SUmmer Of MIracles: Chapter Fifty-Three

(Another chapter to my novel...)\

**A/n: The last chapter I made a mistake..I put the three remaining kids, but there is four-Nicole, Miguel, Sarah and Jennifer. Sorry about that!)** Oh yeah, the chapter after next will have the stuff about Janae/Jamall and Landon!

**Parent's day-at the hospital**

Rowan was still in a coma. Val was at home, showering and getting fresh clothes. Kristin was alseep in one of the chairs and Peter was sitting on one side of Rowan with his head in his hands and Adam sat on the other side, just staring at his brother.

Suddenly, Adam felt Rowan's hand clasp onto his, which was holding onto it. Adam gasped and Peter looked up. "What?" "He just squeezed my hand!" Adam exclaimed. They both looked expectantly at Rowan, but his eyelids didn't even flutter, and no sound came from his mouth. If they even could, because there was tubes all over him.

**At Horizon**

Cole sat outside on the benches, laying his head on it, taking in the coolness of it. It was only ten AM and already parents were arriving. Most of the kids looked like they dreaded this. Only his parents and the younger kids's parents were coming. HIs were only coming because Peter wanted to talk to them. But the bright side was that his father was bringing the twins and Lindsey.

Nicole tapped him on the back. "What's up, shorty?" he said and yawned. "I'm not short! I was-" "Compared to me, aren't you short?" "Well, yeah." "Then you're short."

"Whatever. Your dad and mom are here." she said and pranced off.

Cole felt a pang in his stomach and looked up and saw his dad, with Rebecca behind holding each twin's hand, and Lindsey scanning the area for him. His dad was talking to Sophie.

Lindsey saw him and called his name excitedly. Cole pushed his hair out of his eyes and walked over to them. He immidiately picked up Lindsey. "Cole! I missed you!" she shrieked, wrapping her arms around his neck.

Lindsey looked a lot like Cole. She had the same shade of hair color, the same eyes-although instead of being myserious it seemed as if they were always laughing.

"Put her down!" Sam barked. Cole quickly did and Sophie gave him a curious glance. "Well, we were planning on taking Cole out to eat, and then bring him back to the hotel for awhile to talk. About his behavior and stuff," Rebecca said.

Sophie smiled at her. "That's fine. We'd like to have them all back by eight, though. For group," she explained. "Okay, great."

"Cole!" "Cole!" "Pick me up!" "Pick me up!" the twins chanted. They were identical, except that Trey had a birthmark on the rights ide of his neck. Both twins were dark, a little darker than Scott, and had dark, dark brown hair that was spiky. They got the Native American side of the family. "SHUT UP!" Sam yelled.

"We better go now," Rebecca said quickly.

So they did, and in the jeep Sam didn't stop talking. "YOu know, you dumbass, you got in trouble in your FIRST WEEK!" "WHat's your point? This kid got in trouble her first day!" Cole mumbled under his breath. "What? Is she another fourteen-year-old delinquwent?" "No, she's twelve." "Quit getting smart with me, boy!"

**At the hotel**

Cole sat on the couch, flicking through the channels bitterly. HIs dad and Rebecca had gone out, and although Rebecca tried to get him to, he had refused to take any of the kids.

"Are you going to come home now?" Lindsey asked. "I don't think say, Linny." he said, using his nickname for her. "Why?" she whined. "Because they want me here." "Can I come?" "No." "Why?" "Because!" "That's not an answer!"

"Lindsey, shut up, okay?" he snapped. Lindsey glared at him, then got up and walked to where the twins played quietly. COle instantly felt bad, then his dad came in. He was drunk.

"What the fuckyou doing?" Same asked, only he was so drunk it came out as "whathafluckyadoin?" "Just-watching TV," Cole answered. "Why?"

Cole didn't know how to answer, so he just shrugged. Then his dad ran over and grabbed him by the collar. "Answer me, boy!" he barked, and COle almost threw up and started gagging by the odor of alcohol from his breath.

He beat Cole. He punched, kicked, and slapped him. "Daddy! Stop!" Lindsey begged while she blocked the twins. Rebecca tried to pry him off of Cole but she got slapped.

Then, he got in the car and dropped COle off at Horizon.



Okay I would've been more descriptive but I've soooo gotta go!

Next chapter will have little paragraphs on the other 4 kids, and something else...!