So...I was like, "let's take a break from angst..." Yeah right! Even a seemingly happy chapter will have a minuscule amount of angst. I just cannot help it.

Enjoy!

"The guys told me about the song you plan to sing for me at your next concert," Kendall said to Amirah, who was sitting on the edge of his bed. The guys, along with Camille and Amirah, had come to visit him.

Amirah was glad that her extremely dark skin was hiding her potential blushing. She finally shrugged. "It's a work in progress."

"Well let's hear it," Logan suggested, earning nods from his three best friends and girlfriend.

Amirah sighed in response. "Okay," she said. "But just remember that it's not completely finished yet so don't laugh!" She looked at Kendall and began singing her slow song.

As you go through life you'll see
There is so much that we
Don't understand

And the only thing we know
Is things don't always go
The way we planned

But you'll see every day
That we'll never turn away
When it seems all your dreams come undone

We will stand by your side
Filled with hope and filled with pride
We are more than we are
We are one

If there's so much I must be
Can I still just be me
The way I am?

Can I trust in my own heart
Or am I just one part
Of some big plan?

Even those who are gone
Are with us as we go on
Your journey has only begun

Tears of pain, tears of joy
One thing nothing can destroy
Is our pride, deep inside
We are one

We are one, you and I
We are like the earth and sky
One family under the sun

All the wisdom to lead
All the courage that you need
You will find when you see
We are one

She gave a sigh of relief when she finally finished.

"That. Was. Amazing," Kendall finally said, causing everyone to once again nod in agreement.

"Now let's hear another," Camille said.

Amirah glared at the small girl and pointed her index finger at her. "Don't. Push it," she warned.

Suddenly, Kendall's doctor walked in. "And how's Mr. Knight feeling this afternoon?" he happily asked.

Kendall smiled. "Good enough to go home," he attempted. He's only been conscious for two days but he was already eager to leave. Just thinking about the fact that he has been in a hospital for a total and nine days and counting made him want to die.

Dr. Monroe smiled. "Nice try, Kendall," he responded, seeing as how this wasn't Kendall's first attempt of trying to make a run for it. "Actually, I have some visitors for you," he announced.

Kendall raised one of his big eyebrows. Which visitors? All his friends were with him. His mom and Katie were at the apartment, taking a break that Kendall had forced them to take. The Garcias should be with the two to make sure that they were indeed, taking a break. "What visitors?" he asked, curiosity eating him up inside. Gustavo and Kelly? That couldn't be right. Gustavo and Kelly had to take a trip to New York. So who could it have been?

Dr. Monroe nodded. He suddenly became serious. "I think you should see them."

"O-okay," Kendall responded, unsure of himself. "Let 'em in, I guess."

Everyone waited in anticipation as they watched Dr. Monroe leave the room in order to get Kendall's visitors.

The door slowly opened, and Kendall's eyes widened at the sight of the two people walking in. "M-Martin?" Kendall asked not being able to tell if this was real, or if the pain medications had made him go delirious. Again.

Martin gave a shy smile as he pulled a familiar looking girl inside with him. "Hi Kendall," he greeted. He then greeted everyone else in the room. "This is Diana," Martin said as he gestured to the girl that he entered with.

Kendall smiled. While everyone else was confused at the exchange going on between the two, Kendall knew who Diana was. "Your daughter," he said as he smiled at the girl, who too much resembled the girl that played as Rue in the Hunger Games movie. "Hi, Diana. Your dad has told me so much about you,"

Diana blushed. "H-hi Kendall," she nervously responded. "How are you feeling?"

Kendall smiled. "I'm doing so well, thanks Diana. You know, the doctor said that I would be much worse if it wasn't for your dad. He helped save me."

Diana smiled.

"Oh," Kendall said, remembering something. "I guess you already know who my best friends are. Carlos, James, and Logan." Diana nodded in response. She was a fan after all.

"You know Logan's girlfriend Camille too, right?" Kendall said, pointing to the small brunette.

Diana smiled and nodded. "She's in my favorite movie, Night of the Kamikaze." The boys all had surprised expressions on their faces, seeing as how a girl that looked so sweet and innocent had a dark side.

Camille's eyebrows perked up as she let a huge smile appear on her face.

"And lastly," Kendall said, pointing to Amirah. "You know my g-"

Everyone's eyebrows perked up, but Diana cut Kendall off before anyone could react any further. "I know Amirah. I have all her CD's. My favorite CD is her "Royalty" one."

"I like that one too," Kendall said, earning an appreciative smile from Amirah.

Her cuteness could just kill everyone in the room. Right then and there.

"I'm glad you're getting better, Kendall," Martin said. "I...I had Diana flown over here because...really...we wanted to thank you...and I needed to ask for your forgiveness. For everyone's forgiveness."

"Why are you thanking us?" Logan asked. "We should be thanking you. You helped Kendall."

"And we totally forgive you," Carlos added. "You didn't want to do any of the stuff Gavin made you do. We're just glad that the police got him...but...what's gonna happen to you?"

"That's why I came to thank you boys," Martin said. "I'm going home." He looked over at Carlos. "When you told the police about me, they took in every word. I'll still have to be present at the trial...and possibly will have to confess to somethings that I highly regret. But," He put his arm around Diana. "I'm going home. That's all that matters."

"That's great," James said with all sincerity. "You and your daughter can finally live in peace."

Martin nodded. "I have to stay in California until the trial ends, but after that, me and Diana are moving out of Minnesota. We need a fresh start." He smiled. "We're considering moving to Chicago."

"Well, no matter what route you take," Kendall said before he smiled. "I hope it works for the best. You two deserve it."

Martin could feel his eyes watering up. "You boys are extremely fantastic. After everything I helped Gavin put you through, you can still find it in your hearts to forgive me. Why?"

"It's just like what I told the cops," Carlos answered. "You were kidnapped too. Just..not the same way Kendall was."

Martin smiled. "Thanks, boys."

Diana broke away from her dad's grasp and approached Kendall's bed. Without warning, she wrapped her hands around Kendall's torso, then kissed his cheek as she let go of him. "I'm glad you're okay, Kendall."

"Me too," he whispered, suddenly unable to find his voice.

"We should get going," Martin said as he led his daughter away.

"Th-thanks for coming," Kendall said to them as they started walking out. "Wow," he breathed out once they were gone. "They're just so..." he couldn't think of what to say.

"They're great people," Amirah said, hoping that she accurately finished Kendall's sentence.

Kendall turned to her. He smiled and nodded.

"K-Kendall?" Carlos asked his friend, suddenly feeling worried. "The trial...do you think...you think you'll be able to do it?"

Kendall scoffed. "Well, it's not like it's something that I can back out of just because I don't feel like doing it."

"That's not the point, Kendall," Logan said. "You're gonna go up there. You gonna say every horrendous thing that Gavin did to you. The prosecutor and jury have to hear every single detail."

"Then to make it worse," Amirah began to add. "Gavin's lawyer is going to find every way possible to make it seem like in the end, Gavin was really the victim, and that you're the monster."

It's not like his friends were trying to scare him. They were just trying to prepare him for the worst.

"I know," Kendall replied as he felt tears forming in his eyes. "I know that, okay? But in the end I still gotta do this. I'm not gonna lie to myself or to you guys. I'm really scared. More scared than I've been in a while. I have nightmares about my time with Gavin, some flashbacks of things that actually happened, some over-exaggerations or things I thought would have happened." He gripped his sheets hard, his knuckles began turning white. "I can't hear Gavin's name without shaking, feeling sick, or just plain freaking out. Sometimes I think that he's escaped once again and that he's coming after me. But I'm not gonna let him win. I CAN'T let him win. I need to face my fear of Gavin, even if it means making me uncomfortable for a while. He WILL stay in prison and I'll make sure of it...Not just for me... but for my father too."

Kendall's friends hadn't seen him this fired up for anything. But then again, revenge for his father's death had never come into discussion before.

"And we'll be with you every step of the way," James said as he placed a comforting hand on Kendall's shoulder. "Like Amirah sang to you, we are one. You're not gonna go through this alone. We won't let that happen."

Kendall released the waterworks, feeling ashamed once again for crying in front of all his friends. "Th-thank you...s-so much," he stuttered in between sobs.

"Any time, bro," Logan said as he grabbed Kendall's hand and gave it a gentle squeeze. "Any time."

James wasn't going to sleep tonight. He made that conclusion as he stared up at his bedroom ceiling after checking the time. 3:20AM.

Their visit to the hospital had shaken him up. Yeah, he had fun being around all his friends. James was happy to see Kendall smile. But in the end, James wanted all of this to be over soon, but he knew that it was just the beginning.

He didn't want to see Kendall sad anymore. He didn't want Kendall breaking down after the smallest mention of Gavin. He didn't want Kendall afraid of the dark.

Yeah, Kendall was afraid of the dark now, by the way.

It was all found out a few hours after he woke from his seemingly long coma, the doctors had turned off the light, suggesting that Kendall gets as much rest as possible.

Unfortunately, as soon as Dr. Monroe turned out the light, Kendall began screaming. Everyone practically jumped at the sound of the teenager's scream. Dr. Monroe scrambled to turn the light switch on, but the damage had already been done.

Once the lights had been turned back on, Kendall reached for his mom and pulled her into a hug, ignoring the pain it was causing on his back. "D-don't let them hurt me, Mama," he said between his sobbing and heavy breathing.

Jennifer began reassuring her son that everything would be alright. Kendall's reaction was scaring her and Katie, who the whole time was staring wide eyed at her brother.

"Kendall," Jennifer said, hearing the sound of Kendall choking on his sobs and his ragged breathing. "You need to calm down and breathe, sweetie. I'm right here and no one's gonna hurt you okay?"

Kendall just held his mom tighter, trying to process what exactly was going on. He was in his mother's arms, so why didn't he feel safe?

"What's that?" Katie asked Dr. Monroe once she snapped out of her trance to find Dr. Monroe approaching her brother with a syringe.

"He's not calming down," he replied. "I sorry, but I have to sedate him."

"Don't. Please," Jennifer begged. "He's just a little freaked out." She held Kendall tighter, but loosened her grip in him when he hissed in pain.

"He needs to calm himself down otherwise he'll hurt himself even more." He stuck the needle into Kendall's IV before he could gain a reaction from Jennifer or Katie.

Jennifer felt Kendall's body slowly relaxing.

"M-Mom..." Kendall said weakly as his eyes began to droop closed.

"I'm sorry," she replied as she gently laid Kendall back down on his bed, and planted a kiss on his forehead. She watched Kendall as he finally fell into a peaceful sleep.

When Katie, while still in tears, told James, Carlos, and Logan about that incident, they were beyond mad. The doctors should have known that Kendall would have a reaction like that. He's a kidnap victim for crying out loud!

James was seething as he thought about everything they did wrong, but raised his eyebrows at a curious sound.

His eyes widened as he realized something important. Carlos was having another nightmare.

He jumped out of bed and took two large steps over to Carlos' bed, careful to not step on Logan, and desperately attempted to pull Carlos from his sleep.

"Carlos," he whispered loudly at his thrashing friend. "Carlos. Wake up!"

Carlos stopped moving. His eye fluttered open as he wiped the sweat that had formed on his forehead. "J-James?" he asked sleepily.

James nodded. "Yeah, little guy. It's me." He pulled Carlos into a sitting position and hugged him. "Did you have a nightmare?"

He felt Carlos head nodding in response. "Sorry for waking you up," Carlos whispered.

"You didn't wake me up," James replied. "Honestly." He ran his fingers through Carlos' hair. "Was it another dream about Kendall?"

Carlos nodded again. "I can't stop thinking about the time we spent in that tiny room. It's stupid. I shouldn't be acting like this. Gavin barely did anything to me. Kendall's the one that's suffering. I'm just being a big wimp."

"No Carlos, that's not true." He held Carlos' body tighter. "You have a right to be scared. You saw Kendall at his worst. You were beaten by Gavin. You saw the way Kendall looked dead on the stretcher. You're gonna have nightmares, and it's okay to. And you know that one of us is always gonna be there to help you through any of those nightmares. Okay, buddy?"

Carlos smiled, then nodded for the third time. "Thanks, James. You always know what to say."

"I only say what's on my mind, buddy," James responded as he smiled also. "Now get some sleep, Carlitos. We're gonna go see Kendall first thing in the morning."

"Okay," Carlos said as him and James finally separated. "Thanks again, James."

James smiled as he laid back in bed. He waited to hear Carlos' soft snores before he decided to let himself finally fall asleep.

Okay. First of, the song I used here was "We Are One" by Angelique Kidjo. She's one awesome lady.

Didja like that? XD