A/N: About the last chapter...Andrew Sezonov was a guy I use to know back at school (I knew him from first through third grade). I found out he had died in a car accident, and he was only fifteen. Gosh, I'm praying for his family. Um...hope you like this chapter! I know it's short, but I wanted it to end the exact way it ended. So...read and review!

Miracles Happen - chapter ten

Josh closed his eyes after seeing the doctor's shake of the head, eyes downcast. Josh could feel his heart literally stop, his lungs stopped taking in air, and his whole body was tingling. Audrey had fallen to the floor in a sobbing heap at Kon's feet, crying for the loss of her son. Her last son.

Megan ran to her mother's side, openly crying, shaking her head in disbelief. Audrey put an arm around her daughter, and hugged her close. Staring at the scene before him Josh suddenly felt so alone in the world. His brother was gone. Forever.

For some reason that just didn't feel right. Drake Parker couldn't be dead. It seemed so surreal to think that the annoying-guitar playing-junk food eating-girlaholic teen was simply gone.

Josh ran a shaking hand over his exhausted features, trying his hardest not to give in and cry. Even when he tried to tune out all that was around him, he could still hear his mom and sister sobbing, that alone was enough to make a cold-hearted man cry like a baby. Standing up, the mourning brother knew he had to find out what had happened, what had gone wrong. Doctor Kon was still in Drake's room, watching as the nurses began to remove the IV and breathing tube from Drake. The very things that were suppose to have kept the boy alive.

"W-what happened…" Josh was surprised at how weak his voice sounded.

The doctor shook his head looking baffled. "I came in here to see Mr. Parker in the grasp of a very serious seizure. When we finally had gotten him settled…his heart just stopped. We tried the defibulator hoping to revive the heart, but nothing worked. I'm sorry, Mr. Nichols, there was nothing we could do," Kon said quietly. Josh let the tears flow freely, collapsing in a chair beside his dead brother. The doctor left the room to give Josh some time to say good-bye.

Out in the hall, a nurse had managed to get Audrey into a seat. Megan had cried herself to sleep, still hugging her mom tightly. Doctor Kon sat beside Drake's mom in hopes of calming her down.

Josh had trouble believing Drake was dead. He had just been in there! He had just hugged his brother! And now…. Josh wrapped his arms tightly around himself as he stared at his brother with detached emotion.

Absolutely exhausted, he suddenly felt his body slowly shut down because of everything that had happened in just one day. He felt his eyelids slowly closing, and didn't try to do anything to stop it. Then everything went black as he laid his head down on the bed, taking Drake's cold hand into his own.

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Josh jerked up off the bed. Something had woken him up, but he didn't know what. Letting go of Drake's hand, he rubbed his eyes tiredly. Glancing at his watch he saw that it was five-fifty…he had only been asleep for no more than a minute or so. That's when he realized what had woken him up.

Taking his brother's hand into his own again, he knew it felt different. Before it had been ice cold, now it was warm and he could feel…

'A heart beat...'

Josh felt tears fill his eyes again as he started screaming for a doctor, not about to let his brother's hand go. A nurse stepped into the room, and her eyes widened when she saw the teens chest slowly rising and falling.

"D-Doctor Kon!" She yelled, stuttering in amazement.

Kon was immediately at the door, asking her what was wrong. The young nurse hesitantly pointed to Drake. By now a few more people were standing at the door, and gasped when they saw that the teen was in fact breathing again…alive again.

Rushing to Drake's side, Doctor Kon took out his stethoscope, and after a few moments started roaring out orders. "Get an IV back in him! Put a breathing tube in him, the boys barely breathing! Hurry!" Josh just sat there and watched the nurses running around the room, obeying the doctor's orders.

Minutes later, after everything that could be done had been done, the nurses finally left. Kon stayed behind, staring in awe at Drake. He then smiled at Josh and said, "It's a miracle. Nothing but a miracle."

That's when Audrey ran into the room, eyes puffy from crying. She grabbed her son's hand, mindful of the IV, and just held it. Tears began running down her cheeks as she gazed down at her son. She was smiling from ear to ear; Josh had never seen her look so happy.

"I c-can't believe it," She finally whispered, glancing over at Josh.

"Where's Meg?" He asked.

"Let her sleep for now. I'll wake her in a minute," She replied, hugging Drake's hand to her chest. After a few more minutes had passed, Audrey kissed her sons hand, and placed it gently down on the bed. She then stood up to go tell Megan the wonderful news.

"Drake, if you can hear me squeeze my hand," Josh whispered, but nothing happened.

"DRAKE!" Megan shrieked from the doorway. Josh jumped off the chair, falling to the ground. Seconds later she was beside Drake's bed. Josh had never seen this side of his little sister. Ever. His eyes looked like they would pop out of his head.

"Megan, shush! Drake's asl-" Josh trailed off when he saw his brother slowly open his eyes. He poured Drake a glass of water when he saw him trying to talk but only making small noises.

Once he had almost finished the glass, Drake closed his eyes, and quietly said, "I saw my brother…"

Josh looked at Drake with a confused expression, "Brother?"

"Megan, can you please leave the room?" Drake croaked.

"But-"

"Megan!" The little girl sighed in aggravation, but eventually nodded and left, muttering under her breath the whole way to the door. He opened his eyes again after he heard the door slam.

"I didn't know you have a brother," Josh mused.

"Had. I had a brother, but he died," Drake sighed.

"And…"

"Mom and Megan don't know that."

"Well, how do you know it then?" Josh asked.

Burrowing himself deeper into the surprisingly comfortable hospital bed, Drake turned his head away from where he faced Josh.

"Because I was there when he died…" He mumbled.

"What!" Josh exclaimed, eyes wide open. Drake inwardly rolled his eyes.

"Shhh! Stop yelling!" Josh muttered a quick 'sorry'.

"I really don't want to talk about it…I don't even know why I said anything to begin with. Anyway, what happened while I was asleep? I heard…someone crying, and then Megan screamed my name. It's weird, she almost sounded happy…" Drake trailed off giving Josh a questioning stare.

"Yeah, about that…you sorta er-…died…"

"I…w-what?" Drake stuttered incredulously.

"Died." Josh replied simply.

"I DIED?"