Hey guys just a little bit more drama ahead! It should all end soon but no promises; enjoy.

"Are you the family of Callie Jacobs?" A doctor asked slowly approaching us.

"Yes, yes we are" I replied as I quickly stood up and walked the rest of the way to him.

"I need you guys to follow me. Please, this way" The doctor replied seriously as he escorted us down the blinding white eternal hallway that led me to what I've been waiting for, to do what I'm terrified to see. When I last saw her she had gotten worst and looked quite pale.

"I-is everything ok doctor?" I asked worriedly as my walk turned into a fast pace to match his.

"She's in critical condition however she's stable so you shouldn't do too much worrying" The doctor informed me as he opened the door to her room as if it was nothing new. Like hell I wasn't going to worry, oh I'm sorry sir the love of your life is in critical condition but it's ok don't worry it's no problem, yeah as if.

"Callie" I sighed happily as I ran over beside her and pulled her into my embrace gently trying not to cause anymore pain. "How are you feeling baby?" I question worriedly as I took in her features. She was as pale as the blank emotionless halls of the hospital that the rest of my family stood. The hall where the worried faces appearing through the glass opened us to the real world, a world where it wasn't just us two, a world that seemed to hate us both right now. The sweat glistened over her body as she gestured a minuet smile that could barley be seen.

"Not so good" Callie whispered her throat croaky and weak as if it couldn't bare anymore words to escape.

"I'm so so so sorry Callie" I rambled as I kissed her hand repeatedly.

"For what?" Callie questioned confused and clearly can't remember much about what happened.

"If I hadn't had left your room to go and read that stupid book I would have been there when you were on the phone and then I would have been able to protect you more and-"

"Brandon nothing you could have done could avoid this" Callie whispered tears forming in her eyes.

"You don't know that but, Callie? Callie!" I screamed as the machines started to go wild and Callie started to breathe heavily again the way she did the other night.

"Brandon" Callie whispered slowly as her heart beat started to decrease and her eyes stated to flutter.

"Help somebody! Please, just please help her! I screamed as my lips started to quiver as her hand dropped from mine as I was rushed out of the room.

"No!" I cried as I doubled over as if I had been punched in the stomach, clutching it, trying to breathe.

"Why did this happen? Why her? She's already had so much crap happen to her!" I cried as I slid against the wall in pain after seeing Callie's limp lifeless body trying to be brought to life by resuscitation.

"sshh... sshh she's a fighter Brandon, she's lasted through everything, she can last through this" my mum whispered as she cradled me in her arms crying just as much as me, just as much as the rest of us.

"I promised! I promised to protect her, I love her!" I cried as I breathed heavily.

"Clear!" A doctor demanded when the door flung open with nurses running in and out as he tried to give Callie a pulse before sighing and retreating to the machine that lay beside her.

"No! No! No!" I shrieked as I ran into the room after seeing what he was about to do.

Sighing the doctor then pronounced "Callie Jacobs, time of death, 10:04 as he unhooked the monitor from the motionless body that lay before us.

"No!" I sobbed as I ran my hands in frustration down my damp tear soaked cheeks trying to find some way to control myself, trying to find some way to contain all my emotions at once. I was scared, angry, upset, lost but empty at the same time.

"No!"

"Brandon... Brandon" I woke up to see Lena sitting in the chair beside me in the waiting room. "Are you ok? I saw you were getting tense and restless and you looked as if you were having a nightmare.

"A nightmare isn't horrific enough to explain what just happened in my mind" I sighed as I slumped back on the hard, bony chair beneath me as I groggily wiped the stray tears from my eyes.

"Don't worry sweetie, Callie will be fine baby. It was a shock but that came from nowhere."

"How do we know that? Callie has a lot of troubles who knows what she's thinking? I've been trying to get her to trust me, a-and I think I did t-that night but then-"

"Sshh, crying isn't going to help you or Callie" she whispered as she wrapped me in a hug and just let me cry. "I didn't really get to ask you properly earlier but what actually happened?" Lena asked worriedly.

"Well she was on the phone, it seemed very formal and then all of a sudden she started shouting at the person. Then I heard a loud thump I assumed it was her phone that she must have thrown down on the floor or something. But thinking about it now, when I rushed in her phone was still grasped in her hand tightly. Almost as if she thought that if she tried hard enough it would smash and break into a million tiny pieces in her hand and change everything. That must have been how she got the gash on her stomach and the cut on her head; by falling. I heard that she had already started breathing heavily before I burst into the room. If she felt uneasy when she was standing, it would make sense if she fell and cut her stomach of the corner of the desk where she stood and then hit her head on the side of the bed, since that's where I found her" I answered sadly as I recalled the painful memories of a few hours ago in my head. "When do you think we'll be able to see her?" I questioned worriedly as I continued to try and get comfy in the annoying hospitals chairs.

"I don't know B, probably a few more hours as soon as she wakes up and they have sorted the bleeding out.

"Lena... do you think that Callie did those cuts to herself? Maybe not her head but her stomach?" I rambled worriedly as I turned to face her now fully awake.

"No Brandon, don't be silly. She's a survivor and besides she would never hurt herself because she knows she has to stay for Jude, and you."

"What? Don't be stupid Lena, it's not allowed" I said trying not to show her how much I want what she just said to be true.

"I know it may not be allowed Brandon, but that doesn't mean it doesn't feel right" she replied knowingly as she smiled at my facial expression. Maybe she's right we were both on a rollercoaster with each other. One minute we were flirting then fighting and then crying. What's happened has really made me realize how much time we've wasted fighting rather seeing where things could go, where we could go.

"So where did the others go?" I asked as I stood up to stretch my legs.

"Oh they went to get some food so I offered to stay with you, in case you woke up and started panicking" Lena replied as she stood up beside me. "Want to go join them? I'm starving"

"Um no thanks, you go I'm going to stay here in case the doctor comes out" I replied not wanting to eat right now. To be honest the thought of food makes me want to be sick.

"Are you sure?" Lena questioned uncertain if she should leave me alone right now.

"I'm sure I need some time on my own right now" I said as I gave her a sad smile.

"Okay then, I'll bring you something" Lena smiled as she pulled me into a tight hug.

"Nah, I'm good thanks" I replied as I sat back down on the chair trying to get comfy again.

"I'll bring you something" Lena repeated again with a tone that showed I wasn't going to get my way on this one.

"Hey man" Jesus said glumly as he took a seat in the chair beside me.

"Hey" I replied but still kept my head lowered to the ground.

"So when did you two start going out?" Jesus smirked.

"Um were not going out" I growled wishing he could go away, I just want to her.

"Oh come on I noticed all the pet names, baby" Jesus mocked with a small but sad smile on his lips. Finally I lifted my head to face his and scowled at him."Then what is going on with you two?" Jesus asked desperately as if it had been eating away at him all night.

"Nothing, absolutely nothing" I whispered as I went back to worrying about Callie, wishing she would just walk out and run into my arms. But that would just be ridiculous, that would be in a world where everything worked out and a world where she trusts me; where she loves me.

"Oh come on man. You were the only one she wanted last night, the only one she needed. Are you lying to me?" Jesus questioned as if he knows he's got to dig deeper, as if he's going to find something.

"No!" I insisted as he raised his eyebrows questioningly. "No" I repeated glumly, slumping in my seat.

"Ahh... I see what's going on here. You're not but you wish you were, you both wish you were" Jesus smirked as he turned to face me.

"Um... I guess so" I sighed as I ran my fingers through my hair. "I mean, I never know what mood she'll be in. At first she couldn't open up to me and then she did but..."

"But what?" interjected as he carried on listening intently.

"But then I kind of um... I uh... um I kind of walked in on her changing and then-"

"Oh dude!" Jesus interrupted again as he jokingly punched my arm

"Shut up" I blushed still remembering how amazing she looked. "Anyway..." I dragged rolling my eyes. "She got angry at me and it took a bit of luck, well a bit of Mariana for her to talk to me again. It kind out of turned into a little flirt war-"

"Sexual tension" Jesus corrected smirking

"Shut up dude!" I moaned as he through his head back in a laughing fit.

"Anyway that was this morning. We sorted it all out and everything but when I left she got in a fight on the phone. I heard a loud bang and... Well I guess you know the rest. I really like her but I just never know where I stand. It seems like every time she opens up and confides in me something happens that makes her either hate me or she ends up hospital" I explained as the tears rimmed around my eyes again.

"Callie's not opened up to any of us, any of us but you Brandon. I know the rest of us kids haven't really tried to get to get to know her. I guess it's just because we all thought she was temporary, not that I'm not making any excuses for us both. But I just want you to know that we both regret that. Earlier this evening at dinner when Callie and Jude started talking about how this is temporary just made me realise that they are a part of this family too now. I think me and Mariana thought we would be loved less now we weren't the only extra kids in the house. I guess I was a bit jealous but that doesn't mean I just blanked Callie and Jude. I want them to be a part of this family. Don't get me wrong I have wanted them here all along but it was just a bit of a shock. I mean Lena says 'hey guys I'm just going to have a quick talk will Bill' and then before you know it Callie shows up. I guess I just judged too quickly at first, which I'm not proud of. I mean the first time I talked to Callie I asked her if she wanted to walk home with me. Mums had put me up to it and I knew she saw straight through it and looked really hurt. Ever since then I've kind of realised she wasn't as solid as rock as I thought she was." Jesus said as he wiped back the tears in his eyes, now crying alongside me.

"I just miss her so much" I cried. The more I thought about Callie, the more pain I felt.

"Brandon stop talking like she's gone. When she wakes up you need to tell her how you feel" Jesus replied before yawning and trying to find a comfy place on the torturing chairs we've been sitting on for the past two hours.

"I will, I'm going to try and get some sleep" I yawned as I leant back in my chair.

I squinted as the blinding lights seeped through the windows around the room. Standing up I slowly walked over to the water cooler after getting the knots out of my back.

"Brandon?" Mariana spoke behind me as she came to get a drink as well.

"Yeah?" I asked as I looked into her puffy red eyes sadly.

"I heard what Jesus told you last night and I just wanted to say that I agree with him. Callie and Jude do belong in this family, you belong with Callie." Mariana smiled sadly at me.

"You really think so? I just don't think she feels the same way" I replied wiped the sleep out of my eyes.

"Oh I know she does. Believe it or not she's a sleep talker and you've come up a few times, all good" Mariana added as I glanced at her worriedly.

"Really" I smirked as my mind drifted to what she may have possibly been dreaming about.

"Hey! Not those kind of dreams" Mariana giggled as she slapped my arm playfully.

"How can you be so sure?" I joked as I walked back over to my seat.

"Um... hey Brandon" Jude sniffled as he sat down next to me. Sighing I wrapped my arms around him tightly as the tears began to escape my eyes again, I even cried in my sleep the whole night.

"Jude you need to know that I see you as a brother and I will always love you, just like everyone in this family" I whispered as I comforted the crying boy in my arms.

"And I just want you to know that I think you are amazing and you and Callie are great together, even if you aren't a couple" Jude informed me as his body shook in my arms.

"What makes you think that-"

"Oh please everybody knows that you two have a connection. If they didn't before, you proved it last night." Jude interrupted with the smallest smile that his little heart could muster. "I really want to thank you for last night, it's comforting to know that Callie has someone who can really protect her" Jude said as his tears died down slightly.

"I will always protect her" I whispered full of emotion, meaning every word of it as I gave him another hug.

"Are you for Miss Callie Jacobs? A doctor questioned as he walked up to us smiling, hopefully indicating that it was a good sign.

"Yes we are" I replied and quickly stood up to follow him with the rest of the family in toe. Slowly we made our way through the hectic halls dodging panic in every corner.

"Callie!" I sighed in relief as I ran over to her to engulf her into a hug and began crying.

"Brandon!" Callie smiled weakly as she threw her arms around me tightly breathing in and out deeply.

"Are you ok?" I asked worriedly as I pulled back rubbing my hands up and down her arms as the tears still fell down my cheeks freely.

"Yes don't worry; the doctor said I may be breathing like that for some time. Just until my body regains it's energy" Callie whispered gently as she wiped the free falling tears away.

"Him not worry?" Stef scoffed jokingly as she walked over to Callie with the others to wrap her in a gentle hug, as if she was scared she was going to break.

"Callie I love you so much!" Jude whispered as he ran into his sisters arms.

"I love you too bud" Callie smiled as she breathed in an out deeply.

"Ok guys we should give Callie some space how about one of us at time?" Lena instructed as we began to filter out slowly after hugging her again. I walked towards the door knowing that Jude should be the person to stay right now.

"Brandon?" Jude said as he placed a hand on my arm.

"You stay" Jude requested as be gave me a small smile.

"Are you sure?" I asked and Jude nodded and joined the others in the hall.

"Brandon-" Callie whispered before I sped over to her and wrapped her in a tight hug and cried into her shoulder silently.

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