I know right? Two chapters in one day? Relax, it's not gonna happen like this all time. I was just happy because I finally finished it because I was distracted by Starship all day (I got my brother into it and now he can't stop watching it). Funny story real quick: We figured out his Farm Planet name and it is literally Tootsie Noodles. He toots and eats noodles. And his name is Devin, which is a bit close to Dylan, right? Howe!er, it will be possible that I will just post a bunch of chapters before I leave on Sunday to keep you all happy. Haha I'm just messing with you. Probably one more chapter then you all have to wait.

starkidllamas-llama: I was crying while writing that chapter so I get what you're feeling!

TearsOfaClown: I know! I decided that this will be a TON of LaurWalk so I'm getting the feels all set up. I heard that he was a really tough guy so I made it where he's never really cried for anybody before to just set people off.

Disclaimer: I don't own StarKid or the members of StarKid. Just the plot. I would, however, like to own Joe Walker and Brian Holden.

"Lauren?" Julia scooted her chair closer to the bed and took Lauren's hand. She noticed the comparison between her own tanned hand and Lauren's hand, which looked so pale and small.

"The doctor said that you might be able to hear us when we talk to you like this, so I'm not quite sure what to say, cause I feel like I'm gonna make a complete fool of myself and we only have five minutes each before we have to go home and get some sleep. I'm going back to Darren's, and the police got our stuff out of the apartment. Well, what was left of our stuff anyway." Julia tried to make a joke but fell silent, and the quiet was getting to her.

"Just, come back to us. We need you Lo." And with that, Julia let go of Lauren's hand, stood up, and left the room to get Darren.

Lauren was awake - she just knew it. But when she tried to open her eyes, it was impossible. It felt like her eyes were glued shut, and she couldn't move around at all. She tried to make some kind of sound, some kinda of signal that would tell the doctors that she was awake, but nothing happened. Her body wouldn't listen to her. And she was mad at it right now.

Darren sat down in the chair and frowned. Lauren Lope was not supposed to be in a hospital bed wearing all white. It made her look dead.

"Lo, I hope you can hear me, because if you have any clues about who did this to you, you have to tell me. Because I will find whoever did this and I will kill them." Darren's voice was unlike anything anybody had ever heard, and it scared Julia as she listened through the door, waiting for him to be done talking so they could get back to his house.

"I love you Lo. You're like my sis. Please wake up." Darren stood up and walked to the doorway, opening the door. Julia smiled sheepishly at him, and Darren flashed her a big grin.

"Come on Juls, let's go home." As Darren intertwined their fingers together, Julia smiled widely with him, glad that something good had come out of a bad ending.

Lauren heard Julia and Darren talking and she knew that they would somehow end up together. She heard Darren speaking in that scary tone and she would've shivered if not for the fact that her body was completely stiff. She didn't know who else was going to come in and tell her to come back - She was already working on that for dead God's sake! She was hoping that Joe would come into the room soon, but he hadn't yet. She just wanted to hear his voice.

Brian sighed heavily as he walked into the hospital room Lauren was currently in, and he sat down heavily in the same chair both Darren and Julia had occupied while they were visiting her.

"Lauren." Brian wasn't sure how to start this. He had never done this before, and he felt slightly awkward, like Jesse Eisenburg in Zombieland. "Um, I'm so bad at these things." He let out a small laugh and rubbed his forehead. After hesitating, he decided to kiss her on the forehead gently and stood up, turning to leave.

"Please come back to us. We all need you more than you know." And Brian exited the room.

Lauren wanted to laugh when Brian came into the hospital room to talk to her, but she obviously couldn't. He was so awkward sometimes when he didn't know what to do, and she decided to keep her ears open to see who else came into the room.

"Oh, Lo, you should've been at the bar still with Joe. Then none of this would've happened!" Meredith felt bad and guilty, because she had dropped Lauren back off at her and Julia's apartment building.

"It's all my fault, I just know it." Meredith wiped a stray tear away and sniffed loudly, knowing her time was almost up with Lauren, but she felt like she had to explain her reasoning. "If I hadn't been worrying about meeting up with Brian before the movie as much as I had, I would've been able to leave after you did. I feel so guilty."

Before she could start crying, Meredith squeezed her hand and whispered a get well soon before exiting the room after Brian.

Lauren heard Meredith's words and wanted to sit up and shake her to let her know it wasn't her fault. It was Lauren's fault for wanting to leave the bar early, and she always could've asked Joe for a ride. But she knew that Meredith would continue to feel guilty. The door opened again and she could hear heavy footsteps getting closer and closer, so she decided to stop thinking and listen.

Joe saw Meredith walk out of the hospital room and watched her leave with Brian silently. He looked back at the door, and seeing that he was the only person there for her who had yet to say something to Lauren, he shakily stood up. He looked at the door and slowly walked to it until he was standing in front of the door.

He looked at the number next to the door and sighed, wondering if he should go in. When a doctor and a nurse passed, he decided that it was the perfect time to go and talk to Lauren.

Joe grasped the doorknob as tightly as his sweaty hands would let him and he pushed the door open. He took a few, heavy steps into the small, white room, and he gasped lightly when he saw Lauren.

She looked peaceful, but also dead. Her brown hair was laying against the pillow around her head like a halo, and she looked like an angel. Lauren was deathly pale, and her small body was almost engulfed completely by the white sheets. She looked so small in that bed, and Joe didn't like it one bit.

He pulled the chair as close as he could to her bed and sat down in it. He was a bit cramped by his legs, but he didn't give a thought to that as Joe took her hand, and stroked her silky smooth skin lightly with his own calloused thumb. He was quiet as he tried to find the words to say to her, but then he just opened his mouth.

"Lauren." His voice was hoarse and he coughed before continuing. "When I saw you on the ground with that knife in your stomach," His voice cracked and Joe cleared his throat. "I couldn't take it. I thought you were gone when I saw your eyes close."

Lauren wanted to gasp when she felt Joe's rough hand holding onto hers, and when he spoke, it broke her heart. She had always harbored feelings for the tough man sitting next to her, but when he talked to her, she could hear that he was on the verge of crying.

Lauren wanted to be able to sit up, take his face in her hands and kiss his tears away, and hug him telling him that she was okay. But she couldn't give that to Joe at the moment, so she started fighting harder for the man she cared deeply about.

Joe couldn't speak for a moment and he squeezed her hand lightly, knowing that he wouldn't feel anything back, but he had to try.

"I know that you can hear me, or at least, I hope that you can, and I need you to come back. I just want to see your beautiful, brown eyes open. I want to hear your beautiful voice singing and talking, and I want to see you dancing and jumping around. I want you to complain about me not getting gluten-free crackers for when you come over to raid my pantry and fridge. I want you to wear your sparkly shorts that are your favorite color sparkle. I want to hear you yelling at me for forgetting to do one little thing." Joe had opened his mouth and he just couldn't stop talking to her about the things he wanted from her. "And I want you to force me -"

Lauren listened to what Joe was saying and she fought to squeeze his hand and smile, knowing that she couldn't, but she knew she had to try. What Joe was saying was helping the fight to wake up and it was actually getting easier. Lauren kept listening to his voice and focused on returning to him.

"- to watch My Little Pony over and over again because you love the colorful horses." Joe took a deep breath and was about to continue when he felt a small pressure on his hand, and he looked at his hand to see that Lauren was squeezing it. He wasn't sure what to say anymore, but he knew that he was doing something, so he started to sing Dylan's part of The Way I Do from Starship.

"When they say you can't love, I think you've got it wrong
They say you can't feel, with a heart made of steel
But you can't say that steel ain't strong
Well if that's who you are, just a meaningless star in the sky
Tell me what is the meaning of what I am feeling if you are the reason why?
Now I may be dumb
But where I come from
Folks say they're fine when I know that they're blue
But you don't know you
The way I do." Joe looked at his hand again to see Lauren's fingers moving, and he didn't notice three doctors watching him and Lauren from the doorway as he brought her hand up to his mouth and he kissed it lightly.

Lauren wanted to smile again when he started singing, loving the sound of his voice, and she could feel herself getting closer and closer to waking up just by the sound of his wonderful voice filling the otherwise silent hospital room. When he kissed her hand, she felt a smile ghosting across her lips and she heard a gasp coming from Joe and somewhere around the door area.

Joe saw a bit of a smile crossing her face and he gasped, not hearing the three simultaneous gasps from the doorway from the doctors watching the scene.

"Come on, Lauren. Wake up." He caressed her face lightly and he bit his lip as he waited agonizing moments before finally, she opened her eyes.

As a quick side note, tell me who you think should disappear when they go to vacation in Colorado. It can't be Lauren or Joe Walker cause they have to become normal from the accident to help get them back. And if you want a reference in the story, tell me your name and you'll appear somewhere in the story. Example: you'll see my friend Alex's sister Jacqueline's name in here three times because they're three years apart. Got it?

Oh yeah, nothing's changed except for this paragraph right here. If you want to request a story, write it out in your review. If it's a chapter story you want to request, give me the pairings and I'll work my magic. Thanks!

~ELBFAL