Chapter Two

Low Blood sugar

"Joe-," Kevin whispered, then he snapped out of it, "Joe!"

Both Kevin and Nick raced to Joe, Kevin knelt down and gently put Joe's head in his lap as Nick skidded to a stop and knelt down beside them.

Nick looked at Joe, seeing the blood slowly surround his brother was scaring him out of him mind, he looked towards Kevin, "Kev-he's going to be alright-isn't he?"

Kevin didn't answer, he was to busy digging in his pocket for his phone, he finally found it and flipped it open, "Nick, run inside and get mom and dad now!"

Nick didn't have to be told twice he jumped to his feet and was off to the house, in a matter of seconds he had disappeared from Kevin's line of vision. Kevin's hand was shaking as he tried to dial 911, after the second try he finally got it, "Yes, I need an ambulance, my brother's been shot! 2359 E. Holly Street, okay thank you."

Kevin closed his phone and dropped it on the ground, turning his attention back to Joe. Kevin took off the light jacket he was wearing and put over the bullet wound on Joe's stomach, pushed down on it as hard as he could from his position, he wasn't about to put Joe's head down.

"Kevin!" Kevin heard his dad calling him, he looked up and saw his parents and Nick running over to them, "Oh my gosh!"

"Dad, I called 911, but I can't stop the bleeding," Kevin said as the tears threatened to fall.

"Paul, who would do this?" Denise asked who was now crying along with Nick as Paul knelt down beside Joe and put more pressure on the wound.

"I don't know sweetheart," Paul said as he looked back to his bleeding son, he couldn't tell his wife but he had an idea who had done this and so did Kevin, "He's bleeding too much, where is that ambulance?"

Nick buried his head in his mom's shoulder as he cried, Kevin finally let the tears fall and leaned down to whisper in Joe's ear, "Joe Jonas, don't you die on me, not like this, not now."

The sirens finally filled the air, and Lilly came running out the house when she heard them, "Is Joe alright?"

"No, he's not, he's been shot, will you and Miley please stay with Frankie, we don't want him seeing his brother like this," Paul said not looking up from Joe.

Lilly's hand shot to her mouth when she saw Joe, his head lying in Kevin's lap, and a blood pool growing around him, she swallowed hard, trying not to cry, "Of course we'll stay with Frankie, as long as you need us too."

"Thank you Lilly," Paul said as they all watched Joe being loaded into the ambulance.

Before anyone could ask, Nick and Kevin were in the ambulance, one on each side of Joe. Their parents nodded and the doors were shut.

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Kevin passed up and down the small waiting room, while Nick sat in one of the chairs, his head in his hands, their parents had arrived only five minutes after they had but all four of them and yet to say a word. Kevin stopped passing and looked his watch, three hours, how long was this going to take?

Finally Paul broke the silence, "Kevin-please sit down."

Kevin sighed, but did as he was told and took the chair beside Nick.

"I'm going to call the house and check on Frankie," Denise said as she stood up and walked over to a pay phone down the hall.

Nick sighed and leaned his head on Kevin's shoulder, he was so tired all of sudden.

"Nick J-are you okay?" Kevin asked rubbing Nick's arm a little.

"Yeah, I'm just really tired that's all," Nick said closing his eyes.

Kevin got a confused look on his face, then his eyes widened he looked at his watch again, Nick had given himself insulin and then hadn't eaten anything, his blood sugar had to be to the floor.

"Nick, do you have your diabetes kit?" Kevin asked, though he knew he didn't.

Nick shook his head no not opening his eyes.

"Here Kevin," Paul said handing Kevin the things he needed.

Kevin nodded, he knew his dad always carried an extra diabetes kit though they had never needed to use it, until now, "Thanks dad."

Kevin picked up Nick's hand and pocked one of his fingers, luckily he got blood on the first try. He got it on the test strip easily enough, but Nick was so out of it he couldn't hold up his head anymore, "Oh man, its 32, dad."

"I'm going to go see if I can get him some sugar," Paul said standing up.

"Hurry dad, I'm not sure how much longing he can take it," Kevin said as he tapped Nick's cheeks, "Nick, come on Nick J, wake up."

"Hum?" Nick mumbled, slowly opening his eyes.

"Hey Nick, you have to stay awake okay," Kevin said still gently patting his brother's cheeks.

"But I'm tired Kev," Nick said quietly his head falling to Kevin's lap.

"No, I'm sorry Nick J, but I don't need another brother in trouble, you have to stay awake," Kevin said pulling Nick up, but his head fell back against Kevin's shoulder just as their mom came back.

"Oh, is Nick alright?" Denise asked as Nick's head fell back again.

"Mom, his sugar is to the floor," Kevin said as he tried to wake Nick up again.

"Come on Nick, come on buddy, you have to stay awake," Kevin said patting Nick's cheeks again.

"Kevin, how low, is to the floor?" Denise asked as she sat on the other side of Nick.

"It was 32," Kevin said as Paul walked back up.

"What!" Denise said gripping Nick's shoulder, "Nicholas, come on sweetie you have to wake up baby."

"Here Kevin, see if you can get him to drink this," Paul said handing Kevin a soda.

Kevin nodded and took the can from his father's hand, "Nick, come on Nicky you got to drink this, come on you can do it."

At first nothing happened, then Nick slowly began to drink it, he was still really out of it, but at least he was drinking it.

"That's it Nicky," Kevin said as Nick took slow sips, then stopped.

"Keep going Nick," Paul said as he knelt down in front of Nick.

"I'm tired dad," Nick said, he was slurring his words he was so out of it.

"We know you are Nicholas, but you have to keep drinking," Denise said rubbing circles on Nick's back as Kevin helped him continue to drink.

They were so engrossed in taking care of Nick they didn't see the doctor walking down the hall towards them, a grim look on his face.