Author's Note: This chapter is for two people. speedy1028, I'm so sorry I made you mad and you cried! The other person is Night's Mirth. How sad for you. You don't like happy endings. Well, I'm sorry, but I do. And I have to point out that Tiffany is not evil. She just lacks attention.
Sorry for the long wait. Forgive me, but in my country, school starts in June and ends in March. So, yeah, I just started school. June 15 to be exact. But don't worry, I'll still update when I have free time :D. And, my internet went down :(

DISCLAIMER: Don't own anything but the twins and the plot.

Goodbye – Chapter Fourteen

He Hopes With All Of His Heart

"Well, she asked me not to say anything, but your mother's been in an accident. She's in the hospital right now."

Maddie grabbed the phone out of Ghoul's hand while he just stood there, frozen.

"What did you say, Mrs. McDonald?" she said into the phone.

"Oh, well, hello there Maddie. Well, your mother is in the hospital right now. She told me not to tell you two but you deserve to know."

"H-How is she?" Maddie asked.

"Well, she's unconscious."

"What is it?" Ella mouthed, but Maddie just handed her the phone and ran to Mitchie's room.

"Maddie, what is it?" Mitchie asked when she saw Maddie's face.

"Mom…Mom, in the hospital." Maddie sniffed. "We have to go home. We have to go back, we have to!"

"What?"

"Alex Russo is in the hospital!"

"What? Why? Who told you that?"

"She's in the hospital, I don't know why, but she's unconscious and Mrs. McDonald told us!"

"Who's Mrs. McDonald?"

"This kind lady who helped out Mom. But we have to go there now!"

"Calm down, Maddie. I'll call the guys and we'll see what we can do," she said, frantically thumbing her keypads.

"Hey, Shane, we have a problem. You have to come home this instant!"

"But we're in the middle of a meeting!" Shane said.

"This is important! Alex is in the hospital!"

"What?"

"Alex is in the hospital! We have to go there, fast!"

"We'll be right there"

-x-

Nate wrung his hands together as he sat down on the white leather covered seat in Connect 3's private plane.

"Stop fidgeting! You're making me more nervous. And I'm nervous enough!" Ghoul said.

Nate turned to the boy beside him.

"How can I not fidget? I haven't seen Alex in fifteen years!"

"Yeah, I know," he mumbled. Nate stopped fidgeting.

"I'm really sorry, you know."

"You said that already, remember? The day after we, you know, met."

Nate smiled a little. "You mean the day you punched my face."

Ghoul chuckled. "Ha. Yeah."

"I know I deserved it, though. Was it…you know, hard? For Alex, for you?"

"Well, it was…normal for me. I never really met you yet. But, kind of. Cause we have "Family Day" in our old school. And it hurt to see the dad's of my other classmates. Plus, there was also a "Father-Daughter Dance" that Maddie never attended. I know it hurt the most for Mom though. She never lets us see how much, but I just know." Ghoul's words cut through Nate like a newly-sharpened knife.

"I'm really, really sorry. I don't even know how to express how sorry I am. I feel like sorry isn't enough."

"You're right. It isn't."

Nate looked at Ghoul, something like nervousness bubbling in him.

"What you have to do now is just be with us."

Relief washed through him.

"I would love to do that, but I don't know if Alex would ever forgive me."

"It would take some time, or maybe none at all, but she will. I'm sure she will. I'm one hundred percent positive that she still loves you."

"How can you be so sure?"

"Maybe it's the fact that she never dated again. Maybe it's the fact that when I read her diary from fifteen years ago and she said that she can't stop loving you even if she tried. Maybe it's the fact that I found unfinished letters that were addressed to you in her room."

"Don't you know that it's bad to read a girl's diary? Or her unfinished letters?"

"Hey! I came upon the box with the diary and the letters by accident!"

"Okay, I won't tell her."

-x-

"Madeleine! Guillaume!" The fifty-year-old woman rushed to give the two teenagers a hug when they arrived at the hospital. "And who might you be?" she asked the adults whose faces were all covered by big sunglasses and hats were on their heads.

"I'm Shane Gray." Shane whispered. "This is Mitchie Torres, Ella Brent (what's her last name???), Jason Gray and…Nate Gray."

"Well it's very nice to meet you all. Maddie, Ghoul, she's in room 562. You can all see her now," she said and everyone walked towards the elevators but she put a hand on Nate's shoulder to stop him.

"Yes?" he asked.

"I just wanna tell you that I love Alex like she was my own. When she came to Quebec with two toddlers, I was the one who helped her. I offered her a place to stay. She lived with me for a year. When she moved out, I offered to clean her house and baby-sit the kids when she's out. When she moved here to Vancouver, incidentally, my own son told me that he wanted me to move closer to him so I moved here too. I'm telling you this so that you know that I was there from the beginning, I know what she went through, how broken she was. I was there but I only fixed her up, I only put the pieces together. The cracks are still there and only you can make her whole and heal her fully. So no matter how much I know you hurt her, I want you to go in there and fix her. You're the only one who can," she said.

Nate took her words to heart and he nodded. "Thanks, Mrs. McDonald."

"For what?"

"For being there when I wasn't."

The lady smiled and turned towards the elevators with Nate following her.

-x-

"Mrs. McDonald, what exactly happened?" Maddie asked while she looked at a sleeping Alex through teary eyes.

"Well, she got hit by a car. I don't know what exactly happened, but before the paramedics came, she told me not to tell you kids."

Just then, the door opened and the doctor came in, holding a clipboard. She didn't notice the others when she came in because she was looking at the red clipboard. "Well, Mrs. McDonald, she's--," the doctor stopped when she looked up to see eight pairs of eyes looking right at her. "Well, it seems like Mrs. McDonald's not the only one I should be addressing. Are any of you family?"

"Yes." they all replied.

"Actually, the girl and the three boys aren't related to her by blood, but they practically are family, and I'm her cousin and the two teenagers are her kids," Mitchie explained.

"And you are?"

"I'm Mitchie Torres."

"You mean the American popstar? My daughter loves you, but I don't really watch much TV anymore."

"Yeah, that's me."

"Ms. Torres, my name is Dr. Anders. Your cousin is responding well to the treatment. She'll be up in a couple of days," Dr. Anders said.

"That's good! But, Dr. Anders, what exactly is wrong with her?"

"She has three broken ribs, a broken leg, a fractured arm and a small tiny crack in her skull. She's actually very lucky. Had that crack in her skull been any bigger, she could have brain damage, but luckily, she doesn't."

"But she's perfectly fine, right? There's nothing wrong with her brain, right?"

"Right. Except for the broken bones and the cuts, she's perfectly fine. No need to worry. Now, I must get going, I still have some paperwork to finish. Good to meet you all," she said before going out the room.

Ghoul glanced at Nate and saw his face. His expression was blank, but his eyes weren't. They were full of…longing and a bit of regret. Ghoul nudged Shane and Shane looked at Nate too. Shane looked at his watch.

"Whoa. It's late. We better go find a hotel to check in to, since I doubt all of us could sleep here.

"What? Why?" Maddie asked and Ghoul pinched her and whispered "Look at Dad."

Maddie looked and her mouth formed a small 'o'.

Apparently, everyone else except Nate caught on.

"Well, I better get going," Mrs. McDonald said. "I'll see you all tomorrow."

"Bye, Mrs. McDonald."

And she left.

"Someone should stay here," Ella suggested. "Nate, could you do it? I don't want to leave Maddie or Ghoul here in the hospital. They should stay with us in the hotel for now. And you know how Shane gets when Mitchie's not there. And I get uneasy when Jason's not with me every time I'm in the hospital."

Nate was silent for a while, but he managed a small "Sure."

"Thanks, Nate. We better get going, teenagers need their sleep," Shane said. "Shane needs his sleep too," he added.

"Bye, Dad," Maddie said, kissing his cheek.

"Bye, Dad," Ghoul said.

"Bye, bro," Jason said.

"Take care," Mitchie said.

And they were gone.

For the first time in fifteen years, Nate was alone with Alex. An unconscious Alex, but Alex nevertheless.

This was the first time he's seen her in fifteen years. Yes, she was unconscious, but he was still nervous. Oh god, she was beautiful. Even if she was unconscious and her head had a bandage around it and her leg and arm were in a cast he still thought she was beautiful. Just like before.

He sat down on the chair beside her and just looked at her for a good five minutes. How peaceful she looked while she slept. He knows that that peace would be replaced by anger or hatred when she sees him but he hopes he's wrong. He hopes with all his heart that he's wrong. That those eyes would forgive him and come back to him. That those eyes would look at him with love. That he would feel her lips on his again. That he could hold her again. That she would be his again.

"Hey, Alex. I don't know if I should believe it when other people say that you should talk to unconscious people because they can hear you. I think I don't believe it, but what the heck. I missed you. So, so much. You don't know how sorry I am for believing Hannah. I wish I never did. I'm sorry for giving up. When Shane told me that you were in Nantucket, I wanted to go but he said that I shouldn't and I listened to him. That was my fault. I should have still gone. Maybe…maybe we'd be together now. Maybe Maddie and Ghoul would have a father at their side while they grew up. But even if we turn the world upside down, we're not together right now, and Maddie and Ghoul grew up without me.

"You're a great person, you know that? You raised two children all by yourself. You did it wonderfully too. They're great. I can't believe I missed fifteen years of their lives. But that'll change. I'll be with them every step of the way now. If…if you'd let me."

He paused for a minute before continuing.

"I still love you, Lexie. Very much. After all I did to you, I don't think you could forgive me, even if Ghoul says you will. I know you won't. But, that won't change my feelings for you. I still love you. You won't forgive me, but I hope you will. I'd do anything for your forgiveness because you are…everything. Every damn thing to me. I love you."

He knows she can't hear him, but he hopes.

He hopes with all of his heart.

From this chapter on, the story would focus back on Nalex and chapters would be from their point of view. Sometimes Maddie or Ghoul's chapters would appear, but I miss writing Nalex. I still love them even if I think Taylena is cute and I love the song Before The Storm by the JoBros and Miley Cyrus. Listen to it. I was listening to it while writing this. :D Listen to Fly With Me by the JoBros too.

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