A/N: Here we go guys :) next chapter, the only thing to say about this is thank god I'm finished with Christmasy chapters :) also, sort for taking so long, I did a Big Time Change and got distracted with a future chapter (which I'm quite proud of, if I do say so myself :P) do sorry about that.

Chapter 13: The Hospital Again

Camille paced up and down the apartment, bouncing Lacey in her arms as the little girl sobbed.

"Lacey, honey, I know you're upset, but please, shh," Camille begged "mommy and daddy are gonna be fine," Camille sighed; this was going to take some getting used to; it had been almost a year, and it still felt strange calling her best friends mum and dad. "Come on, babe, please sleep, shhhh, that's a girl," Camille smiled as Lacey stopped her crying and began to whimper, blinking her teary eyes up at Camille, who's heart sunk at the fear on the little girl's face; even at such a young age, she already loved her parents more than anything. The door opened at that

moment, and Mama Knight came in, followed by Katie, James, Carlos and Logan,

"Guys, can you put Lacey's presents in my room please? And Kendall-" Mrs Knight looked up at Camille, confused. "Hi, Camille," she smiled, still unsure.

"Hi, Mrs Knight!" Camille stalled.

"Where's Kendall, honey?" Mrs Knight asked, putting her shopping bags on the kitchen table "Where's Jo?"

"Uh, they went to, uh-" Camille searched for something to say, although she couldn't put her finger on why she was stalling. "Logan!" she cried as she saw her boyfriend step out from Mrs Knight's room.

"Hi, Camille?" Logan said, looking to Mrs Knight for an answer. "Hi, Lacey," he cooed when he spotted the little girl in Camille's arms. "Where's your mommy and daddy? Camille?" he said in a regular voice, looking up from Lacey. "Where's Jo and Kendall?"

"They, uh," she faltered under Logan's stare and sighed "OK, OK! They went to the hospital!"

"What?!" Carlos, Katie and James yelled, coming out of Mrs Knight's room.

"What happened?" Mrs Knight demanded "Who's hurt?"

"Kendall fell off the ladder while he was taking down Christmas decorations and Jo took him to the hospital," Camille said in one breath.

"Ok," Mrs Knight said, turning to face James, Carlos and Katie "Katie, you stay here with Camille, invite Lucy and Stephanie over to help take care of the baby if you want, and take down the decorations. Logan, James and Carlos, you three come with me to the hospital! MOVE!" she shouted at the dumbstruck teenagers, who scattered as she stormed out of the apartment.

The ride to the hospital was quiet, with the exception of Carlos' consistent babble of worried chatter.

"What if he's in a coma? What if he knocked himself out? What if he's bleeding to death right now? What if they didn't get there in time? What if-?"

"Carlos!" Logan, James and Mrs Knight snapped as Logan hit Carlos' chest.

"Honey, Kendall's gonna be fine, he's a strong boy, Ok? Don't worry," Carlos nodded, gazing fixedly out the window. "It's just that last time we were here, we-" he sighed "we almost lost Lacey," he pressed his cheek against the window, his breath fogging it up as he sighed.

"Carlos?" Logan gently nudged him a few moments later "We're at the hospital, buddy," Carlos nodded and they all made their way into the hospital, which was eerily quiet, with the exception of the clacking of computer keys. Mrs Knight approached the desk and got directions to Kendall's room, leading the others silently down the silent halls. She knocked on the door gently and they made their way inside to find Jo sitting on the bed, Kendall's hand in both of hers and talking to him in a whisper.

"Hey, there," Mrs Knight said gently standing beside Kendall's bed. "What happened Kendall?" she asked as Jo squeezed Kendall's hand once more before getting up and standing by James' side and resting her head on his shoulder as he and Logan put steady arms around her.

"I just fell off the ladder, mom," Kendall told Mrs Knight "I'm fine,"

"Excuse me," a young female doctor said, knocking on the open door and stepping into the room, carrying a clipboard, an envelope and some sort of material, and followed by some nurses, who had plastic containers with them. "Kendall, I'm afraid I've got some bad news," she said, and Kendall sat up a little straighter in bed. "I've printed off the X-Rays, and I'm afraid they've come up with some breaks."

"Where?" Mrs Knight demanded nervously.

"Well, um, when you fell from the ladder, I'm afraid you broke your arm, where your elbow joins together, so you'll need to have it in a cast until it heals," she paused as Mrs Knight gasped "and you've also got 2 broken ribs from where the you hit the ground, and where the ladder fell on, so they'll have to be strapped."

"Oh, honey," Mrs Knight gushed.

"Mom, I'll be fine!" Kendall groaned.

"He's right, Mrs Knight, but I'm afraid we'll need some room in here while we set up the cast and bandages. We'll call you when he's ready to go home, and you can come pick him up."

"Can Jo stay?" Kendall asked, indicating Jo, who was still wrapped in James, Logan and now Carlos' embrace and was resting her head on Logan's shoulder, trying to stop the tears from falling.

"Alright," the doctor said "but I'm going to have to ask the rest of you to leave." Mrs Knight patted squeezed Kendall's hand before stroking Jo's shoulder on the way out of the room. James, Carlos and Logan each patted Kendall's leg and pulled Jo into a hug before heading out. Jo stood in the corner of the room, watching as the nurses set up the mould for the cast and put it on his arm.

"Alright," the doctor said, smiling at Kendall and setting his arm on the bench that was attached to his bed. "you can't move your arm until that cast sets in a few hours, so I'll be back soon to put on your sling and strap your ribs."

"Thanks," Kendall muttered, and the doctor and nurses left the room.

"I'm so sorry," Jo sighed, coming over and sitting on the bed as Kendall shifted his legs to let her sit down.

"What are you talking about?" Kendall asked.

"This is all my fault!" she insisted.

"What makes you say that?" he put out his good arm, and she took his hand, fiddling with his fingers.

"You were going to go birthday shopping with your mom and the guys, and I asked you to stay and help me take down the decorations! I could have handled them by myself-"

"Yeah, but if you'd have fallen, and the roles were reversed, I would've never forgiven myself!"

"Still-" Jo protested.

"Look, Jo, I'm gonna be fine, OK? I'll just be sore for a couple days, so you'll just have to be gentle, but other than that, I'm fine."

"You're gonna be out for Lacey's birthday," Jo whispered.

"What? No I'm not!" Kendall protested, trying to sit up and groaning.

"Uh, yeah you are," Jo told him "Lacey's birthday's in four days, Kendall, you're not gonna heal that quickly,"

"I'll make it work," he sighed.

They talked for a few more hours before the nurse appeared again to put Kendall's arm into a sling and bandage his stomach. Jo's stomach churned when the nurse lifted his shirt at the way he was bruised, and she nodded wordlessly as the nurse taught her how to change his bandages. Within the next hour, Jo was helping him into Camille's father's rental car, and was driving home as Kendall moaned beside her.

"I thought you were fine, ya big baby!" she teased.

"I swear it didn't hurt this much all those other times I broke my arm." he complained.

"You're just getting old," she smirked.

"Am not!" Kendall pouted.

"You baby!" Jo chuckled, and Kendall was silent the rest of the ride home.

A/N: There we go guys, review? :)