"Aunt Stella, do you happen to know where Curtis is?" asked Maddie as she looked at Stella.
"Because he needs to know that Annie is awake too" said Maddie.
"Oh Maddie, I wish that I knew" said Stella as she sighed.
"I have not seen him for the past three days now" she said as she sighed, Curtis really was being difficult, Stella was used to him being like this before, but when Annie came along, he became more playful, more nice and sweet for once, and after she had slipped into the coma, he went back to being his usual cold self.
"But I know that he is still in the Palace, because Mira told me that she saw him in the kitchen yesterday" said Aunt Stella.
"You know I find the way Curtis is acting weird" said Matt.
"I agree with you" said Maddie as she sighed.
"I do not understand why he would just become so cold and distant like that, he does not talk to anyone, he did not even tell us anything at all" said Matt as he was really angry at Curtis, when Annie was in a coma, it not only affected him, but every single one of them too.
He was not the only one that thought that he would loose Annie, they all thought that, they were all in the same boat, they all feared that she would not come back to them, and yet he took it like a bucket of ice cold water, and he began to isolate himself from everyone.
"I feel like he's different… he has changed, and I am not sure that Annie would like that change" said Maddie sadly, Curtis used to be fun, and now he no longer was.
"Oh children" said Stella as she sighed.
"We all are on the same page in not understanding Curtis at all" said Stella as she sighed.
"But Curtis is a sentient being, he was created to act just like any of us would act, and he sees it as his responsibility to protect Annie, and maybe because he was not able to do that, he feels guilty and unworthy" said Stella.
"Well then he should just have said something without pushing everyone away" said Maddie.
"Well my dear, you know how Proud Curtis is" said Stella as she smiled.
"You know, I find it funny that we are just talking here with Annie is listening to us" said Matt as he laughed and he looked at Annie who had her eyes wide open as she listened to every single thing that they said.
"Oh that is true" said Maddie as she laughed as well.
"Don't worry my dear, she will be alright very soon" said Stella as she smiled.
"Yes she will" said Maddie as she smiled.
"Oh Stella, you are here" said Lisa as she suddenly barged into the room and she looked very disorganized and just excited.
"Yes Lisa" said Stella as she turned to look at Lisa and she smiled, that was fast, they got here quicker than she had expected.
"Hello Aunt" said Maddie as she smiled.
"Hello" said Matt as he smiled.
"Oh Hello, guys" said Lisa as she finally noticed Maddie and Matt and she smiled at them, even though her heart was racing.
"Hello Stella" said John as he walked into the room after Lisa and he gave Stella a kiss on the cheek.
"Hello John" said Stella as she smiled at him and she kissed him back on the cheek.
"Where is Captious?" asked Stella.
"Well he said he had something very urgent to attend to first" said John.
"Oh well alright" said Stella as she smiled.
"How is she?" asked Lisa as she looked at Annie who had her eyes closed and she turned back to look at Stella.
"She is fine" said Stella as she smiled.
"And she is awake" said Stella once again.
"Does that mean that I can…" said Lisa as she looked at Stella.
"Go ahead" said Stella as she smiled at Lisa and Lisa smiled at her as she moved closer to Annie.
"Annie… my dear" said Lisa as she walked closer to Annie and Annie slowly opened her eyes.
"Oh my baby, my precious baby" said Lisa as tears dropped from her eyes as she caressed Annie's left cheek.
"You are awake" said Lisa as tears dropped from her eyes, you could not imagine the type of grief and agony she went through, thinking that her baby, her only child would never wake up again, the thought killed her each passing day, and no amount of positive words or reassuring words could cheer her up.
"Oh Annie" said Lisa as she cried even more and she leaned in and hugged Annie.
"I missed you, I missed you so much" said Lisa as she cried.
"Mom??" asked Annie, she could not move at all, and she just felt so bad that she could not comfort her mother at all, she had also missed her mother too.
"Lis honey" said John as he walked over to where Lisa was and he pulled her back as he hugged her.
"I missed her, I missed her so much" said Lisa as she cried as John hugged her, the thoughts of loosing Annie were just so bad, and now it felt surreal that Annie had woken up.
"Shhh, shhh, honey, everything will be alright" said John as he coaxed Lisa as she cried, he had also missed his little girl a lot.
Stella, Maddie and Matt all felt like crying as well, Lisa was the one who showed all the true emotions that they had all felt, Stella just felt like going over there and comforting Lisa as well, because she truly did need it.
Stella never had the privilege of being a mother, but she knew that it truly was terrible to almost loose your child, that had to be one of the most horrible thing for a parent to pass through.
"It's alright" said Matt as he whispered to Maddie as he saw that tears were falling from her eyes.
"Alright" said Maddie as she sniffed and she nodded her head as she dried her eyes.
"Alright, so stop crying honey, I am sure Annie does not like It when you cry, just like I don't" said John as he smiled at her okay.
"Okay…okay" said Lisa as she nodded her head and she sniffed.
"Okay" said John as he smiled and he wiped away her tears from her and he let of her.
"Oh Lisa darling" said Stella as she could not help it at all and she rushed to Lisa as she hugged her.
"I truly feel your pain, we all do" said Stella as she hugged Lisa.
"Oh thank you Stella" said Lisa as she sniffed as Stella broke their hug.
This was truly an emotional time for all of them.
"You are welcome" said Stella as she smiled.
"Alright" said Stella as she sniffed.
"I know that we all must probably be exhausted from everything that happened today" said Stella/
"So I suggest that we all go and have dinner" said Stella.
"I want to stay here" said Maddie.
"And so do I" said Matt.
"I am not going anywhere, I am going to stay here with my daughter" said Lisa.
"We all cannot possibly stay here, Annie is still in a very delicate state, and we need to be careful, which is why there need to be at least maximum of two people in this room at once" said Stella.
"Just for safety purposes" said Stella.
"Alright then, I will leave" said Matt as he knew that Lisa needed more time with Annie than the rest of them.
"*Sigh*, fine so will I" said Maddie as she sighed, but it was only fair, they had been with Annie for a while now, and if Lisa wanted to stay with Annie she was free to.
"Thank you my dears" said Stella as she smiled.
"Aunt can we at least take turns taking care of her?" asked Maddie as she looked at Lisa.
"Of course dear, you can" said Lisa a she smiled.
"Alright then" said Maddie.
"Bye Aunt, Bye Uncle" said Maddie.
"Bye Annie" said Maddie as she turned to look at Annie and she smiled.
"Come on Matt, let's go" said Maddie as she turned to look at Matt.
"Alright" said Matt.
"Aunt Stella are you coming?" asked Matt as he turned to look at Stella.
"Of course I am dear, I will be with you soon" said Stella as she smiled.
"Okay, let's go Maddie" said Matt as he smiled and he and Maddie left the room.
"If you need anything at all, please don't hesitate to call me" said Stella as she looked at Lisa and John.
"We will Stella" said John as he smiled.
"Alright then, I will see you" said Stella as she smiled and she left the room.
"Do you need anything honey?" asked John as he turned to look at Lisa.
"No, I'm fine" said Lisa as she sat down on the chair beside the bed and she looked at Annie.
"I will get you some tea honey, I will be right back" said John as he smiled and he kissed Lisa on the cheek before he left the room.
"Oh my dear Annie, I am so glad that you are awake, I missed you so" said Lisa as she smiled and tears dropped from her eyes as Annie closed her eyes slowly and she opened them once again.