Chapter Twenty-Nine

"Logie!" Carlos cried, tears of happiness sliding down his cheeks. "You're awake!" He braced himself and bent down, getting ready to jump on top of Logan, but James and Kendall quickly grabbed him before he could move.

"No! Carlos don't!" James shouted, although he was laughing at the same time.

"He's not fully healed yet, buddy." Kendall added, slapping his friend on the back. He was grinning so wide his face was in danger of being split open. "You have to wait for him to get better before you attack him."

"Right," Carlos nodded and smiled back.

"Oh my baby, you're ok." Mrs. Mitchell cried and moved forward, gently hugging her son. She kissed his forehead. "We thought that we had lost you. I'm so glad that you're still with us, baby."

"I could hear you guys, when you came in," Logan was whispering, as he had a tube down his throat for a long time. It seemed to take all of his power to have talked before so his voice was really soft now. "I could hear you and dad, and the guys crying and I realized what was going on. I knew that I wasn't ready to die and it wouldn't be fair to you guys at all, so I fought as hard as I could to stay alive."

"And it worked Logie," James grinned, brushing the tears off of his cheeks. "It's good to have you back."

"It's good to be back," Logan laughed, but it sounded more like a wheeze. "It's good to know that all of us are ok." He then looked over at Kendall. "And Kendall?" Kendall raised his eyebrows, letting his smart friend know that he was paying attention. "I never blamed you for what happened. I still don't. I wanted to tell you…"

"I get it," Kendall smiled and grabbed Logan's hand, squeezing it gently. "And thanks."

Logan smiled and nodded back.

"I'm sorry to say this," Dr. Richmond looked baffled but as happy as the others as he rubbed the back of his neck, looking at the monitors around Logan. "But if you guys want him to get better, it would be good for him to get a lot of sleep, you guys can visit him later, I promise."

"Dr. Richmond," Kendall stopped the doctor and held out a hand. "Thank you for helping my friends."

"You're welcome, Kendall," Dr. Richmond grabbed Kendall's hand and shook it firmly. "I was glad to do it. I hope to see you guys again after this whole thing is over, just not if I'm looking after you guys."

"Deal." Kendall smiled and nodded.

Dr. Richmond let go of Kendall's hand and walked to the break room, to see Nurse Michaels and a few of his other colleagues sitting at a table and eating lunch. Nurse Michaels noticed him and waved him over to their table. "How's your patient doing?"

"Remarkably well," Dr. Richmond replied with a sigh as he placed his clipboard down onto the table and ran his fingers through his hair. "Considering he's awake." He smiled when Nurse Michaels and the other doctors stopped and looked at him. "I know, I didn't think it was going to happen. I had just told Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell that I was going to take their son off of life-support, and I even did but a few seconds after it happened, he came back and now he's awake."

"That's amazing!" Nurse Michaels stated; her eyes wide.

"You know what I think it was?" Dr. Richmond stated after a second of silence. "I think it was because all of his friends were there. It makes sense if you think about it. James was always asking for his friends and healed quickly when he was out of the hospital and around them, the same thing with Carlos; he rapidly regained his memories and got better quickly when he was back with his friends. Kendall had started to show signs of depression and is now going to a doctor to help him with that, and the only reason he had finally gotten over the mindset that everything was his fault because of his friends. They really need each other and it's very refreshing to see them care for each other, especially since people are so independent now."

"Do you really think that their…brotherhood is what helped them this whole time?" Nurse Michaels asked, raising a skeptical eyebrow.

Dr. Richmond smiled.

"Yes, I do."


"So what do you guys want to do today?" Kendall asked as he flopped down on the grass beside his friends. Logan, who was lying on his back, turned his head away from the book that he was holding over his face and raised an eyebrow.

"Do you always have to have something to do to have fun?" He questioned. "Why don't you just pick a book and read?"

"Um, because we're not nerds?" Carlos replied, as if it was a question, as he picked at the grass in front of his face. Logan just smirked and lightly hit Carlos on the lower back with his book. "Ouch! That hurts you know!"

"Oh relax, I barely touched you." Logan replied.

"Then take this!" Carlos rolled over on top of Logan and started to try and press his face into the ground. "Hahahaha!"

"Oh, you're going to get it now!" Logan flipped Carlos over and the two started to roll around as they tried to pin the other person to the ground. James and Kendall laughed as they watched the two of their friends try to pin each other. Kendall moved his hair out of his face and looked over at James.

"Hey, why're you so quiet today?" Kendall asked James. "I mean," he laughed. "You're not even looking into your mirror."

"I was just thinking about what happened to us in the last couple of months," James replied as he reached down and picked at some grass that was in between his feet. "I mean, a few months ago Logan was still in the hospital and now here he is, trying to get Carlos to eat a face full of dirt." He laughed as he watched Logan sit down on Carlos' back, keeping him on the ground.

"Yeah, what about it?" Kendall questioned, not sure what James' point is.

"Why do you think it happened?" James questioned and shrugged slightly. "I mean, everything happens for a reason, why do you think this happened to us?"

"For the same reason that we came to LA and to the Palm Woods," Kendall replied simply and then smiled when he noticed that Logan and Carlos were listening to him as well. "To prove people that anything is possible as long as the four of us are together."

"Do you ever get tired of acting like that?" Logan questioned, resting in his chin in his hands.

"Yes, especially for you jerks." Kendall replied and shoved Logan in the chest, knocking him off of Carlos's back and onto the grass. "But every time I say that, I actually firmly believe in it. I can't do anything without knowing that you guys have my back."

"Aww, that's so sweet." James replied sarcastically. "It's so sweet and you're such a great friend you deserve a present."

"Uh-huh," Kendall snorted. "What kind of present is that?"

"One that you can only get from us," James replied and caught Logan and Carlos' eyes and then smiled evilly. "Trust me; you're going to like it."

Kendall laughed sarcastically as he slowly started to move away from James and the creepy smile he was giving. "No seriously, what is it?"

"DOG PILE!" Carlos shouted gleefully and he, Logan, and James jumped on top of Kendall before he could get away.

And that's what they did the rest of the night, hung out with each other, reveling in the fact that all of four of them were together again, knowing that nothing could ever tear them apart. For no matter how hard it tried, the bond of friendship between Kendall, Logan, Carlos, and James was much too great.

THE END


A/N: Next chapter is the epilogue, so technically this story is done. I'm so glad that you guys liked it so much. I didn't really know what I was doing with it as it was just as idea I wanted to play out (there are a lot of medical things that I have to go back and chance because some information I know I really screwed up.) Thanks to everyone that read and reviewed this story and I'm still saying thank you to Miss Fenway. With her story 'Little Hollow' is how I got the idea for this so thank you! (And you're welcome for waking Logan up.) Thanks guys.

Cheers,

-Riley