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Rating - PG

Pairing - Hal/Maggie, but Matt, Dr Glass, Lourdes, Tom and Ben all mentioned or appear.

Summary - What if had been Hal who had been injured after the med run instead of Maggie? Mainly from Maggie's POV but also from Hal's later on. (based on events of 2x05, so if you havent seen it beware of spoliers).

Switching Places

It had been a difficult few weeks for Maggie and today was so exception. Sat outside on steps of the hospital that the Second Mass had now moved into. She wasn't sure entirely why but something to do with the red eyed skitter that had been brought back to camp. To be honest skitters were the last thing on her mind right now. No her mind was on a certain dark haired guy, who at this moment was lying in one of the hospital rooms fighting for his life. Hal had gotten hit on their return from the medi run they'd been sent on by weaver. In fact Maggie wasn't sure how it happened, the last thing she could remember before the attack was Hal screaming at her to keep going and the next time she looked round he wasn't there. Looking around for him, she spotted Hal by a car, shouting at her, Lee and Tector to get back to base. What planet did he think he was on? Maggie thought. There was no way she was leaving him at the hands of the skitters and mechs. Shouting 'Cover me' to the others, she raced towards Hal, who was annoyed that she'd come back for him, she never could take orders he thought to himself. 'Get out of here' Hal shouted over the
noise of the gun fire. 'Sorry cant do that' replied Maggie, 'I've got to get your lazy arse back to camp' looking down at Hal with that look on her
face that he knew too well... it was the look she always gave him, to warm him it was a bad idea to risk arguing with her. Grabbing Maggie's hand, Hal hauled himself onto the motorbike, holding onto her waist. That was all the signal Maggie needed and at full pelt road off, with Lee and Tector following back to camp.

They'd made it back just as the Second Mass were preparing to move out. Before she knew it they had Hal on the medi bus, but by this time he was bleeding heavily and in and out of consciousness. Dr Glass and Lourdes began work on Hal, but all she could do was stand there. She'd gotten Hal back to camp, but that still didn't stop her worrying, he was still in danger. She didn't even realise Captain Weaver
come onto the bus shouting that they needed to go, until he asked her if she was ok to drive the bus. In fact she was thankful for something to do... it would help keep her mind of Hal, well it might do. So she started to drive to the one place that she knew they would be save, the hospital from earlier that day.

However that was easier said than done, while she managed to stay calm enough on the outside to drive, inside she was panicking like crazy. There was so much noise going on in the background, with Dr Glass and Lourdes working on Hal. From what she could tell, he was unconscious and still bleeding heavily. All she could do was get him to the hospital and then she'd be able to see for herself.

That had been awhile ago now, Hal was inside still unconscious, Dr Glass had been out earlier to inform her. They'd stopped the bleeding eventually and he didn't have any major internal damage, just a few cuts and bruises. Maggie hadn't been into see him, she'd wanted to but he had Lourdes keeping watch on him, as well as his family. Tom had been in with Matt, who had fallen asleep on his brothers bed,
before he had left to keep an eye on Ben, who was still in shock after Rick 's death, or so she'd been told by Dr Glass.

The thing was she wasn't sure she could trust herself to go in and see Hal. She hated hospitals and had told him so earlier that day, when she refused to get some sleep after they'd loaded up their bags with supplies. She'd sat on the same steps and had found herself opening up to Hal about the cancer. It was something that she'd never really spoken about, but then again Hal had a way of making her open up to him when she least expected it. Maggie sat there reliving their conversation from earlier, the look on Hals face as she told him she was
prepared to die. It had actually pained her to see sadness in his face as she told him that. Then there was the kiss and the fact that she'd pulled away before it got too intense and complicated. But who was she trying to kid, things had been intense between them for months now, it was just that now they had crossed that invisible line. She'd told him to stop it and that they weren't happening, but in true Hal style he wasn't listening. Stubborn and determined, that was Hal and while it drove her crazy, it was a part of him that she admired as well. If he wanted something he'd always kept going until he got it. Just why did it have to be her? They couldn't, it was too dangerous both for themselves and the rest of the second mass.

The thing was she was just as bad as him. She'd try to shut off her feelings for Hal but it just wasn't working. When he'd been hit she'd made a promise to herself that if he survived then maybe they could try and make ago of it. She just had to trust herself, trust Hal and try it. But first he needed to wake up.

With that Maggie decided that she had to see how Hal was. Not seeing him was killing her, no matter how much she hated hospitals. Slowly she made her way to his room and just as she got there Dr Glass was coming out of the room. 'He's still unconscious but you can go in' she said her, seeing how worried Maggie looked. The doctor had noticed it when they first brought Hal to her, Maggie didn't quite know what to do with herself, she was worried about him. 'Thanks'' said Maggie as she opened the door.

NB: ok sorry for leaving you hanging. i wasnt planning on this being so long, but well there you go. you know what to do if you want the rest of the story :) hope you enjoy it.