~Fallen Ch.11 ~

** There might be fewer updates, as I didn’t originally plan for Kay to go catatonic, and so nothing I wrote down in my outline really fits the story anymore. I am taking some time to rewrite my outline, plus I need to work on my other stories.

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Miguel blanched at the sight on the other side of the door.” Antonio.”

At his name his brother grin grew wider. ” Are you letting me in or are we heating the entire neighborhood?”

“ Mijo, who is it?” Pilar called out from her seat on the couch, where she sat cradling her grandson.

“ It’s me.” Antonio pushed back the door, smiling when it hit in his younger brother in the face, but quickly turned a sympathetic look to his mother when he heard his brother suck in a sharp breath. “ What happened to Miguel?”

Pilar stood and kissed her oldest son’s cheek, before she hand him Ethan Martin, and touched her hand to her heart.” Oh it was horrible, Miguel was mugged last night in the hospital parking lot.”

“ That is terrible.” He turned back to his brother giving him a warning look, as he rubbed his nephews back.” You should be more careful, Harmony’s not as safe as it used to be.”

“ Yeah I’ll keep that in mind.” Miguel muttered as he walked out of the room, stopping by the kitchen door to listen.

“ We’ve haven’t see you in a while, we were worrying.” Pilar said as she watched her son anxiously, it had almost been a week, One week since he had stopped them outside the emergency room lobby, and announced that he knew about Luis and Sheridan, and was calling off their wedding, and then he just disappeared.” How are you doing?”

“ I’m okay, just taking things one day at a time.”

She nodded, and searched for something to say, she didn’t want to focus on his illness, and since the breakup she knew nothing else of his life. “ How is Kay doing?”

“ She’s still catatonic, but Dr. McCoy is very hopeful, she’s a very good doctor from Stanford.” He took a seat and focused on his mother.” She’s been assigned to my case, she and this partner of hers came up with something they think we save me, or at least prolong my life.”

“ Madre Dios, are you sure?”

“ I’m sure Jody’s got something she thinks will help, I’m also sure that Eve thinks it’s a bad idea, there are…. Side effects to this medication she’s suggesting.”

“ What kind of side effects?” Both turned to the front door, where Luis stood with a concerned expression on his face, directed toward his brother.

“ Hello Luis.”

“ Antonio.” He stepped into the room, and quickly closed the gap between him and his brother, bending slightly to give him a brief hug.” What side effects, Antonio?”

“ Mijo, sit down and give your brother some space.” Pilar looked at her son pointedly, and made her meaning clear, rushing him, wouldn’t get any of them anywhere.” You were saying Antonio?”

“ No it’s just some small things like temporary blindness.”

“WHAT, NO YOU’RE DOING IT.” Luis said as he began shaking his head. While Pile stood, and try to calm the tension rising in the room.

“ Mijo, I think what Luis is trying to say, is that we’re concerned, this drug sounds dangerous, and we don’t know this doctor.”

“ Mama, I understand, and I’m just thinking about it, but I do trust Jody, she’s a good doctor, Eve wouldn’t have hired here if she didn’t think so.”
He turned to his brother giving an icy warning.” But anything I do, is my decision.”

“ Antonio…”

“ I’m not asking permission.” Ethan Martin began squirming calling everyone attention, back to the small boy. Antonio turned the small boy in his arm, and gave a goofy grin, but sent a cautious look to the others in the room. “ Isn’t that right Ethan, cause I’m big boy, capable of handling what life throws my way.”

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Patients that are catatonic or in an unresponsive state, are most frequently quite aware of their surroundings, but they allow their subconscious to keep them from reacting to it.

The words kept Jody staring at the screen on her laptop. The news wasn’t at all comforting, in her experience Kay Bennett’s subconscious was dangerous thing when she had control of it, not having it in check, could only mean bad things. “ Damn it.” The phone beside her began to ring, and she picked it up, eyes still refusing got leave the screen.” McCoy.” She rolled her eyes, when the annoyingly perky voice of her real estate agent filled her ears.” Hello Pammy, no I’m sorry I haven’t had a chance to check out that property.” “ Well, I’m kind of busy here, you know searching the Internet, playing video games, saving lives, swamped with stuff to do.” “ Yeah, I know it’s a great deal for a house, and yes it’s great location, right by the hospital, but I….” The women’s incessant whining, too much to take Jody snapped.” Well then buy me the house, yes it’s so perfect I know I’ll love it, just offer them what they asked, and send the paper work.” “ Great, got to go.” She slammed the phone down on the

“ You bought a house sight unseen?” Gwen soot just inside the door, her husband behind her, as she stared at the doctor, in wonderment, one thought prominent in her head. Kay was right this girl, is weird. “ Isn’t that a little crazy?”

“ Not really, my father’s dying words were to buy real estate, no wait…. His dying words were don’t disappoint me, but before that he was talking about real estate.” She squinted her eyes, trying to remember. ”Or did he say my mother was real easy, I don’t know he was muttering a lot in the end.”

“ You’re strange.”

“ Gwen!” Ethan said appalled.” I’m sorry.”

“ Don’t apologize, I am strange.” Jody waved them in.” You must be Hotchkiss-Winthrop.” She asked directing her question to the small woman.” I hear you were getting yelled at in the one of the wards.”

“ Yeah, by Kay.” Gwen looked away solemnly, it was one of the only real memories she had of her sister-in-law, and she had hoped their where on their way to a nice relationship, if not as sisters, then at least as good friends.

“ Speaking of my sister, how is she?”

“ Your sister is still catatonic, but I’m was reading something that gave me an idea.” “ They say that patients are still aware of things going on around them, and I want to know if you guys are willing to go visit her, talk to her, hopefully we can bring her out of this.”

“ Of course, but what do we say, I don’t want jeopardize anything.”

“ Just talk to her like you regularly do, obviously you can’t ask her questions, but fill her in on what’s going on, let her know she’s missed.” Jody sat on the edge of her desk, and hesitated.” I’m not going to ask anyone but you two, and Antonio, I think it’s important we uphold what Kay was doing before the set back.” “ I know this may be hard for your father, but…”

“ Dad will do what’s necessary for Kay, he’ll understand.”

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“ Jessie?” Sam light knocked on his daughters door, and peeked his head in.” Can I speak to you for a minute.”

“ Sure.” Jessica slid the photo album under her pillow, and smiled at her father.” Is something wrong with Kay?”

“ No, at last call, she was still the same.” He closed her door, and sat down on her bed, and took her hand.” I wanted to talk to you about all this….”

“ Dad…”

“ No, we’ve haven’t really talked in a while, not since we find out about Ethan, and I am…” Sam paused and tried to keep his cool, but things just keep coming. He his daughter slid her hands around his waist, and gave her a sad smile.

“ Daddy…”

“ I didn’t see it coming, and I’m scared that I’m missing other things Jess.” “ I’m looking around trying to figure out when it happened, she started to feel this way, but I can’t find it, and I’m wondering if the same thing is happening with you and the others.”

“ Dad, I’m fine, I’m worried about Kay, but I’m fine, and so is Ethan, and Noah.” “ Charity and John are really torn up, but I think it’s the Standish in them.” She kissed her father’s cheek.” None of us saw this coming, but it was a build up of a lot of little thongs, like me always messing with her, and not letting her know how much I loved her.”

“ Jess…”

“ No dad, I know it was it was that, all these weddings, the this thing with David and John, and school, and a lot of other stuff.”

“ What other stuff?” Sam stood and began pacing the room. ”I feel like I just got here, I didn’t know about you and Reese Durkee, or about Kay and some problem with school.” “ Jess, I need to know what was going on with your sister?”

“ Dad…” Jessica stopped uncertain of what to say. Telling him the truth wasn’t really an option, he couldn’t handle it, hell Kay couldn’t handle it, but he needed to know something.” Dad, Kay was having a lot of problems, with school, with me, with …”

“ Your mother.” The thought had been in the corner of his mind for days, weeks if he was honest, and now he wanted the truth. “ What about your mother?”

“ Dad, Kay and Mom have never really been close…”

“ True, but then things got more complicated when Charity came to live with us.” “ I know that Charity’s not to blame, I mean she loves Kay, their best friends, but it put a greater distance between them right, and not just Kay but with you and Noah too?”

“ Dad, where are you going with this?”

“ I’m wondering something, I’ve talked to Noah, and Hank, trying to see this from all sides, and I’m want you to tell me what’s really going on with Kay and your mother, she hasn’t even called the hospital to check on her, she doesn’t want to talk about Kay, she’s not crying or yelling or anything.” “ She’s trying to talk Charity into going ahead with the wedding.”

“ Mom is just trying to make things up to Charity.” Jessica said lamely, as she moved away from her father, he was asking way to many questions that she didn’t think he could handle.

“ By ignoring Kay, Noah hasn’t heard from your Mom in months, is it like that with Kay, where she just fades into the background, what about you, how often have you and your mother spent time together.”

“ Dad stop it, look Mom has been having a tough time.”

“ So what, she’s adult, what about you guys, hmm… you, Kay and Noah.” He felt his anger rising, the conversation with Noah and Hank had started a picture he didn’t want to see.

“ DADDDY…” Jessica stops, and takes a deep breath.” Look yeah okay, they’re been times when I felt a little neglected, Noah too, and yes Kay got it twice as hard as I did, but I…” She looks away, and Sam notices how she’s shaking.” I didn’t think she was taking it so hard, I thought you know it was Kay and she just didn’t care, I didn’t...” “ I didn’t know.”

Sam took her in his arms, ad cradled her to his chest.” I know honey.” And he did; now he knew what was really going on in his home, he just didn’t know what to do about it.