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THE AFTERMATH part 1:

"Man down, Man Down!"

"Captain James has been hit...hold your fire!"

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"I just need to get to the hospital, Mum...I need to see if Smurfs alright and that"

That's what she said to Belinda when she landed back at Brize Norton. They had given her a heros welcome and she landed them with that. She should have gone to Barracks with the rest of the section but she was desperate to get to the hospital.

Nan had hired a Corsa to get Mum and Dad to Brize Norton. And she did some in it.

"I'll pay for the petrol nan"

"No, your dad can do that, Molls"

Dave shook his head from where he sat next to his daughter on the back seat as they cruised up the motorway,

"Tight mare!"

Belinda tried to twist her neck round, "should you been doing this Moll? Shouldn't you be going back to barracks or somemink first"

Molly stared out to the passing cars flying by, "I should be yeah...but I really need to see Smurf"

"You never were one for rules and regulations were you Molls!" laughed Dave, but Molly was not in the mood for jokes and wisecracks...she just wanted to see if he was alright...

Bossman had to be alright...

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Molly had to hang around for ages at the hospital. When she got to the right department the nurses had said that Captain James was still in the operating theatre.

Smurf spotted her sitting in one of the plastic seats. His arm was cuffed up in a sling and he was in his PJs.

Molly looked up.

"He's in theatre"

"I know", Molly said shaking her head and standing.

Both of them looked at one another and it felt a bit awkward at first. Smurf thought it best to break the ice, "...you can't help the way you feel, just like I can't"

Molly could have broken down on the spot, "I'm so sorry Smurf...I really am..."

He took her hand with his free hand and they stood there looking at eachother.

"You are my best mate...I dont wanna lose you Smurf..."

"Just ya cake hole...you haven't lost me..."

They hugged each other and Smurf winced a bit due to his painful arm injury. Molly pulled away, "I'm sorry...I didn't mean to hurt ya...the arm I mean!"

Smurf smirked, "It'll mend...like my heart"

They sat and it seemed like an age. The corridor was darkening as evening drove in.

Captain James was wheeled back to the ward, Molly stood, "Is he alright..?"

He didn't look alright...there was tubes up his nose and down his throat, he looked worse than he did before.

"We didn't expect that last bleed...and with the other complications, it's going to be a rough night for him"

Smurf frowned, "Complications...?"

The nurse turned at the door, "We are waiting for his family, before he is transferred to the spinal unit.

Molly and Smurf looked at one another, it sounded bad.

"Why don't you two both go and get some rest...", suggested the nurse.

Smurf shook hid head, "No...I said I'd wait and I will..."

"...and I'm not going anywhere...", added Molly.

Both of them looked through the window to their boss man on the bed. He was still hooked up to the machines.

"He looks bad", whispered Molly, there was cracked concern in her voice.

"He's a fighter...", but he looked at her, "...but there's something wrong with him...they were muttering something in the hospital in Afghan...something about where he was shot..."

Molly gasped as far as she remembered Captain James had been shot 3 times, in the side, in the leg and as he twisted, in the lower back at an angle.

She had tried to stem the bleeding that was her job. She didn't know anything about the ins and outs of spinal injuries.

She rested her head on Smurf's shoulder and he put his arm around her, he toyed with the engagement ring around her neck.

"Do you want it back?"

"No..."

"But you might need it one day...", she began, but he was adamant, "Just your cake hole..."

She closed her eyes and felt herself drift away...somewhere where the sun was still shining and there was a sweet glimmer of hope...

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A/N: A 'sort of' sad one. This story will have 20 chapters but will have 10 2 part storys. Captain James will have life changing injuries and Molly must decide if her love for him is strong enough to overcome the obstactles they both face.

It might be sad and bleak at times...but it should have a 'happy ending'!

As always let me know what you think...if I do then I you might get part 2 later on today...:)