Megan's father laughed heartily "I'll take your word for it. You don't seem the criminal type" he said and turned to look at the stairs to the 2nd level. As he though, Megan was descending the staircase. "So, does he pass?" she asked in a flat tone. Her father laughed and hugged his daughter, kissing her on the forehead. "Yes, he passes" he said and gave Megan to Jordan "barring emergency, I want her in the door by midnight. If something happens, you call us, alright? Stay safe, enjoy yourselves" he said and ushered the teenagers out the door, closing it behind them.

Megan smiled and went to grab his hand, only to find that it was holding a bouquet of flowers. "You... you got me flowers?" she asked, a smile on her face. How incredibly sweet of him! Tomboy as she was, she had to appreciate the fact that he got her flowers, it made her heart flutter with excitement. That almost deserves a kiss on the cheek... almost. Well... maybe it does... ok it totally does. Just because she wanted him to take a few risks, doesn't mean she shouldn't reward his awesomeness. She rose up on her toes and pecked his cheek. "Thank you" she said softly.

Jordan gave her dad a grim smile. Had Megan's brothers filled him on his past? Sure he might not seem that bad now but there had been a time when he'd been well on his way to becoming something similar to what he'd just described. He looked up a look out of outright relief on his face as he heard Megan's voice only the moment he saw Megan that look promptly disappeared to be replaced by one of shocked surprise. Holy crap. That was Megan. His Megan. Only she looked different..pretty. Not that she wasn't usually pretty but right now Megan was gorgeous....no gorgeous wasn't the word. Breath taking? Maybe... Words couldn't do her justice right now. Shaking his head slightly he brought himself out of his shock and laughed softly as they were ushered out the door. "Yes sir, I'll make sure to have her back on time and I'll be sure to let you know if anything happens." he promised.

Once they were free of her parents Jordan relaxed his tight grip on the flowers loosening considerably before he seemed to remember them. Grinning he presented them with a flourish as she reached out to take his hand. He laughed softly seeing her amazement. "Of course I did, I figured that since this was a date that flowers were kind of a key requirement. I didn't know what kind of flowers you liked so I kept it simple." he explained. "But personally..I think a girl as beautiful as you are deserves something much better than carnations." he admitted his eyes widening softly as she kissed him on the cheek. "Y-you're welcome." he stammered out lifting a hand to his cheek in amazement. She'd kissed him. True it might not have been on the lips but it was still a kiss and he hadn't initiated it. She'd done it all on her own...Laughing at his own silliness he took her empty hand and pulled her towards his car opening the passenger door with a gallant sweep. "Ladies first." he said with a charming grin.

Megan smiled and slid into the car, making a play of sniffing her flowers so she could hide her blush. "So... where are we headed?" she asked. If there was ever a time she was happy to lose a game, it was tonight. This was going to be an amazing night... it was going to be perfect... she could tell. "You look very handsome tonight" she pointed out. Well it was the truth, he did look very handsome. She was suddenly very glad that her mother had done her up, because otherwise she'd feel that she'd pale in comparison. She suddenly wondered what he and Katherine had done on their first date... or any date, for that matter. But she didn't ask, she doubted that question would be well received.

Hearing her ask where they were headed Jordan gave her an impish grin. "Oh no you don't. I gave you the option of picking where and what you wanted to eat. But you said you were ok with anything. So you're just going to have to wait and see." he said as he carefully shut her door and made his way around to the driver's seat.Once settled he started the car and pulled away from her house. "Thank you for the compliment, but compared to you I think I look pretty drab. You look amazing tonight..actually not just tonight. You look amazing every day. But I'm pretty sure if I told you that everyday you'd quit believing me." he rambled on with a slight blush.

For the next few minutes he kept Megan's interest by giving her subtle hints about where they were going first. He'd said dinner and a movie. So first things first: dinner. Although now that he thought about it..maybe he should have went with the movie first. Oh well it was too late to have second thoughts. He'd already made the reservations and everything. yea, thats right. Reservations. He wasn't playing around here. He liked Megan and even if this was just a friendly date on her book he was going to make sure she had the best evening possible. Pulling up at the restaurant, Jordan turned the car off before he got out opening her door with another charming grin. "Well we're here. Sadly you didn't come close to guessing where I was taking you. You're horrible at guessing games. The next time I want to take you out I could just challenge you to a simple guessing game, then I'd be a shoe in to getting to spend the evening with you." he teased.

Megan stuck her tongue out at him playfully, then she turned to the place "oh... no... absolutely not. This is way too much!" she protested. Still, on the inside she absolutely loved it. "Jordan... you are amazing" she whispered. Oh gosh... what was she going to do!? He kept doing amazing things that just made her fall for him even harder! If she was going to play hard to get, she was doing a crappy job of it. He had counter tactics that just wowed her. At least he couldn't do much with the movie. Hmm... considering his patterns tonight, he'd probably take her to a chick flick. So, she could prepare for that. Really, there wasn't going to be anything that he'd do at the movie that could possibly underhand her battle plan... unless he kissed her. But he wouldn't do that... that's... that's a little soon. Right? Once they were seated, she took a look at the menu "I hope you know that I'm not one of those girls that's going to eat a little just because she's in front of a man. I may get dolled up, but I'm still me on the inside" she told him.

Needless to say Jordan was feeling pretty dang proud of himself. He'd been a complete gentleman the entire evening so far. He hadn't thought he'd could do it but so far he was doing great! Sure he'd been a little dorky with the compliments and the flowers but hey had he to make tonight original somehow and that seemed like the best way to do it. Laughing he took her hand and let her inside. "Too much? I don't think this is near enough. I had to work my tail off for this date. Did you really think I'd just keep it simple?" he asked with a gentle shake of his head as he pulled her chair out like the gentleman he was trying to be. Once she;d down he pushed her chair in before sitting down in his own. "I know. I didn't take you for one of those girls who likes rabbit food. I like girls that are confident enough with who they are and how they look to eat in front of their dates. If they don't then that just says they're afraid of who they are and they don't trust their date to like them for who they are but rather what they look like. In short I think its stupid, then again I'm a guy. Girls are still a mystery to me..." he said trailing off. True he was getting to know Megan more each day but even then he still didn't quite have her figured out. And he didn't want to. He wanted to learn more bit by bit. He wasn't in any rush so they could take their time learning about each other.

Megan grinned and eyed Jordan as he responded. "I like you. You've got your head on straight. You let me be who I want to be" she said and skimmed the menu. Ohhh.... that looked good. Steak with noodles, topped with mushrooms. Megan's mouth was practically watering at the thought. "What are you going to get?" she asked just before the waiter showed up to take their drink order. Once he'd taken their order, he disappeared to get their drinks, as well as the complimentary bread.

(Time Skip-After dinner and movie)

Talk about the perfect evening. He'd pulled everything off without a hitch. He'd wowed Megan during dinner and he'd surprised her by sitting through a whole chick flick. And not only that he'd kept his hands and lips to himself. He rocked! Not that he was some arrogant son of a gun or anything like that. He was just being honest. He'd had a sneaking feeling that Megan expected him to break his pattern of being a gentleman but he hadn't. So he was good..no in her words he was amazing!

Grinning happily he took her hand in his as he lead her on a romantic stroll through the park. True this part hadn't been mentioned in his plans but there wasn't anything wrong with a surprise here or there. "So what did you think of the movie?" he asked politely.

Megan smiled and laced her fingers through his. "I liked it. I'm very impressed by you. You never cease to amaze me" she answered.

If possible, Angela thought that the second performance was even better. She went backstage to find Aria, knowing that Katherine would be falling over Nick, however she ended up running into Nick. "Hey, Nick... You did really good today" she said. "Get away from my man, b****! He's mine. Always and forever. Nick, sweetie, Why don't you get changed so that we can leave?" she said and pushed Nick away. Now was the time for Angela to pay for last night.

Angela moved to leave, but it felt like a hand went around her throat, pulling her back. Katherine was obviously expecting a fight. Fine... if she wanted a fight... she'll get a fight. Angela whirled on Katherine and sent a bolt of lightning towards her, complete with the sound of thunder. Screw being quiet, Katherine had a murderous look in her eyes, she needed to alert as many people as possible that something was wrong.

Katherine was thrown back, but she soon regained her footing. She melted into darkness and made the lights short out. Angela, in retaliation, made the lights practically blow up, they burned so brightly, telling Ange exactly where Katherine was. Unfortunately, it was too late. Katherine had thrown a pipe towards Ange's head. Angela screamed and fell to the floor. Before she could completely get up, Katherine was beating Angela with a pipe. Angela let out a bolt of lighting, as bright and powerful as possible. She caught the pipe and melted it into uselessness before she collapsed to the floor. Nick... was that Nick she heard?

Jordan laughed giving her hand a gentle squeeze. "That's good. I'm glad you liked it..because I hated it." he said with a boyish grin. He was just being honest! He'd loathed that movie but because he was so crazy about her and making tonight special for her that he'd done it anyway. "I amaze you? You're kidding right? I'm not that amazing. If anything you're the amazing one. You're like no other girl I've ever dated. I haven't dated a lot of girls. Kat was the only one." he admitted softly sending her a sideways glance to see her reaction to that. Would she laugh at him? Think he was a dork simply because he'd spent most of his high school years waiting around for one stinking girl? A girl that hadn't been worth it in the least...but Megan? Megan was worth it. More than worth the wait. And if she wanted to wait then dang it he'd wait.

Nick was exhausted, not just just from the back to back performances but because of his sleepless night. After the party when he'd finally made home into the warm haven of his own room he couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong.He hadn't seen Kat at opening night and he hadn't heard from her that evening other. Nothing besides the verbal message from Miranda and it bugged him. Because ever since the start of their uh..relationship?-Kat had been adamant about calling him and taking up every spare second of his time. But not last night. And he was freaking out over it. She was here tonight. he'd seen her front and center from the audience. Which only caused this feeling of nervousness he had to get that much worse. He couldn't shake the premonition the history had a few days ago pertaining to Angela. Did this feeling somehow relate tot hat? Or was he just being ridiculous? Stumbling off stage he ran into Angela. he gave her a fleeting lack luster smile opening his mouth to thank Angela only he never made it that far. His expression turned tense hearing Kat's voice and the way she talked to Angela. He stumbled slightly as she shoved him towards the dressing room. He hesitated slightly before doing as Kat asked. Just a little longer. He wouldn't have to put up with this for much longer....

He'd barely finished changing into his street clothes before he heard the loud commotion outside the dressing room. If possible that utter feeling of wrongness grew that much more as he ran outside to see what the heck was going on. When he stepped out of the dressing room he walked out on the mother of all cat fights. This wasn't just a fight, this was a complete and utter massacre! Before jumping in to end things he was blinded for a moment as the lights suddenly went off making the back stage go completely dark, and then as suddenly as it had become dark it was light again. He blinked dizzily for a few moments before he finally saw what was in Kat's hands. He didn't hesitate for a moment as he leaped forward with a roar his body tearing through change as he quickly and expertly shifted into a panther his. Snarling he smacked Kat away from Angela leaving a few scratch marks of his own. Crouching low he glared murderously at a now unconscious Kat his tail lashing angrily form side to side. He watched her for a few more seconds before smoothly shifting back and kneeling next to Angela his gently cradling her head. Swallowing he tried to wipe away some of the blood but it was pointless because as soon as he got rid of some of it there was just that much more. Looking up he noticed everyone else just milling about and staring in shocked silence. Seriously. Just staring. "Do something! What the h*** are you waiting for?!" he snarled his eye flashing angrily. Apparently he'd managed to get some peoples dazed shock because finally people started moving. He watched them for a few moment before he glanced down gently brushing Angela's tangled hair out of her face. "I can't believe I was stupid enough to do that last night. I knew she had spies. I knew it and I still went. I should have told you no. I should have made you go home or somewhere far away from me. " he murmured staring down at her. It was all his fault...the girl he cared about was sitting here in his arm dang near dead and all he could do was blame himself? "Don't leave me..please. I know I left you and I know I was a jerk and I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. .I can't say that enough. Just please don't go..please..I-i love you. There I said it. I love you!!!" Ok so maybe he sounded just a little deranged here but could blame him? He had as good a reason as any to lose his mind. It wasn't like he was going to turn out like Kat.

Megan smiled somewhat and leaned against him "well... do you want to date me?" she asked. Yeah, she knew the answer, but she wanted him to say it. She wanted him to take the risk.

Andrew rushed to where the commotion was, the rest of the group shortly behind him. He got there just as the paramedics arrived. He watched as the cops arrested Katherine. He went up to Nick. "Go with them, don't leave her alone. We'll be there soon" he said and pushed him towards the ambulance that was parked outside the emergency exit.

As soon as Nick was in the ambulance with Angela, Andrew turned to the rest of the group. "Come on, they're both going to need us" he said and led the group to his car. He loosened the collar of his shirt just as he had done yesterday, but that's it. He was surprised that he was was calm since he hated hospitals.

It was a long car ride. At least that's what it seemed like. But soon enough, they'd arrived at the hospital. Andrew found Nick and went over to him "hey, what's the news? How's she doing?" he asked.

Jordan chuckled softly wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her just a little closer. "I thought I wasn't that subtle about my intentions towards you? You know I do. but if it makes you feel better I'll say it to anyone and everyone who wants to hear it." he said pulling away and putting some distance between them. "Alright to whoever's out there listening I've got something to say. I want to date this wonderful,sweet,amazingly beautiful girl in front of me!" he yelled out into the quiet evening. He tried to stay serious, he really did but he ended up laughing in the end. Grinning at her he reached out pulling her close again letting his forehead rest sweetly on hers. "So does that answer you're question. I want to date you. If you want I can declare it to the world again." he offered with an impish grin. He was probably embarrassing her but he didn't care. She'd wanted to know and he'd answered.

Finally, blessedly the paramedics showed up. Nick paced anxiously watching as Angela was loaded up. He started slightly hearing Andrew speak to him. He nodded softly before hurrying off to do as he was told. There was some debate about whether or not to let Nick tag along with Angela because he wasn't family but in the end he lucked out. Smiling gratefully he squished his way into the cramped ambulance his hand automatically seeking Angela's and holding on for dear life.

Rushing out the dressing room Aria let out a soft scream seeing the wreckage and the commotion. What the heck had happened? Her pale skin flushed paler as she watch Kat being arrested while Angela was being loaded into the ambulance with Nick following behind her. Oh no.."Ange.." she whispered softly. She nodded hearing Andrew and dashed back into the dressing room to grab her street clothes. She hadn't had a change to change out of her costume, but now hardly seemed like the time to do that.

Katerina winced slightly watching the after scene of the fight. Oh goodness. She'd been afraid something like this would happen. Poor Ange...poor Nick. Poor..well not poor Kat. Personally the witch deserved what ever she had coming to her. But Ange didn't deserve this! Hurrying after the others she piled into the car anxiously tapping her foot as she waited for the long ride to end. But it wasn't that long. Soon enough they'd arrived.

Nick looked like crap. His exhaustion and evenings events had taken their toll on him. He looked up hearing Andrew and shook his head swallowing thickly. "I don't know...they said there's a slim chance of her making it. Right now she's in ICU. if she's lucky she'll get out of there soon. If not.." he stopped exhaling shakily.He was on the verge of tears, yea guys weren't supposed to cry. they were supposed tough and all that crap but it was hard being tough when the his girlfriend was in a hospital practically knocking on deaths door! Angela could die..and it was all because of Kat. Nick's fists clenched tightly at his sides. "If Angela doesn't make it..I'm going to kill Kat.How could she do that to Ange?! What did Ange ever do to her? Not a da*n thing! It was all because of Kat's stupid vendetta! Because she didn't get you,because she couldn't have me, because she didn't what she wanted. She killed Lucy! That crap about it being an accident? A lie a bold and out lie! She's a two faced b****-" at this point he cut off with a low growl his fist slamming into the wall. Not that it did much good. If anything all he managed to do was hurt himself and give him a somewhat better reason to cry. His eyes welled up with tears as he jerked back cradling his fists and trying to hold in his sobs. If anything he could say he was crying because this hurt like a b****. Which it did. but ti didn't hurt near as much as the thought of Angela not making it did.

Megan laughed and cuddled up to Jordan "you're a dork, you know that? Maybe that's why I like you" she laughed, breathing in his scent. "Thank you, for putting up with me and for pushing until I gave in. Thank you for putting up with my family. I know they freaked you out, but thank you anyway. Yes... I know about your history with Jake. He told me after you left. It's ok. He forgives you, so I forgive you too" she told him, looking into his eyes. Now the question was... was he going to kiss her or not?

That b**** did WHAT?!?!!?! Andrew felt like he was in a daze as he walked up to Nick. "Nick... did I hear you right? Did you just say that Katherine killed Lucy?" he asked just as a police officer showed up. He walked over to them "I'm told that you know the young lady in custody?" he asked "yes" Andrew answered. "Has she been prone to do anything of the sort before? Do you know if she planned this?" he asked. Andrew looked to Nick, he would be the best one to answer these questions. "You talk to him, I'll call Jordan. He might want to be here too" he said and walked away. He scrolled through his phone and dialed Jordan's number.

Kevin held Aria close, keeping watch over the two girls since Andrew was paying attention to Nick. He looked up when he heard Nick say that Katherine was the one that killed Lucy. He stared at him in disbelief before he turned his attention back to Aria and Katerina "she'll be alright. She's strong. Besides... she has Nick to help her through. Soon enough, they'll let him in to see her. It'll probably be one by one since she's in ICU, but I think Nick should go first" he said as he gently petted Aria's hair, gently taking the pins out of her bun to let it fall loosely around her shoulders.

Jordan put a look of mock outrage on his face. "Excuse you? I'm not a dork! I prefer the term-" he paused his brow wrinkling softly in thought as he tried to find another fancier word for dork. But he had nothing. And even then it was kind of hard to think straight Megan cuddling against him and gaze up at him with those beautiful eyes of hers."I didn't mind...I like your family. I love how protective your brothers are of you. Its..admirable. And I can't blame them for it. If anything I'm glad they're the way they are. If it wasn't for them then I wouldn't be here-" he promptly shut up as she admitted to knowing about his less than admirable past. he paled slightly and gulped audibly. Oh crap. Here was the part where she told him to get lost. This was it! After all he'd been through to get here with her, he was going to be sent away because of his past. He'd proved to everyone in her family that he was sorry about what he'd done but he hadn't proved it to her- his frantic thoughts slowed to a trickle until the eventually stopped altogether as he zeroed in on that one word. 'Forgive'. He was forgiven. he gave her a bright happy grin. "You have no idea how happy that makes me..." he murmured trailing off as he looked down into her eyes. He'd been going to say something. But he couldn't remember. At this moment, it didn't really matter. He could think of something else that was a lot more important-kissing her. He hadn't planned on kissing her, not tonight. It was their first date, he'd been more focused on charming her versus the whole kissing thing. Not that he didn't want to. He just hadn't wanted to scare her off. What with the way she was looking up at him right now thought it didn't seem as if she was scared, if anything it seemed like she wanted to be kissed. And who was he to deny her? At that moment, time seemed to stand still as he cupped her chin gently pulling her closer as his lips slowly descended to meet hers.Only it never happened. Second before his lips brushed her his phone rang. Completely ruining the moment. Blinking in dazed surprise he pulled away raking a hand through his hair as he fumbled in his back pocket for his phone. "Sorry..It usually only rings in case of emergencies." he mumbled as he sluggishly lifted the phone up to his ear. Immediately whatever amount of romance and longing that was permeating his brain disappeared as he heard Andrew's voice on the other end of the phone. "Kat did what?!" he barked into the phone jerking a hand through his hair as he finally released Megan and turned away from her listening for a few moments before he gave a long loud sigh. "I'm sorry..I know that doesn't make a difference but tell Nick I'm sorry. I'll be there soon." he promised before he hung up finally turning his attention back to Megan. "I'm sorry..I know this is going to ruin your evening..but would you mind going to the hospital with me? You don't have to, I have no problem with driving you home for the night.." he explained giving another sigh before he continued to explain, "But Angela's in ICU because of my ex..and well I need to go there." he explained. Or tried to explained. He wasn't sure why he needed to be there. True he'd formed a k ind of friendship with Andrew and the others but it wasn't a close friendship-yet- but that didn't necessarily entitle him to be there at such a personal moment. And yet..Andrew had called him. Because he'd obviously though he would want to be there. With his..well his almost friends.

Nick gritted his teeth and clenched unclenched his fist as he paced angrily. "Of course you heard me right! Why would I lie or joke around about something about that? She told me, no she bragged about it. Like it was some big accomplishment! Heck if she were here right now I bet you she'd be gloating about Angela too!" he spat his eyes darkening dangerously. He looked up hearing the police officer asking a few pertinent questions. He stayed quiet as Andrew answered a few before directing the cops attention to him. Nick nodded softly as he walked towards the police officer roughly shoving his hands into his pockets. "Yes, she's done something like this before. I don't know how many peoples she's hurt or tried to maim. The only one I know of for sure is my girlfriend,she's currently in ICU, and my friends sister. If there's more I wouldn't know..but I do know someone who might have more information."

Aria cuddled closer to Kevin her head resting on his shoulder. Hospitals..she'd never been a huge fan of them but then again who was? No one liked hospitals. Hospitals weren't happy places. it was where the hurt and deathly ill went. And right now..her friend was being poked and prodded by god knew how many different sets of cold hands and odd instruments all she could do was sit out here and wait. And wait..and it was driving her crazy! Apparently she wasn't the only losing it though. She started slightly hearing Nick's out burst and the solid thud of his fist connecting with the wall. Poor Nick..whatever she felt couldn't be half as bad as what he was going through. She started slightly feeling Kevin gently removing the pins from her hair. When he did that she was suddenly reminded of the fact that she was still in her costume. Maybe now would be a good time to change. The costume was much too gaudy and happy to be found in a hospital. "Yea..I think Nick should go first. He looks horrible. Maybe you and Andrew could take him outside and calm him down or something? I don't Angela would be to happy to wake up and find her boyfriend throwing an adult temper tantrum." she murmured with a wry smile. 'Wake up'..what a stupid choice of words. Angela wasn't sleeping or taking some harmless little nap! She was fighting for her life and yet Aria hadn't even been able to say that..for once she hadn't been able to be rudely blunt. For once she'd danced around a certain subject....Of all the times to lose her wits why now? Sighing and shaking her head she gently pulled away from Kevin and stood up stretching slightly a delicate shiver rippling through her as the chilliness of the hospital finally got to her."I'll be right back. I'm going to go change.." she explained motioning to her costume.

Megan began to freak out when she saw that Jordan was getting closer. Deciding that she wanted that, however, she closed her eyes and waited. Her eyes shot open when his phone rang. She put a hand on his shoulder in concern. Obviously something happened. When she heard what it was, though, she simply rose up on her toes and placed a kiss on Jordan's cheek "it's alright. Let's go" she agreed and began to head back to the car.

Andrew hung up and headed back inside "I called Jordan, he's on his way" he informed Nick. The police officer nodded his head "thank you. I think I have everything that I need. Could you give me the contact information of this person you're referring to?" he asked. Figuring that Jordan was the one being mentioned, Andrew gave the officer Jordan's name and number. Once the officer was gone, Andrew turned to Nick and put a hand on his shoulder "hey, you're my brother, always have, always will be. They won't be letting any of us into to see her for a while, so why don't we go outside and get some fresh air, alright? She'll be alright, she's a fighter" he encouraged and steered Nick outside.

Kevin had managed to change into his street clothes before the commotion started, so he turned to Katerina "how are you holding up through all of this?" he asked her. He wasn't particularly close with Nick, and Andrew knew Nick better then anyone here, so he'd just stick around here to stay with Katerina and eventually Aria.

Jordan stared after Megan in silent amazement. How the heck had he gotten this lucky?Well..not lucky in the fact that Angela was in the hospital, but lucky enough to find a girl that would allow her perfect date to end on such a sour note? A girl that would forgive him for torturing her little brother senseless? He'd lucked out. i time. but right now wasn't the time to be thinking about how awesome his girlfriend-or soon to be girlfriend- was. Shaking his head in silent amazement he followed her to the car and politely helped her into her seat before hauling tail to the hospital. When they got there he found Kevin and Katerina. And the other were where? Frowning softly he gave Megan's hand a warm gentle squeeze as he walked towards Kevin and Katerina. "Hey, I just got Andrew's call. How's Angela doing?"

Once the business with the police officer was done, Nick gave Andrew a grateful smile. he stiffened just the tiniest bit as Andrew put a hand on shoulder but rather than shrugging it off like usual he seemed to draw some comfort from it. Heck he wasn't even bothered by the fact that Andrew had called him brother..well he wasn't bothered that much. "Alright..some air would be good. but I'm not staying out long. I'm not leaving Angela again." he said with a stubborn loft of his chin as he allowed himself to be steered outside.

Katerina offered Kevin a wan smile and a soft shrug of her shoulders. "I'm holding up ok I guess. I can't really complain. I'm not the one being poked and prodded by people with really cold hands.." she admitted with a delicate shiver. "If anything I just feel really bad because I can't do anything to help Angela, and Andrew's helping Nick and I'm just stuck sitting here with you. Not that you're bad company or anything like that..I just don't like feeling so useless." she hurried to explain. She hadn't meant to insult him, he really wasn't bad company but given the situation...well she didn't want to sit here doing nothing and answer questions about how she was doing. She was fine, she was alive and moving and breathing and Angela..well Angela was barely alive and yet he was worried about how she was doing? It made her feel guilty..almost like she was stealing Angela's time to be the center of attention.

It didn't take Aria long to change. By the time she'd finished changing and managed to get rid of the remainder of her stage make up Jordan and Megan had arrived. Looking at the pair her eye slit up just the faintest bit seeing their entwined hands. Ah..something had happened. Or would. Hand hold either came before the first kiss or after. Whatever the case Angela would have had kittens seeing these two together! But she couldn't..just like that whatever flicker of happiness Aria felt disappeared as she remembered just where she was and why she was there. Her friend-heck her best friend was in ICU. And she couldn't do a thing about it. All she'd done to so far was sit around letting Kevin hold her and comfort her. Which was nice,don't get her wrong, but there was nothing wrong with her. She was happy and healthy..and going insane. She wanted to see Angela. She wanted to hear her friend laugh and..well just be her usual bubbly self again. Aria's lower lip trembled as her eyes misted over lightly with tears. "This sucks. Why are we sitting around here waiting when there's something we could be doing? Like oh..I don't know! Maybe buying a bunch of cheesy get well cards, or a truck load of cute cuddly animals in hopes that Angela will get better? I know it won't help much but hey its got to be better than just sitting here and waiting for something to happen?" she demanded hotly her arms crossed over her chest as she pinned the small group with a glare. She wasn't really angry at them..she was just annoyed in general. Then again who could blame her?

Out of everyone, Megan felt the most awkward. After all, she didn't know any of these people except for the few days she's sat with them during lunch. At least Jordan knew them. Speaking of Jordan, his hand was warm and wonderful. For now, she could just content herself to curl up against him while they waited.

Andrew nodded "I know you won't leave her again, and I don't plan on keeping her from you. I think i can speak for everyone when I say that you're going to be the first one in there. Right after that is Aria. But you're going to be first. You're the one she's going to want to see out of anyone there. But you've got to calm down. Worry if you have to, I don't think any of us won't worry, but you have to keep calm. You can't honestly expect her to be happy to find you throwing a temper tantrum. She'll just get worried over you, and we don't want to stress her out. You going to be ok?" he asked, worried for his best friend.

Kevin nodded and then turned to Jordan and Megan "we know she's in ICU, we don't know her condition yet, but it doesn't look good. The doctors haven't let us in yet" he answered just before Aria stepped over to them and chided them. Spotting the tears in her eyes, Kevin walked over to her and pulled her into a long, tight embrace. "Come on, let's go get her something to lift her spirits" he suggested in a whisper before leading Aria off towards the gift shop. If everyone else decided to follow, so be it. But Kevin was focused on keeping Aria distracted and comforted. She was the only one that could compare to how Nick was feeling.

Jordan nodded somberly as Kevin explained what was going on. He snapped to attention hearing Aria chide them his expression somewhat wary. She wasn't going to start screaming or anything was she? Hey you couldn't blame him, he'd heard her scream before, heck he'd seen windows break because of her screams. And those screams had been directed at Andrew and yet he and everyone else in their class had felt the wrath of Aria those first few fateful days. Luckily though he didn't have to worry about having his or Megan's ear drums busted because Kevin came to the rescue. he watched the couple walk away and shook his head. "I will never understand how someone so small..so dainty can have that reaction on people. Is it just the prima ballerina thing? Or is it just a girl thing?" he asked curiously. Yes he was joking around but some humor was needed, even if he sounded like a dumb dork some humor would be good. Especially if it made Megan feel a little less awkward.

Keep calm. Right, he was really going to stay calm at a time like this. he stared at Andrew in silent amazement before he shook his head. "No. I won't stay calm. I've been told to freak out on my own time by a crazy witch, I've watched my girlfriend have the snot get beaten out of her, I've been forced to prance around on stage as the fricken prince of rats. You tell me friend, do any of those things sound like a reason to stay calm? I've been embarrassed and humiliated, bullied around by a girl that barely reached any higher than my shoulder...I've put up with so much crap and I'm so supposed to stay calm?! Dude, this is not the time to stay calm! I'm not you. I can't stand around and keep everything locked inside to keep the perfect picture of calm. I am not a prince! Why should I have to act like one? Last time I checked you were the Perfect Prince Charming of the group." he snarled. Despite his rebuttal of staying calm Nick's little rant had started off with him speaking in a perfectly and ironically calm voice. by the end of his rant he'd started yelling, actually screaming was more like it. For months he'd kept crap bottled up. Sure he'd told Angela about some of what was bothering him but he hadn't told her everything. but now it was all just flying out. He didn't care if he'd scared some of the other visitors of with violent rage, he just didn't care anymore. The only thing,no the only person he could really bring himself to care about was inside waiting..waiting for him? Maybe. But whatever the case he knew where he was supposed to be and it wasn't outside yelling about crap he couldn't fix.

Aria sniffled softly allowing herself to be pulled into a warm tight embrace by Kevin. Ok..she couldn't help but feel marginally better. Her boyfriend-thats right her boyfriend!- was being the perfect guy. Most guys would have gotten insanely awkward seeing a girl cry but what did Kevin do? He didn't even blink an eye, he just comforted her. It got her thinking that maybe..just maybe she'd been missing out. How did a girl get by without her boyfriend? Could she have gotten through this without Kevin? Uh..she doubted it. She was strong by herself but with him she was so much stronger. And she didn't feel like she had to do it alone. She felt like she could trust him...no it was more than that. She loved him. That one simple thought had her jerking to a stop behind Kevin during the brief walk to the gift shop. She balked slightly before she shook it off and started walking again.

Katerina stayed quiet during Aria's mini tirade. She arched one brow watching in question watching Kevin and Aria disappear. She laughed softly hearing Jordan's question and shrugged. "Well on the one hand I'd say its girl power at its strongest. But I'm a girl. I'm going to believe that no matter what. What do you think Megan? Is it just the simple fact that girls rule and boys drool? Or is it something else?" she asked with a soft tilt of her head. True it was a silly conversation but if it kept everyone distracted and somewhat happy then that was a good thing. She was finally doing something!

Megan inspected her nails casually, to make the effect of her words stand out more. "Well of course girls rule. But honestly, Jordan, you're a guy. Guys are supposed to be impressed when a girl does something extraordinary. I mean, look at me: I'm the smallest girl on the basketball and soccer team, I have four brothers who I frequently beat at everything except specifically Halo and wrestling. Is your question answered?" she asked, looking up at him at the end.

Andrew's anger flared "don't go thinking I'm calm. I just found out that Lucy was murdered, not killed accidentally, but murdered. I'm waiting to find out if my other best friend will survive or not. I'm out here talking to my best friend who has seen me through every type of crap there is, worried about him because he's at his wits end over what he's gone through lately. And on top of that, finals are coming up! Why would I worry about that and list it with all of this? Because I'm dyslexic and I can't read to save my life! So don't go thinking that I'm calm. If I look calm, it's because I'm trying very hard to keep my emotions in check so I don't expose to the rest of the world what I am when my shoulders set fire" he said and breathed heavily for a few moments "Nick... you're my best friend. I've always thought of you as my brother, since the very beginning. Even after you left, you were still my brother. You helped me get through Lucy... now let me help you through this... alright? Angela's going to be just fine. She's strong, and she has the prayers of everyone. Her mom is on her way, due here any minute. Kat is in jail, and likely to stay there for a very long time, if not the rest of her life. It's going to be alright" he said, placing his hands on Nick's shoulders so that he could look at him in the eye.

Kevin led Aria into the gift shop and looked around "alright... you pick a gift, I'll find a card that we all can sign. You can get your own card if you want. She can't have flowers since she's in ICU, but she should be able to have everything else" he told her and pecked her on the lips. "Don't worry... she'll be alright" he encouraged her.

Megan got up after the doctor informed them that they could go in "I'll go get Nick" she said and walked outside to where Nick and Andrew were. "The doctor says you can go in now" she told Nick. Andrew looked up, nodded, and gently prodded Nick inside "go. She'll want to see you" he encouraged and walked back inside.

Jordan blinked looking back and forth between the two girls trying to form some decent response. And all he could think of was this: He'd been double teamed. Big time. He shook his head in silent amazement. "I've never heard of that rule before but I'll take it from you. You're probably right..." he muttered. Ha! There was no probably about it. She was 100 percent right.But he had to keep some manly pride here so he wasn't going to give them that satisfaction. Instead he crossed his eyes and stuck his tongue out immaturely at the ghastly duo. The moment he saw the doctor walking towards them though he promptly turned serious again. He stayed quiet as the doctor gave them the news...it wasn't until the doctor was gone that he gave a soft whoop. So what if it wasn't an a okay saying she was going to make it? If they could go in then it might Angela was doing better than she had been which was much better. Grinning he pulled Megan into a warm hug and pressed a sweet kiss to her cheek once she got back from giving Nick the news.

After Andrew's own meltdown, Nick stared back at his friend completely dumfounded. "Well its about time. You never snap, you're the picture of calmness. I don't care what yous ay there I'm always going to think otherwise." he said stubbornly with a faint grin as he stared into his friend's-no his brother's-eyes. Andrew wasn't just his friend, he was his non blood brother. What else did you call two kids who grew up together and stayed friends? So what if they'd hit a bit of a rough spot recently? They'd gotten over it or were working on it anyway, and now..well now it finally seemed like things were returning to normal. Except for the matter of one thing..Angela. But he didn't have to worry about that one..well not as much. His eye slit up with just the faintest bit of hope when he heard that Angela could take visitors now. He nodded hearing Andrew's encouraging words and forced himself to walk, not run, to Angela's room. Standing at the door he hesitated slightly looking at all the wires and tubes running into various places on Ange. It was kind of freaky..Shuddering softly he quietly shut the door behind him before lowering himself into the chair beside her bed with a soft sigh. "Well, its nice to see you again.." he commented dryly. Instantly though regretted the words and hurried to try and fix it. "No, really it is. I mean its a little creepy seeing all those wires and tubes but considering the alternative its good. Its really good." he babbled nervously.

Aria smiled wryly accepting Kevin's words and encouragement and his brief peck. Grabbing his hand she stopped him from wandering off to get said card and pulled him down for a soft sweet lingering kiss. Pulling away she gave him a brighter more confident smile. "I believe you..everything's going to be alright." she murmured with a firm nod of her head as she held his larger hand in her smaller one and led him towards the cards section.

When Andrew came back in Katerina made her way to his side gently wrapping her arms around his waist and standing on tip toes to give him a soft peck on the lips. "Hey..so how's Nick? Did you guys work things out?" she asked with a soft frown. Nick had seemed better when he'd come in but that could have been from the fact that Angela could have visitors and not so much from his chat with Andrew.

Angela tiredly turned to the side when she heard a voice spoke. She stared at the figure for awhile before the voice and face clicked, at which point she broke out into a wide grin. "Nick!" she exclaimed in a tired voice. "I feel like I've been run over by a burning truck that backed up and did it again" she commented, a tired grin on her face. "But you're right... considering what could have happened... I'm glad this was all it came to. What happened, anyway? Why didn't she finish me off? I thought... I thought you showed up, but... but maybe that was my imagination... you were in the ambulance too, right?" she asked. She was feeling drowsy from her pain medication, and she was sore, but other than that she was perfectly happy. If Nick was here, then it meant that they could be together again. She wouldn't dare mention what she'd dreamed. He was never one for voicing his feelings out loud, but considering what he went through with Katherine... he proved to her that he loved her, whether he said it or not. "They said that if I can make it through the night, I should be just fine. Will you stay? If they let you, I mean. I know my mom must be coming, but I want her to stay home and take care of buddy. And... I don't want to be alone tonight. I'm a little scared, Nick. I'm just so... tired. I don't know if that's from the medication or because I'm dying. But... you've always chased away my fears, no matter how large they are" she told him, her hand searching for Nick's hand.

Andrew sighed tiredly "yeah... he's alright now. We worked out a few things. We're very different, but we grew up together. He's my brother, we can't fight for too long before everything just falls into place" he said softly. Tomorrow, they'd be able to visit Angela all at once, so long as they behaved themselves. But today, they were restricted to one at a time. They'd have to wait for her mother, too.

Megan's heart fluttered when Jordan pecked her cheek "Jordan, this is a hospital, you're not supposed to do that" she chided. It just felt wrong, being so happy and romantic, when they were here because of their friend that was in ICU. As much as she loved it, it felt wrong.

Kevin smiled as he looked through the cards. "I like this one. It sounds perfect, for the group I mean. Nick will probably want one of his own, but I'm going to let him pick that. What do you think she'd like? A stuffed cat or a balloon?" he asked, picking up a wildcat and showing it to Aria.

Nick jerked in surprise hearing Angela speak. She was awake?! They hadn't told him that, they'd just said it was ok for him to come in and see her. When he'd started talking..Well those words had been said to fill up the awkward silence that had radiated from her sleeping figure. But she wasn't sleeping. She wasn't even in a coma! She was awake and talking...well she was there! Seeing her grin he couldn't help but return the grin full force. Unlike the faint smile he'd been giving Andrew and anyone else who'd tried to comfort him he was actually smiling at her. Because her words had given him comfort. Not some silly little 'its going to be ok..' with no meaning(not that Andrew's had lacked in that area. So technically two people had brought him comfort tonight). Heck she hadn't even said anything along those lines. She'd just said his name. And that one word..it had sounded like the sweetest angel imaginable was speaking to him. Angela was his angel. And his angel was currently still on earth. And that's exactly where she was going to stay. He wasn't letting her got anywhere anytime soon. And if she did go somewhere for some chance then she wasn't leaving with him. He'd follow her to ends of the earth and back. Was that dramatic? He had no doubt it was but that was how he felt about this girl. True he'd admitted his love for her but those three words..they couldn't begin to encompass how he really felt about her.

Seeing Angela extend her hand, Nick leaned forward gently taking it in his hands. His nose wrinkled in distaste feeling how cold it was. "Shessh..I've heard of cold feet and the cold shoulder, but cold hands? Does that mean something goods about to happen?" he asked curiously one eyebrow quirked in question as he teased her. As suddenly as he started teasing her though he turned serious to answer her earlier questions. "Kat attacked you, when I came out of the dressing rooms she was about to finish you off. And I uh.." he hesitated slightly before continuing. "I shifted and uh..mauled her? I don't know what I did to her. All I remember is shifting. I was so mad and terrified..I might have been a little too rough. Or maybe I wasn't rough enough." he mused softly before reigning his thoughts in. he wasn't to think about he could have,should have done. He was just going to be glad about what he'd done. He'd gotten there in time to save Angela and that was a good-no great thing! And not only that but he'd told the truth about what Kat had done. That little detail alone was more than enough to send her off to jail. But with Jordan's help she'd be going there and she wouldn't be back. Thinking back on Angela's request that he stay he didn't hesitate a moment longer as he gave her the answer to that particular question his hands tightening around hers before he forced himself to loosen his grip. "Sure, I'll stay. Once your mom get here I bet she'll want to come in here with you but I'll stand out in the hallway. I won't leave." he promised as he rubbed his hands against hers to try and bring some warmth to it.

Katerina listened attentively and nodded a faint smile on her lips as she gave him another hug a soft yawn escaping as she cuddled against him. "Well thats good to hear. Maybe now that things are better between you guys you'll feel better." she mumbled lifting a hand to rub her eyes sleepily as she let her head rest sweetly on his shoulder for a little while. She'd said 'feel better'. What she'd really meant..well she hadn't known what she'd meant exactly. But one thing she'd-or rather everyone- had noticed was that Andrew seemed just a little bereft without Nick. One could even say Andrew had looked abandoned. True things had looked up some for him when they'd started dating but even things had still been a little morose. But now maybe Andrew would be happier. He knew the truth about his sister, and he was talking to his best friend again. things just had to look up for him. They just had to. Other wise she was going to give Nick a piece of her mind.

Jordan gave Megan an apologetic smile as he pulled her into his arms and gave her a warm hug. "Sorry..I know I'm supposed to be quiet. But it feels like we're at a funeral or something. And judging from the news we just got, Angela's not dead. If anything she's very much alive and kicking. And if she's alive then I see that as a reason to celebrate don't you?" he asked with a soft tilt of his head.

Aria leaned in slightly taking a good look at the card he'd picked out for the group. She let out a soft snort of laughter as she finished reading it and nodded in silent agreement. Hearing him ask what to get Angela, she didn't hesitate a moment as she plucked the wild cat out of his grasp. "The wildcat. Definitely the wildcat." she said tilting the stuffed animal slightly in search of a price tag. Finding it, she gave a resolute nod and turned back to the card section to pick her own card. When she found what she was looking for she turned back to Kevin. "Ready to go?"

Angela smiled a tired smile and gripped Nick's hand as tight as she could. Even then it was still fairly weak. "Thank you... you saved my life. Who else is here? I made a point of making a lot of noise, surely they heard what was going on" she asked, wondering if Aria was here, waiting for her turn to visit her. "I know they want you guys to see me one at a time, but it might be best if you all just all visit while you can. The medication's really determined that I sleep" she mumbled.

Andrew smiled and led Katerina to the chairs "let's hope so. I think I will, but you can never be sure. I'm amazed with you, you know? No matter how much I pretend that I'm all right, you know how empty I always feel" he admitted and sat down, placing Katerina in his lap. Now that he was finally sitting down, he realized how stifling his tuxedo was. Taking care not to disturb Katerina too much, he took of his jacket, draped it over Katerina's shoulders, and undid any buttons that restricted movement. "Oh my gosh... my fingers are so numb. Next time I'm crazy enough to play guitar for any sort of performance, make sure I don't do it, alright? They're numb from last night plus tonight" he commented and stretched his fingers a bit.

Well... Jordan did have a point there. "I see your point and I acknowledge it. But stop doing that or I will kiss you, and I refuse to let my first kiss be in a hospital waiting room. So you stop flirting so hard, alright?" she shot back. Hey, he almost kissed her before his phone rang, so she was going to talk about it. She supposed that by definition, he was her boyfriend now. He'd taken the risks she wanted him to take, and he performed very well.

Kevin nodded "Why don't you go see her, I'll get this card signed and join you" he suggested and placed and encouraging kiss on her lips before he headed back to the waiting room. "Hey, any news yet? I see that Nick's gone and Andrew's here. That's good, I hope" he commented. Andrew nodded "yeah, he's been in there for awhile. Where's Aria?" he asked. "Off to go see Angela. I came to get you guys to sign this card" Kevin answered and handed it to Andrew. Once the card had been signed, Kevin went off to deliver the card.

Nick winced slightly feeling Angela's hand tighten weakly around his. Smiling he gave her hand a firm squeeze. "You're welcome. I'm glad I could uh..help." he said with a soft chuckle as he looked down at their clasped hands. Hearing her mention how sleepy he was he nodded softly in agreement releasing his grip on her hand. "Alright..I don't think we could all fit in here. It'd be pretty crowded, then again I'm sure they'd be all right with seeing you from the door way.." he mused as he stood up stretching slowly. "I'll be right back. Let me go get the gang,when they heard what had happened to you they couldn't wait to get here. So they'll be glad to see you're alright." he explained with a soft smile before he left to gather up the rest of the group.

Katerina laughed as she snuggled happily against him her head resting sweetly on his shoulder as she smiled contentedly. "Well..you're very bad at hiding it. You try so hard to hide it that it just sticks out. You don't have to hide things like that from me...I want to help you. Even if its with something that seems completely impossible to do, I want you to know you can tell me and turn to me in those times.Talk to me, tell me what you're thinking or feeling. I'll find some way of making you feel better..." she promised. She hated just sitting around and watching Andrew struggle. True she'd watched him long enough and often enough to figure out when he was hiding something but even then she couldn't very well do anything if he wouldn't tell her what was wrong. As amazing as he thought she was she wasn't a mind reader. She was just,well Katerina was just Katerina. A girl who was absolutely crazy about her boyfriend and friends. She wasn't that amazing..but it was nice to hear that Andrew thought she was. Feeling him drape his jacket sweetly over her shoulders she stifled another yawn as she pulled away from him hearing fuss about his hands. "Aww...I'm sorry. I'll definitely remember that for next time. but until then lemme see your hands." she ordered taking one of hands in hers and pulling it close. Smiling sweetly at him she pressed a soft kiss to his palm before she proceeded to press her lips gently against the tip of his fingers. Once she'd finished with one hand she repeated the process with other. When she finished she let her head rest on his shoulder in an attempt to hide her growing grin. "There does that feel better?" she asked tilting her head back slightly she so she could look up at him. She hadn't forgotten where they were at and what was currently going on in ICU but what good was sitting around moping and fretting doing? it wasn't helping Angela any and it didn't seem to be helping Nick or anyone else for that matter either. So rather than giving in to her exhaustion and going to sleep cuddled against Andrew she was helping in the best way she could: she was raising Andrew's spirits.

At the mention of their almost kiss, Jordan blushed softly. Dang it..she'd just had to go and mention that. He was taking this all fairly well but it was hard to keep his good mood when she mentioned their almost kiss. He didn't want it to be an almost. He wanted it to happen. he wanted to kiss her..just not here. He let out a shocked chuckle hearing accusation of him flirting so hard. "What? I'm not flirting. I'm just hugging you and enjoying the fact that we're all healthy and alive. And Angela's on her way back to being being healthy and..well she's already alive. So she just needs to heal. She'd be able to do that faster if everyone quit acting like she's already gone. I mean they're letting her have visitors. They wouldn't do that if she wasn't going to make it." he said firmly. "Besides..there's a difference between being happy and being flirtatious. I'm being happy, not flirty." he argued.

Aria sighed softly as she leaned against Kevin happily accepting and returning his encouraging kiss. True it was meant to be brief but somehow it ended up being just a little longer than Kevin had intended. Flushing softly she nodded dumbly as Kevin suggested she go see Angela. Smiling faintly Aria held on tightly to her card and the gift she'd bought for Angela as she quietly made her way towards Angela's room. Seeing Nick on his way to get the others she offered him a gentle smile. "Hey Nick, how's she doing? I know they're letting visitors in but that could mean anything-" she stopped realizing how morbid that sounded. No...no. If the doctors were letting visitors in to see Angela then that meant she would be fine. "I'm sorry I didn't mean that like it sounded-" she started only to be shushed by Nick. Nick offered her a soft smile. "Its fine. I understand what you meant, but I think-no I know Angela's going to make it. She's a fighter. She's not just going to sit there and let what Kat did get the best of her. It won't be long before she's back to her usual self." he said reassuringly before he continued on his way to get the others a surprised Aria staring after him.

Aria blinked a few time sand shook her head to clear her thoughts. Was it just her..or had Nick seemed..different somehow? He seemed calmer,more at peace with himself maybe? Frowning Aria gently knocked on Angela's door before she stepped inside with a warm smile. Seeing her friend hooked up to all those machines though her smile dimmed significantly. Swallowing nervously she forced herself to keep her obviously dim smile on her face as she walked closer her grip tightening somewhat on her gift. "Hi!" she chirped perkily. Ugh...perk was not her thing. Perky was Angela's thing. Shaking her head she spoke again her voice returning to it usual pitch. "Ok..I am definitely not the perky type. I'll leave that to you and your fellow cheerleaders." she said with a teasing grin as she held out the stuffed wildcat."I come bearing gifts and..an incredibly cheesy get well card. but I tried isn't that all that matters?" she asked with a soft lilt of her head.

Reaching the remaining members of their group Nick stood their awkwardly for a few moments watching the couples-well he wasn't sure what Jordan and Megan were but from the way they were acting it seemed like they were a couple- cuddle and..well do coupley things. Coughing discreetly into his hand he looked away feeling just a little bit jealous. True he'd admitted to loving Angela-heck he'd even saved her life!- but he hadn't got to hold her or cuddle with her or even kiss her. And no that kiss in his room before this crap went down didn't count. That kiss..it'd been..he wasn't sure what it was but he didn't want to kiss her in that same rough fashion now. He wanted something entirely different from their relationship-what that was though..he still wasn't sure. but he wanted to find out. Heck that was his mission from here on out to figure out their relationship. Provided they even had one after this..Shaking his head he spoke up making the announcement that Angela wanted to see everyone despite the rules of one visitor at a time.

Angela's eyes lit and took the stuffed cat "oh my gosh! I love you! It's so adorable! It reminds me of Nick, actually, when he was a kid. He couldn't transform into adult animals until he, himself, was an adult, so he was always some baby animal. It's so cute. Thank you" she said and tiredly lifted an arm to hug Aria.

Andrew looked up when Nick spoke and smiled "she's probably high on morphine or something and it's making her drowsy. She does have a lot of visitors" he commented and stood up to follow Nick.

Megan childishly stuck her tongue out at Jordan and was about to respond when Nick showed up. "Come on, she's my friend as much as she's yours" she said and stood up, pulling on Jordan's arm to help him up before she followed the group to Angela's room.

Angela was chatting away with Aria and Kevin when the group showed up. She was expecting it, but that didn't stop her from getting emotional. She teared up and buried her face in the wildcat's fur to hide it. "Oh my gosh... wow... thank you for coming. Don't worry... I'll be just fine. The doctors said that if I make it through the night, I'll be able to pull through just fine, and Nick's going to stick around to make sure that happens, right Nick?" she told them and grabbed Nick's hand again, once it appeared.