A phrasing that's a single tear,
Is harder than I ever feared
And you were left feeling so alone.
Because these days aren't easy
Like they have been once before
These days aren't easy anymore.
Why- Secondhand Serenade

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My head went to the heart monitor as it made a constant high pitch sound.

"No." I said, looking to my dad. "No, no, no!" Doctors suddenly burst into the room. "DAD!" I shouted and started crying loudly as the doctors and nurses surrounded him. I collapsed on the floor as tears flooded my system and my vision blurred, I saw a doctor grab a paddle and place it to his heart.

"Clear." She said as another nurse suddenly appeared in front of my face.

"Echo, you're going to have to wait outside." The nurse said.

"No, I'm staying here!" I said

"Cathy, I need some help here!" The doctor said. "Clear." She said again and I saw my father spasm lifelessly on the bed.

"But doctor, the regulations-"The nurse in front of me began.

"Screw the regulations, help me!" The doctor growled and the nurse jumped up to help.

I watched, tears running down my face as they worked on him, any way to make his heart beat again.

"Clear." The doctor said again, she had said it nearly 100 times and I didn't know how long I had sat here, just watching.

"It's been 10 minutes and we haven't got a response." Cathy said to the doctor.

"Once more," I pleaded. "Please." I whispered as I stared at my father, so choked up on tears not knowing what to do.

What would Asha say?

What would Jerry say?

"Clear." I was brought out of my thoughts as the doctor tried once more to bring Griffin back to life. The heart monitor still lay flat, the doctor shook her head.

"Time of death, 3.22pm." Just as Cathy said it, I buried my head in my hands, a floodgate of tears rushing out of my eyes.

And then, in the distance my ears suddenly picked up the sound of continuous beeps. My head slowly looked up to the heart monitor.

"He's alive?" Cathy said.

"He's alive." The doctor agreed a smile on her face. "Right, let's stabilize him now, Cathy; please take Miss. Kimberleigh out into the waiting room." This time I cooperated when Cathy came over to me, I let her take me outside into the waiting room where I found Mrs. Diamond but no sign of James.

"What happened?" Mrs. Diamond asked as I sat down next to her.

"His heart monitor flattened out, but we've revived him." Cathy said smiling before going back into Griffin's room.

Mrs. Diamond unexpectedly pulled me into a tight, motherly hug.

"He's okay, he's okay." She repeated, shushing me with soothing words.

"Where's James?" I asked, looking around for him.

"Gustavo found out where he was, said he was fired if he didn't go back, he wasn't going to but I think it's best if he gives you space right now. He also called Camille for you, she's on her way with Asha right now."

"It's all my fault!" I whimpered as she took me into another tight hug.

"No it's not, honey." She reassured me.

"He got into a fight with Lisa because of me, the last thing he said was that she's not my birth mother before he stormed out." I cried.

"That's Arthur, eh, always going and doing irrational things."

"Like father, like daughter." I sniffed with a little smile.

"Now, Echo, I believe I need to speak with you, Arthur agreed with me not to tell you until your 18 and I guess that there is no better time to tell you. He speaks the truth."

"What do you mean?" I asked wiping my eyes and looking at her as she let me go.

"Lisa isn't your birth mother."

"How do you know?"

"Because I'm your birth mother."

"What?" What the hell was going on? How the hell was this woman my birth mother?

"Lisa had a miscarriage right on the day of her due date, your father and I had a fling and I had gotten pregnant, we thought it would be what's best for you if we gave you to Lisa, but clearly that was the wrong decision." It all fitted in now, Lisa had blonde hair, fake skin along with a fake personality, we looked nothing alike. Yet, this woman who sat in front of me had my coloured hair and the angles of my face, she had my exact nose and my exact lips and she seemed to be similar to me.

"You're my mother?" I clarified.

"Yes, you're my baby girl." The woman said with a watery smile. "I would have never given you to Lisa if I thought she would have treated you the way she did. The main reason was because I already had a baby boy who was a lot to take care of. The only person that knew that you weren't Lisa's were I and your farther. Lisa thought that you were hers, Lisa didn't realize when she had the miscarriage, the doctor took the dead baby away while a nurse presented her with you. When your father is as prowerful as he is, you get these sort of benefits."

"James." I said, everything clicking into place.

"Yes." She nodded. "You have a half-brother, Echo."

Could my life get any more complicated? I think I see my brother as more than a brother...

"But, James said he loved me..." I frowned confused.

"I know he did, honey. We don't have to tell anyone that your half-siblings if you want to be together, it's my fault not yours."

How could I even think about being with James now knowing that he's my brother?

"I...I..." I didn't know what to say, I was with Jett anyway.

"I understand it's going to take you a long time to come to terms with this and it's going to be difficult seeing me as your mother seeing as you always saw Lisa as your mother, but I want you to know I'm here for you, I always have that's why I worked closely for Griffin, when you left him, I was devastated and then, when James told me about you the first day you met him I wished it was you and my wish came true." She said, tears rolling down her face with a bright smile.

"Lisa was never a mother to me, I never had a mother."

"I know that you probably don't want to know me, or that you're angry at me and I'm truly sorry for hurting you, Echo, but I would like us to start a fresh."

"With the past few months I've gone through, I'm just thankful I've finally learnt the truth."

"Arthur is right, you have matured." She said with a nod to me.

"Does James know about this?"

"No, honey, I was going to tell him, do you want me to?"

"It's best to."

"Do you want to release it into the media?"

"Not yet. I want James and my relationship to blow over."

"Do you not like him?"

"I have very intense feelings for him, that's the problem and I'm finding it hard to cope knowing he's my brother." He'd acted like a brother to me to begin with, too.

"I'll call him and talk to him tonight, I'll see where he stands with you." She said with a smile, like a true mother would as footsteps thudded down the corridor.

"What's happened to daddy?" Asha asked instantly as she ran up to me, seeing my tears, her bottom lip jutted out and wobbled slightly.

"Asha, dad's been in an accident..." I explained to her as Camille came down the corridor in a rush.

I didn't leave his side, I couldn't. I stayed by my dad, day and night for 4 weeks. Asha visited practically every day after school. Jerry turned up at least 3 times a week and Jett came to see both me and Griffin daily to check up on both of us.

My 'mother,' Tracey Diamond, was definitely supportive. She minded Asha every single day, without a fuss -as Lisa had disappeared- at our house, she brought up anything I needed and was there for me to talk to when I phoned up.

Tracey also said that James didn't take the news of us being siblings to well and that he's gone back into mute mode.

"Hey, Logan, is James with you?" Carlos asked, looking for the brunette to play video games with.

"Uh, no, is he with Kendall?" Logan asked when Carlos popped his head into the hotel kitchen

"Well I don't hear arguing..." Carlos said to himself as he walked into the living room. "Hey, Kendall, you seen- what the fuck?" Carlos asked, Kendall was watching Gossip TV and the article caught his attention instantly.

"It seems that the Kimberleigh family has been having a very difficult time, Arthur 'Griffin' Kimberleigh is in hospital after a head on collision with a lorry while he was in his car. He was rushed to Florida hospital and his family has been notified, Echo rushed to the hospital in the early afternoon, a source said that she looked rough and couldn't stop crying, his injuries are a fractured skull, and bruised organs with the possibility of internal bleeding, the doctors have said that it is likely that he won't make it. More on this story tomorrow, I'm Marie Ann, signing off for Gossip TV."

"Can we go visit her now?" By now, Logan had ran into the room from hearing Carlos swear.

"No." Kendall said instantly. "She's getting on fine without us."

"Fine? First she nearly dies and now her dad is on the verge of death! What's it going to take for you to stop being so selfish, Kendall? We all know you still feel something for her and you're afraid of those feelings, you know you've fucking hurt her and you don't want to face her again." Carlos seethed at Kendall, finally understand why James was always so angry at Kendall for.

"Where the hell is James?" Logan asked the group.

Carlos pulled out his phone instantly and dialed his best friend's number. "It's gone straight to voicemail." Carlos informed the duo.

Logan ran into James' room in the small apartment. "Guys, I know where he's gone." Logan called, walking back out to them.

"It's a piece of paper." Kendall observed dully.

"No, this is James' receipt for a plane ticket to Florida." Logan said and Kendall frowned.

"Why the fuck is he going there for?" They all knew why and Logan couldn't believe he had seen earlier, they had a day off from touring as they reached Japan and no one had seen James for the whole day.

Kendall was jealous, he would never tell anyone that, but he was. Not only did he want to see Jo, his mother and Katie he also wanted to see Echo, even if she yelled at him, he just wanted to know she was okay, he didn't love her, but there was that little part of him that cared for her still twinging.

"We need to call Gustavo, now."

There came one day when I was mindlessly watching the TV on the chair next to Griffin's hospital bed, my hand holding his as I flicked through the channels when I suddenly felt his hand squeezing mine.

I frowned and looked at him; there my dad was staring back up to me with a smile on his face, his bright blue eyes sparkling.

"Oh my God! Dad!" I said happily, I dropped the remote on the floor and hugged him, he groaned in pain and I recoiled instantly. "Oh sorry! You've still got the breathing tube down your throat, you can't speak, stay there." I said, suddenly asking myself where he was going to go.

"Nurse, nurse!" I called out to a wandering nurse, she turned to me and looked at me.

"Yes?"

"He's awake! My dad's awake!" I said joyfully. The woman smiled, she had been monitoring Griffin over the past few weeks and was keeping an eye on his health.

"I'll get the doctor to get the breathing tube out right away." She said before turning and walking around the corner.

I walked back into the room. "Dad, I was so worried about you!" I told him. "You've been out for four weeks!" I told him. "Though you only needed to be out for three, the doctor had to put you in a medical induced coma to make sure you healed properly, just as I finished talking the doctor walked into the room.

"Ah, Mr. Kimberleigh it's good to finally see you awake." He commented. "How about I take this breathing tube out of your throat for you?"

I was sitting next to Griffin as the tube was taken out, giddily staring at his blue eyes in wonder. Once the doctor took out the breathing tube he said that he would have to stay in the hospital for at least a week longer before he could go.

"Thank you, doctor." I said to him and he nodded to me before walking out the room.

"Dad." I smiled to him. "I can't believe your here."

"It seems our situations are reversed, eh?" Griffin chuckled lowly, raspily and I smiled at him.

"What the hell were you thinking, storming out like that?" I scolded him and he sighed and took my hand.

"Echo, I'm so sorry for what Lisa has done, I can't believe it, she used to be so different..."

"People change, we both know from experience." I said to him and he nodded.

"Indeed, I've decided I want to get a divorce from Lisa." Griffin admitted. "There's also something else we need to talk about."

"What?"

"What I said before I left..." Griffin began.

"I know, Lisa isn't my birth mother, Tracey Diamond is."

Griffin looked up at me, shocked. "How did you know?" He asked surprised.

"She told me herself, she still loves you dad, I can see it in her eyes, she's been looking after Asha and visiting you whenever she can while taking charge of Global Nett Sanyoid while you've been in here, she's lovely." I admitted bashfully.

"I'm glad you like her, I want you to know that I thought that I was helping you when we gave you to Lisa and I, I was stupid and ignorant. Why do you think I have such a big interest with Big Time Rush? James reminds me of you so much and when you were gone, it was like he represented you, though weirdly, he's a lot girlier."

I giggled before quietening down and talking seriously. "He turned up."

"Who?"

"James, he turned up three weeks ago when I came in, I cried in his arms and then he wanted to know if I felt anything for him otherwise he was going to walk out and never try to contact me again."

"What happened?" Griffin asked hesitantly.

"I kissed him." I sighed. "I still don't know what to do, then Tracey told me and we're half-siblings which is weird and then Tracey told James and he hasn't spoken to me since, I've tried to talk to him but he doesn't want to."

"Maybe he realizes it's not meant to be." Griffin said, taking a hold of my hand.

"I know, but I thought I loved Jett, I mean I do but then James came and I feel bad for kissing him, I haven't told Jett but I feel bad about keeping it a secret from him." I sighed, running a hand through my hair while Griffin reassuringly squeezed the other.

"This is what happened to me, Echo. Baby, it's hard making a decision in life, especially when it comes to love, but don't mix up the lines like I did, be loyal to who've you have chosen."

"How do I know who to choose?" I sighed.

"I can't tell you that, only you can."

"But I don't know!"

"You will, when you see him again, just go with your feelings, they tell you everything, go with your heart." Griffin said and I nodded, thanking him that he pulled through.

February

Griffin grew stronger and was discharged from the hospital a two weeks later, at the beginning of February, everyone was thankful.

Mark decided that we should start filming the new season of New Town High, where my character really makes her name and I become a bigger part of the show, the ratings for it was sky high and he couldn't be prouder of us all.

Hawk decided that he would use another one of my songs for Cherry Boom at the start of February, hoping that it would top the charts at the end of the month.

Whenever I wasn't working or in meetings with Hawk I made sure I was home to help Griffin and Tracey, even though he was home he was mostly in bed for the first few weeks of February, so it was down to me to do the small errands within the business that both Tracey and Griffin told me I had to do, I spent more time with Tracey and got a bigger connection to her, it was weird knowing she was my mother but I accepted it, she knew I saw her more as a friend more than anything, just like Griffin, it was going to take me a long time to see her as a true mother.

Though I was spending more and more time with her, we went out shopping together, we went out for lunch together, she was genuinely concerned about me and she was generally interested in what went on in my day, in my life. I spoke to her all about my childhood life, surprised to know how Griffin sent Tracey e-mails of pictures of me when I was young and continued to e-mail Tracey through my departure.

Lisa fled to Australia straight after the divorce, Asha was crushed, she was so upset but after I spoke to her and she accepted what was going on, she coped with it.

I was sitting on Griffin's bed next to him one early afternoon, watching TV with him when an ad popped up on the screen that interested us both quite a bit.

"Are you going to be at this year's Nickelodeon and Nick Tunes awards, best known as the Kid's Choice Awards?" A guy appeared on screen as he spoke. "This year's awards are taking place in L.A, we have an exclusive on the categories and the nominees for the night. As for Nick Tunes the awards go as so:
Best Live act and the nominees are; Victoria Justice, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry and Big Time Rush,
Best Breakthrough Act and the nominees are; Cherry Boom, Miranda Cosgrove, Victoria Justice and Willow Smith.
Best Female Artist andthe nominees are: Selena Gomez, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift.
Best Male Artist and the nominees are; Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, Michael Buble and Justin Bieber.
Best Group and the nominees are; Big Time Rush, Black Eyed Peas, Lady Antebellum and The Jonas Brothers.
Best Music Video and the nominees are; Selena Gomez for A Year Without Rain, Big Time Rush for If I Ruled The World, Cherry Boom for If I Die Young and Taylor Swift for Mine.
Best Single and the nominees are; Big Time Rush- If I Ruled The World, Cherry Boom- If I Die Young, Victoria Justice- Make it Shine and Taylor Swift- Mine.
And onto Nickeloden's side we have:
Best TV show on Nick and the nominees are; Victorious, iCarly, SpongeBob SquarePants and Power Rangers Samurai,
Best TV Show and the nominees are; Wizards of Waverly Place, The Suite Life On Deck, New Town High and Hannah Montanna.
Best Film Of The Year and the nominees are; Alice in Wonderland, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2, Breaking Dawn Part 1 and The Karate Kid.
Favourite Male Breakthrough and the nominees are; Nathan Kress, Noah Munck, Cole Sprouse and Dylan Sprouse.
Favourite Male and the nominees are; Jett Stettson for New Town High as West Hart, David Henrie for Wizards of Waverly Place as Justin Russo, Joe Jonas for Jonas L.A as Joe Lucas and Nick Jonas for Jonas L.A as Nick Lucas
Favourite Female Breakthrough and the nominees are; Echo Kimberleigh, Jo Taylor, Victoria Justice and Jennette McCurdy.
Best TV Kiss and the nominees are; Jett Stettson and Echo Kimberleigh on New Town High, Nathan Kress and Miranda Cosgrove on iCarly, Nathan Kress and Jennette McCurdy on iCarly and Jett Stettson and Jo Taylor on New Town High
Favourite Female and the nominees are; Miley Cyrus for Hannah Montanna as Miley Stewart, Selena Gomez for Wizards of Waverly Place as Alex Russo, Echo Kimberleigh for New Town High as Hayley Tink and Miranda Cosgrove for iCarly as Carly Shay.
With special awards throughout the evening like Hero of The Year, Inspirational award and Charity worker of the year, with many more along with live performances by Cherry Boom, Big Time Rush, Justin Bieber and many more, it's on Nick live, March 5th 2012."

I grinned from ear to ear as I looked at Griffin. "You better heal up quickly, you're coming with me." I said to him cheekily and he chuckled.

And fought it off and fought to feel
What matters most? Everything
That you feel while listening to every word that I sing.
I promise you I will bring you home
I will bring you home.
Why-Secondhand Serenade

I'm sorry Jecho fans, I really am.

I was going to make this fic a Jecho but I have begun to write a new story which is a JAMES/OC and I freaking love it!

To be honest, I think the story line is BETTER THAN THIS ONE.

So, keep an eye out, because as soon as I have finished this, you're all getting a taste of James/OC because there aren't many James/OC fics out there.

I would put the story up now but I suck at doing two things at once. So Jecho fans, you're going to transform into Jaith fans... or Jill fans, because I'm making a whole lotta drama out of it.

I promise, it's going to be a good story!

Review please?