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Chapter 5 The Awakening

PEPSI POV

Mom came back this morning after we arrived when Aunt Molly brought her down and freaked out. It wasn't pretty. She thought Anakin was gonna die. Dad convinced her that Anakin was going to stay with us for a long time and she isn't going anywhere. Mom believed him.

She's still in a coma. It's seven thirty in the evening. Mom was off today. She, Nikki, and I stayed with dad in the room with Anakin. I hate my twin on all the tubes and hospital shit.

I look over at dad. His eyes are forming bags underneath them. He probably didn't sleep last night. I think mom got some sleep because she doesn't look as bad as dad does.

"Is she okay?" Uncle Darry asks bursting in the room with Aunt Julie, Shaynne, and Bridget behind him.

"I don't know, Dar," dad answers close to tears.

"She's gonna be okay, Pepsi-Cola," he tells dad hugging him trying to be strong for us. I can tell he's close to tears though. He and Anakin are really close. They can joke with each other. I mean, they can prank each other and call it joking around with each other.

"I know. I just don't know until I see it," dad tells him wiping the tears away from his eyes. "Is anyone in Chevy's room?"

"Two-Bit and his family," Uncle Darry answers. "She's supposedly getting released today. We went to see her before coming over here."

I look over at Bridget and see her by Anakin's bed. Tears are rolling down her cheeks. I get up and go next to her.

"She's gonna be okay," I tell her putting my hand on her back. "I know she is."

"How do you know?" she asks wiping her eyes.

"I have this feeling that she is going to be okay," I answer simply.

"I hope you're right," she says.

"Me too," Shaynne says from the other side.

"I hope I'm right too," I say more for myself than anyone else.

Mom and Aunt Julie come over by us. Aunt Julie will probably lighten up the mood like usual even though she doesn't know she does it.

"Wow Soda. She really looks like you. It just really dawned on me," she tells dad.

We start laughing at her randomness. She gives us a look of confusion and then just shrugs it off.

"Well she does."

"Yup. The twins look like me. Nikki looks like her mom," dad says patting Nikki on the head.

"I ain't a dog," she says seriously which makes us all laugh again.

"Pepsi looks like you did at fifteen," Uncle Darry tells him.

Dad and I smile. I love when people compare me to dad. It makes me feel cool. My dad's a very cool person. I admire him, just not the dropping out of school part. He's a very brave man. He's been through a lot in his life.

"I'm surprised Pony isn't here yet," Uncle Darry says looking at the door expecting Uncle Pony to come in any second.

"He and the girls came early this morning. I guess Molly told him when she got home or left him a note. Johnny and his family came with them too," dad tells him.

"Hey, hey, hey!" Two-Bit greets us imitating Fat Albert with Lola, Eric, and Toni.

"Hey," we say as they come to the foot of Anakin's bed.

"Is she in a coma?" Lola gasps.

"Yeah," I answer so dad or mom didn't have to. Dad looks at me with a thankful look.

"Mom, what's a coma?" Toni asks her mom.

"You're asleep for a very long time and you don't know what's going on. You don't even know what happened," Lola answers putting her hands through Toni's hair.

"Oh," she says.

"Man, your sister looks bad," Eric says in a serious voice.

"I know, but she'll still be her normal self and it'll go away," I tell him.

"Yeah."

All of a sudden, Toni starts getting fidgety. I don't think she really likes hospitals that much. I don't blame her.

"We should probably get going," Two-Bit announces noticing Toni's behavior and picks her up.

"Okay. Thanks," dad says.

"No problem. Let us know when she wakes up," he says as they move toward the door.

"Alright. See ya," dad says.

"See ya." They leave.

"We should probably get going," Darry says getting up from the chair he was sitting in.

"There's no need to rush," dad tells him.

"I know. We need to get home anyway," he says.

"Alright. Thanks for coming in," dad says as they hug each other the way brothers do.

"No problem. We just hope she wakes up soon," Uncle Darry says.

We say our good byes and they leave.

"I'm bored," Nikki complains.

"You three should probably get home," dad tells us.

"I wanna stay," I say firmly.

"There's no room bud. Sorry, but you can come back tomorrow," he says.

"Fine," I say and get up.

We tell dad and an unconscious Anakin bye and leave.

SODA POV

Valerie takes Pepsi and Nikki home. I stay with Anakin again. It's not fun, but at least I can be with her.

She is such a daddy's girl. Val and I decided that I would stay since she'd be happy to find me by her side when she wakes up. She'd be happy if Val was there, but she always wants me to be with her. I love Nikki just as much, but she's a mommy's girl and always wants her mom.

When Dally broke the news to me early this morning, I completely broke down. My mind raced with thoughts of what would happen if the coma kills her. I wouldn't be able to live without her. I guess we just got lucky again with her.

I look at her. I can't stand seeing her with tubes everywhere, especially the breathing tube. It just looks like she's dying. When she sees the IV in her arm, she's gonna freak out. She hates needles just like me. I freak out just looking at it in her arm.

"Is she awake yet, sir?" the daytime nurse asks me as she comes in.

"No," I say shaking my head.

"Well, my shift is over. Molly will take over for the night," she informs me.

"Okay, thanks," I say and she leaves.

I lounge out on the couch and fall asleep.

PEPSI POV

It's been two days since the accident and she's not even moving yet! When the hell is she gonna wake up? I'm not patient when it comes to this stuff I just learned.

Chevy came in yesterday before going home and freaked out. She feels horrible.

"I'M SO SORRY SODA!" she cried in his chest.

Dad soothed her and told her it wasn't her fault at all. Steve agreed with him. Everyone agreed.

She felt a little better. The accident's gonna bother her for a while.

It's been four days! No movement, no nothing! Dad is clearly not sleeping very much! I am so not patient!

ANAKIN POV

I open my eyes. Where am I? I look around at my surroundings. There are beeping noises. I'm in the hospital, but why?

The stop light. The bright light. Chevy and I were in a car accident!

I look around. It's dark, but there's a little light outside. It must be early morning. I squint at the clock. It's seven thirty in the morning.

I see movement on the couch on the left side of my bed. Dad sits up and rubs the sleep out of his eyes.

"Daddy!" I exclaim.

His head jerks up. Before I know it, he has me grasped in his arms.

"Oh Anakin!" he cries.

"Dad!" I cry.

"I thought we lost you again."

"What?" I ask confused.

"When you were born, they thought you weren't going to make it," he tells me.

"Oh."

"I was so worried! You were in a coma for five days."

"Oh my gosh," I say. "That's a long time."

"Yeah, a little too long," he says.

We laugh.

The day goes on and everybody came in. Soon, it's time to go to bed and everybody goes home.

The doctor's releasing me today. I'm getting ready to go home with a little of dad's help.

"Here's the release forms," the nurse says handing dad some papers.

Dad fills them out, hands them to the nurse, and we leave.

We get home and man does it feel good.

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