After spending a few more days on working through some things, Brax had decided he needed to go back to the hospital to see his brother. He knew another review was due and he was feeling sick about the results, knowing there wouldn't be anything new said. As he walked down the corridor towards Kyle's hospital room, he got a bit of a surprise when Lucas came out, bumping into him.

Northern Districts Hospital - Day 13

"Oh, hey Brax." Lucas mutters, awkwardly shuffling.

"Lucas, hi. Wasn't expecting to see you here so early." Brax says.

"I never actually left last night. Emily needed some proper sleep and I said I'd stay with Kyle so he wouldn't be alone." Lucas says. "Ricky text saying you wanted to be with Kyle today, I was trying to leave before you got here."

"Why would you do that?" Brax asks.

"I didn't think you'd want to see me." Lucas mutters.

"I'm sorry about what I said the other day. It wasn't really personal." Brax says, taking a deep breath. "You're just so much like Kyle, even more so than Tyler and it would just be too hard having you around. I know it was wrong and I shouldn't have said it, you wouldn't have to go."

"It's okay." Lucas says. "Things are tough for all of us but I can't imagine what you're going through. Casey said you were closer to Kyle now, more than us. I thought I was close to him, but I can see he means a lot to you as well."

"It's different, you were his triplet, that's a connection stronger than anything. And just know you've always got a room at the house, I said that stuff in the heat of the moment." Brax says, even more surprised when Lucas hugs him, and he was going to question it until he realised he was crying. "You okay?"

"Sorry." Lucas says as he pulls away. "Things are just becoming very real now and I don't know what I'd do around here without Kyle, he was the person who made me feel really welcome here. It wouldn't be the same not seeing him everyday." He says, wiping tears away.

"I know it's going to be hard, but we've got family to help us through it." Brax says, having heard Ricky mention it a lot over the past few days.

"Yeah, I know." Lucas nods. "Anyway, I'll let you spend some time with Kyle. See you later." He says, heading down the corridor as Brax walks into Kyle's room.

"Hey mate." He says, sighing to himself. "If you're doing this to wind us up, you can stop now. Just wake up so we can all be a proper family." He says, blinking back tears. "I'm sorry for not being around, it wasn't because I didn't want to be. I've been wanting to come everyday since walking out the other day. I feel so bad for leaving you like that. What sort of brother must you think I am after all of the doubts you had before this? Well I just want you to know that I'm here now and I'm not going to leave like that again because I need to be here with you. But you've got to help us by giving the doctors hope that you can pull through this, even if it's just a small sign. Anything, Kyle, just do anything." He pleads, the door then suddenly opening, Emily looking a bit surprised as she stands there.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't realise you would be here yet." She says, feeling like she interrupted him. "I'll come back later."

"No, you can stay." Brax says. "I think Kyle would kill me if I sent you away." He lightly smiles.

"Yeah, he was trying to make us get along for a long time." Emily smiles as she walks to the side of Kyle's bed. "I actually missed having you around the last few days." She says, glancing up at him.

"Why? It's not like we got on for ages."

"I think that's just an excuse, you love me really." Emily lightly grins, managing to get a small one from him. "But in all seriousness, the atmosphere seemed lighter when you were around. It's really weird actually, Kyle's blood pressure was all over the place the last few days and the doctors didn't know why it was happening."

"I think you're just being superstitious. It's got nothing to do with me not being here." Brax says, watching Kyle's chest rise and fall with every breath of the machine.

"I've been talking to Nate and he said Kyle's blood pressure has been stable since last night. So explain why it hasn't happened since Ricky told us to give you some time alone here today." Emily says, Brax briefly glancing at her before focusing back on his brother. "You've got such an unbreakable bond with Kyle, he looked up to you more than anyone else in his life. He wouldn't want you feeling like this, pushing away people that care for you. He wouldn't want you all falling out over what might happen soon. Maybe it was a sign to bring you back here."

"Why aren't you upset over the fact that Kyle might die soon?" Brax asks.

"I don't want to think that far ahead, I'm taking each hour as it comes. If I keep thinking about what might happen, I know I'll lose focus on what's happening now." Emily says, tears streaming down her face. "In all honesty, I've never been so scared in my entire life, and I've been through some scary stuff. Kyle is the first person who really understood me, we worked through so much in our relationship and we were stronger than ever. We'd even been talking about getting married one day, having kids of our own… I don't want to think about the fact that I won't get that if his life support is turned off. I've got nothing without Kyle, and I'd hope I would still be welcome in your family if he's not around."

"Of course you will, you're part of this family as well." Brax says as they hug. "I'm not letting him go without a fight."

"I don't want to either. I need to fight for him to stay alive, and I'm glad you feel the same." Emily mutters, squeezing her eyes shut at the harsh reality facing them. "How long can we put off the life support machine being turned off?"

"I'm not sure, I don't think they can do it unless we agree. I honestly don't know." Brax sighs.

"I'm staying hopeful right now. The fact that Kyle's blood pressure has been stable must be a good sign that he's fighting this, or he just wanted his big brother." Emily says, smiling up at him.

"His blood pressure being stable now has nothing to do with me visiting." Brax shakes his head as they pull apart.

"Well it's what I'm believing. I think it's cute, shows how strong you are as brothers." Emily smiles as she sits in the chair, taking Kyle's hand in hers.

"Did Nate say when the results of the next review will be in?" Brax asks.

"He said he's meeting up with a neuro doctor to talk about some things, then would let us know more." Emily replies.

"He hasn't had a neuro doctor talking to him about it before has he?" Brax frowns, not being able to remember.

"I'm not sure who the other doctor was, it might have been." Emily says. "It only feels like yesterday that the last review was done."

"Yeah, time's just gone into one." Brax mutters.

"You know it's been two weeks tomorrow." Emily says. "That must be why the doctors are losing hope, well more hope than they had to begin with."

"Two weeks." Brax whispers, shaking his head. "We can't lose hope either. I know I've been negative about this whole thing, but I have to stay positive. What help am I going to be if I don't believe he'll wake up?"

"You're just being realistic, something all of us need to have a little bit of." Emily says. "How do you do it? Being so realistic about this I mean."

"I'm not sure. I guess it's just something that's always been with me after all the bad things I've seen."

"Is that a reason you haven't been around here?" Emily asks. "Sorry, is that personal?"

"It's fine. Kyle's not the only one who has kept bad things to himself, I just prefer to deal with mine personally. I don't need a shrink getting involved in my life." Brax says. "I'm glad it worked for Kyle, I was starting to see a great change in him. He was so happy." He says, Nate walking in.

"Do you have the results?" Emily asks.

"Why don't you call the others in so we can discuss this together?" Nate suggests, Brax and Emily glancing at each other over what it could mean.