Devans P.O.V.

    I wake up to soft talking nearby. I cant make out what they're saying. There's a slight foggy feeling in my vision as I look up at the light. My breathing is echoing in my head along with a constant slight buzzing sound.

Lights stretch as I turn my head towards the talking. Everything spins then blurs. I close my eyes and a second later open them and force my eyes to focus.

    I can see people, but I can't see who. I see someone is all white, a woman, and two men, one of them is really tall I can tell from here. They're all standing in a circle and talking. I try to focus on them but it's like they're just out of my reach. I can't do it.

    The man in white turns and start for me as everyone else turns towards me, but stay in a tight circle. I squint to try and focus on them. "H-H-Hello Devan-n." The voice echos as the man in white comes closer and I can start to make out same facial details. I blink to try to focus, yet again. "W-what happened-d? W-where am I?" I freeze, my voice's echoing also and it sounds abnormally quiet.

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Writer in.
Try to think of this as like all those movies where the people are just coming to and everything messed up. That's how Devans seeing and hearing things right now.
Ok bye
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    "D-d-don't be a-afraid Devan-n. Everythings ok-k-k." I try to follow him as he walks closer until he's above me. I squint seeing eyebrows, a mouth, eyes, a nose, hair. Everything's starting to come in. "But not them." I look back towards the other people and almost instantly my vision blurs and I only see the outlines.

    "D-do you know what happened?" I try to think back, but everything's black so I shake my head. I can see him nod, then he gestures for the other people to come closer. I keep my eyes trained on him. He looks so familiar.

    "I-I-I hope you still remember them-m." He points to the people and I hesitantly shift my vision. The people are much closer, almost right up next to the doctor, but not too close as they're still hanging back a bit. Their figures shift around as my eyes shift. "C-come a bit closer so he can focus on you-u."

    The people step forward and I stop squinting as they come into focus. Something nags at me. They're so familiar. "They're faces...it's like they're part of me. I know them but, who are they?" "A-a-are they familiar-r?" I nod slowly.

Collins P.O.V
Mom isn't letting go of my hand, or dads hand. "They're your family Devan." He just stares at us, but I can see he's thinking about all this carefully. "You're ready to go home Devan. They're gonna take you and watch over you." He just keeps staring.

Dr. Sullivan turns back to us. "Now I told you we gave him some new medicine to calm him so he's going to be different." We nod. "Just try to think of it almost like he just got his wisdom teeth removed. It's won't be the same, obviously, but similar ok?" We nod again.

Dr. Sullivan turns back to Devan "ok Devan. I'm going to give you this to clear your head a bit, then I'll give you some time with your family as we get you all set up to go home." Devan just blinks at us. He walks around and puts a liquid in one of the IV tubes.

    The liquid travels down into Devans hand and he doesn't even seem fazed as it disappears. Dr. Sullivan turns back to us. "Ok. I'll go get some things ready and leave you all alone. Remember what I said." Then he disappears. I glance at dad and mom, waiting for someone to make the first move.

    Surprising both dad and I, mom steps forward first and places her hand on Devans forehead "Hi Devan." We tense and wait to see what he'll do. He turns his gaze on her "hi." He says weakly. I glance surprised at dad and mouth "guess that stuff really worked."

He nods and steps forward so he's in Devans vision. "How are you feeling bud?" Devan shrugs and turns his gaze on me. He starts squinting like he can't see so I step forward. "...Hey dev." I'm nervous. The last time I was with him I said some interesting things and we almost got into a fight. "Hi Collins."

I let out the breath I didn't know I was holding in. "He's not mad at me." I find a couple chairs nearby and bring them over. We all sit down, mom and dad on one side and me on the other. I reach out and grab Devans hand. He doesn't flinch away from my touch and, mom and dad seeing this, reach out and place their hands on him as well.

"We've missed you." Devan groggily shifts his gaze to look over at dad and just stares at him for a second. I can see the words are processing in his head, and sure enough about 30 seconds later the words click in his mind and he gives dad a small smile.

    I want to lay down and cry right now. "He's so not himself. What in the world happened to my little brother?! To my best friend?!"

I see mom and dad also looking heartbroken. Seeing them so down makes me worse so I shift my gaze down to Devans hand underneath mine. His skin is like it always is, tan, smooth, fragile. My eyes shift to something white that I didn't hava a good look at earlier. Bandages. They're probably about a half-inch thick on his wrists. I look up at his other wrist and see the same thing.

I reach out and gently touch them. Devan doesn't seem to notice, but dad does. Our eyes meet and he gives me a small sad smile.

"Are you ready to go home? We can have lasagna, soup or Spanish rice for dinner. We could go out somewhere. Whatever you want." Mom is saying gently to Devan while stroking his hair. About 30 seconds later, his brain comprehends what she said and he nods "yeah."

Mom smiles sadly "I love you Devan." He stares at her then whispers "I love you to." She smiles again and leans down to kiss his forehead. I can see the tears threatening to fall as she keeps talking gently to him. I can't stand this.

    Dad stands up and walks over to the counter beckoning me to follow. Standing up I walk over to where he is hearing mom talking gently to Devan the entire time. "Yeah?" I ask and dad looks back over at them.

    I follow his gaze to see mom smiling and talking Devan. We can't hear exactly what's being said but they both have smiles and look like they're enjoying being with each other. "She's happy." Dad sighs and places his hand on my shoulder "She's finally happy again. I know this has been rough for all of us, but I think it's been the worst for her."

    Dad looks back at me "Collins. I know this has been hard, it's been really hard, for everyone. I know sometimes it seems like there's nothing that can be done, but I think right now, right now he needs us. There's something going on with him and even if he won't tell us doesn't mean we can give up. We've got to keep trying. We've got to pull him out of whatever hole he's buried in. The only way we can do that is to be strong. We need to be there for him, and we need to be there for each other. You need to be there for him. He's your brother and you promised to always be there for him, to always protect him."

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    "What are you going to do Collins?" I look up from the small pink baby in my arms over to dad. My eyes shift to mom, laying exhausted on a hospital bed, yet happy and smiling at me while holding dads hand.

    "Ummm." I look down at the small baby again, lost. "Why have you always wanted a brother?" This time I know "to play with!" Beaming I look up at them again. "I can play with him right?" They smile and look at each other.

    "Of course you can, but you'll have to wait for him to grow a little. So he can keep up with you." Mom says smiling. I grin and look back down at the baby.

    Something grows inside me and I just stare at him. Almost like I'm in a haze, I reach out and touch the baby's small cheek. Something clicks, somehow everything is suddenly right. It's like a half of me was missing that I didn't know about, yet as soon as I touched him I was complete. My other half was here. Right here, right in my arms. He must have felt something too because He lets out a small gurgling noise and cuddles into me more. I smile and he does too.

    From this moment I know this baby is everything. I know I love him. I know I'll do anything to keep this small body safe. I know I'll do anything to keep the small innocent smile always there. I know I'll never let him get hurt. I know I'll always be there for him, and I know he'll always be there for me. I know this child is all I'll ever need to be happy. I know he's my everything.

    "What's his name mommy." "Devan." Is all I get. I touch his face again. "Hi Devan. I'm Collins. I'm your big brother. We're gonna have so much fun together. We're gonna play all my games and you can even pick out some games too. You can meet all my friends and play with us. I'm gonna love you forever Devan."

    It's silent, but I can only focus on him right now. He gives another smile that I've already known will make any bad day brighter. "Collins, can you promise us something?" I look up at dad and nod. "Can you promise to always be there for him? To play with him? To love him? To protect him? He's your little brother, it's your job. Can you do that for us? For him?" I nod instantly "I will. I promise."

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    I gasp for breath through my tears. Dad squeezes my shoulder. "You need to be strong for him. This, this right now, this is when he needs you the most." I wipe away my tears and nod "I will. I promise." Dad smiles and rubs my shoulder then walk back over to mom and Devan.

    Dr. Sullivan walks back in with some papers. He does a last check and starts to unplug Devan from the machines. I go sit down again next to Devan. I give him a smile and grab his hand. "W-why are you crying?" I can't stop more tears from falling as I smile at him.

    "Because I've missed you bud. Because I'm happy your ok." Again it takes a second then he smiles at me. "I'm ok." I rub his hand "I know. And I couldn't be happier." I can feel us being watched and I look up at mom, who's silently crying as she watches us. I smile at her and a few more tears fall.

    Dr. Sullivan starts to go through some papers with mom and dad. "Collins." I look down at Devan as he grips my hand a little tighter. "I want to sit." I take my hand out of his and replace it with my other. Slowly he makes it up to a sitting position. All the blood leaves his face and he closes his eyes tightly.

    Sitting next to him I place my hand on his back for comfort. For both of us. Slowly I start rubbing his back then suddenly stop. I can feel every single rib. I look at his back and it's like he's all skin and bones, I can see every single bone in his back, every divot from every bone. Swallowing I ignore it and rub his back. "He needs food, like right now."

    Everyone turns back to us as Devan opens his eyes again. "Ah good Devan, your already sitting. Alright well we're just going to get you into a wheelchair and then you'll be on your way."

    We manage to lift Devan out of the bed and put him into the chair. Doing one more check around, Dr. Sullivan starts to wheel Devan out of the hospital. The cool air rushes over us and I can't help but relax a little. "Finally, finally we're going home. Finally things are right."

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Guys, life has been super stressful and I have had no time to just sit down and write. I'm so sorry.
I'm also really sorry for not updated Lost, again no time, but I've also been having some writers block with that story.
I'm trying you guys, and I'm sorry, there's just so much on my plate right now and I can't juggle EVERYTHING at once right now. I needed to let something go for a while, and sadly it ended up being writing.
Anyways, enough about my crazy life. Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! (And that baby thing is something I've had in my head for so. long. Plus I think it's just super cute.)
Adios Amigos!
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