On the way to the hospital, Michael had called Jennifer, Melanie, Lindsay, and Vic and explained the entire situation. He also called Ben to explain he wouldn’t be able to give his scheduled lecture. Ben was more than understanding and offered to come to the hospital after his last class was over. This took Michael by surprise, causing him to suspect that maybe there was more in this future regarding Ben than he anticipated. Now, the main waiting room of Allegheny General Hospital was filled with the entire family, including Ben who had just arrived only a few minutes ago and Daphne, whom Brian had called once he got there, barely able to make out coherent sentences . When the first group, consisting of Deb, Michael, Ted and Emmett arrived, they immediately spotted Brian. He was sitting in one of those malicious plastic chairs that all too often fill hospitals leaning so far over that his forehead reached his knees, silently crying. Daphne was the next to arrive, immediately going to Brian and giving him the only comfort hug he would accept, silently sharing the same horrific memory. Soon to follow were Jennifer, Molly, quickly accompanied by Lindsay and Melanie, who was holding a very awake and confused Gus. When Jen first arrived, she ran up to Brian sobbing and screaming accusatively. He quickly filled her in on what had happened and she responded with a quiet “I’m sorry,” taken aback by the sight of Brian Kinney in tears. Now that everyone was together, all they could do was wait for news. Everyone, with the exception of Ben, was in tears. Michael had grown to accept Justin and even love him as a little brother, and Ted had grown to have great respect for him through some long interesting conversations shared either at the Diner or Woody’s. Gus was sobbing simply as a reaction go seeing everyone around him wrenching pain-filled tears. About two hours after Justin and Brian had arrived in the ambulance, a young female doctor entered the waiting and walked over to Brian. “Excuse me, are you the one who came in with Mr. Taylor?” she quietly asked, tapping him on the shoulder. Brian’s head snapped up so fast it almost broke. “Yes, how is he?” Brian choked out. “I’m afraid I have some bad news.”