She walked slowly taking in her surroundings, cold hard furniture and depressing white walls. How is anyone supposed to get better here? She wondered to her self. She reached room 245 and peeked in she could see Mac lying there with tubes coming from her arm. She put on her best nothings wrong face and walked in. Mac had her eyes closed and appeared to be sleeping, she sat in the chair next to the bed. Mac's faced was swollen, her pale skin had turned a dull green where her bruises had formed. Veronica watched the IV slowly drip It's to quiet in here. The silence was broken by her cell ringing, the caller ID flashed Piz for the ninth time that day, she hit the ignore button and slid it back into her messenger bag. I'll talk to him later, right now I'm visiting Mac, who of course doesn't even know I'm here, a coma will do that do you.

" Veronica?" She turned slowly

"Dick what are you doing here?"

"I came to check on Mac, any change, dude?"

" I'm not your dude, Dick, any why do you even care how Mac is huh? Want to make sure she'll make , so you can make fun of her some more"

" No I'm here to see if she's ok, it's my fault she's in here" He look down as he said this ready but not really willing to answer her questions. This should be Mac's job to tell Ronnie not mine, please Mac wake up, tell her yourself .

" Why would it be your fault?"

" I was driving, on the PCH when a truck overturned a few cars a head of us, the cars directly behind the truck smashed into it, I hit one of those cars"

" And Mac was with you?, Why?" Dick looked almost nervous to Veronica

" Well everyone was gone this summer, Mac and Max had broken up, she was bored and alone, I was bored and alone. I ran into her one night at the movies. We made plans to hang out and just kept...hanging out"

" Really, she didn't tell me, I knew her and Max broke up but she didn't tell me you two had...bonded" Veronica was slight annoyed at Mac for not telling her but how do you stay mad at a friend who's in a coma?

" Mac wanted to tell you in person, about us" Dick was slightly pink

" Us? you say that like your a couple"

" We are, but we were waiting to tell anyone"

" Dick I'm going pretend you didn't just tell me that your dating Mac and we will never speak of it again"

"But-"

" No Dick we're not going there right now"

" Ronnie I'm really sorry about-"

"Dick I said not now!" She leaned over and whispered good bye to Mac and walked out. When she was out the door Dick finished what he was going to say to her

"Wallace , I'm sorry about Wallace, Ronnie," He turned to Mac then wishing she would just wake up and argue with him like she always did. Please wake up Mac, I need you here with me, He let just one tear fall before he began to tell her about his day.

Veronica got out of her car and headed to her apartment still thining about what Dick had told her, Mac and Dick? They make even less sense than me and Logan. Her thoughts were cut short when she realized she had a visitor out side her door.

" You didn't answer my calls" Piz was giving her those puppy dog eyes again

"I was visiting Mac, I was going to call you back" She lied

" Can I come in? We could hang out, I've missed you" He went to lean in to hug her but she moved away

" Nows really not a good time Piz, maybe later" She really didn't want to be touched

" Oh I just thought maybe we could talk, I have so many thoughts running through my head right now about Wallace and the-"

" Look Piz like I said nows not a good time, and I think we should all just worry about Mac getting better"

" But what about Wallace I mean-"

"What about him Piz, he'll be home from Africa in a few days, to find out Mac's in a coma and apparently dating Dick"

" What -"

" I know I was shocked too, but Dick said their together now" She wouldn't look at him

" Veronica you have to know Wallace isn't in -"

" The country? Of course I do but he'll be home soon, and then maybe we can all hang out or something but I really have to go now"

She opened the door to her apartment, walked in side and slammed the door.