi said, pulling the last stitch out of his face. "There's that baby face again."

"And it looks like there isn't much scarring." Lexi smiled.

"Thank you." Cappie said. His cute face of one of the things that made him irresistible to women; he didn't want to lose it.

"And thank you for helping me with my doctor drama." Casey smiled.

"You're both very welcome. I'll probably be back later today to take the bandage off your forehead." Lexi smiled, going back to making her rounds.

"You see, you're getting better. You'll be out of here in no time." Casey smiled.

"I hope I'm out when Beaver comes." Cappie said. He wanted to hang out with his bro, just like old times.

"Sorry to burst your bubble buddy." The three heard a very sweet and familiar voice.

"Beav." Cappie was the first to answer, still high off the sedative.

"What the hell happened? Did you do something stupid without me?" Beaver asked, trying to lighten the mood.

"It was fun." Cappie replied.

Beaver looked over at Casey and Rusty.

"What exactly happened?" He asked.

"He flipped a go-kart doing about 35 miles an hour." Rusty said. "Without wearing a helmet."

"Yeah that sounds like Cap." Beaver laughed. Then he pulled a huge card out of his bag. "I wanted to get you a stripper but the brothers said this was a little more appropriate."

"And they would be right." Rusty said.

Cappie rolled his eyes. He could really use the stripper right now.

"Awe, thanks Beav." Casey replied, opening the singing card.

"You would get that." Cappie said, hearing "It's Raining Men" coming from the card.

"I figured you needed a little pick me up." Beav laughed, leaning over Cappie's bed so Cappie could see his face.

"It's cool." Cappie said, trying to laugh a little.

"Hey dude, you know from like the chin down you look like a freakin mummy." Beav laughed.

"Well then Beav," Cappie smiled, "go get me a sarcophagus."

"A what?" Beaver had never heard of such a word.

"Never mind." Cappie chuckled. "I'm just glad you're here."

"Where else would I be?" Beaver replied. "But the real question is, when are you getting out of here?"

"As soon as his burns heal." Casey said. "Which hopefully won't be much longer."

"Well the sooner the better. You know I saw on Wikipedia one time that they use maggots to eat the dead skin and heal people's burns." Beaver said.

"That sounds disgusting." Casey said, becoming slightly nauseous.

"Disgusting, but possible." Lexi said as she walked in. She looked over at the tall blonde man now with Casey and Rusty. "You must be Beaver."

"That's me." Beaver shook Lexi's hand. "Are you Cappie's doctor?"

"Not quite. I'm the nurse that's been working with him since he came in." Lexi smiled. "I'm Lexi."

"Well Lexi I want to thank you for helping keep my best friend and brother alive." Beaver said. "And I also want to say you're smokin hot."

"Yeah she is." Cappie added. Even though he was lying helplessly in a hospital bed, he still had it in him to try and charm the ladies.

"Well thank you boys." Lexi blushed. "And Beaver, I was just doing my job."

"You said you've heard of the maggot thing before." Beaver said.

"We've only done it one other time at this hospital. The man was in a motorcycle wreck and had third degree burns over 75% of his body." Lexi explained.

"But Cappie had second degree burns on 60%. Couldn't you still do it?" Rusty asked.

"Hello, I'm still here." Cappie said.

"Sorry Cap." Lexi said. "And yes, it's still possible. We would probably start with the worst off areas first."

"Well then do it!" Beaver said, proud of his idea.

"There's a slight problem." Lexi said.

"What kind of problem?" Casey asked.

"The worst burns are under the casting." Lexi explained.

"Isn't that bad? Those bandages haven't gotten changed since he was in surgery days ago." Casey said.

"Yes the longer the bandages are left on the more harm it does to the good skin, however, at the time we were more worried about his legs growing back crooked." Lexi said.

"What about now?" Beaver asked.

"Can you still do it?" Rusty added.

"It's going to be a little more difficult, but possibly. I'll have to consult with Dr. Keenan and the burn unit and then we'll all come back and explain your options." Lexi said, being as helpful as she could.

"Thanks Lexi." The three said before she left to go find Dr. Keenan.

"Well Cap, I know they put me in charge of all your consent forms, but now that you're somewhat with it, I want to know; do you want to do this?" Casey asked.

"If it's possible…yes." Cappie replied.

"Are you sure? You don't want to hear what they'll do to you first." Casey continued.

"Little KT needs me." Cappie said. That's all he needed to say. Casey knew any time Cappie would need something done he would do it so he could get back to his child. This child has become his life and he was going to do anything to hold onto it.