James' POV

I slowly opened my eyes, only to be greeted by a blinding white light. Why do I feel so weak? I wasn't like this before. Slowly my vision adjusted to the light, and, to my surprise, the first thing I saw was a lightbulb. A lightbulb? Where am I? Wait...*beep...beep...beep* what is that sound? I didn't want to move my body so I only turned my head to the right, and...It's heartbeat monitor. I'm alive...I looked up at a clock on the wall. It's currently 9:23 pm. A bit confused, I looked down at my body and saw myself in a hospital gown. There were tubes injected into my arms and stuff. Why and when did I end up in the hospital?! What happened? The last thing I remember is...

...Cain suffocating me...

Analiese...where's Analiese?!

Ready to turn into the Hulk, I panicked and looked around frantically before I saw my family asleep in the chairs next to my bed. My Dad had his arms around my mom, and Analiese was curled up in my mom's lap. Her hand is in a cast. They looked liked they were all in one group hug, one that I desperately wanted to join. I wanted to jump out of this bed and tackle them all. Tears weld up in my eyes because, for the first time in almost 2 torturous weeks, my family is all together. Happy. Like nothing happened, Like everything's perfect. I almost don't want to disturb them.

But at that moment, a nurse came in. And I think she just realized that I'm awake and that my family is here.

"James, you're awake."

"How long have I been asleep?" I asked. She opened her mouth to respond before hesitating, and closing it again. She thought for a moment, then came and sat next to my bed. She looked at me in the eyes, and I knew right then that I wasn't gonna like what I was about to hear. "Do you know what a coma is, James?" The nurse asked me. I nodded. I was in a coma?! Why was I in a coma?! What happened to me? "A week. You've been in a coma for a week." I was stunned. Nope, nope, nevermind. I don't want to deal with this right now.

"Um, c-can you wake up my family? I want to talk to them, let them know that I'm okay."

She gave me a small smile and turned to my family. She placed a hand on my mom's shoulder and gently shook it. Mom's eyes lightly fluttered open and saw Nurse Pearl standing over her. She moved out of the way and Mom...she saw me. Her breath was taken away as we stared into each other's eyes. "James..." Mom whispered, as a single tear fell. Mom got up from her seat, waking up Dad and Analiese in the process. They both tried to blink away their sleepiness until they were all looking at me. Mom almost instantly burst into tears after setting Analiese down and coming over to my bed. "James!" Analiese squeaked. Mom cupped my face in her hands and repeatedly kissed my forehead as we both cried tears of joy. Dad firmly held my hand told me how strong and tough I was. He said that I was a real trooper. Analiese kept trying to climb onto my hospital bed, but she's still too short. And we just stayed like that...in a group hug, comforted by in each other's embrace. None of us could rip the grin off our faces. But then I realized something...

How am I here?

Sorry it's so short. But I really wanted to upload another chapter. Did I get you with the title? Eh? It wasn't click bait! He was in a coma, but I figured that I should give James a break. Actually, you can blame my BFF for the coma idea. Because she said that she was scared that James was gonna be in a coma, and I asked her why, and she said that maybe blood pressure to the brain would put him in a coma. So she looked it up to make sure, and she was right. Therefor, I was struck with the idea stick. So blame her!