Chapter 5-Talk-

5 days later they visited again. The doctors had not let them come back before he felt a bit better. Now that he could stay awake for longer periods of time they could visit him. They all crowded in, this time Serenity was with them too. They were all happy to see him wide-awake and grinning.

"How are you guys doing?" He asked.

"Fine." They all chorused.

Joey saw Mai and blushed. He remembered that she was the one that got him here. The doctors had told him that she had been really worried about him. He tried to make himself stop thinking about her. Unfortunately he couldn't stop himself. He loved her too much.

"Uh, Joey, you in there?" Tea's voice brought him back to earth with a bump.

"um, no." He answered truthfully.

"Nitwit," Duke muttered, grinning.

Tristen chuckled "Love-sick nitwit," He muttered to Duke.

They both started laughing.

"Whats up?" Yugi asked.

"Nothin'." They chorused.

"Crazy," Tea muttered, loud enough for everyone to hear.

Everyone laughed.

"So whats bin' hapenin' lately?" Joey asked casually.

"Nothin' much," Tea told him.

"Hey Mai, whats up?" Joey asked Mai, worried, she'd been pretty quiet.

"Yeah Mai, whats with the silence?" Serenity asked.

"Oh it's nothing, just thinking." She said.

Suddenly a doctor walked in. He smiled.

"I want you guys to know that Joey's healing up quite well. He can go home soon. But the problem is that he needs to stay with someone for a couple of weeks while he heals. I understand that he is a high school student. You guys should be able to help him during school so that won't be a problem. But does he have a parent to stay with?"

"NO!" they all answered. The doctor raised his eyebrows but made no comment.

"He could stay with one of us." Tea said.

"No offence Joey, but with Grandpa and the shop I don't think you could stay with us for more than a couple of nights." Yugi told him. Joey nodded.

"Hey, what if one of us stays with Joey in his apartment? We could help him out there." Tea suggested.

"I'll talk to our mom so I can help him out. You guys don't need to worry about him." Serenity told them.

"So that's settled." The doctor said, smiling. "His sister will stay with him. Oh yes, you will want to know. He is having an operation later today on his foot. His ankle isn't too bad so we can give him an operation to completely heal it. You can bring him home in 2 days. Also, every morning I want you to stop by his home and walk to school with him. And take him back here in 4 months to take his stitches out. His cuts are some of the worst I've seen. And make sure he's not being too active till his ribs heal. We can't operate on his ribs. They're pretty bad but if he takes special pain relievers they won't hurt. And they'll knit together by themselves. Just watch him closely. Ok?

"Sure!" they all agreed.

"Get better, Joey" they all said, then they left.