The day was dreadfully hot. Melinda was working in her shop when suddenly she felt a dizzy spell rush over her and she grabbed the edge of the counter to study herself but collapsed.
"Oh my" She muttered as she leaned against the desk before slowly getting up. Everything was still blurry and she decided to go to Jim's work to have a check-up.
Slowly she walked out and drove to Jim's work but when she was only a block away she lost control of the car and it flipped.
Jim was just coming out when he heard a bang and he spined to see a red jeep that was turned on the driver's side.
"Men that car must have been going fast to be on the driver's side" Barry said coming out but Jim shook his head and rushed over to the jeep.
He smashed the window with a hammer and reached in and pulled out Melinda. His hands were shaking as he saw a huge cut going down her face and her left eye was bleeding.
"Oh god" He said not sure what to do.
Barry and another colleague rushed over and Jim looked up in tears.
"Can you save her?" He asked in tears and moved so Barry and his colleague could get Melinda into the ambulance and Jim jumped into the back.
Jim watched unsure as doctors run around the place. He felt like he was in a daze, his beloved Mel was in a life threatening state and he couldn't do anything.
Barry came out to him and Jim looked at him in fear.
"She is in a stable condition but still in a coma" Barry said.
"Can I see her?" asked Jim and Barry showed him to Melinda's room. Jim walked up to her bed and sat down on the chair and picked up her hand and looked at her, tears almost falling.
"Mel...Don't leave me" He said quietly and slid her wedding ring onto her ring finger and laid his head on her arm in tears.
Melinda was in a dark misty place when she saw it...the light. She froze and looked down to earth and saw Jim and then back at the light.
'Where should I go' she wondered and sat down staring at the light.
Meanwhile on earth Jim was muttering for her not to leave him, he couldn't bear to be without her.
"Mel, please don't leave me. I cant live without you" Jim cried and tears fall down like a waterfall and he buried his face in Melinda's shirt crying for her not to leave him.
Melinda looked down and her heart broke and she turned away from the light and came back to earth.
Her eyes flickered and she moved her hand slowly and touched Jim's hair and he sat up and she smiled at him.
"Jim" She said and Jim kissed her like there was no tomorrow.
"I saw.." She said softly.
"What did you see?" Jim asked as he picked her up into his arms.
"The light" She said snuggling into his embrace.
"Oh god.." He said and kissed her and Melinda smiled at him when the doctor came in a needle.
This frighten Melinda because she had a lot of blood tests when she was young because her mother thought she was crazy for seeing ghosts.
She let out a wail and buried her face in Jim's shirt and tighten her grasp on him.
"I'm sorry but we have to do give some medicine to every crash victim to ensure they don't get a infection" The doctor said.
"I know, can I least hold her?" Jim said.
"Yes" The doctor said as he prepared the needle and walked over.
"Melinda, I'm going to give you needle and I want you not to pull away." He said and lifted up a sleeve and rubbed some alcohol on her arm and slowly put the needle in.
"Jim!!!!!!!!!" Melinda cried as she tighten her gasp on Jim and he rubbed her back.
"Just a few minutes Mel, its going to be over soon" Jim said as he tried to calm her down.
"Sing our song please." Melinda sobbed and Jim started to sing their song "Straight to the Heart of love" from the country bears. The doctor pulled out the needle out and left.
Melinda was still in tears but started to calm down with Jim's help. She loosen her tight grasp.
"Don't let go" Melinda begged Jim.
