Joe had actually been trying that whole sleeping thing since he hadn't been able to in almost two weeks. Hey ..being a prankster was tough work. He'd hoped it was enough to knock him out. Besides it wasn't like he was going out any time soon. He was avoiding leaving the house lately. On the outside he looked better, on the inside sometimes he still found himself hurting. He was scared of meeting people. Wondered often if it would mean he got hurt all over again if he let them in again.
So he simply stuck to the house and tormented Nicky, and got tormented by Kevin. He was lying in their shared room. Curled up in the blankets when a very sickly looking Alex was placed down beside him and made him loft brow.
"What the?" What was he supposed to do? He wasn't their mom. Or Kevin, or even Liz. Part of him wanted to run to any of the above, but this was his chance to be the older brother he wanted to be for Nick. "Okay okay, calm down. Don't panic. " He tried thinking that was exactly what their mom used to tell him when he was sick. Joe climbed out of bed and grabbed at his cellphone. "I..I think we should get her to a hospital, or something. " He bit his lip, he really didn't know what to do. Shooting a text over to Kevin who was out doing-something or another. He dialed the number. "You'll be fine.." Joe gave Alex a shaky smile and turned away from them both to call an ambulance.