Chapter Fourty:
Spinelli could hardly beleive it, but it had been five days since Michael had woken up. Christmas had been spent at the hospital with him as well large portions of the days after. Ned and Dillion had made arangments to stay for several weeks to spend time with their cousin, as nobody wanted to leave his side. Sonny had managed to convice Carly and Jax to stay in a guest room at his house, and today - when Michael came home everyone would be there. They would have even hadn't been his thirteenth birthday.
It had taken some work, but everyone had avoided mentioning baby Michaela to Michael. That was going to be a suprise and somehow it seemed right that way. Spinelli was happy beyond words. He had his "little dude" back, he had his brother back. He was going to have his whole family at his wedding. Though Maxie and Kate had been well distracted from their planning for a couple of days, it didn't last long and they were back at in between visiting Michael. The busy time hadn't shaken Maxie at all. They were getting married on Valentine's Day no matter what.
So, Spinelli was sitting with two very excited children as they waited for everyone else to show up and Michael to come home. Spinelli had attempted to run the list through his head of who all would be coming by today, but he had given up. "Pretty much everyone" summed it up quite nicely. Spinelli wasn't as excited about the party as Morgan and Kristina were. He was more excited about what would happen when the party was over. He would finally get to really spend some time with Michael.
Spinelli had been invited - and quickly accepted - to stay at Sonny's house for the next couple of weeks with Carly and Jax. Nobody wanted to be away from Michael. Kristina hadn't even had to do much begging at all to get her mother to agree to let her visit every day. It seemed that loosing him had made Alexis see how much she cared about the little boy she "didn't like". Mike was going to be staying to and everyone else pretty much had an open invitation. It all sounded like wonderful to Spinelli. At least two weeks of real family time before his wedding to set the groundwork for the future.
As he pulled himself out of his thoughts he realized that everyone who was supposed to be there when Michael got home was there, they were only waiting on Michael now. As if on cue, they walked in with him. Spinelli almost laughed when he saw Michael in the wheelchair as he remember what the childs reaction to finding out he would need one for a few weeks while he recovered had been. Michael saw no need for until he was reminded that even though to him it felt like he had only been asleep, he had been shot in the head and was in a coma for eight months. Spinelli did laugh however as Michael pretended to be duly shocked that everyone was there. The little boy had already informed his big brother that he didn't expect to have breathing room ever again.
Spinelli stood off to the side and watched as the overwhelmed child opened presents from what seemed like the entire town. He had to laugh as he wasn't one hundred percent sure they could find room for it all, even in Sonny's mansion. Spinelli was almost bouncing up and down in his excitement when Michael went to open his present. It was something he had been working on for a while, simply in his spare time think Kristina or Morgan might like it if he ever finished, but when Michael woke up he knew he had to finish it. So, after many late nights, he had finished it just that morning.
Spinelli wanted to do some kind of happy dance when he saw the smile on Michael face when he pulled out his present. "Thank you!" he said in amazement when he pulled out the little CD case. Everyone in the room looked a little puzzled until he held it up to show his mom. "Look, mom! It's about me!" he exclaimed as he showed her "The Adventures Of Little Dude". His big brother couldn't have been happier with his reaction. Not only did Michael like it, but showing him how to play it would ensure that Spinelli would get to spend some time with his little brother.
When Michael was done with the presents (and was in the middle of thanking everyone a second time) Patrick and Robin walked in with one more present. It was a scrapbook filled with the pictures of him when he was a baby that Robin had told him about all those months ago. He smiled as he flipped through and thanked them. Then Robin took the baby out of her carseat and brought her over to Michael. "Michael, I'd like you to meet my daughter." she said. Michael smiled again as Robin handed the baby to him. "I didn't know you had a baby. She's really cute. What's her name?" he asked. The room went silent as everyone waited to see what would happen. "Her name is Michaela Georgianna." Robin said.
Michael's mouth fell open. "Mi-Michaela?" he asked. Patrick stepped up to answer that. "Yep. After two of the nicest, bravest and strongest people we knew. When we thought you were gone, well, it really hit everyone hard. Everybody kept talking about how wonderful you are and when Spinelli suggested the name, Robin said she couldn't think of any two better people to name her after and I agreed. And I definitly know we made the right choice, You beat the odds again, she'll be honored when she's older." he told the shocked child. The little red-head looked down at the baby he was holding. "Wow. I'm ... thank you!" he said. "There's no need to thank us. You deserved it, Michael." Robin told him. Michael sat in silence before he whispered to the baby, "Hey Michaela, I'm Michael. You ... you were named after me.".
Spinelli spent the rest of the party just watching Michael, Morgan and Kristina. There were still times when he had to remind himself that he had a family. It was still amazing to him. Though not as amazing as the fact that he had all of his siblings back. Watching them together had been something he never thought he would see again. But now he had the chance to see them interact with each other. He had the chance to be a big brother to Michael. It was yet another chance he never thought he'd have.
After most of the crowd had left, Spinelli walked over to Michael and sat by him. "Thanks again for the video game, Spinelli. It's so cool. And ... thanks for giving Robin the idea to name Michaela after me. I still can't beleive it!" his little brother said. Spinelli smiled "I am glad to have please the little dude." he said. Before Michael could say something else, Spinelli decided to tell him what he and Maxie had decided. "You know that I am marrying Maximista soon." he began. Michael nodded, "Yeah, that's cool." he said. "Well, we have discussed it and I have decided that you would be the perfect best man." the older brother told the younger. For the second time that night, Michael's mouth fell open. "Me?!?" he asked. Spinelli ruffled Michael's hair. "Yes, you. You are my little brother. I love you, Michael." he said. The little boy smiled again, Spinelli thought he would never get tired of seeing that now that they had him back. "I love you too, Spinelli." he said.
Author's Note: I know, I know. It's been forever. The holidays over her were super-crazy though and there were periods of time where I didn't even have internet, at one point I didn't even have a computer. I'll be updating more regularly now, because this story is nearing it's end. There will be a sequel, just not right away. I'm gonna take a little break once this is done. Anyway, I made this slightly more decent-sized since it's been so long (actually, I'm gonna try to keep the remaining chapters like this) and I hope you like it. Please tell me (review) if you do (or don't) and tell me why! It helps with the writing if I know what you like.