Disclaimer: I, in no way, own these characters. I am just intrigued by the Matt/Elizabeth dynamic. This is my first crack at fanfic so tell me what you think. I will be adding more. If you have any suggestions please let me know. I would love any input that anyone may suggest. There will be different characters besides matt and Elizabeth. And Everyone will have an opinion on what is about to transpire.

Elizabeth lay in her hospital bed barely aware of what was going on around her. She vaguely felt Matt's hand holding lightly onto hers. She could her him speaking to her but she could not hear what he was saying. Everything was dim and distant. She wanted to be able to open her eyes. She wanted to let everyone know that she was still aware that she was alive, but her body kept betraying her.

"Elizabeth, you have to wake up. You have to fight this. This hospital needs you. Your boys need…" Matt whispered as he rested his head against the bed near her.

Something in him ached at the very thought of losing her. He didn't want to imagine his life without her. He didn't want to think about what it would be like to come to GH every day and not see her smile. Hear her voice. Feel her presence. He had grown to care more about her than he ever though was possible. She the one person who truly believed in him no matter what he did wrong. She was his rock.

"Elizabeth, you have to come back because I need you. I can't tell you how much I have become accustomed to you being my friend. And I wish I had kissed you so much sooner than I did on the boat. That should not have been our first kiss." he went to say more but a sound from the door made him stop.

He turned to see Maxie standing 10 feet away from him listening to everything he had just said. The look on her face wasn't betrayal or even hurt. It was anger and disbelief.

"You kissed her!" Maxie exclaimed.

He got up and moved quickly to get her out the room. He didn't think it would be appropriate to have this conversation in front of Elizabeth. He pulled her by her arm into a private consultation room.

"Maxie, I am sorry you had to hear it that way. It was more of an almost kiss, but she pulled away."

Maxie scoffed angrily, "Please, little miss slips into bed with anyone doesn't just pull away from any man. Especially when that man is involved with someone else. Especially when that man is involved with me. She has been waiting for this moment since I slept with Lucky. You are going to be her way of getting me back for what I did with Lucky. What a little conniving.."

Matt cut her off before she could say anything else, "Listen, Maxie. I tried to kiss Elizabeth. She stopped it because she didn't want to do something we would both regret. She was wrong though I would never have regretted kissing. What I regret is chasing after you for the last two years, and getting absolutely no where. Elizabeth. She understands me. She gets what I am doing. She cares about the work that I am doing, and she doesn't try to use it to her advantage. You on the other hand have no clue what I am doing. You only want to use it you advantage for you career. You are selfish, Maxie."

"I just thought it was a win/win. The woman behind the man."

"You are not behind me, Maxie. You are never there. When I want to celebrate with you or do something with you, you go into some long reason wy whatever you are doing is more important. I am done, Maxie. Go follow after Spenelli or Kate. Or whoever you are obsessing about at the moment. I can't do this anymore. And stop with the Liz bashing already. Because part of the reason she stopped is because she knew you would get hurt. She has made mistakes in the past. But Maxie Jones, you are no saint!" he stated matter of factly and walked away from her before she could say anything else.

He was free, and he felt no pain. He and Maxie should have been done a long time ago, and now all he had to do was just sit by Liz's bedside till she came back to him.

Matt stayed vigilantly next to Elizabeth's side as much as he could. He was in constant fear that she would wake up, and he would not be there to be the first person that she saw when she opened her eyes. He thought about her eyes. They were so kind, gentle, and compassionate towards people especially him. When she looked at him she made him feel like he was the only person in the world worth listening to. She made him feel like he was better than what thought he was. She had this way of believing in someone so much that that person wanted to strive to be the person she saw.

He had seen her do it with Lucky time and time again. Through the drug issues, Siobhan, everything. She just wholeheartedly believed that he was going to be okay and eventually come back to her. He felt a strong pang of jealousy of the fact that she still wanted Lucky so much. In his mind Lucky did not deserve someone like her. He had hurt her, abused her, used her, and then tossed her aside. Sure she had cheated on him with Nikolas. But there had to have been a reason she was pushed into the arms of another man.

He thought about his situation with Maxie, and how he had felt trapped in this relationship for awhile feeling that if he ended it he would have hurt Maxie. But now he knew that Maxie was never truly invested in him. She always had something going on whether it was Spenelli, the magazine, someone's party, etc.

He shook his head to rid himself of the thoughts of Maxie. They were done. He didn't want to have to worry about her anymore. Let Spinelli deal with long list of dramas. He only wanted to focus on Elizabeth. He had no idea how she really felt about him, but he was willing to fight for her if there was even a slightest chance she wanted him. He would just wait.