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Joe

One moment I was kissing her, almost ready to tell her how I feel. Then the next, she flat lined. I'm not even sure what happened or what I said then. Bunch of nurses and doctors came rushing in, and then they had this weird shock thing that they… shocked her with. And it didn't look very…. comfortable.

I can't believe this is happening again. Her dying and me sitting here and having no idea what to do. Or how to Ryder and Lennox that their aunt is probably gonna die. C'mon, she's not gonna die. You can't think like that. Even though the doctors looked… panicky.

"Lennox! Ryder!"
"Is Aunt Mel gonna be okay?"
"I'm not sure. The doctor said that they had to rush her to operation theatre. He told me that he'll update me about her… condition as soon as he can. I don't know if she's gonna be okay or not. I don't know anything anymore. I have no idea what to do to help. It's just…" I rambled.
"Joe, calm down. Aunt Mel is going to be okay." lennox said
"Here comes the doctor." Ryder said.

"How is she? Is she gonna be fine?" I asked
"Mr. Longo, your wife had a…." the doctor started.
"She's not my wife." I said when I was wishing otherwise.
"Sorry. We started operating, and we didn't anticipate how much damage there was. There was a lot of internal bleeding due to her initial operation, just after the accident. And due to the excessive internal bleeding, she had a cardiac arrest. But not to worry, we have it under control. And I will give you another update as soon as I can."
"Thank you so much, doctor."

That was a relief. But that means we need to have a talk about what we… did. But its gonna be real hard not to just grab and kiss her… like the last time. I really wanna tell her how I feel, even if I don't feel the same way. But I think she does, she was kissing me too! But maybe it was just the heat of the moment.

Even if she feels the same way and we go out, and the something goes wrong, I'll have to leave and never see the kids again. And that's just too painful. I hate why things are always complicated! Anytime I get something good, something screws it over like fate.

"Joe! Is mel gonna be okay?" Stephanie said, interrupting his thought process.
"Yeah, I think so, but I'm not that sure. She's still in the operation theatre, so you should probably wait till she comes out, if you wanna see her."
"No, I can't. Since mel's accident, work's all on me, and crap! There's a meeting now. I gotta go, Joe. Can you call me when she's out of surgery?"
"Yeah sure"

Ryder

I can't believe this is happening, again. I thought the camping trip thing was gonna work, when Aunt Mel came back home. But if she's dead, she can never come back home. No! Aunt mel is not going to die. The doctor said she's gonna be fine. Aunt mel is going to come back home, joe and her are going to…. Do the business, and then everyone'll be happy. I should go check if Lennox is fine. She looked… kinda weird when Joe told us about aunt mel. But the doc came to give good news, so why is she acting weird?

Lennox

Aunt mel is gonna be fine. She has to be, right? If she is not, ryder and I lose another mom, nothing new. But something is going on, between Joe and Mel. He looked…. different. He was more worried than usual. Aunt mel cant just flatline, something happened. I just don't know what it is. What if they kissed? But that means they revealed their true feelings for each other! What if I'm just going crazy, and imagining crazy scenarios.

"Hey! How you holding up?" asked ryder.
"Oh, hey. I'm fine" I said, lying
"ok, it's just…. You looked kinda weird when joe told us about Aunt mel."
"No, I'm fine. Joe looked… different, like he was more worried than usual."
"Yeah, c'mon, he loves her. Can you blame him?"
"Yeah, I know. But I think something happened…. just before aunt mel…. flatlined."
"so what are you suggesting? That they kissed or he told her how he felt or something?"
"that's exactly what I'm saying. I don't have the courage to ask him about it. But I'm pretty sure something happened."
"so you want me to go ask him? No way in hell" he said
"please, ryder. Please, please, please"
"no way. Why cant you ask him?"
"C'mon, please."
"no way"
"Fine. I'll ask him. But not right now. But seriously, what are brothers for? To do stuff for their sisters"

It was just silence after that. I kept thinking if Aunt mel is gonna wake up or not. If she didn't, I'm pretty sure Joe would kill himself.

"is your aunt, mel burke?" the doctor asked, breaking the silence.
"yes. Is she ok?" ryder asked with worry in his eyes.
"yeah, she's out of surgery and she should be awake by now, so if you want to see her…." The doctor said, but before he could finish, ryder and I ran to her room.
"you can go" finished the doctor

Sorry about this chapter being short. I had to cut it short. Anyway, thanks for the reviews and I promise I'm not gonna make Mel, almost die, again. I'm gonna put up the next chapter real quick, so you know what happens between Joe and Mel.

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