Joe's POV:

We have been sitting in these stupid chairs, in this stupid waiting room for two stupid hours. What is taking so long? I just want to know about my brother.

"Joe, are you alright?" I heard Macy ask. I couldn't answer. I was too overwhelmed. Why Nick? What had he done to deserve this? And who? Who would do this to him? To my Nicky. My sweet, innocent Nicky. He had never hurt a fly. He didn't deserve this.

I felt Macy grab my hand and I looked over at her with tear filled eyes. I just shook my head and sobbed into her shoulder as she hugged me and whispered encouraging words into my ear.

"He's going to be alright, Joe." She whispered into my ear.

"How do you know that, Macy? How do you know he's going to be okay? Last time I saw him, he was unconscious, bruised and bloody!" I yelled at her as I stood up in front of her.

She looked scared of me for a second. Before she stood up and hugged me. I have never broken down like that before but I couldn't stop crying. Suddenly, I felt her let go. I looked up through my tear filled eyes only to be met by Kevin's own tear filled eyes.

"Shh, Joey, calm down. You have to be strong for Nick. You need to calm down, okay? Nicks going to be okay." Kevin told me, as he grabbed me in a hug. Suddenly, I believed him. I stopped crying and calmed down. I walked over to Macy. She was sitting next to Julie. Both of them had tear filled eyes.

"Macy, I'm sorry I snapped at you. I'm just so worried about Nick."

"Joe, it's okay. I understand. We are all worried too." She said, standing up and giving me a huge hug. I grabbed her hand and sat down next to her.

"Lucas family?" A young nurse yelled as she walked into the waiting room.

We all stood up and ran to her.

"Yes, that's us. How's my son?" Paul asked as he held a crying Denise at his side.

"Nicholas has 3 broken ribs which hit his lung, making breathing a very difficult task. We took him into surgery and successfully fixed his lung. He has a broken ankle and he hit his head very hard. He had brain bleeding which we also fixed in surgery. He's going to have a pretty big headache for a few days. His wrist is also sprained and he has minor cuts bruises."

"Can we see him?" I asked hopefully.

"Yes. The doctor will be in there shortly to check up on him. He is in room 493. I'm going to warn all of you that Nicholas doesn't look like himself. He is very pale and hooked up to some machines. He should wake up in about 15 minutes."

"Thank you so much ma'am." I didn't even hear her last reply because I was already half-way down the hall.

491, 492, ah! 493, I found it! I slowly opened the door, not waiting for the others. My legs all but gave out when I looked at Nick.

He was lying in his bed, looking like he was in a lot of pain. He was paler than I had ever seen anyone before. His face was contorted in pain, even though he was unconscious, but that wasn't what brought tears to my eyes. He had a bandage wrapped around his head, a cast on his ankle, a splint on his wrist, bandages around his chest and stomach, and he was hooked up to three machines. The only noise in that room that was keeping me from totally breaking down was the constant beep of his heart monitor. I walked over to Nick and grabbed his hand. I heard six gasps come from behind me and looked over to see Julie, Kevin, Macy, Frankie, Mom, and Dad with tears in their eyes. Kevin ran over to Nick and grabbed his other hand. Frankie slowly climbed into Nick's bed with him, carefully avoiding the wires and his IV and laid down next to him. Mom and Dad sat on the bed next to Nicks, Julie stood next to Kevin and ran her hands through Nicks curls, and Macy walked over next to me and grabbed my hand.

Once all of us finished crying, Kevin, Julie, Macy and I starting singing to Nick, trying to get him to wake up.

"I could pick up all your tears
throw 'em in your backseat
leave without a second glance
somehow I'm to blame
for this never-ending racetrack you call life

turn right
into my arms
turn right
you won't be alone
you might
fall off this track sometimes
hope to see you on the finish line

driving all your friends
At a speed they cannot follow
soon you will be on your own
somehow I'm to blame
for this never-ending racetrack we call life

turn right
into my arms
turn right
you won't be alone
you might
fall off this track sometimes
hope to see you on the finish line

I did all I could
and I gave
everything
but you had to go your way
and that road was not for me

so turn right
into my arms
turn right
you won't be alone
you might
fall off this track sometimes
hope to see you on the finish line"

When we finished the song, we all had tears in our eyes. I was starting to worry that Nick was never going to wake up. It had been 30 minutes and he wasn't up yet. Mom, Dad, and Frankie had gone home so now it was just me, Julie, Macy, and Kevin. We were all talking when suddenly something squeezed my hand. I looked up at Kevin and he had the same shocked expression on his face.

"Nick?" I asked quietly.

He didn't say anything but he squeezed our hands again.

"Nicky? Hey buddy, it's us. Please open your eyes." Kevin said in a soothing voice.

We waiting a few seconds before Nick slowly opened his eyes and cautiously looked around the room before finally meeting our eyes.

"NICKY!" We all yelled at the same time before taking turns hugging him.

"Oh my god, I was so worried about you baby brother! What the hell happened?"Julie yelled.

"I-I…" Nick stuttered. We all waited. "I can't tell you." He finished quietly as he stared at the floor.

"What? Nick, why can't you tell us? What is going on?" Julie asked again.

"I can't tell you." He said again. This time more forcefully.

"Nick J, you can tell us anything. We all love you. It's just, this is something too big to ignore. You really need to tell us what happened." Kevin said, in his big brother tone.

Nick sighed loudly and paused before speaking again. "I know and I love you guys too. Okay, here's what happened. You remember Tyler and Adam? The big guys who wanted to talk to me? Well they said that they wanted revenge because Adams sister and girlfriend died at one of our concerts. He said that if I told anybody, he would get you guys too and get revenge. Even you Macy. So they beat me up, and I fought back as best I could but…"

All of us just stared at him, with our mouths hanging open.

"I am going to kill them! Nobody picks on my little brother and threatens my family and girlfriend!" I screamed.

"Joe! Calm down!" Nick said harshly. "You can't do anything because then Adam and Tyler will know that I told you! Think Joe. Use your head. I know that somewhere beneath all that hair there is a brain. Use it!"

Everyone started laughing as I glared at Nick. "Fine. But we have to do something." I said.

"I have an idea. They are going to bring me back to that same room when I go back to school to do this again. You guys hide in the room. When they take me in there. You guys come out and corner them. Beat them up if you want, I don't really care but they need to be stopped before they do something even more drastic." Nick told us.

We all nodded our heads and began plotting. Nick was going to go back to school next Monday. We are just going to have to wait until then, but we are going to stop this, once and for all.