"So, did you two have a nice chat?" Mrs. Knight asked nonchalantly. Katie nodded while Alexa answered. "Yes, we had sister bonding time." She smiled and Katie laughed, making everyone in the group smile. "Mommy, mommy! Bustavo make Jamie and Logie and Kenny work like doggies!" The three year old giggled, and Katie looked over at the guys, confused.

"It's a long story." The answered together.

"I'm sorry to interrupt, but Carlos Garcia is awake and is asking for a woman named…Katie?"

Katie POV

I guess I should've been happy that Carlos was awake, no, ecstatic, but because I am the horrible person that I am, I wasn't. As I followed the petite nurse down the hall, I could have sworn I looked like I was being sentenced to death or something. I mean, it wasn't that I didn't want to see Carlos, because that was what I had been waiting the past three years for.

I just couldn't help feeling scared.

Three years was a long time. I couldn't help wonder if Carlos was different from the way he had been before, and worse, if he would still want me, which freaked me out. First of all, Katie Knight was never scared of anything, and second, Carlos promised me that he would always love me and our baby.

Of course, Trinity had been a fetus back then, but still.

I sighed as I noticed that the nurse had begun to walk ahead of me. Weren't people in hospitals supposed to be kind? This lady didn't even want to be here, and I could tell, one of the major reasons being that she had strutted off away from me a couple of seconds ago. Little teddy bears with the smiles so large that they looked demonic decorated her uniform, but I didn't feel any more relaxed than I had before I was told Carlos was awake.

"Mommy, wait!" I sighed and smiled a half smile as I leaned against the wall to wait for Trinity. Don't ask me what the hell possessed me to let her come see Carlos with me. I would have gone down to visit Carlos earlier with Alexa, but Trinity had wanted to come along, so I had to wait. Logan and I had both guessed that he wouldn't look all that great, and then there was the possibility that Carlos might not remember me, or might not want me…

I noticed that the nurse was now standing down the hall, glaring at me with an annoyed face. Excuse me if my daughter had small legs and was a toddler…

"Mommy!" Trinity ran over to me, her little hands gripping onto my jeans as if her life depended on it, and I couldn't help but smile at her excitement. When it had been announced that Carlos was awake, she had demanded that she be allowed to see him as well, because after all, he was her daddy. "Slow down, Trin, he's not going anywhere," I chuckled as I bent down and gathered Trinity into my arms.

"He's in there," The nurse stated bluntly when I reached the room that she was standing outside of at the end of the hall. I nodded, but still lingered outside. "Thanks," I stated lamely. The nurse nodded, staring me down. "Is there any reason why you haven't gone in yet?" She asked when I hadn't entered the after around five minutes. Trinity had been playing with my hair, but her head perked up after the nurse spoke. "Yeah, Mommy, why can't we go in?" My daughter began to whine. I bit my lip. If there were two things I couldn't take it was rude, annoying nurses who butt into my business and when my daughter started to whine.

"Uh, yeah, let's go on in," I stated with a nervous chuckle. The nurse looked at me as if I had five heads, and I gave her one of my best death glares. I guess it did its job because she was soon heading back down the hallway. I turned to the door and took a deep breath in, closing my eyes. Maybe if I prepared myself mentally before going in there, then when I actually got in…

"Ow!" I exclaimed as Trinity tugged on a strand of my hair. I opened my eyes to see my three year old daughter imitating my death glare perfectly. "He's in there, Mommy!" Trinity glared. "We have to see him!" She commanded. I rolled her eyes at her attitude. This child was definitely my daughter, and no one could deny that.

I reached her hand out to open the door, but then quickly removed the hand again, keeping it planted firmly to my side while the other held Trinity. How would Carlos look? The last time I saw him…I wasn't sure if she could deal with all of the bruises and scars…no, I couldn't stand to see him in anymore pain. Pain that I caused.

Trinity huffed in annoyance and wriggled over my arm that held her, successfully opening the door, before running inside of the room. "Trinity Rae Garcia!" I yelled after her, and then groaned when I realized how much I sounded like my biological father. I sighed as I closed my eyes, forcing myself to breathe in and out before entering the room after her.

No POV

"Nice to see that you're awake, Mr. Garcia," Doctor Anderson smiled as he filled a few things out on the papers before him. Carlos blinked several times as he registered that he was in a hospital room. There was a nurse that was kind of just standing around waiting for something to happen, and Alexa, who sat by Carlos' bedside.

"Ale-ahh," Carlos groaned and struggled to speak. His throat felt so dry and sore, like he had strep throat or something. Alexa noticed his chocolate brown eyes dart around the room, searching for water, and his eyes widened when he noticed the several different machines that he was hooked up to. Alexa seemed to grab a bottle of water from nowhere, when the doctor had actually left the water there incase Carlos' throat was sore

"Here, Carlito, drink this. The doctor said you shouldn't try to talk too much because of the breathing tube you had in your throat." The older sister explained as she held the straw up to her little brother's lips. "Your throat will probably be pretty sore for the next couple of days."

Carlos opened his lips slightly for Alexa to place that straw in his mouth, and choked down a couple of sips before turning his face away from the straw. Alexa leaned back. "It hurts that bad to swallow, huh?" She tried to smile, but tears in her eyes threatened to roll over. She came so close to losing her little brother…and now he was back.

Carlos stared at Alexa's face, not saying anything, but his eyebrow rose when he noticed the giant healing crystal hanging from a chain on his sister's neck. Alexa caught his eye and her own eyes slowly traveled down before realizing what he was staring at. "Oh, yeah…you know how I was always into these things." She smiled sheepishly as Carlos smiled softly at her. "At least it worked. You're awake now."

Carlos' brow furrowed and he looked away. The crystal on his sister's neck was gold colored, and that was serious in Alexa World. Maybe Ryan had gone too far this time…

Suddenly Trinity barreled into the room, a large smile on her face, her curly dark brown hair that Jo had spent time on braiding a mess and her elbow pads falling off of her arms. She paused when she noticed the two adults staring at her, the male with various cuts and bruises all over his face. He was the boy, though, so he had to be her daddy. She waved wildly at him. "Hi, Daddy!" She exclaimed happily.

If you looked up the word surprised in the dictionary, you would see Carlos' face at that exact moment. He didn't take his eyes off of Trinity, whose smile eventually faded as he stared. Katie slowly entered the room, gathering Trinity up into her arms. "Trin, you can't run away from me like that, okay?" She scolded gently. "Sowwy, Mommy," Trinity nodded. She and Katie shared some sort of unspoken communication as Trinity stared into her mother's eyes and then back at Carlos.

Katie quickly glanced at Carlos, afraid that if she looked at Carlos she would break out into tears. One of his arms was still in a cast, and the bruises, scars and burn marks were still there, but she smiled a small smile when she saw Carlos' eyes sparkle when he saw her.

"Look who we have here," Alexa interrupted all of the staring with a smile. "I thought that the two of you weren't going to show up." She joked. Katie glanced over to Alexa, then back at Carlos again, who had gone back to staring at Trinity, and Alexa and Katie also seemed to say something to each other without speaking. "Trinity, honey, will you please go sit outside with Uncle Kendall and Jo?" Katie asked softly. Carlos tried to shake his head, but Katie either didn't care or just couldn't tell.

Katie stuck her head outside of the door and watched Trinity walk down until she could see her sitting in Kendall's lap and Jo beginning to play in her hair again. Once she was, Katie slowly turned around, fear evident in her eyes.

"I'm so sorry."

"Sorry."

Carlos and Katie spoke at the same time, though Carlos sounded a bit raspier than Katie. Katie started at Carlos in confusion. "What are you sorry about?" She asked, the question coming out a bit harsher than she intended it to.

"I…I don't…I didn't… so beautiful…I used to imagine…and you…" Carlos croaked, becoming more flustered by the second. Katie just stared at him, not moving from her spot near the door, before she seemed to snap into gear, pulling a chair up by his bed next to Alexa. "I'm sorry," She whispered, apologizing again. "I didn't know that your throat hurt…I probably should've guessed that, though…." Her voice cracked. She shook her head, looking away. "You shouldn't be apologizing." She said softly.

Carlos tried to shake his head again. "Don't…get it. Must… hate me." He croaked. Katie's gaze lingered on his black eye, before snapping out of it. "I could never hate you," Katie whispered, slowly grabbing Carlos' hand, as if it were made of glass. She didn't think that it would be so easy to talk to him; she had imagined things much worse.

Alexa smiled at the pair as Katie shook her head, chuckling to herself. "Do you realize how much that little girl loves you? We would talk about you every night...oh, God. I hope you believe me when I saw that I have nothing in my heart against you." Katie's voice had started off somewhat strong, but faded to a whisper by the end of her sentence.

Tears rolled down Carlos' face, and the tears in Katie's eyes threatened to roll over when she reached over to wipe them away and Carlos flinched. "Please don't cry," She begged in a whisper. "Thank you," Carlos croaked. Katie shook her head. The two of them just stared at each other, Katie wondering what had happened to Carlos, when Alexa coughed loudly.

Katie blushed and cleared her throat. "So….you wanna see her?" She asked hopefully, softly. She wiped her sleeve over her eyes, hoping that neither of the siblings could tell that she was wiping away tears. Carlos nodded slowly, and Katie's brow furrowed. "You sure? You were kinda…strange about her before."

"No! I just…she's so beautiful…" Katie smiled. "She looks just like you, you know," Alexa laughed from the background. Carlos shook his head. "No…Katie…" He croaked. Katie blushed, shaking her head as she rose and walked over to the door. "Trinity? Do you want to come see him?" The siblings could hear Katie call as she walked down the hall.

Before she could even finish her sentence, Trinity ran into the room and was by Carlos' side. "Don't be sad, Daddy. You'll be all better now." She smiled as she lifted a gold healing crystal on a necklace around her neck up towards Carlos, who wore a gigantic grin on his face.

Katie couldn't help but roll her eyes. Alexa had gotten to her already.

So that was just over 2,000 words, and I am so glad I finally got somewhere in this chapter! I actually started crying while writing it…Anyway, I am so sorry that I haven't been updating! But I think this might be one of my favorite chapter :)
Hope you liked it too, and aren't upset that I haven't been able to get to a computer.

Thanks to:

Anon: Wow, I didn't even have anything about Gustavo in this chapter…hope you still liked it :)

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Alexa is pretty nice, because I feel everyone has enough to deal with right now. Thank you so much for reviewing!

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