Part 5

Ms Pratt and mr and mrs Fleming sat in Jake´s room all night. They talked to Jake, they talked to Hamilton. Nothing could make Hamilton say another word.
They all slept when Bella,Scout and Will walked into the room the next day.

" Wow, it´s crowded here." Scout said.
" Is that all you noticed, can´t you see that Hamilton is sitting in the same positon as yesterday." Bella said angry.
" No, I´m sorry Bella." both said.

" Oh, hi kids, can I talk to you outside?" the dean asked them.
" Of course. I´m sorry if I woke you up." Bella said while they all walked out of the room.

" That´s alright. I´m glad you are here. The psychologist was here yesterday and he said that Hamilton was in a shock and to make him come out of it we must talk to him and tell him that we are going to help him to handle the situation.
If he talks it´s a god sign that´s he is coming out of the shock. Allnight we talked to him but ha hasn´t said a word. He only spoke when you were here, so I want to ask you if you can stay here a couple of hours and talk to him. I just want him to speak again and then hopefully he will have the strenght to visit the twins. They are coming home in 3 days and they really need their father."

" He only spoke with us…. I don´t know what we said to make him speak Dean Fleming." Will said.
" Call me Steven. You must have said something. Maybe he thinks that it is easier to talk to you."
" We can always try again dean Fleming!" Scout said.
" Thank you, and you can call me Steven. I´ll go wake the others so you can be alone with Jacqueline and Hamilton."

The dean walked to Jake´s room.

" I can´t believe that he still hasn´t said a word." Bella said very surprised.
" Somethings are hard to explain, it just takes miracles to get them explained."
" What are you talking about Will? Let´s go" Scout said.

When they went in ms Pratt and mr and mrs Fleming went out.

" Good luck" Steven Fleming said.

" We´ll need it." Scout said.

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They all put their chairs around Hamilton and they started to talk to him. After 20 minutes he still hadn´t said a word.

" I give up. I don´t know what we said yesterday to make him talk, and nothing seems to make him talk now!" Scout said.
" We must try harder, this is important. We can´t give up. If we give up he will too." Bella said trying to encourage Scout and Will to carry on.

" I won´t give up!"

" He spoke" Will and Scout said.
" Bella I think you said something about not giving up yesterday too. That makes him talk. Bella continue." Scout said happy about that miracles can happen.

" Okay, Ham. You´ll see we aren´t giving up. Your twins need you and most of all Jake needs you."

" Oh, my god they need me!" Hamilton said while he started to cry.

" Bella, you succeded. You have always been good at making people talk." Will said.
" Well done Bella!" Scout said.

" Hamilton, are you alright?" Bella asked.
" No, I still can´t believe it!"
" It´s hard I know but she will get better."
" Seeing her lying there with all those tubes, breaks my heart. It´s a my fault. I should have noticed that she was tired and not feeling well. Damn picnic, I must have made her so exhausted…"
" Hamilton this is not your fault, it is no one´s fault. It just happened. You must be strong for her and the twins."
" It´s so hard."

" You have been sitting her so long now, go see the twins and then go to sleep, you´ll need your strenght."
" I´m staying here"
" Don´t you want to see them, I can bring them here?"
" No, I promised Jake that we are going to see them for the first time together. "

" Okay, do you want your parents and Jake´s mom to come in?" Bella asked.
" Yeah, why not."

" Will can you go get them and tell them what Ham said?" Bella said."
" Sure"

" Hi Will" the dean said.
" Hamilton is talking, but he still refuses to see the twins. You can go and talk to him now!"

" Oh, Hamilton, you´re talking. I´m so glad you´re alright" Kate said while hugging him.
" When Jake is alright I´m alright" Ham said in low tone.
" Ok. Do you know the twins are coming home in 3 days, we thought you might come home then too." Mrs Fleming said.
" I´ll come home when Jake comes home."
" Okay, son. We understand. You want to be here all the time then?" Steven asked his son.
" Yes." Ham replied.