Funny how much time changes things…

That was all I could think as I slept through the night. Though even the soft patter of rain and presence of my sisters couldn't keep me from tossing and turning. When I finally got over the previous thought I would drift into a familiar dream that I'd been having for the past couple of weeks. Abe and I escaping the hospital, an event I keep replaying in my head every night. I don't know why, maybe I should see a psychiatrist, didn't Clyde have one-

*beep beep beep*

My eyes rushed open to the sound of an alarm next to me. The digital numbers flashed on six o'clock indicating it was time to get up. I tried to hit the reset button, but I couldn't find it. I tried to feel around for it but remembered I was using my claw hand. Frustrated, I got up to sit on the side of the bed and turned it off with my right arm. I looked at the prosthetic that use to be my left arm, you'd think that I would have gotten use to it after several weeks but if anything, it's gotten worse. My attention was thrown away by a certain rustling on the other side of the bed. I looked behind me to see Leni still fast asleep, she slept in the same bed with me for the whole night. I lightly chuckled as I remembered that Leni could sleep through an earthquake, setting that alarm meant nothing to her. I got up and made my way out of the room quietly. I turned my attention to the rest of the house, it was mostly the same as before my coma, messy and broken. I made my way over to the kitchen for a quick drink, I took heed to step over the mess that was caused last night. After a bit of time struggling to take the cap off, I'd finally poured a cup of orange juice. I tasted the tangy goodness of the drink before sculling it down and washing it up. Just as I turned to go back to Leni I saw my older sisters standing outside the kitchen. They looked beyond surprised, maybe they thought I was just a dream before?
"Morning…" I said happily "What's wrong?"

I finally noticed where their eyes were looking.

"Oh, yeah, about that." I awkwardly blurted out before raising my left arm "Apparently it was torn off in an explosion… the same one that caused my coma."

Just as I said that my older sisters ramped into a number of different questions which I couldn't quite make out. Through the chaos I noticed the younger ones on the stairs… or at least some of the younger ones.

I saw Lucy clearly and one who looked to be Lisa. She looked similar to her younger self, she was slightly taller and had her hair up in a bun. Other than that, she was the same. She would be ten years old.

Though the other two on the stairs looked… different. It was clearly Lana and Lola but something wasn't quite right. They were much taller now and started developing a slight curve in their faces but the rest of their appearance was startling. They were both wearing tank tops and short skirts of their appropriate colours. Lana didn't have her cap and Lola didn't have her tiara. The only way I could tell them apart aside from their colour was their hair styles which had stayed the same since when they were young. They would be twelve now.

I took a good long look at them as they did me. Without saying a word, they all ran up and gave me a hug. I was expecting that from the twins, but Lisa surprised me in that regard. I knelt down to hug them and couldn't help but give a hearty laugh, I was just that happy. I looked back to my older sisters who were smiling at me. I stood back up and asked:

"Now where's Lori and Lily?"

My question was met with silence though that quickly ended when Leni spoke up.

"We'll explain in the living room after you tell us your story."

The sisters made their way to the aforementioned room as I stood back up.

I have a lot of explaining to do.
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"And then I arrived here" I concluded as my sisters sat in awe.

It was apparent that they had no idea what had happen to me or where I was, must have been awful for them.

"So, I gave my side. Now you give yours." I asked.

An awkward silence followed as each of my sisters turned to one another. Ironically Lucy was the one to break the silence.

"We didn't know where you'd gone really, we were all cooped up in here waiting for you to arrive home and surprise you for your birthday." Lucy explained.

"It wasn't until it got dark that mom and dad started calling around, no one knew where you were or what you were doing." Luna took over.

"Mother and father alerted the authorities and put out word that you were missing. Everyone in the neighbourhood was on the look out for you but that proved futile." Lisa explained.

"Things only went down hill from there. Four years later mom and dad were out, their relationship wasn't the best at that point to say the least, apparently dad flew off into the side of the road and…" Luan chocked at the end as she looked to the floor.

"Lori was officially considered the adult of the house but, of course, she wanted nothing to do with us." Lynn complained.

"Lori agreed to take Lilly with her to keep up her fair share of the guardian work and moved in with Bobby. We haven't really seen her much after that." Leni sadly explained.

The house went dead silent as I guessed that was the end of the story.

"What about the search for me?" I asked.

"After five years they had given up on the search and declared you dead, we were going to have a funeral, but funds haven't been so good as of late." Luan answered.

I looked down to the floor, surly someone at that hospital must have contacted my family. Even the doctor at least knew a bit about me, it just doesn't make sense.

"Doesn't matter, I'm back and I'm going to make sure I never abandon you all ever again." I proclaimed to my family.

They looked back at me with smiles on their face. Broken but hopeful smiles.

That's all for this chapter folks, sorry if this was a short chapter. I've been having storm issues at the moment and I've been without power for a couple of days and I just got power back today. I promise next chapter will be a longer episode as I've now gotten exposition out of the way. Remember to leave a review cause I like reading those. Till next time, peace!