A/N: Hey guys, it's been too long since I updated this and I realize I left it on kind of a cliffhanger, so here is the new chapter! And I know I spelled "Lily" wrong, so I'll do it right now.

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Chapter 8: Awakening

"Hey Kate." Was all Humphrey said as he dropped his head on the bed again, out cold. A nurse busted through the door, with a worried look on her face.

"I saw what happened on the camera! You need to wait outside for the police!" She ordered.

The man laid on the ground, lifeless and pale.

I sat down outside and put my earbuds in. I looked through my phone and found HRock. I pressed the shuffle button and "For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Metallica started to play through my Apple Bluetooth headphones.

"Make his fight on the hill in the early day! Constant chill deep inside! Shouting gun, on they run through the endless grey! On they fight, for they're right, yes, but who's to say? For a hill, men would kill, why? They do not know! Stiffened wounds test their pride

Men of five, still alive through the raging glow! Gone insane from the pain that they surely know! For whom the bell tolls!" I sang, until I fell asleep.

I was shaken awake, someone shouting "Ma'am ma'am!" in my ears.

"Okay, I'm awake!" I shouted back. "What happened in that room?" A man in a police uniform asked me. "You saw the video, Humphrey picked up the scalpel and saved me. That man tried to… rape me." I managed to squeak out.

"Well the man was Christian Brand, a millionaire from New York, visiting Jasper. He has a son that would like to talk to you. And he's seen the video." The officer said, handing me a phone.

"Hello?" I said, picking the phone up to my ear. "Kate Smith?" A man answered. "Yes, this is Kate Smith." I replied. "I'm so sorry for what my father has done, he has done things like this before, but when people tried to stand up to him he hurt them, including the time I tried to stop him. I can't thank Humphrey Hess enough… I am going to send you one million dollars for your trouble, don't worry it doesn't even make a dent in my fortune." He explained to me. "Wait, what's your name?" I asked. "Alex Brand, thank you for stopping him… he was psychotic." *Click* He hung up the phone.

"Jesus, I never thought someone could hate someone so much… but I guess that's what happened with my mom… I don't even care what happens to that bitch." I said, starting to cry a little bit.

"Is Humphrey ok?" I asked a Nurse walking by. "Uh, yes he just suddenly slipped out of his coma, and back into it… we've never seen anything like it. We don't know how or why." She said, shuffling away awkwardly.

"It was love." I mumbled. I stood up, and walked into Humphrey's room. The sight of him so helpless nearly killed me. Tubes were sticking out of his chest and arms. I felt a tear trickle down my face, and saw it splash onto the floor. One tear turned to two, and two into a river.

I cried uncontrollably and fell at his side. He was so helpless, and not even I could help him. I felt so useless. I clutched his hand in mine, still crying.

I suddenly felt a pressure on my hand. He was trying to hold it! I hit the nurse call button, and a few moments later a Nurse walked through the door.

"You rang?" The nurse politely said. "He gripped my hand!" I blurted out. "I'll go get the doctor immediately!" She exclaimed, walking out of the room.

A few moments later, the doctor walked in with the nurse by his side. "I'm sorry Ms. Smith, but you have to leave… is there any family you can call to come get you?" The doctor said, his voice deep and soothing. "Yes, I can give my sister a call." I said, trying to hold in tears because my mother was gone.

"Alright, we'll call you with any news." The nurse said. "Thank you. Take care of him... please." I basically begged. "I promise." She said, crossing her heart. "Thank you." I said again.

I walked out of the room, praying Humphrey would be ok. I pulled out my phone and I realized it was still playing music. It played "Wait and Bleed" by Slipknot. "Humphrey loves that song." I said, giggling a little. 'But he loves all metal.' I thought, remembering him listening to all kinds of rock. He listened to The Offspring, Five Finger Death Punch, Slipknot, System of a Down, Drowning Pool, Amaranthe, and a lot more, but those were his favorites.

I paused the music, and dialed Lily. Her ringtone started to play. "The bitch came back, the very next day. Oh the bitch came back, thought she was a goner, but the bit-" "Hey Kate!" Lily answered her phone. "How is Humphrey?" She asked. "He's getting better, he came out of his coma at one point. And he squeezed my hand!" I said excitedly. "That's great! When did he wake up?" She asked me, causing me to get nervous. "Well, I'll tell you that in person. I need you to come get me." I said. "Why? Didn't you take the Camaro?" She responded. "Well yeah, but I don't want to be alone." I explained. "Why not?" She argued. "I'll tell you when you get here, and bring Hutch to drive the Camaro home." I ordered her. "Fine, I'll be there in about an hour and a half." She told me. "Thank you, bye!" I said. "Bye bye." She said and hung up.

I pulled up my music app, and played HRock… it reminded me of Humphrey. "Devil In I" by Slipknot started playing. I closed my eyes and slowly drifted to sleep.

*Hour and a half later*

"Kate wake up!" Lily screamed at me, waking me up and causing me to fall off the chair. "Bad Religion" by Godsmack blasted through my headphones.

"Jesus, Kate how do you fall asleep listening to that? I like metal, but not to go to sleep to… for that I usually listen to some country." Lily said, smirking at me. "I usually listen to country to fall asleep too, but metal reminds me of Humphrey… and it keeps me calm." I responded. "Oh, I see." She said, as Hutch walked in the door.

"Hey Kate, can I have the keys to the Camaro?" He asked quickly. "Yeah, here." I said, tossing him the keys. He walked outside and got into the Camaro. He turned the key and the car roared to life. He sped out of the lot, and onto the road.

"So why couldn't you talk to me over the phone?" She interrogated. "Let's get out of here, I'll tell you in the car… what did you bring by the way?" I asked.

"The Jeep, I wanted to be comfortable and Humphrey just bought the 2016 Cherokee Trailhawk, so I decided to try it." Lily explained. "Ok, let's go." I said, basically pushing her out the door.

We got to Humphrey's cherry red Jeep, and I walked around to the passenger seat. "So why did you need to come home so soon, and why are you being so secretive about him waking up." Lily questioned me.

"Well… there was this guy in there, he was a millionaire… he tried to… take advantage of me." I said, almost throwing up from thinking about it. "He… he tried to rape you!?" Lilly yelled angrily. I just nodded my head slowly. "I'LL FUCKING KILL HIM! WHERE IS HE!" Lilly screamed, almost deafening me in the confined space.

"He's already fucking dead, Jesus I think I'm deaf!" I yelled back at her, causing her raging face to calm down, if only a little. "How did he die?" Lilly asked quizzically. "Well, that's when Humphrey woke up. He picked his head up, grabbed a scalpel and threw it. It hit him right in the neck and killed him. And all he said was 'Hey kate.' Only he would say something that simple after waking up from a coma and killing someone." I told her, earning myself a shocked look from Lily.

"Wow, he saved you." Was all Lily could muster out of her mouth. "Yeah, he's really amazing." I said, thinking of all the amazing times we had together.

"You really lob him don't you?" Lilly said out of nowhere. "Where did that come from?" I asked. "Your cheeks are bright red, and you're drooling a little." Lily said, causing me to come back to reality and wipe the saliva away from her lip.

"So what happened to mom?" Lily said, asking the one question Kate didn't want to hear or explain. "Well Lil, mom shot Humphrey. He shot her, and killed her, she deserved it. She isn't my mother, she's a murderer." I said coldly.

"I agree, she deserves it. She made Dad stop talking to his best friend, Lily, the one I'm named after, just because he carried her home when she was drunk one night." Lily said.

"She was a terrible person, and I'm glad she's gone." I said, a bitter hatred building. "So what's gonna happen to Dad?" Lilly asked. "Shit! Dad! I have to call him!" I exclaimed, cursing myself. "Dial Dad!" I yelled into the dash of the Jeep. "Calling Dad." The phone app in the Jeep responded.

His ringtone began playing. "Can't explain, what's come over me! (What's come over me!) Can't explain why it's so hard for me, so hard to see your-" "Hello?" He answered. "Hey Daddy!" Lily and I said in unision. "Hey girls, I'm gonna be him tomorrow!" He exclaimed. "I can't wait dad! But we need to talk about mom." Lily said.

"She tried to kill Humphrey, and Lily and I agreed that we never really liked her… we need to know where you stand." I explained. "Well, the only reason I was with her is because of you two, or I would be with Lily. I thought you would be better off without a broken home, so I stayed with her, no matter how unhappy I was." He admitted to us, and we heard something our dad, who is usually a stone, never did… he began to cry.

"If I wasn't for her, I'd be with my true love, Lily. But I was stupid enough to stay with her." He sobbed out. "Daddy, it's ok… we understand, and thank you so much for putting our lives ahead of yours, but you don't need to do that anymore… go find Lily and tell her how you feel." I said, starting to tear up a bit myself.

"Yeah dad, we want you I be happy now." Lily agreed. "Thank you girls so much… I love you guys." He said, calming down.

"So, on to a new subject, why did she do it?" I asked. "Well, since you've been friends with Humphrey… she had cameras in his house. I'm sorry, i should have stopped her I-" "Dad, it's ok." I interrupted. "So she had cameras put in Humphrey's house. She must have seen us do- nothing." I said, attempting to be smooth. "Kate, you're eighteen, I know you're gonna experiment with sex… I've made my peace but I guess Eve saw you guys do… whatever you did, and she went super psycho." He explained. "This time she went too damn far." Lily said.

"Well, I gotta go, but I'll text you when I get on the plane." He said. "Ok, bye Daddy!" We both said, and hung up.

"Welp, at least dad is with us on this." Lily said. "Yeah, mom's a psycho." I said. "Remember when she caught you, Humphrey and I smoking our first cigarettes?" Lily asked me. "Yeah, she made Humphrey eat them all, because he 'poisoned our minds with them.' She's so stupid." I said. "Humphrey wasn't allowed to talk to me for like a month." Lily added to my story.

"I'm just glad Dad caught us three with our first beers instead of mom." I said, causing Lily to laugh. "Yeah, all dad did was laugh at us, cause we were drinking shitty Coors beer." She said.

"Thanks for taking my mind off Humphrey." I said sincerely. "No problem, anything for my sister." She said. "Big sister." Kate corrected, giggling. "By three minutes!" Lily yelled, lightly punching my arm.

"How about some music?" I asked, plugging my phone into the Jeep's Auxiliary jack. "Sure, how about some Black Sabbath?" She asked, and I scrolled through my HRock playlist and found "N.I.B." by Black Sabbath.

The song played for a little bit, and I started singing my favorite part. "Now I have you with me, under my power.

Our love grows stronger now with every hour! Look into my eyes, you'll see who I am. My name is Lucifer, please take my hand!" I sang along with Lily.

After that song ended, "Luke's Wall" by Black Sabbath played. We drove on, and more songs by other bands came on. "Bad Girlfriend" by Theory of a Deadman came on, and I thought about when Humphrey beat up Candu for the first time at the drag strip while this song played… when I realized I truly loved him, and not just as a small crush.

*Flashback*

It was freshman year of high school, when Humphrey, Lily and I sat on the bleachers at the drag strip, and watched car after car race by. We were enjoying each other's company and having a good time, when Candu jumped up on the bleachers, and got uncomfortably close to Lily.

The announcer on the radio announced they'd be taking a short break from the race, and played "Bad Girlfriend" by Theory of a Deadman. "I fucking love this song." Lily said, moving away from Candu.

"What's wrong baby, scared?" Candu asked, moving closer again. "I need to get a drink, and some space." Lily said, getting up and glaring at Candu.

"I'll go with you!" Humphrey said, jumping up. I glared at Candu, and he got up and followed Lily. Humphrey walked into the bathroom, and Lily was waiting in line to get a drink. She was towards the end of the pack, and Candu took advantage of that.

He walked around behind her and grabbed her ass. "What the fuck? Get the fuck away from me!" Lily yelled, backing up from him. "What's the matter babe? I know you want this." He said, stepping towards her.

He went to grab her again, but Humphrey grabbed his hand and twisted it behind his back. "Can't take a hint buddy?" He said, pushing him down. At this point I was next to Lily making sure she was ok.

"Now get the Hell out of here before I throw you onto the track." Humphrey threatened. "Haha, you think you scare me?" Candu boasted. "If you were smart you would be scared." Humphrey said through clenched teeth.

"Yeah right!" Candu yelled, throwing a punch, and landing it square on Humphrey's jaw. Humphrey backed up, recovering from the hit. "That was a mistake." Was all Humphrey said as he punched Candu in the face, knocking him down. He jumped on him, and punched his face bloody. Candu managed to get Humphrey off him. (Humphrey wasn't as skilled in martial arts then, but still was pretty good.)

Candu punched Humphrey again, and Humphrey looked back at him. "That's two mistakes." Humphrey said. He grabbed Candu and dragged him over to a port-a-potty, and threw him in. He then pushed it over, onto the door.

"I'll beat the shit out of you!" Candu screamed from inside. "I just beat the shit on you!" Humphrey retorted. I ran to him and hugged him, and felt a spark. Not a spark from a small crush, but a spark of love… true love.

"Thanks for saving my little sis my muscular friend." I joked. "Anyone who screws with my friends deserves a pavement facial." He joked back.

*Flashback Over*

I giggled at the memory of that moment.

"What are you giggling about?" Lily asked, eyebrow cocked. "When Humphrey beat up Candu at the drag strip." I admitted to her. "Ha, that was an awesome night." Lily said, remembering the night.

"It really was… I can't believe I didn't tell him how I felt sooner. And now my chance to be with him is slipping away all because of our mother." I said. I didn't realize I was starting to cry.

"He'll be fine, he's gotten through worse." Lily reminded me. "I really hope so." I said, but I felt in my gut that something was gonna go wrong. Just then, my IPhone 6s+ started to ring. It was an unrecognized number, but I picked it up anyway.

"Hello?" I answered.

"Hello, is this Kate Smith?" A female asked.

"Yes, this is. Who am I speaking to?" I asked.

"My name is Lola, I work at West Jasper Hospital. We were calling because we have some news for you about Humphrey Hess." She said.

"Is he ok?" I asked sheepishly.

"Yes, better than ok actually. He's awake!" She said, seeming to love giving good news.

"Thank you so much for the call! I'll be in to we him tommorow, after I get some rest." I explained.

"Ok, he is asking to see you, so I'll tell him you'll be here tommorow!" She said.

"Thank you, bye!" I said.

"Goodbye." She said, and with that i hung up the phone.

"So what's up?" Lily asked.

"Humphrey is awake!"

A/N: So Humphrey's awake! Please review and predict what's next! Also, PM me to give me any suggestions!

I am go in to start the lyric guessing thing on this story, and all of my stories actually, so guess and you may get a shoutout!

Lyrics:

Now dance, fucker, dance

Man, he never had a chance

And no one even knew

It was really only you

And now you steal away

Take him out today

Nice work you did

You're gonna go far, kid

With a thousand lies

And a good disguise

Hit 'em right between the eyes

Hit 'em right between the eyes

When you walk away

Nothing more to say

See the lightning in your eyes

See 'em running for their lives