Chapter 8
Johnny was still unconscious when she re-entered his room. He didn't look to be dreaming any longer and she was glad. He needed to rest and dreams tended to interrupt a person's rest. That was a fact she was forced to learn at an early age.
Alexis sat down on the stool beside him and gently took his hand in hers. She wanted to make contact with him just in case somewhere in his mind he could feel her. To know that she was there for him just as he had been for her.
"Johnny? Can you hear me? I'm here. I won't leave you. I need my big brother right now. Can you come back to me? Can you 'come find me'?"
She used the words he had used while he had been dreaming earlier hoping to make a connection.
Johnny heard her. He wanted to go to her.
"Lexie? Are you there?"
Alexis leaned closer, she heard him mumble something, but hadn't been able to understand him. So she tried again.
"Johnny! Come find me. Come find me. Can you come find me?"
"Le..xie... Lexie." Johnny slowly opened his eyes and looked straight into the eyes of Alexis. He frowned for a moment. She wasn't who he expected to see.
Alexis understood why he frowned and before he could slip back into the void he had been in she spoke to him again.
"Hey, big brother. You gonna leave me hanging out here all by myself?" She waited a moment hoping he would respond.
He turned his head slightly, tried to wink and almost inaudibly said, "No".
"That's all I wanted to hear. Rest now. I'll sit here with you while you rest."
She felt him try to squeeze her hand. "So..Son..."
"Don't worry Johnny, I just left him and he's already trying to give me orders. It's taking a little longer to train him than I thought it would. He'll see you in the morning, love. Close your eyes. Rest."
Johnny gave her a weak smile and drifted off to sleep.
Alexis lay her head down next to his and shared his pillow just for a few moments and then left to go sit with Sonny.