Disclaimer: I don't Hannah Montana or the Jonas Brothers! I do however own this plot and such characters as Josh and Ryan. I don't own Kevin's GF and Jackson's GF.

A/N: I wanted to thank you for all of the wonderful reviews for that story. I'm really sorry about the late updates. Too many things going on with life in general. Happy readings! A lot of people have asked that I update ASAP, so I'm posting up the next chapter. I haven't said this in a while but thanks for putting this story on alert and favorites! : )

Every single member of the Jonas family, Truscott-Stewart family, and even the Callaway family was there holding their breaths as they saw the gurneys being brought in passed them at tremendous speed. "Everyone clear the way!" a doctor yelled. "Get him to the operating room! Someone check out this one too!"

Joe was pushed into the operating room. The nurses started putting all of these different tubes in his body to help him breathe. They had almost lost him during the ride over to the hospital. The nurses started cutting his clothes off of him and tried to stop the bleeding.

Lilly was ushered into another room. She wasn't badly hurt. She just had a lot of blood all over her. It wasn't even hers. It was Joe's. She tried really hard not to cry when a nice looking nurse and doctor came into the room to check up on her. "Miss Trustcott?" the doctor called out and Lilly snapped her head up towards the voice. "We're just here to check up on you," he explained. He looked like he had just graduated med-school. 'Ryan would have loved this,' she thought as the doctor came closer to her. He saw the bruise on her cheek and went to touch it. She winced when his hand came into contact with it. She tried not to cry as he checked her over to really make sure that the blood all over her wasn't in fact hers. He tried to make small talk while he assessed her over. She couldn't concentrate on what he was saying. She just wanted to know if her Joey was going to be alright. "Is Joe going to be alright?" she asked the doctor. He looked at her confused and the nurse whispered into her ear that Joe was her fiancé – the one that was brought into the other room. "Oh," he said softly. "The doctors are really good here. They will try to do everything for him."

"Josh is dead," Lilly said, not really realizing it until she was sitting in that room. 'Who's Josh?" the doctor mouthed to the nurse. She just shrugged in return. They both jumped when Lilly's voice rang out. "He's the one that did this to me and Joe!" she cried. Miley was outside of the room when she heard Lilly cry out. Ryan was walking towards the noise too. They both ran into the room and saw Lilly crying her eyes out on the hospital bed. The two rushed up to her, but Miley reached her first. She pulled the crying blond towards her into a giant hug. Ryan looked up and saw his former classmate standing there. (A/N: Charlie was a year higher than Ryan was – that's why he's the doctor and Ryan is still doing his internship at the same hospital.) "Hey, Charlie," he said. Charlie gave him a small smile. "Hey Ry. Are you're related to her?" he asked, nodding his head towards the blond.

"I'm related to both of them actually," Ryan replied. "They're both my sisters."

"Ahhh," he said understanding why the name sounded familiar now. "I take it - Lilly's the one that just got engaged too?" Ryan smiled and nodded his head. He told Charlie a couple of days ago about how his little sister's boyfriend wanted to ask her to marry him. Charlie had overheard him on the phone and he wanted to know what he was talking about. "Her fiancé's the one laying in the other room," Ryan explained.

"He's finally gone, Ry," Lilly said as her brother walked closer to her. "He's finally out of our lives for good," she said. Ryan sadly nodded. He disliked his former roommate and best friend, but he would never wish that he was dead. Ryan looked at Lilly and noticed for the first time that she was covered in blood. He looked over at Charlie and Charlie shook his head. "It's not hers," he whispered.

"Lilly," Ryan said turning back around. Miley was trying not to cry at seeing her best friend in this state of mind. She didn't even mind getting all of that blood all over her clothes. She just wanted her sister and best friend to be the happy-go-lucky person that she normally was again. "Lilly," Ryan tried again. She still wasn't listening to him. "What's wrong with Joe?" she asked. Ryan didn't answer her. He didn't know either. Miley continued to shake her head. She grabbed a hold of Ryan's arm and didn't want to let go.

"Lils," Ryan said regretfully. Lilly noticed the hesitation and cried out, "NO! HE CAN'T BE! HE PROMISED!" She broke down even more. Miley threw Ryan a look. Kadie was walking by the room when she heard Lilly scream this time. She ran into the room and saw Lilly covered in blood and crying her eyes out. Kadie didn't care if she was covered in blood or not, rushed to the blond woman and pulled her into a hug. She smoothed out Lilly's hair. She looked at her fiancé and cousin. (Yup, that's right, Charlie is Kadie's cousin. Ryan and everyone else just don't know it yet - except, Ryan kept thinking that his friend and his fiancé looked a little bit similar.)

"Shhhh, sweetie," she whispered into Lilly's hair. She didn't know what was going on. She was on her way to tell Lilly the good news which did contain its mix of bad news. "Lils," she said and felt the woman clutched onto her shirt even tighter. She noticed that Miley was still crying and she moved her arm out and Miley understood the gesture. She sat back on the bed and hugged the older girl. "Lils," Kadie tried again. "Joe's fine." Lilly continued to shake her head not really believing anything at all. Kadie tried again, but this time with more force, "Lillian! Joseph's fine!"

This time snapped Lilly out of her trance. She looked into the older girl's face and hoping that this wasn't a cruel joke. She shook her head. "Joe just got out of surgery," she explained. She could hear Ryan and Miley gasped at the news. "But," she went on and heard the depleted excitement, "he's in a coma." She tried to shelter her ears from the scream that came from the blonde's mouth, but she wasn't successful. "The bullet hit too close to his heart. But, they were able to get it out. He's going to be fine. He's just in a drug-induced coma because…he…"

"He what, Kadie?" Lilly asked, trying to soak the new information in.

Kadie hung her head and pulled the girl closer. "He died twice on the table," she said, knowing that Lilly hated the run-around. She was the type of girl that liked to be straight-forward. "What?!" she softly shrieked. Kadie nodded her head. She knew that Lilly had understood what she was saying, but she had to re-interate it. "He's going to be fine, though. The doctors said that he will wake up on his own terms. We can go see him though," Kadie informed the girl and the rest of her family. Lilly nodded her head and started walking out the door towards Joe's room. She had a feeling that everyone was waiting for her to go see him first. Miley slowly followed her sister out the door. She threw one last look at Ryan and saw that he was deep in thought. She shook her head and pulled on his arm. "What's going on?" she asked in a quiet voice – one that he could only hear. "Nothing," Ryan said.

Miley didn't believe him one bit. "Yeah, right. I grew up with you and Lilly. Tell me the truth," she said.

"There's something going on with Charlie and Kadie. I just don't know what," he answered. They both turned around to see the two hugging and Charlie was smiling. Charlie looked up to see Ryan looking at him and Kadie. He walked closer towards the younger man and pulled him into a manly hug. Ryan threw Miley a confused look. Kadie just stood there laughing. "Stop it, Charles," she said. "I would like my fiancé to be able to breathe and walking for my wedding, jerk."

Ryan felt the air swept back into his body. He looked at his friend and his fiancée. Kadie and Charlie shared a look and started laughing some more. They understood why Ryan was so confused. "Ry, this is Charlie, also known as your friend, also known as my cousin. Charlie, you know Ryan, my fiancé and his little sister, Miley," Kadie explained. Ryan's eyes widen. He was so not expecting that. Today contained a lot of secrets and new information. "I'm sorry to hear about Josh," Charlie said after awhile. "I remembered him. He always seemed to be into girls and not school all that much." Ryan nodded his head. "Yeah, and he was into one of my sisters," Ryan said bitterly.

Charlie clapped a hand on Ryan's shoulder. "At least, now, you know that he won't be bothering you or your family any longer," he said sympathetically. He bade the group good-bye when they all had reached the waiting room. He had more rounds to run and patients to visit. "You hurt my cousin, Trustcott, I will hunt you down. Don't underestimate me," he said and walked away smiling. He had a feeling that his cousin will have a deep conversation with him later about that comment. She always hated the boys in the family for being so protective – but, sometimes, she just loves it.

Meanwhile in Joe's room

"Joe?" Lilly timidly asked as she walked into the room. She wasn't prepared to see the sight in front of her. There were so many tubes in him. She got choked up as she walked further into the room. "Baby?" she asked trying really hard to stay strong. "I know that you can hear me. The doctor said that even though you are in unconscious, you can still hear us. See now? We have something else in common," she tried to joke but it didn't help that Joe wasn't there to laugh with her. She took a hold of his hand and laid her cheek on it. "Please wake up for us. Your family is out there in the waiting room praying and hoping that you will wake up. I'm here praying that you will wake up. I know that you will though. You're a fighter. I love you so much." She looked up and out the window. She saw a little star twinkling in the sky. "Dad, I know that you're there. Please watch over him for me. I just need to know that he will be okay," she said as she cried.

She fell asleep holding his hand. Denise and Paul came into the room and noticed that Lilly fell asleep right next to Joe. They now know why Lilly didn't come out of the room earlier. They let her sleep. Paul was able to move her onto the bed with Joe. They didn't want her to wake up with a bad back. They left the room and informed the others on the news.

Joe could feel Lilly holding his hand. He could even hear everything she said. He just couldn't answer her. He tried everything but it felt like his body and him were disconnected in a way. "In way, you are," a voice from his right side answered him. Joe looked up startled. "Who are you? And, how can you hear me? Am I dead?" he asked looking at monitor.

"No, son, you're not dead," the man in white answered him. "I'm just here for a little talk."

"Talk?" Joe asked. "What about?"

"My daughter," he said smiling as he looked at the blond on the bed.

"Your daugh…" Joe started but soon realized that this was Lilly's father, Bob Truscott. She did look like him at times when she was serious. Bob nodded his head. "She's turned out to be a wonderful young woman. I am glad that you are marrying my little girl. She deserves everything in the world, and I'm glad that you can be able to provide that for her," he said, patting Joe on the back.

Joe was really surprised and overwhelmed to hear this declaration. "I do love Lilly with all of my heart. I want to thank you for giving me your blessings," he answered.

"I know," Bob answered him. "I saw you over my grave a couple of weeks before proposing to my little girl. I heard everything that you said and I'm glad that you are the person for her in the end. Thank you for going to save her yesterday."

"She's my life. I would do anything for her," Joe answered truthfully. Bob smiled and told Joe to follow him. Joe didn't get it. Why does he need to follow Bob? Was he in limbo and awaiting judgment?

"Don't worry," Bob said, startling Joe. "You're going back into your body. I just wanted you to see something that I hope you will understand why everything happened the way it did. I know that you hate him for almost killing the both of you…don't get me wrong, I hate him too, but this is a little bit from his viewpoint."

Joe didn't want to really see what was going on, but he felt like he had no choice. He followed Bob into this room where he could see a glass wall in between two chairs. He gasped when he saw who had walked through that door.

A/N: Two finals are left for me to study for. But, thanks to all of the reviews and wanting me to update soon – I took a break and wanted to post this up. I hope all of you liked it!