A few more months, and Bess, George, Laura, Hannah, and Alicia were sitting in a dress shop, watching as Nancy tried on dress after dress. Alicia was smiling as she fixed Frank's bowtie, Frank beaming as he watched Nancy walk down the aisle.

Hell no! Joe thought. They might not need me, but I am NOT missing my bro's wedding, especially if it is to Nancy. I am not missing teasing them forever about being right. I'm not letting Alicia have all the fun, and I'm not letting her give up her life waiting for me. I am waking up!

Joe's eye's shot open, and he gasped. Alicia looked up in shock and hit the call button from her wheelchair. "Nurse, hurry!" Frank put his hand on his brother's forehead, the other on his shoulder, trying to get him to relax.

"It's okay, baby bro. Relax. You are okay. Thank God, you are okay."

Alicia slid her hand into his. "Nancy and Mr. Drew were just here, too. They'll be excited to see you."

The nurse ran in with a doctor, moving the others out of the way, disconnecting the contraptions the newly awaken boy didn't need.

Joe blinked, and then asked, in a scratchy, unused voice, "I… didn't miss the wedding, did I?"

"What wedding," the nurse asked, looking at the readings.

Alicia smiled. "I was just teasing Frank and Nancy, saying the mood needed to be lightened, and a wedding would be the perfect thing. But this is better, much better."

Frank smiled down at his brother. "You were giving us quite the scare, Joe. Had we known all that was needed to wake you up was a bag of M&M's and Nancy to visit, we would have done that days ago."

Joe blinked again. "Days?" The nurse shot a glare at Frank, and he silenced. Joe continued with a shrug. "I was sure I'd been out for a year, and you and Nancy had six kids, and Alicia got all the I-told-you-so's, and I thought I heard Alicia mention a boy named Alex, and college—"

Frank chuckled. "Yeah, she's got a date with the EMT that brought her in. That's what we were discussing in this conversation. You must have heard all of it subconsciously, and it translated into… something we won't go into while both Nancy and I are dating someone else."

"And we're still in high school, Joe," Alicia said with a smile, "But college isn't that far off for us. I sent off our applications we'd filled out together yesterday."

Joe looked confused, blinking the sleep and the drugs away. "I could have sworn a lot more time had gone on without me. You guys eventually moved on with your lives… I wasn't there… No mysteries…"

Alicia kissed her brother's forehead. "You know Frank and I wouldn't let you sleep through all of this. We would have tried everything in our power."

"Large bag of M&M's will do it," Joe said with a smile. The doctor sighed and shook his head.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Hardy, Miss Hardy. I need to double check and make sure there isn't any brain damage from the coma."

Frank nodded, and smiled as he walked towards the door, rolling Alicia ahead of him. "We'll be waiting for you, Joe. Hope you took good care of that brain. We still need your help and a case to solve."

Joe smiled. "Thank goodness," he said to the doctor as they hooked him up to another machine. "The angels can wait. My family can't."

AN: I am thinking one more chapter to explain what really happened is in order, since this is a huge twist that messes with two chapters, but I really didn't want to give it away by putting Joe's thoughts of what was going on in italics. So… let me know what you think? Inquiring minds want to know. I really hope I didn't butcher it for everyone. If I did, I have alternative endings. So let me know, Kay? :)