Chloe POV

I opened my eyes and the first thing I realized was, that everything around me was white. There were five darker large spots in the room I was in. I blinked few times, but then realized that I wasn't wearing my glasses. I coughed.

"Where am I?" I managed to ask. The spots moved. Three of them came forward. I blinked again and recognized my brother, Mikey and Gerard. "Hospital," one of them said. I shook my head. "And what the fuck am I doing here?" They three sat down on my bed. The other two spots which turned to Bob and Ray, leaned against the wall.

"It's my fault!" I heard three voices. Frank, Gee and Mikey. I didn't understand them at all. They started discussing something.

"Well, of course it's my fault. I'm her brother, I have to be more responsible-" that was what Frankie said.

Gerard jumped in. "It's my fault. I shouldn't let her go alone back home, I should give her a ride and nothing would-,"

And then Mikey: "If I would tell you about me and Alicia breaking up, we would not argue at all and she wouldn't have to leave and-,"

He was interrupted by me. My mind suddenly came back and all the things that happened appeared back in my head. "I remember that. But before you're gonna kill each other, because you want to prove yourself right, tell me one thing. What happened to me? I remember going home from the Starbucks coffee. And then, there were some guys-," I stopped in the middle of the sentence and tried to think back.

"You were attacked, love," Gerard said softly and stroked my cheek. "What?" I shouted and sat up in the bed. My head hurt so much that I had to scream out in pain. They all looked at me. "I'm okay!" I tried to persuade them.

"No you're not! You had to go to an operation, because of the internal brain bleeding! And I'm not even talking about the concussion! Someone bangedj your head with a baseball bat or something like that!" Frankie exclaimed. I didn't have enough strength in me to argue with him. He was happy about that obviously.

"Do you, do you know who had done this to me?" I asked, hearing my own voice shaking. Frankie took my hand into his. "We're gonna know very soon. The criminal department is working on it. There were, fortunately, several street cameras!" he said and hugged me. I hugged him back, looking over his shoulder. Bob and Ray came closer.

"Chloe? I wanna apologize," Ray said.

I blinked in surprise. "What for?"

"For being so mean before! Are you gonna forgive me?" he asked then.

I nodded. "Of course I will forgive you! Plus there's not much to forgive," I replied.

Then me and Bob changed a look."I'm sorry. Very sorry," he said, I nodded.

"It's okay," suddenly all of the guys came to me and hugged me in a group hug. I loved it. When they let go, Frank checked the clock.

"If you have to go, go. It's okay," I said. He looked sad. "I'm so sorry, but the detectives wanted to see at least few of us. I have to go. And Gee too. But one of you three can stay here'!" he turned to Bob, Ray and Mikey. Mikey stood up. "I'm gonna stay here," he said quietly. I watched him as he caught Gerard's look. These were the Way brothers, no one could really understand what kind of telepathic connection is going on in between the two of them. Frankie nodded and with a kiss on my forehead and:

"Sorry that I have to leave. I love you, okay?", he left. "I love you too, bro!" I managed to call after him. Bob came next to me. He hugged me. "Sorry again!" he said and left after Frankie. "Yeah, I'm really sorry!" add Ray and with a hug for me, he left too. Gee kissed me on the right corner of my mouth. Then he leaned his forehead against mine.

"I'm pretty sure that we already sold out that our...thing. I love you. Like a best friend, like a little sister," he whispered, but I realized that it was loud enough for Mikey to hear. And he obviously did. Gee gave me one more kiss and then left, closing the door behind him. I yawned. "You have to be tired. Get some more sleep!" Mikey said, taking a chair and sat next to my bed. When all the guys left and it was just me and him in the room. I fell scared. Well of course not of him. I just felt scared. "Mikey, I can't. I'm scared," I whispered. He raised his eyes to me and took my hand into his. "Why, love?" he asked softly.

"Because I think they're gonna come back. Whoever they are, I'm scared that they are gonna come here and do something to me again!" I continued. He pulled me into a hug and wrapped his arms around me, protectively. "If they're gonna come back, they're not gonna do anything to you. No. Because I'm here. I'm gonna protect you. I would never ever let them do something to you again. Never," he whispered, placing his hand on my cheek. "Thank you," I breathed out. I lay down and pulled the covers back to me. I closed my eyes, but then decided to open them once again. I raised my eyes to the man next to me. "Mikey?" I asked. He looked at me. "Yes, Talie?"

"Are you gonna stay here with me?" I whispered, pleading. "Of course I'm staying here with you. I promise," he said softly and smiled. I nodded and closed my eyes. Without looking I found Mikey's hand. I caught it into mine. He didn't pull away. The last thing on my mind before falling back into the Land of Dreams were Mikey's beautifull eyes. I was almost sure that I fell asleep with a smile on my lips.

Mikey POV

I watched the girl next to me falling asleep. Her hand was still caught in mine and I didn't mean to change that. I was just sitting there, next to her, almost not moving at all, because I was afraid of waking her up. She looked like she was sleeping peacefully. Honestly, I would stay like this forever, holding her hand and watching her sleeping. I stroked her cheek with the back of my hand softly and then, just continued staring at her beautiful face, wishing this would last forever.

The forever was interrupted in two hours, by some stupid nurse which came to ask her questions and give her some pills. The nurse looked at me. "Who are you and what are you doing here?" she asked me rudely. I watched her with open mouth, for few seconds. "I'm visiting her, is that a crime?" I managed to ask.

"Are you a family member?" the nurse continued with her interrogation.

"I'm very close family friend, let's say," I said, choosing my words carefully.

"Then, where are her parents?" the nurse continued, raising her voice.

"Shhh! You're gonna wake her up!" I said, went to whispering. "Her parents are dead. She's in care of her brother. Before you're gonna ask where he is, he went to the police department. Because, this girl here, his sister, was attacked by someone and that's why she's here. Do you have any other questions?"

"Can you PLEASE, wake her up? There are some pills she needs to get right now," the nurse asked. She even said please, how nice.

I nodded. "Well if you say it's really necessary," I replied and leaned closer to Chloe. "Talie? Talia! I'm so sorry, but you have to wake up, love," I whispered into her ear. She moved and opened her eyes.

"Mikey?" she said and yawned. "You didn't leave," she said. It wasn't a question, more like a statement. I shook my head and gave her a smile.

"I told you I won't!" I whispered. The nurse coughed. Talie raised her head. "Who's that?"

"That's a nurse, sweetie. She has to give you some pills, that's why I woke you up," I replied quickly. Talie nodded. The nurse gave her one white pill and one orange one and then left the room.

"The visiting hours end at six!" she shouted back. I checked the clock on the wall. It was 4:30.

"Do you want to sleep again? You must be tired!" I said and watched her shaking her head.

"I can sleep at night. I want to talk, when you're here!" she exclaimed. I smiled.

"What do you wanna talk about?" I asked her then. She thought about it, for a while. Then she shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know. Tell me something,"

"What do you wanna know?"

"Everything! You know something about me, but I don't know a thing about you," she said. It sounded...like she was disappointed about the fact. I sighed.

"My birthday is on September the tenth. I'm gonna be twenty-five this year," I started. She seemed to me like thinking.

"What are you thinking about?" I asked her. "About what I'm gonna get you as a birthday present!" she replied and we both burst out laughing.

"You don't have to get me anything. Or if you really want to get me something, I want a teddy bear with a t-shirt on which is written my name!" I said sarcastically. We laughed for few more minutes.

"And what do you want for your birthday?" I managed to ask, when I caught my breath.

"That's a secret!" she replied.

"And are you gonna tell me?" I pleaded. "Not now. One day, maybe," she said, smiling. We remained chatting for some time. It was some time before six o'clock, when I saw that her eyes are closing every few seconds.

"You're tired, sleep!" I repeated like many times before. She nodded.

"Mikey?" she whispered, almost sleeping. "Are you gonna sing me a lullaby?"

I was surprised by the question, but I would never say no to this girl. "I can try. But I can't sing!" I said and thought about what to sing. I chose a song written for the new album, but it wasn't finished yet. I took a breath and started singing quietly. "Well I was there on the day, they sold the cause for the queen. And when the lights all went out, we watched our lives on the screen. I hate the ending myself. But it started with an alright scene," I made a pause. "It was the roar of the crowd, that gave me heart ache to sing and was a lie when they smiled an said, you won't feel a thing. And as we ran from the cops, we laughed so hard, it would sting!" I didn't continue further. I kissed the girl's forehead and took out a piece of paper from my pocket. I even managed to find a pen.

Talie, I left when you fell asleep, but I promise, I'm gonna be here in the morning, when you'll wake up.

If I won't be here, go back to sleep and when you'll wake up again, I'll be here or sure. If you'd need anything,

call me. My phone's broken, along with my SIM card, so here is a new number: 1-213-233-9421

Even if you'd just be bored or something, call me even in the middle of the night and I will pick it up. Promise.

Mikey

I placed the paper with the note on her nighstand table and with giving her one last look, I left the room. It would be so much easier if she would know, I thought. But I can't tell her. Not now, not yet. It has to wait. But you hate waiting...whispered the little voice in the back of my mind. "Shut up!" I mumbled and exited the hospital, through the main entrance.