"Johnny…"

Jonathan shook awake from the grasps of the nightmare he was having…

Kay looked up, and gave Jonathan a look of concern, as she watched him as he straightened up in the recliner, and began flipping through the astronomy magazine, which had fallen into his lap, again.

Cameron was still caught in a restless sleep, his fever was down slightly, and the infection was clearing up, which was a good sign, the doctor had explained that if Cameron's fever didn't spike to a dangerous level in the next few hours, he could be discharged.

Kay's brown eyes flickered back down to Cameron, and her heart broke, she felt the heat radiating, as she ran her fingers through his messy brown hair, and caressed his cheek.

Suddenly, Cameron began to stir, and a small whimper escaped his lips, as his eyes fluttered open, he smiled when he saw Kay…

"Hey, beautiful..." he managed to whisper.

"Hey there, sleepyhead," Kay whispered back, still caressing his cheek, then she looked over at Johnny, and a slight pink hue graced her own cheeks.

Cameron turned his head to the side, on his pillow, and he smiled when he saw Johnny, standing beside his bed, on the other side.

"Johnny...you're here," Cameron whispered, and he reached his hand out to his brother.

Jonathan placed his hand atop his brother's, "I'm sorry, Cam, I'm so sorry," his voice cracked with emotion, as he reached over the bed railing, and wrapped his brother in a tight hug, made a little bit awkward by the wires from the heart monitor and the IVs that Cameron was hooked up to.

Kay quietly watched the two brothers' loving reunion, for a moment, before she gathered up her jacket and purse, from the back of the chair that she had been sitting in, and quietly slipped out into the hallway. She grabbed a kleenex from her purse, and dapped a few tears from her eyes, before walking down the hallway to the waiting area.

…

Dina was sitting in the waiting area, flipping through a gardening magazine, and trying to ignore the growing kink in her back, finally deciding she needed to stand up and stretch. Mike and Jordan had gone down to the cafeteria, to get some coffee, and Gunter was pacing.

"Gunter, would you please sit down...Kay promised that she'd come tell us when Cameron wakes up…" Dina told the older man.

"Well, he's awake," Kay said, surprising both of them.

"Cam's awake?" Jordan asked, when he and Mike came back.

"How is he?" Mike asked, as he handed Kay a coffee.

"Better...Jonathan's with him…" Kay told them.

…

Jonathan didn't ever want to let go of his brother, again, but when he felt Cam slightly fall back, he pulled away from the hug, and Cameron fell back against his pillow.

"You're tired," Jonathan knew that even though Cameron was almost ready to go home, he was still recovering from a stab wound, and a life threatening fever, "We'll talk later," Jonathan said.

Even though Cameron was exhausted, he wanted to talk to Jonathan...needed to talk to Jonathan, so he blinked a few times, forcing his eyes to stay open, and looked over at Johnny, who had sat back down in the recliner, and was flipping through his astronomy magazine.

Cameron smiled to himself, he knew that Johnny had always loved the stars…

"Johnny," Cameron whispered, and Jonathan looked up, "you don't have to be sorry, I understand."

Jonathan just looked at Cameron...because this was just like his brother, to not be angry, to...just let him off the hook, well, not this time, Johnny needed to say this...

"Cam, yes I do, it...it was because I left you, that she was able to get to you, to kidnap you, again."

"Jon…" Cam began, but Johnny cut him off...he needed to say this...

"No, Cam, don't do that, don't say you understand, because y...you could have died, because of me...I could have lost you, without telling you," Jonathan's voice cracked with emotion, and the tears began rolling down his cheeks, but he didn't care, "I...I had a plan, well, sort of...I...I just knew that I couldn't let you break me out...I couldn't let you throw away the rest of your life and be a fugitive, on the run with with me...all because of...no, I brought her into our lives, so I needed to be the one to fix it, but Cam...what I said to you...I didn't mean it…"

His next words, he wanted to make absolutely sure that Cameron heard them...really heard them, so he walked over to Cameron's bedside, and looked his brother straight in the eyes,

"I wanted to escape with you…"