A/N: Told you I'd update more when exams were over :) this story is actually going to be longer than I expected it too be, which is great for you guys (hopefully)
Ooh, and I got some reviews on my latest bromance oneshot! Yay! You guys are actually the sweetest, so I might upload another one later, but thank you so much for being so lovely!
Chapter 8: Visiting
"Boys?" Mrs Knight poked her head into Logan's room, as sighed as she spotted both him and Carlos wrapped in each others arms in Logan's bed, sleeping soundly; it was how she and Katie had slept too, they felt safer together. Mrs Knight decided she'd let the boys sleep for a little longer, so she shut the door gently behind her and made her way out into the kitchen to make breakfast; she had to keep herself busy so she wouldn't worry about Kendall or James, or Carlos and Logan for that matter.
Logan awoke to the sound of a door softly shutting, and he knew Mrs Knight had come to check on them. He decided there was no point in lying in bed moping all day, so he made to pull himself out of bed, but was stopped by a pair of arms tightening around his middle,
"Logie?" Carlos mumbled, his eyes fluttering open "Don't leave me,"
"It's OK, Carlitos," Logan replied, hugging the smaller boy "I'm not gonna leave you, but it's morning, we should both get up,"
"Mmk," Carlos mumbled, loosening his hold on Logan to allow the genius to get out of bed before following suit himself "I'm sorry, Logan," he said "I just miss them,"
"Don't worry," Logan said as he pulled on a hoodie "I miss them too, but listen, I'm gonna ask Mama Knight if she'll take us in to see Kendall again, and maybe we'll be able to see James as well," Carlos perked up slightly at that,
"Really?" the Latino boy asked.
"Really," Logan nodded "now lets go get some breakfast." Logan and Carlos walked out into the living room to find Mrs Knight sitting on the orange couch, holding the phone up against her ear.
"Hi, Brooke," she said, and Logan and Carlos shared a look; she was calling James' mother, which meant that someone had to call his dad. "I was just wondering if you got a call from the hospital about James?" the fear in her voice was evident, and Carlos and Logan were both lucky they didn't have to call her; Mrs Diamond was stern and businesslike in everything she did, and although she had a soft spot for her only son, she was stern and overbearing with regards to his safety and well being. "Well, uh, I'm afraid he and Kendall were in a car accident yesterday, and they're both in hospital. I thought it might be best if I tell you, and Jack, and you two can-"
"Thanks Jen," Brooke said abruptly "I'll be on the next flight out of Minnesota," and with that she hung up. Carlos and Logan watched anxiously for the older woman to hang up, and she looked up from where she was now dialing James' father's number. "She's coming out as soon as she can," Mrs Knight told the boys before putting the phone back up to her ear. "Hi Jack," she said "it's Jennifer Knight calling, Kendall's mother,"
"Hey Jen," came James' fathers reply "what's up?"
"Um," Mrs Knight hesitated "it's about James,"
"What is it? Have you told his mother," Jack said, resentment in his voice as he spoke of his ex wife.
"Yes, I have," Mrs Knight said "but it's kind of serious, I should tell you both; James was in a car accident with Kendall and they're both in the hospital,"
"How is he?" the anger in Jack's voice was gone as he spoke of his son.
"He's comatose, they're waiting for him to come to so they can give a diagnosis, but I thought you and Brooke ought to come down and see him."
"Fine," Jack said "for James," and with that he hung up.
"They're both coming," Mrs Knight stated, putting the phone down on the coffee table.
"Good," Logan said "James will love that,"
"Uh, Mama Knight?" Carlos asked.
"Yeah, sweetie?" the older woman replied.
"Can we go see James and Kendall?"
"Sure," Mrs Knight gave a half smile, and she, Katie and the boys headed out.
"Hi, we're here to see Kendall Knight," she said to the receptionist when they arrived at the hospital, and they were let though to Kendall's room, where they found him sitting on his bed, talking with a woman in a lab coat with a clipboard again. "Oh, I'm sorry," Mrs Knight said "is this a bad time? We can come back,"
"Oh no, it's fine," the woman turned around and stood to shake Mrs Knight's hand "my name is Dr Melinda Johnston, I'm a specialist and I run a psychological practice in town. Kendall's doctor asked me to come and meet with him after his little, uh, episode yesterday-"
"She thinks I need a shrink!" Kendall butted in suddenly "I'm not crazy!"
"I think it might be best if you and I talk outside, Mrs Knight, I don't want to upset your son further," Dr Johnston said, and Mrs Knight nodded in agreement. Logan, Katie and Carlos turned to face Kendall once the two women had left the room.
"How are you feeling, bud?" Logan asked, sitting down beside Kendall's bed.
"I'm OK," he mumbled "I'm not crazy, Logan,"
"I didn't say you were," Logan said calmly "and I don't think Dr Johnston thinks you are either, OK? Maybe seeing a psychiatrist would be good for you-"
"I don't need a shrink, Logan!" Kendall interrupted, folding his arms,
"I know you don't want to," Logan began.
"But maybe it'll make getting over the accident easier," Carlos said "we know it was rough on you, seeing him like that-"
"Who?" Kendall asked.
"What do you mean who?" Carlos asked, looking to Logan.
"Classic repression of traumatic memories," the genius mused "a defense mechanism used to push the incident out of his mind. He hasn't really forgotten," Logan said to Carlos "he's just pushing the memory out of his mind because it hurts to think about-"
"Will you stop that?" Kendall burst out "Stop talking all smart about me like I'm not even here! You're right Logan, I am shoving back those memories, because they're messing with my head, and maybe I do need a shrink! Maybe I am totally messed up, why don't you just lock me up in a mental institution with a straight jacket or something!" Logan felt something behind him, and he turned to see that Katie had leapt behind him in fright at her brother's yelling. Mrs Knight and Dr Johnston at that moment, the doctor calming Kendall down while Mrs Knight removed Carlos, Logan and Katie from his room.
"Look guys, I was talking with Dr Johnson, and she said that Kendall's sort of, um-" Mrs Knight struggled to remember what the specialist had said.
"Repress his memories of the accident?" Logan supplied, and the red headed woman nodded.
"Yeah, thank you Logan," she smiled "so we're going to have her come around every so often to just talk with him and get him to open up a little, but she said it would be best if you didn't mention it around him, or the accident or James, until he's ready to talk about it; if we try and push him, he might relapse and shut us out again,"
"Ok," Logan said, and the others nodded.
"Good," Mrs Knight smiled, and Dr Andrews walked past at that moment.
"Mrs Knight, I'm glad I caught you!" he said before greeting Carlos, Logan and Katie "James is all settled down in his room, and we've done all the tests we can while he's comatose, so it would be fine if you wanted to visit him, but I'd ask that only one or two of you be in his room at a time, if he wakes up we need doctors in there as soon as possible to monitor him,"
"Ok," Mrs Knight said, and Dr Andrews led them to James' room before bidding them goodbye and heading off down the hallway. Mrs Knight took Katie's hand and led her into James' room, while Logan and Carlos stood outside, talking.
"Logie, I'm scared," Carlos admitted, picking nervously at his fingernails.
"Of what, Carlitos?" Logan asked "Aren't you happy about seeing James?"
"Yeah," the Latino boy said "but I'm also scared, I mean what if James is really hurt, like what if the accident really broke him? I don't know what I'd do!"
"It'll be OK," Logan assured "no matter what that accident did to him, he'll get better. Besides, he's your best friend, isn't seeing him what matters?"
"Yeah," Carlos relented "I guess,"
"How about if I go in first, and then I'll tell you how he is?" Logan asked.
"Thanks Logie," Carlos wrapped the genius in a hug, and the two looked up as Katie and Mrs Knight came out. Logan took in a deep breath before stepping into James' room, where he was slightly relieved to find that James was in relatively one piece; the unconscious boy had stitches on his head, a bleeding lip, and Logan smiled at the fact that his hair was tousled from where the doctors had mended the cut on his head. James' cut was deeper than Kendall's, and Logan fretted that it might be the cause of some internal brain injury. The doctor to be scanned over the rest of James' body to find that his right leg was in a cast and he had bruises all over, but other than that he looked as if he could be sleeping.
"James?" Logan asked, sitting down beside the pretty boy's bed "I know it's almost scientifically impossible, but if you can here me, please listen. Please wake up soon, we're lost without you; Kendall's scared to even talk about what happened, and Carlos is just plain lost, he slept in my bed last night, James, did you know that? He was too scared to sleep in your room without you there, so he slept with me. Please wake up for him, James, he needs you so much, he's totally lost and alone without his big brother there, he needs you to wake up, please?" Logan found tears in his eyes, and he quickly wiped them away; it was not like James could seem crying, but still. "I uh," he sniffed and wiped again at his eyes "I guess that's all I have to say, I'll let Carlos in to see you now," he squeezed James' hand before standing "be strong, James." he whispered, and left the room. Carlos looked up anxiously as the genius returned, and Logan gave a small smile "He's OK," he said "just kinda- battered," Carlos nodded and took in a deep breath of his own before entering the room, all the air leaving his lungs as he spotted the broken form lying on the bed.
"James!" he let out in a teary gasp, dashing forward and collapsing in the chair beside his friend "Oh James I'm so sorry!" he cried, hot tears streaming down his face "This is all my fault! I was the one who installed your airbag in the car, if I had looked over it again then this would never have happened! I'm so sorry I did this to you!" he rested his head on the taller boy and sobbed into his chest, his shoulders giving spasms with his uneven breathing. "Please be OK, James!" he whispered as he sat up and looked into the pretty boy's unconscious face "Please wake up, I don't know what to do without you, it's so lonely at home without you, Logie is doing his best, but it's just not the same. Please, Jamie," Carlos pleaded in a whisper, brushing the pretty boy's hair back in place with light fingers "please wake up,"
A/N: Oops, this chapter is actually super long, sorry :) if you guys would like to review, that'd be amazing, and I might post another one shot tonight :)
